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ftfll) an VOL. XXV UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, TIIUKSDAY, Jan. K, 191 1. NO. 21. A Letter of Interest from Mr, H. JL Da vis, of Sands, R. F. D. Editor Watai ;a Dlm.m -rat: I am writing you to tender my thanks for your favor in nsNt ing mo in my war. h for the North Carolina Lieutenant who so p-n-erouslyasistedthewoundNl eral soldier (J. L: Hulsley) upon the battle field of (icttvsl.ur on July 1, 10:1. It is with much pleasure that 1 announce to you that v. luve been eminently suci.-essful, and not the least of the pleasure comes from the fact that the man who performed this noble net was one of our own county men. ami a member of our Confederate Camp, (Camp Ximrod Triplet t.) When we asked you to help us locate the man, it was mom than we dared to hope, to liud him so near home, but I am iu receipt of communications from Mr. Hals ley in answer to my statements of the oft-repeated statements remembered by Mrs. Hannah Brown, widow of the late J. Mil ton Brown, having heard her hus band relate, in which Mr. Bals lev savfl: "I am fullv satisfied that Mr. Brown is the man." So it in with pleasure that I an nounce to his old friends and comrades that the late J. Milton Brown, of Blowing Rock, is the Lieutenant for whom we have been hunting. All who had the pleasure of his acquaintance will not wonder at his deeds of mer cy, for it was very characteristic of the man: The following clipping from the Connellsville (Pa.,) Daily News gives some of the details of the conversation on the field of bat tle: "One of the main objects of J. 11. Balsley's trip to Gettysburg last July, to attend the exercises in connection with the Fiftieth an niversary of the great bat tie, was to locate, if possible, ths Confed erate lieutenant from XorthJCaro lina who befriended him after he was injured in the first day's figh ting. Mr. Balsley's efforts w e r e successful, us the contents of a letter mailed by II. A. Davis, oi Sands, X. C, to Mr. Balsley un der the date of December 8 will indicate. "Mr! Balsley met Mr. Davis at the battlefield and they discuss ed the incident. Upon returning home Mr. Davis inserted a short statement of the facts in hiscoun ty papers. In a short time the widow of the late J. M. Brown, of Blowing Rock, X. C, sent Mr. Da vis word that she recognized ev ery detail in the statement, ns cor responding with that she had oft en heard her husband relate, with one exception. She does not rec ollect anything concerning an ex tra blanket, but the water inci dent and the conversation, esjee lally about the desertion of the flag, Mrs. Brown remembred. " 'This incident about the Hag. wrote Mr. Davis, l,is all convinc ing. There was nothing in the ar ticle published concerning any conversation between you.' " "Brown was a lieutenant in the 37th Xorth Carolina troops. lie was a member ef Cam) Ximrod Triplett, No-1273, until his death five years ago. Mr. Davis and Mr. Brown were life-long friends and acquaintances. "On the first day of July, 1 803. while trying to secure the flag of his regiment, that had dropped from the hands of a smitten com rade, Mr, Balsley was stricken down by two bullets. Three lines of soldiers passed over him as they drove the Union soldier columns back, and he was with the enemy. Late that afternoon a lieutenant of the Confederate army approached Mr. Balsley and stopped to have a talk. I Ie was very jubilant over their tuc- "Tnerefore: Be It Resolved." ( .r.H ami Obwrver. j l-t's have u talk, just you and I. about this new veur just ush er il in. I.t it be retrospective land NTSNftivi', jierhapsa little mtrosjHvtive, a kind of heart to heart talk. i It's about resolutions that 'this lalk is to lw. Resolutions of 13 that were kept or which ; went into the wuste basket, and i about resolutions which we have already made, or have in mind to make for 1914. It is an old habit this resolution making when we hang a new calendar on the wall, and open a new set of books with ourselves. A good habit, even if we fail to keep the resolution as we plan ned, for it is out of our failure that we often attain to success. It has I Mien written truly that "men may riseonsteppingstones of their dead selves to higher things." So make resolutions for the new year and strive to keep them, even if you have failed in the past. Let there be resolutions of service to self which will prove of service to others, and of ser vice to others which will have a multiplying influence for good as the days roll. Let us aspire to higher, better, cleaner things in our lives, for our State, for our nation, for the world. Let us do our part in kee ping aroused the public con science for the right of the indi vidual, for just and fair treat ment of man by man. If we have failed to do this in the year gone, let's make a fresh start today, and make a hard fight to keep on at it. . . . . . . Don't imagine it's a long time task to keep resolutions. Just keep them adayatatinw. That's the important thing in making Xew Year resolutions. Don't think of the 36" days they are to be kept. One day and then an other follows. Resolutions kept one day makes it easier to keep them the next. And the year will round itself out. Take an inspective view, let's look into ourselves and see what are our needs, what things need remedying, wnt errors are to be uuarded against. Then let us re solve to be guided only fcby high purposes, to do our part in ma king home life, civic life, the bet ter. Let's make resolutions with an uplift in them. Then we have made a fair start in 1914. And may strength be given to you and to me to keep our grip tight and fast till it is time to make new resolutions for 1915. It must be about the nicest thing on earth to be a young la dy and preety and come home from a boarding school for the holidays. cess and went on to tell how they were going on the next day from Gettysburg to Ilarrisburg, Bal timore and Washington and would wind up the war. After talking in this manner for some time he said: "Sergeant, what did you come out to light against us for. any how?'' Mr. Balsey's reply was: 'Lieutenant, I thought it right to fight for the old flag." At the mention of the flag his counte nance droppd and he walked a way a few steps. Then he came back and said: Well, sergeant, never desert the old flag." Then calling one of his men he bade him get Mr. Balsley a canteen of water, and he himself procured a blanket and fixing him as com fortably as possible said: "God bless you," and went on." Again thanking you for your kindness, I am, Respectfully fours, II. A. DAVIS. Sands, Dec. 29, 1913. HATE AND (EKERAl NEWS. On Sunday 2Sth, ult, President W ilson was 57 years old. Secretary of State, Brvan and wife npt?nt the holidays at Grove Park Inn, in Abbeville. Mr. C. H. Gwyn, a prominent citizen of Elkin and proprietor of the Llk Inn, died on the 23 ult. of Bright 's disease. President Wilson and family went to Pass Christian, Miss., to spend his holiday vacation oi three weeks. J. W, Thomas, Jr., president ol the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway died recently in iSashville, Tenn. Col. David Farthing Clarke came down from Boyd ton, Va. to visit relatives and friends during the holidays. Lenoir Xews. A. Cunningham, editor of the Confederate Veteran, published in Nashville, died on the 20th, ult, after an illness of several davs. Walter Poovy who about three years ago shot and killed Gus Ward, in Caldwell count, and escaped, has lately surrendered to the Sheriff and has been re leased on $5,000 bond. The Biltmore Hotel, just com pleted in Xew York at a cost oi 9 10,000,000, was opened on Xew Years eve. It is 26 stories high and occupies a block and is the city's most magnificent hotel. The Queen Dowager Sophia, oi Sweeden, mother of King Gus- tave V, died at Stockholm on the 30th, ult. of inflammation of tht lungs. She had been an invalid for 25 vears. The Roaring Gup Hotel and a cottage belonging to Mr. Alex Chatham, Sr. were destroyed by fire on Sunday the 28th, ult. Tin Are is supposed to be the work ol incendiaries. Joseph Cullcn Root, founder of the Woodmeu of the World, died in a hotel in Hendersonville Christmas eve, after a short ill ness. His home was in Omaha. Neb-, and his remains were taken there for interment. President Mingea. of the Vir ginia-Carolina Railroad Co., hasj announced his intention of build ing a through trunk telephone line along their new railroad from Abingdon to Todd and from the latter place to Blowing Rock. Wilkes Patriot. The following is a Rock Creek item in Lenoir Xews of the 30th. ult: Our teacher Miss Ella Day underwent a very successful oper ation today at the home of Miss Margaret Williams. The ojiera tion was the removal ofannbnor mal growth from her left shoul der, performed by Drs. Corpen- ing and Moore of Granite Falls. Miss Day is a daughter of Mr. Thomas Day of our county. Crovp and Covgh Remedy. Crouo is a terible disease, it at tacks cnildren so suddenly they are verv ant to choke unless riv en the proper remedj' at once. There is nothing hetter in t h e orld than Ur. King s ,ev ins- coverv. Lewis l ham tier la in, oi Manchester. Ohio, writes about his children: 'Sometimes in severe atttacks we were afraid the y mild die. but since we Droved what a certain remedy Dr. King's Xew Discovery, we have no fear. We rely on it' for croup, coughs and colds." So can you. 50c and ,$1.00. A bottle should be in every home. At all druggists. H. L. Bucklen & Co. 1'hila. ana Sjt. Lou is. Bull fights and dances are still patronized by Huerta, Perhaps war after all is not wr.at bher nian said it was. Ex. l:zi Leaves and Hilly. iy J. A. K'l. iuoii.) The ucsti-ni p,irt of North Cai olina furnishes a uuuiImt ofU-uu-tiful evergreen's for Christina! evergreens. From the lautitu Blowing Ro. k section, in tin north-west em pottioii of tin State, through the mounttiius t the TeiinexxM line, the niountait evergreens a m bought .m, ship ped to .Northern markets. In tlx fu'l and winter galax leave an the prim ipal staple. These leaves ure in great demand for Christ mas decora 1 ions, and the tradi is growing. ( )ne dealer at Liltli Switzerland, in the mountains o western North Carolina, last sen son, bought SI, sou to YJ.ooi worth at that pl.ue alone. ;iiu there ure hx to ei iht other hum fhants it hiir twelve miles of thai (M)int who bay the s uueaiuoiint All thes'j leaves are shipped t the Northern mark 'ts, New Yorl. and Philadelphia principally. Local residents priiicipnilly wo men and children, are busy Iron the middle of October to the lat of Xovember gathering galax leaves. and this represents a much of tin industry to the peo ple of the mountains as the cotton-picking is to the people of tin low country Another dealer at Little Swit zerland gives a demonstratioi of how this industry is carried on. md the packing of Galax leavef for shipment, lie has two rooms one filled with water-moss, ii the loaves are embedded as In buys them; in the other roon they are packed in wooden box js. There are twenty-five leaves in a bunch and ten thousand leaves to the case. The eases an lined with waxed paper, then j layer of Wafer moss, juid I hi leaves packed closely, anothe; layer of water-moss, and waxes paper on top. Balsam and term ue sold to some extent. Coming down into the eastei i portion of the State, there is i 'real demand for holly. Hun Ireds of cat t loads of holly an at in Onslow county and ship ped from Jacksonville to the nor t hern cities. Most of the holly is shipped to Xew York City, which is the clearing-place in the Ivist. Hundreds of thousands of trees and branches an sent from the metropolis to many places in the northern and Middle States and retailed for Christmas. Silas M. Greene, JEWELER SlI.VEKSTOXE, X. C. A!l kinds of repair work done uudcr a positive guar antee. When in need of uny thing in my line give me a call and get honest work at honest prices. W.vivu R;:iviiiixi; A SrixiAirv. Bank of Blowing Kocfc, Blowim; 1!(kk. X. C. WHO DARE DEXY that there's a magnetic power m a SAVINGS BANK Book? With it von can waive off calamity, laugh at many a turn of fortune's off-wheel, and meet old age gracefully and smilingly! Trv the never-failing Mantlet of saved -f safely laid a- way, at interest, in oar strong boxes, and you're on the sunny side of life's street. last Cookiti Retires. '.'htrlotte Oliwrver. We don't know yet just what to do with Dr. Fredrick A. Cook, out we ure dear in refusing him the congressional investigation .hich he now usks for his much xploitej polar duims. Doctor .'ook has U-iU ut hi old tricks lgain. He has finally a lien ted veil nigh his last remaining ad lerant. Capt. K. B. Baldwin, who vas meteorologist of the Peary 'Xpedition in 1893 and orguni :erof the Baldwin-Ziegler expe lition iu 1901. It came about through Doctor Cook's attempt :o use the manuscript of a forth :oming book by Captain Baldw in vhieh Captain Baldwin had sent lim for n turn with illustrative ihoto :ahs und original data is DiM-tor Cook could supply. The great explorer-lecturer heav y e lited the manuscript into a lorid defence of his own claims md added four type written out right. He then mailed the manu script thus handled to Captain Baldwin, with the statement that it would be used as an outline )f his communication to Con gress. Among numerous other interlineations was a list of fifty )dd explorers alleged to haveup ield Cook's allegations but for the most part never heard of by 'aptain Baldwin before. Incen sed at this effort to make him a t)urty to a fake docment, the .'aptain after consultation with Jeorge B. Cortelyou, now presi lent of the Consolidated Gas onipany. and several Congress nen whom he also numbers a nonghis friends, decided to give the Doctor what the Doctor de served. He had been resisting vith great difficulty the belief ;hat the latter was a fakir ever since the appearance of the Cook 'ook, in which his eminent friend aided three paragraphs over his ignaliuv to a friendly letterwrit ten by him. In these circum stances his attitude and ours 'oward the proposed congress ional investigation explains it self. AVe don't believe that Con gress needs any more vaudeville "o keep out of mischief, and. be sides. Doctor Cook's valiant 'hanipion. Representative Macon if Arkansas, will not be there to inake the vaudeville truly a suc cess. Rsjijiroiation by Munshiiurs. From a Polkton Letter in Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer. A few days since, some 200 of Savannah's "first ladies" sat down to a card party, thepro t'eeds of which was to go for the ducation and uplift of the moun tain people. From the gambling ity lady to the mountaineer the listauce is long and bleep, but it is all in favor of the rough but micorrupted mountaineer. 1 1 would be more in accord with the eternal fitness of things for n moonshiner to set apart the pro i veils oi ins sun lor ineenucauon and uplift of Savannah's curd playing women. There are purity and refinement in the mountains, and a lamentable lack of these ennobling qualities among the silk-skirted inhabitants of the cities. ''All that glitters is not gold." Women Who Get Dizzy, Every woman who is trouhleil with fainting and dizzy spells, bat I ac.ie, lieadaehe, weakness, dtbility, i-otistm.ition or ki Inev troubles shonld use h.icctric Bitters. The crive lelief when nethinsr else will. improvts tlie lv alth, adding strength and vijror from the first dose. Mrs r.-miy I! linis i:f Avium 1 ,:i .svavs- - - - - - ' . -j "Four doctors had given me up and -ii iii r i my enuai en ana an my menus wert looking lor me to die, when mj son insisted thtt 1 use Eleelric Bit tei s. I did so, and tl.ev have dom me a world of pood ':lust trv them i ";oc. and Si.oo. at all druesrists oi I by mail. II. E. Bnck'.en & Co., I l'lisiaueipnia or at ucuts. CASTOR I A For IafknU and Children. Hie Kind Yea Hare Always Bought Bears th Senator of PROFESSIONAL. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE, x.c Prompt attention given to 11 matters of a legal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicit! r F. A. Lin. oy 1-29. ly. pd. T. a. Lovk,; JamksC-Clim? LOVE & CLINE, Attorneys-at-Law NEWLAND, - - N. C. Will practice rognlarly in the conn ties of Avery and all adjoining couu ties. The collection of claims a upeclnlty. 2 27-'13 1 yr. VETERINARY SURGERY. I hare been putting much study an this ubject; have received my diploma, and am now well equipped for the practice of Veterinary 8ur ery In all Its brandies, and am the only one in the county, all on or iddrws uie at Vilas, N. . It. F. D. 1. G. II. HAYES, Veterinary Surgeon. M7-'U. Dr, . HE. MADRON, - DENTIST. Sugar (J rove, North Carolina, tfaT All work doneuuderguar intee, and best tnuterial used. U.V11. E. S. COFFEY, -ATI OR El Al LAW, COONE, N. V. Prompt attention given to ill matters of a legal nature. 86?" Abstracting titles and ionoction ot claims n special r. l-l-'ll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney SPECIALIST STB, EAR; NOSK, THROAT AND CHEST ETKS EXAMINED FOR GLASSES FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tennt-Va, EDMUND JONES LAWYER LEXOItt, X. ( - Will Practice Regularly in the Courts of Watauga, 6-1 'n. L, D. I. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BANNER ELK, N. C. IWill practice in the courts Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining Counties. 7 6.'i 1 F. A. LINNEY, ATTORN EV AT LAW,- BOONE, N. V. Will practice iu the courts of the 13th Judicial District in all natters of a civil nature. 5-11-1911. E. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovill Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys At Law -BOONE, N. C Special attention given to all business entrusted to uneircare. . .'. .. ,
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