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VOL. XXV
IIUONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY,' XOV. 13 , 1913
NO. 12.
Senior
Jtoncf The Experience of a Pioneer point .f th ride. Tie bop
jjunjjr come leisuiely down the slojie ud
( IH L. I). Lowe. . J" ? ""''f"? a 'Ja,mp T he"
,, ,alk..a by tl. or,!' ;'Pi- . turn-1uPBorne fresh
. i ii i i "'art h aud Ihi I down for a rest,
hunter that deer would h1m1 ' ' "
n u . .i . .i Harry again begautostu lyoyer
their horn each year: tli.it the J " . . ' J,
, i Hie wondern of nature; wetc i thf
. horns, regardless of hz or! . r
1 , f ,, umihles.prrels chase one anotb-
,.,.' ). woull drop ott hi the
ii er up and down the trunks of
r ,in I now ones would mm.' 1 . u iu n iu mi
,i;,r ... iw. frtps, jump from one branch to
mill i r place; the nitleriwn be i '
1 ' .i another and Irom one tre to an-
. ' mit each years growth .....
ii-.- i . .uiin-r, itii'i MHfiuHn io ue Yieing
......i.i yhnff nn ad. htional 8ii ke ! . . .
i ' u i '
n earn, it wa very eay to
in 1 ; ii He ol a Jeer bv thenutu
bT of i-pilfs. Alter the old horn
dropped off the nw on8 would
mimed 'H 'My shoot up The new
.hi- hih growing lire covered
mill h velvet-like film as a pro
taction ngainst the heat of sum
ro r. It as also well known th.it
up. .ij i he approach of autumn
in- ieer 'onld seek 'i southern
sl.ii- ami after rubbing hishorns
through i he shrub and undiT
bruh to el'-ir th' in of the sum
mer coating of velvet-like sub
stimce. he would hak in the sun
f.ir his horns to harden.
In pissing over the mountains
Harrison Aldridge, while quite a
young mHn. observed a place on
the point of a ridire, where a very
binre buck had left quantities of
velvt on th shrubs, and he also
observed that he had been lying
n a large fla' r-.rk where he
(- mI ihe full ben- tit nf the
.ii Hhti at once m-ide up his
nun thai he rrfuf kil' the birg
est liuck ih.-n in the fore-t. md
to do this he knew that lie must
take the advantage. He well
knew that il a ild deer oncegi-ts
the scent f miin lie immediately
i U'-ns his course and goes in an
opposite direction. A few yards
below this rock and on the Mouth
ent side he found that a tree had
been upr-oted, leaving a large
mass of roots and earth behind
which he could conceal himself
from sight, and he discovered an
P'-ninj: through which he could
!n ust his trusty rifle. Aftei ma
king his plaus he musi wait un
til th- weather conditions would
U fnoora'ile to carry them into
effect, but he waited with pa
tin:'e. S.o e day in theearly autmnn
the mm Wits coming down with
great heat and there was a gen
tle '.reeze coming from the north
went, efnd Harry thought thegol.
den opportunity had arrived.
M-overhauled his Hint locK gun
J-.mid it to be in good shape.
He put on hie est flint and
BhoiiLlere.1 his rifl--. He hurried
on his way until he got within
a -hort distance of the upturned
tree, and then he crept up as
noiselessly as a cat, After reach
ing the hiding place he quietly
plHeed his rifle through the open
ing in the tree root to await de
velopments. He knew he 'might
be detained in this position for
quite a long time so he placed )
himself in as easy a position a
possible. While he was waiting
the chipmunks were scampering
among the leaves and running
up and down the logs; now atid
then he would hear the yelps of
passing wild turkeys; the trees
Beerned to be alive with squirrels,
lumping bora branch to branch,
barking, chattecing and raving
a gay time: the birds were sing
ing in the tree tops in their sweet
est ecstacy, and all nature seem
ed to be overrunning with joy
While Harry was thus engaged
in deep thought and the great
wonders of nature were revolving
in bis. -mind, he was startled at a
noise coming from the directiou
the gentle breeze was coming; his
heart began to beat with such
terrific force he feared the deer
would hear it and become fright
ened. Ech step would bring the
object of his curiosity a little
nearer, but he soon found that
with one another to ee which
could take the most hazardous
chances; and he was wondering
if, after all, the man who lives in
closest touch with nature i not
the happiest creature ou earth
Harry was quick and always
on the alert but he had learned
that at times he must be patient.
He did not have to wait long,
however, until he again heard
the soft tread of some animal,
then his heart began to flutter
again, and he felt sure that this
was the large buck approaching,
but in this he soon found that
he was mistaken. This proved to
be a large black bear which was
following the hog. The bear
came across the point of the
ridge, and almost from the same
course the hog had taken. He
would walk a few steps on his
four teet then rear up on hishiud
feet and look in differeut direr
tions, and he was evidently look
ing for the hog; he would again
drop to theground, walk a few
paces ii nd again rise to his full
height and walk back and forth
with measured tread, like a sol
dier on drill, each time coming a
little nearer and further down
the slope of the hill. Harry was
amused as well as astonished at
this stiange perlormance, he had
never seen such an exhibition ue-
lore, and he was anxious to see
what it all meant. He thought
the bear was a little too' far off
to sret in a deadly shot with the
size of the load his gun was then
carrying, and he knew that if he
only crippled the bear, with the
vantage gronnd bruin had, he
was likely to get into trouble
aud with an unloaded gun, and
without dogs, the odds would De
in favor of his adversary, so he
considered that the safest plan
was to let well enough alone.
Harry's curiosity Boon reached
the climax; the bear soon had
he hog located; ho dropped to
the ground and crept stealthily
along until be approached with
in a few feet of the hog which was
apparently asleep, and with a
mighty bound he sptang upon
the hog, grasped him tightly in
his muscular arms while the hog
was powerless to do anything
but wrigg'e and squeal While
the bear held the hog in his em
brace, standing erect like a man
with a heavy load in his arms,
he moved about ftom place to
place, and as Harry had conclu
ded in tins nme io uikb tunui-w,
and was almost in the act of
hrinffinir his flint-lock into play,
the bear suddenly hurled his vic
tim nside and departed as sud
denly as if be had received the
leaden ball from Harry's rine,
but no cun had been fired. Har
ry was greatly amazed at t h i b
Htran-e performance and he was
unable to account for it. The hog
went crippling along through the
woods and Harry went up to in
vestigate the cause of bruiu's
flitrht! there he found a
huge rattlesnake. In moying a-
bont with the hog the bear nan
approached too near the rattle
snake which was lying in its con,
.md while the bear was standing
in an upright position the rattle
snake pierced tne tenner part
bis flank with itB fangs; the bear
,i.,..-,rwirl bia intended meal and
departed in great haste, while
Harry retraeed his footsteps to
his home aaieuppoiineu uui
ser man.
Boom Trail lijnway Assoclatioi
CouiiounicAUJ.
Iu 1759 Daniel Boone sold his
150 acre farm in Davie county
for 75 pounds proclamation
money to Aaron Van Cleve, and
with bis wife Rebecca started out
through an unknown wilderness
to the Dark and Bloody grounds
of Kentdcky. the land wa ob
tained by grant by grant from
the Earl of Uranrille by Esquire
Boone, Daniel's father, who was
buried at Mocksville, Davie coun
ty. The Bank of Davie has for
safe keeping the old tomb stone
of Esquire Boone and his wife
Sarah. The trail ol Daniel Boone
isbeing traced and tablets set
up at principal points alum? the
trail, and this scheme, v hich is
beiug put t hrough by the Daugh
ters of the Americau Revolution,
with Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, ol
(V inston Salem, as one of the
moving spirits, and Mrs. Will
iam Reynolds. The State Regent,
gave birth to a new idea which
the men have taken up and hope
to put through, following the
marking of The Trail. That idea
is the building of a graded high
way, called the "Boone Trail
Hiirhwavlollowing the route the
old pioneer traveled as nearly as
the character of the country will
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.
Mr. Ed iu H. Davis of Mnr
'ra ii ton. nnd Mr. J. fJordoa Bab
The cam crop of Louisiana. is.of Baltimore have bought
said to have bien se.iously Mr. J. E. Shell s drug business ha
damaged by a recent tornado! wnmruu-i -.w-
that swept the State.
Ernest M. Gnu, of Newlierne,
has been appointed Assistant
District Attorney for the hast
en! District of X. (.'.
The Lexington Dispatch says
that much of the cotton in Da
vidson county is eiill unpicked,
some fields not yet having beeu
touched.
Woik has .been begun on a new
postollice building in Hickory,
which is just opposite the new
passenger btatiou It is to cost
$05,000.
Work is prognss'u g on the
Dreadnought.; Pennsylvania, at
Newport News, Va-, which when
completed'two years' hence, will
be the world Vlargest and most
powerful buttle'ebip.
It is said that 1'orlirio, former
President of Mi xi'-o, will live iu
Miami, Florida, this winter. His
inmiiv will be with him. He is
now in France, but wishes to
spend the winter iu a warmer
climate.
I'ha u-;ii nf Ariolnh Busch, the
permit, and to be a fit niemori- millionaire brewer, has been filed
al to the brave man who blazed 0r probate in St. Louis. The es-
the way for civilization up thro' tate isstimated at fifty mill-
the great resourceful northwest- jon dollars, of which $170,000,-
ern section of North Carolina, are bequeathed to charitable
r- . m A rAnl-nAhif .-it! - 1
Mr. J. Hampton Rich of Wins- t,mt
toHSalem.metafewpubbc th0 o! topher Colnm
ted bus ness men in North me nones u ,
... . . . , hns now in a catneurai ai o.m-
Wilkesboro Monday night and hus, now um t
organized a local branch of the ta Domingo, w .1 be ; sent to tl e
Boone Trail Highway Associa- nama Pacific hpoi m m
, whose it shall be to San Frane.sco as a ,,art of that
do anything they can toward republic's exhibit.
making the thought a reality es- pllUP North Carolinians, name
pecialiy with reference to that y, Charles X. Vance, Black Mt ;
part of the trail in Wilkes coun- c, ; Avery. Morganton; Win.
ty. Wilson, Henderson, and D. H.
Mr. H. 'W. Horton was made McCulloch, Charlotte, are caudi-
chairman, Mr. E. M. Blackburn datesf for the position 'of Collec-
Secretary with Messrs. Lenonard .or 0 Uevenue at Panama.
tt 1 1 IT n 1 f II 1 1 r.
zr. t t ; . r" o,t0, ... i,.
.CuQUv. y - insane 'has been deposed from
tive committee to receive mem- insane, .nas nee u i
bers aud otherwise direct the en. the throne, which for a , year-.
" 7 he has "occupied without having
.PT", .u- f;ni ci been aware of bis position.
of this subject memorializing the Prince Regent Ludwig to be
- .. . h lUairn na, ,tW I Will" III. 8 UU
pioneertheactualbenent.or rain - -
er the necessity of this highway, '"J-r-
has for years been a dream ot jvrom the Topic we learn that
those who see ahead of us great Editor 11. C. Mui t'm, who, for
. 1 . ,Vlii i-
prosperity if we take no vantage years, has beeu the. etnciem :gr
of our opportunities. This high- Uor (be Southern Express Co. at
wav would enable travel irom r enoir , has sent in tns resisna-
the central and eastern portions t;on to take effect as soon as his
ol the State to go duectly into 8,1Ccessor can be appointed. Mr
the heart of the mountains for Martjn'a health is not robust,
outings and vacations and at nnJ other business interests
the same time serve nicely as a cjajm 0n time.
cross connecting iii.k ueiwu
the Eieat crest of the Blue K.dge -
Highway now almost a real,- a ,e
ty and the National and ten- pan J
4 n 1 l irrn UT O V I
uoiforus. and a surf mnij. wmie
The tentative rouie o. tur was killed,
trail is beginning at Salisbury, '""
tbtn through Mocksville, farm- "-'" .
ington, Hunterayiile, laaKin- i
ville, Wilkesboro, Boone and on Qn the 4tb, David j waisn,
into Tenmesee and Kentucky. It Dein0crat, was elected Governor
means much and should receive of Massachusetts by a plurality
the hearty support of eyery citi- ot 50,000 oyer Augustus P. Gar.
. i- m a n;
zen. dner, uepuuucau, o. ..,
U. W. HORTON. progressive, and Eugene C. Foss
Nwth Wiilrpnboro.-Oct. 28. i,i.. undent Henrv L. hiiiarr
week.
Charl.s II. Duls. of Charlotte,
who was appoiuted judge of tLe
new Superior court district com
prising Mecklenburg and Gas
ton counties, and who has ben
ill ever since appoiuted, has in
structed his friends to send bis
resimiatiou to Gov. Crie. The
judge is in a Philadelphia hospi
tal.
William Sulzer, ho was last
month impeached as Governor
of New York, and deposed from
that high office, was on the 4tb
elected to the State Assembly
from the O h New York district
by u sweeping plurality. He ran
on the Progressive ticket, and it
is estimated polled more votes
than both the regulur Dem
ocratic and Republican oppon
ents combined.
Beaver Dam Dots.
Too late for last issue.
We ate having fine weather for
this season of the year.
Mrs. Wo, Eller is right sick at
this writitig, but we hope she
will recover soon.
Mr9. Solomon Greene, of Sulli
van county, Tenn., who has been
on Beaver Dams for the past two
weeks visiting hersisters, return
ed to her home last Saturday.
Mr. Jasper Wilson, who was
stricken with paralysis about two
weeks ago, is but little if any improved.
Married on Sunday, r-ov.
Mr. Clyde Hilliardto Miss Pearl,
laughter of Rev. and Mrs. J." r.
Eller, Rev. J. H. Farthing offlcia
tine at his home. Those present
were Clyde Eggars aud Crete Ha
garann, Charles Dougherty and
Nettie Eller. Claude Williams
and Dessie Elltr. They all drove
to Mr. Harry Hilliards, where a
sumptuous supper was spread.
All reoort an enioyable time. e
all wish them a happy and suc
cessful journey through lite.
On last i ridav night thedeath
angel yisited the home of Mr.
Grant Lowrancev and called his
father, Mr. James Lowrauce, to
the home aboye. Miss Mary,
daughter of Mr. Thomas Stans
berry, died on the same date,
aud both were buried in the same
grave yard on last Sunday eve-uiu"-.
lies'. J. F. Eller preached
both their funerals.
Prof. B. R. Dougherty visited
Forest Grove Sunday School
last Sunday and made a splen
did talk. He remained here until
Monday and visited the schools
on Timbered Ridge. Glad to
have the Trof. with us any time.
Chester, the little son ol Mr.
.lames Culyer, has been quite
sick with pneumonia, but is im
proving last.
Mrs. Fred Hagaman visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John
Shell last Sunday.
The Family Cough Medicine
in ov-prv home there should be a
hottle of Dr. King's New Discovery,
ready for immediate use wnen anj
,n.mr ..( the family contracts
cold or cough. Prompt use will stop
.1,.. ,,1 t, sickness. S. A. Stiu,
of Mason, Mich , writes: "My wnole
One of the mot common ail
ments that hard working (leoplc are
afflicted with u lame bach. Apply
Chamberlain' Liniment twice a
Jay and massage the part thorou
ghly al rnrll nnbrfltif.fi flrwl twin
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will eft quick relief. For sale by
all dealers.
PROFESSIONAL.
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOONE, N.C
Prompt attention given to
dl matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
OlHce with Sol citcr F. A. Lin
aey 1 29. ly. pd.
T. A-Lovk, JamksCCmxf:
LOVE & CLINE,
Attorm ys-at-Law
NEWLAND - - N.C.
Will practice r gularly in the couu
tieaof Avery and all adjoining coun
ties.
The collection of claims a specialty-
2 27.U3 1 j r.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
I bare been putting much study
n this aubject; have received uiy
liploma, and a n now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary Sur
?ery in all Ita bi anches, and am the
jnly one In the county, all on or
iddrena me at V las, N. . R. F. D. 1.
Q. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
i-17-'ll.
Dr. . M. MADRON,
DENTIST.
Sugar Grove, North Carolina,
IQTA11 work done under guar
mtee, and best material used.
1.13-' 11.
E, S. COFFE,
-ATIOIME Al LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a legal nature.
8S" Abstracting titles and
onoction ot claims a special
l-l-'ll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulanej-
SPECIALIST
tYE, har; nosk, turoat asd chest
EYES EXAMINED FOR
GLASSES
FOURTH STREET
Eristol, Tenm-Va.
Inileneudent
i.,nio,i ilm-nrnnr of Virtriuia
WaBCicucu - - -. in i.iao", , - - ,
A vast amount of ill health isaue ilhaueD4ire State ticket, thefftmily depends upon Dr. Kings
to impaired digestion. Whea the ... an,, Progressives New Discovery as the best cough
stomach fails to perform its func- HepuU.ca n . pRn medicine in the world. Twc 50c.
tions properly the whole tystem oe- uaviuj; ummcu u -
comes deranged. A few doses of didatee, bscause they could not
Chamberlain's Tablets is nfl you &(Tree Qll a gtttte ticket. The Fu-
need. They will strengmen your candidate for Mayor of New
jirrnetinn invigorate vour 1 1 y e r. , i;i.i,uii
doing away witntnat miseramc ik. whb .v .
i., tr. fa..li dicestion Try it. 1100. over Edward C. Mi tall,
ters have been permanent
y cured-why not you? For sale by
all dealers.
The wise-mau is not the one
who proclaims himself so.
Tammany's uominee. New Jer
sey elects James C. r idder, Dem
ocrat, Governor, The Democrats
also eaiued control, of both
houses of the Legislature.
u,..,Uc .-.n.-il me of nneumonia
Th"iisnnds of other families have
ben eouallv henetitted and depend
tovery to cure their coughs, colds,
throat and lung troables Every dose
helps Price yjc. am' $1. AH drug
gists II. E. iiucklen & Co., Phila
delphia or bt. Leuis.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OASTO R I A
EDMUND JONES
LAYEll
-LENOlll. N. C,-
WW Practice Regularly in
,he Courts of Watauga,
ill Mi.
L, D. LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
CT Will practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
ounties. 7-6-'11
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
he 13th Judicial District in all
natters of a civil nature.
i-11-1911.
-n t III
F. Lovill. w. ioviu
Lovill &: Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
ill business entrusted to
r,heircare. .. .. ' '
it was only a hog coming across)
(To be continued.)
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