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NO. 2.
r()OM WATAUGA COUNTY,' THUKSDAY, SKIT. 23, 1913
VOL. XXV
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CASTOR I A
For Infants ana cuuarcn.
'Hie Kind You Hate Always Bought
7 -
' kmi the Picnser Sclllers ol Watanii
ccuniy.
STATE USD CEHERM. MFfiS.
It seems th it the Stated to-
PROFESSIONAL.
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
x J '
.Tv-i....i.mt attention given to
nil niiirters of a legal nature
Tie' Red I h!i-ii;is S-al
are to l -o sold in .Tlh I'.in-liiri
4ir viMf. i'..iir hundred
I By I.. I. 1-nttK 1 jlla.-cMToitliis.vt'arirt!iln.:c.iiit,t!ioiii:inli)f them were sol I mj
' (t'oni hiiirl from lust etk.) m.d ,,rice good, this Stat.- la! uur, ripigiu
; RHent Baird presented Ashe Marc1l, Ono of th ,'. i.u , r .-.-..t ..f I1. r..-
;ru.,tv i.. the legislatures of . ;s( m(i wH oni(i m;li , ,.,. Ti. nil.- olth--s..
j 1SOS and si)' nn.l he nns,'"", j jn h(i J,, rIirori, on s,illsi.u.U..r,ll,li,l,t of tu
temporary with such men a. r f , 1(; inst. . UwuU vdierevr ,t .s n.o-t
i John ( oll..way, NaU.an llorton, ' - ; ,,,,.,,.
Kliia'i alloaity, i'org Lower i . . .
J numerous others , e;,re ! Mr. It. II. Unrke Tuylorsville A L n.h . . .. -sented
thir county many times died on the LUh, nt I,.- 1
iuholh branches of thet.enera. Uiattown o n. irt ; ;tlt vr (.ml,ci(1(.ieil w S t
A-seiiiuiy. . I diamonds.
li h said that on one occasion ft large practice .
Vf2l:aiia. Tliricc Welco-nc to Our Tewa CREEH PARS K3TEU3L3
an i Kanics je Surrivorr of the Can- Hotel at rlowing Rock and a Lot cf land
i teierscy. Bought by a Syndicate - StatesviHe
1 This (Thursday) mom ins, n People Interested.
nur i .it i its ar-i l'int? maih'd, the stat'vill- I-Hn.im.irk.
f.-w surviving iiH'intwrs of Camp The Green Park I Intel at Mow.
Nimrod Triplett, 1'nited Coiifwl-, iii Kwk '!" to lOllacrcs of
'rale Wteiaus, are iiwemb'iiijr iu ajoininy, have hepn jnir.
in I '., w .11.. !l lilt in h.ialf of all our chased hv a coiiianv tliat will
in i'"ii' , i- . i
cliarter as tin' Hiowin Kock Ie-
VHOim'iin oinpany. A cliarter
lias been applied lor. 1 lie author
I ,-..,!.....t inns a sneciaity.
' n.K.H. with SoIiciUT F. A. Lin-
llf.V
1 'JO ly. p'l-
Attoii s ky-At- La w
,;,..ve .North faro.,
3-Wilt praotiv regularly in
',lltM.,m.to Waia.ua and ad-
!,ion oiven to the collection ol
c,ilin"- 2-27--W 1 yr.
ft large practice
The 47th, Annual rncampnii nt
of thediand Army of the Kepuh.
lie was h' ld last v ck nt i nana- j
nd it is the fust time i
theO.'A U eyer held a reunion I
on Souih-rn dirt.
At (Joldfiehl. Nevada on 13th,
inst, the streets were Hooded bv
a cloudburst follow ed by hail ami
a feanul electrical storm. A num
ber of homes were carried nwa.v
and three jie'sons were drown-
ed.
Adolph llobeits.tli" proprietor
of the Commercial rrintui" ami
Th' are valued al
;;,iUNARY SURGERY.
t ,llVe h.n puttliiK ""'' Uu
im this .ubjoct; have reooived my
M.dn.n.iow
, tlle,.ra.'tiei. ot Yeterivary ur
in nil It. liranctieH, a.ul nm the
.,,(r,..s me at Vilas, S. . H.
G. H. HAY EN,
Veterinary Surjieoii.
Uedent was rnterlainins one of
his friends nt the old ' I'.eech
Mouse," and in order to have a
little fun he proposed totake his
friend to a point on top id Beech
Mountain, near the pinnacles, to
.how him what a tine mill site he
n. ni'd: ii fter reaching a level spot
on the top ol the mountain, lie
dent asked him how he lik"d his
mill-site: his friend asked him
. here the water to run the null
was to come from, and Hedent
icili"d. '1 just wanted to show
vou what a line place this is to
si't a null, i sain numm uuom oi mu t ..
... .... ... I. . ..f V..n'l.ii nti
.. I. 1.. .....1 tln.ni r..l.linn Mil lllll I 111 I'll IK IV i
anv water. it naii in' im-ir uuum-i i '
is a spring neaiby, and Btruna committed suicide at the nomeoi
. t- xl t , DO U' l,i, lillA flwr in t ilt tlVA'll Oil the
l-Uh, by shoot inp; himself. De
clining health supposed to be the
cause.
17- u.
n TVT TlA & TJfiM
.. DFATlsT
(irove. North Curolina,
.. .r.Ul work done under guar
and best material used.
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. uiiFFEK,
-K)NE, N.C.
lUi itTintion pivon to
.,.,-s of ;i Ipji'oI t.iituio.
...srnivfmif titles ami
.if fbiiniSii si'i'chtl
l-l'll.
Dr. Mat. T. Dulaney
-SI'KCIALIST- .
3f ... ,.,-.-..,SK THUOAT ASUCUKST
KY. S KXAMINED FOIt
QbASSKS
FOURTH STREET
Bristol, Terin..-Va
LAN YEU
-I.KN01U, N-
v ill Practice llegaterly in
-1 ijOUTtS Ot l ftiim
,d.i.oTe;
, i-cf)RNEY AT LAW,
KANNEU ELK, N. C
-vVi!l practice in the courts
., titrhpH and adjoining
; (S.'ll
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A. L1NNEY,
Ai roiiNHV AT LAW -
BOONE, N. C. I
Will practice in the courts of
fhe 13th .Judicial District in all
natters of a civil nature.
VI 1-1911.
F, t"i V. H. Lovill
' Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C-
:,';-!' attention given to
an uusiness euuuoi
their care. . . . " '
7-9-'10.
m snv. there is now a steam saw
mill opera linj? at almost the
identical spot then pointed out
by liedent as his mill-site, and
the timber is now being cut and
manufactured Irom a tract ol
luiid granted to liedent Daird so
many years ago,
Ik-dent D.iird was a gentleman
of the old school and was a prom
inent man in hissectioninhisday
It should be remembered that it
,t,mii.,l men of strong intellect
and courage to overcome such
undertakings as the lirst settlers
encountered.
While Cedent was building nis
road from his farm on the V a
tauga to the top of Beech Moun
tain he had a man employed to
do some blasting along the road.
liedent gave his employee a hea
vy iron crow bar, made of the
lunious Cranberry iron, when a
l.avy charge ot powuer was
placed in a Hole, tne man
to remove the bar, and as the
explosion took place the heavy
mstrument was tiurlea ciown mir
mountain side a great distance,
and it could not be found. As
limr as Bedent lived he could
imtV convinced but 'that, his
employee had stolen his crow-
i n,,iv n. ew vcarsairo a
r,Q-in.r Through the woods be-
i.iti"''fi t-'
IU 1 ' 1 w.
,i to find the old crowbar, mid
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not knowing the circumstances
under which the rough insiru
inenthad disappeared, lie toon
it to a blacksmith a ien
away and sold it as he would an
..miliary piece of iron. S oo n
thereafter Shenll v . i.
. ,i ,f the hnd'uur and sale oi
IKil nun " , , , .
H,0 much-prized and long-i ;t
cn,w.bur, h. he went forthwith
to the blacksmith to purcnase.w
i (c..r much oeisunsion and
MIIU III !."" --. . ,
by paying two prices tor it, ne
led in getting pos-
II 11 tV 1 1 J .
tt(,ssionc,fthen,ugh, .'us -ea -
old instrument wm- "
i .i. .. vi, limn" vears,
H)St . ,
i .:..,io iuivoIippu a liaru,
living to ue neuu.v
ears ol age.
The Century Ilolings Compa
ny, of New York City is planning
to build a hotel which is intend
ed to be the largest m the world.
It will contain l.SOOguest rooms
and will cost $lJ,..'M,()()o.
Ch ubs Vopicka, of Nev York,
has hi en appointed Minister to
l Ik
llouinania, hervia, an l i.uiga
rin. nmi 'Jli os. II. lirich. of New
Jersey, is minister to Portugal.
Charles I. Stewart, editor of
the Morning News, Laid, Okla
homa, and a native of North
Carolina, is a candidate for the
United States S-nate. in opposi
lion to the blind Senator, Thus
l (lore.
Judge Ilo varl A Kouhee, ot
Durham, s.'iit in bis resignation
i-n C iv. Craig I tsr. week, t h c
s uue to take cff-'i:t on tin; -1st
An inventory ol all postoflice
property in the Laded june. f
to be undertaken by the I ost .
office Department, this is an
idea of rostniasteruenei.il iu.
a siiori
for this
leson who will within
limn issue the orders
work to begin.
Mr. A. M. Matheson of Taylors
ville has three rattle-snakes. Ile
cently they mcveased to eleven.
Three old ones, and eight little
ones.
is declining health
Wake county court h is been
investigating the cases of cer
tnin evnards who are charged
, ...
with brutal treatment of help-
less convicts m tlieir power, ana
i . i .
it is to be hoped m eaca case uie
brutal guard will get the punish
meat at the hands of tin law
lie so richly deserve.
i.,., T White, of Taylors
ville has been elected principal of
the Graded School at Cleveland,
and commenced his work on last
Monday.
Mr . W. Dula's garage and
one of his automobiles were bur
ori iHp Kith inst. Mr. Dulawas
ii' I. -- -
cleaning and filling his auto,
when in some way it caught lire,
and an explosion followed. Mr.
Dula.s face and hands were Din
ned badly.
at A.
The Newton News says tnai-
the compulsory education law
will he strictly eniorceu una
in Catawba Co. It says tnat, at
a number of places in the county
that 19 year old children will en
ter school lor the lirst time.
Mr Alex Denlev of North Wil-
kesboro was standing in the Mea
dow's Mill recently near a revol-
. . . i i , , . -
vin"1 shaft which tiau some s.-i-
screws on it, when it caught ins
clothes, spinning him around
ii .. Kim
three times, then iuroiuB ......
over another machine ten feet
away, entirely stripped ot eer
thing but his Phoes witu om.y
few bruises.
The board of army engineers.
iu report to Congress, recoiii-
aiendsan appropriauou m v.
400 000 for the construction ola
.even foot barge canal Irora
,.,.,f.,..t- i). to St. John s
River Flu, as an extension of
the Atlantic inland waterway
chain from Boston to the Gulf.
a ...Qriii,n(r of much interest to
friends over this part of the
'I'.i.t Tim" Sullivan who rose
from newsboy to Congressman,
is dead. Me was elected to Con
..ress last tall but owing to de-
dining health which had to some
degiee clouded his niind, he had
never taken Ins seat. Once n
child of the Bowery he died one
of Tammany's lenders. IL i t-
death will make it necessary lot
a special election to In- held in
the thirteenth New- York dis
trict.
Flying Men Fall
victims to stomndi, kiy.iey :md
l.vur troiinlcs ja ,t like the othtr
people, with hke results m loss cf
appetite, lutckiidie, nervousness,
u .. ..1....1,.. :.ml tiled, listless, run-
down fccliorf. But there is no need
to seel like t.uit as I . v. i cc...,
Henry, Tenn., proved. "Six Hot
ties of Electric Bitters," he wries,
"did more to give me new strength
and good appetit-5 than all othu
..,...v,..l, .-iimclies T used. ".so tl.C
hdpeverylHKly. It's folly to suffei
when this great remedy will held
you from the first dose. Try it. On
ly 50c. at all niugisis.
onildren Cry
TOR FLETCHER'S
Low Rates West
Indian Killed On Track.
Var Roehelle, Hh, an Indian
... i on a railroad track
went w ...... ..-nress. ',,uo " V ' -.i a.v
nndwask.llcdnyo-'; - , .. state) occurred on vec,
Sept. 25 to Oct. 10
ana was iv. j
1 t 1. r-ntr esness vvit.i
n,U vou. " w;il cure
Hi- Kin" 9 Iew iu-l.-. .
e',a,d .0 prevent a dangerou
r,ibU-cuRh that followed a
Watts. Moydak l-' that I
gained . 5 P" - alul
I had loH.' QOv, T ial
Luaranteed. SOc
Lilef.ee at all druggl.
..... i. ; tl.o!
evening, the JUtu uiu,
Methodist church m
,,-Mi l..,n- W hen Miss Naicv
Lyla Vestal, daughter ulLeV- M- l
11 v,..tl was iniirie-u
l-ClemNVrenn, cashier o the ;-
positandS ivmgs lio-nw, ui ..
town, the ceremony uc... i-
,orn,ed by the bride's father
ho U presidenp Elder of the
North Wilkesboro District.
California, Oregon, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Nevada,
Washington, Idaho, Colo
rado, Arizona, Utah, New
Mexaco, and 1 exas.
1.. 'I'l... lL.11111r.rnt- I'Vti'llllS
. p'.i.ii', 1 - i.i". .......
1 to each and e cry one of them
ah:jarty wdcoine, trusting that
their short rtny among us mnj
alTord them as much pleasure as
will be meted out to us iu enter
tain ing them. They are our guests
. . 1 f..
and the best is not too goou 101
1 hem. Make our homes your
homes, ye remnant of as brave
11 .1
a ret of men as ever stiouiueieu
muskets or matched against a
foe. The ranks of this little cam)
..... r .t.iiiiv 1 hinniii!?. twelve ol
(411- V
the members having answered
the last roll-call since their last
annual leunion, and others who
are now tottering on the very
brink of the grave. May this be
the happiest eyent of their lives
.,,.,1 .:,v micb one ot them ne
to see many joyful returns ol
i his day. Again let us say, Con
federate veteran-, that our tow n
and homes are open to you, anu
A-c led honored in having the
veiv great pleasure of entertain
ing you.
Affairs Are In Good Shape.
Thattheieisa spirit of opti
aiism with regard to national
busmess conditions, and that the
trend oi affairs point to an in
,..,uimi business thu fall can be
reaihiig of the trade
journals and the general publi
cations ot this country.
Tl.or Knirit is also to be found
among the traveling salesmen,
who are excellent barometers ol
trade movements. Numbers ol
these who have lately been mm
tors to Raleigh say that advance
orders are good and that tnej
iitida feeliug among the mei
chants that conditions during
this fall and winter are to be ex
cedent.
'ii, ut ibis optimistic feeling
i ll! bo heio hteued with the tariff
out of the way, and with an as
surance that there is to be a real
reform in the currency, is not to
i..i.r.:,i As long as there
IIH UIMIUU"! n
nneertaintv about tanh
schedules business was neeessar-
ily in a hesitating condition, out
...m. ii.i.h i.inrticallv fixed, and
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fair winds filling the Bails ol
the currency and banking retorm
bill, there is a teeliug 01 coi.n
dence abroad m the land that
the country is about to enter up
on a season of great business and
I great prosperity.
Th.. ..,w..n t-ees and tne output
of the South are such as to make
tlli8 note of good cheer most
n -reeable to the people of this
-i.ntion. and this same feeling is
ih.ired by the other sedions 01
the country, lor it is a nation
wide seiwm of increased business
.., t..i which is at hand. The
prur.'
I . ... o n ' 111 its wisdom has pre
leiuoei tv j
pireda tarill bill wuicn is uKie
I opportunity to all, not restrict-
in ' this to a iew. xvu-i n
iKrthisup with a currency meas
uiv which will make it so thai
Uhe producers and the enterprises
; mnnr, be snueezed at the will of
All in all, this
'country can feel well satisfied at
the outlook.
ized capital will tie $12.'t,000and
the company will Ix-gin business
with about fio.uoij capital. The
stockholders are . I. W. Cannon,
Concord;.!. A. Duiham, (Jeorge
l. Wadsworlh, I. C. Lowe, K. C.
Mellon, Charlotte; L. Ii. Jenkins,
Asheville; Thos. L. Craig. (Santo
nin; O. W. Spencer, Salisbury; J.
I). Llliott and Z. B. Buchanan,
Hickory; J. 1. Coffey, Bufus,
Caldwell county; L. I'. Ilenkel,
liPiioir; T. j. McComhs, (Seor
gia;C. M., II. O . A. I and V. F.
Steele, C. V. Ilenkd ami I). J.
Craig, of Sta'esville.
1 1 is the nurtxise of the com-
pany first toimprove and refur
nish t he i.reen ra.rk hotel, the
hotel will be put in first class
condition by next season nnd
will bo lint, in i-hnriro of n lirt
class hotel man, who will givo
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uie very uest sei vive. ineuevei
opment of the other property is
a matter for the future, but the
growth ol Blowing Bock as a re.
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sort piaee, waica is assured,
means that future development
is certain.
The stockholders of the Blow
ing Bock TurnpikeCompany met
plans to improve the roaa irom
Lenoir to Blowing Bock. Travel
over this line was much greater
nnuf uuuann thon qi'dp tnl'nra
Ullt J7 U O U Dl IIOUIl IIIUII V ' VI iniun.
and accommodations could not
tie 11UU Ul DIUVIIliy JUCl IUI illl
who applied, lu the-near future
a railroad will be completed to
Boone and it is only a question
of a few years until Blowirg
Bock will be connected by rail
with the outside world.
Rev. A. C, Sherwood to Red Springs.
Charity and Children.
We are glad to hear that Rev.
P Kliorwrtorl h.ia nnci'iit il 11
call to the church at Bed Springs.
.ur. Micrwoou is one oi our
strongest young preachers, and
he goes to a very intelligent arm
appreciative community. Our
brethren at Bed Springs ought
to vise up and build a churcli
house that is worthy ot the con
gregation and the town.
Mr. Sherwood is a son of the
Rev. J. J. L. Sherwood, of Wa
taug. Dem.
A Card of Thanks.
I wish to extend to all our
neighbors and friends my heart-
fdt thanks tor the kindness ana
respect shown us during the ill
ness and death of my dear fath
er. I know that I never can re
nnv 1 hern, but mv Heavenly Fa-
ther will. 1 trust that Uod will
repay them in this world and
that I may be able in some way
to help them, and that God will
reward them hereafter.'
Mkiaina Rekce.
Silverstoue, N. C.
Ihechuichtcf of A. Mitchell, Baa
(,;, kv., had a dad case of kidney
trouble and they feared her health
ncrmanentlv impaired. Mr,
I ,-.i '..u . ihe was in. terrd le
rt T! bCnnA arusrP H ."' i ' ' u m take Folev
ra&i I ii'.iC vl uUuu ww ' iv shape out 1 hwl -
1 kU1' B v. rv Piilsi(nd nowsne is com , in the N ij. Med, College
J ii T -.- ni p mni'P i .. i I.
pletely cureo. u .." iuls pr0ue to take up nis worh.
1, .n.,. U-idncv trouble than f
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and Will Win roiey
You who require the best and
purest medicine, see that you get
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
in preference to any other lor all
coughs, colds, croup, asthma, hoarse
ness, tickling throat and other
throat and lung troubles. It is a
strictly high grade family medicine,
...,.1 null' ii-ini-mul ilmes of first
.11111 UNI T ' J' --p,
quality are used 111 its mannfucure:
It (rives the nest results .ma contains
no opiates. For sale by all dealers.
I?nni1.i 11 Hardin. whoisacain
this year to be a- s stant inchem-
Will me f o lowest prevailing
rates and reliable iniormau
D S. CHANDLER.DUt. PeE Agt,
L. ;N. R. R., KNOXVILLE, TENN.
men
Pilla a safe, dependable and lunesi
medicine. For sale by all dealers
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