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MOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 2 1911.
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Pcoplt if the Mountains Creatly Misrep
resented. (Dv I- l. I j "-)
It is a well known fact that a
bout ninety-five r cent, uf the
people who dwell amongst t It e
mountains of south-west Virginia
East Tennessee, Western North
Carolina and other states border
ing along the Alleghany moun
tains, is composed of the pure
Anglo-Saxon blood, while in other
sections of the United States, and
especially in the large cities, a
very large percentage of the pop
ulation is composed of foreigners
of every shade, type and condi
tion of humanity; and this being
so. there is not a better or more
intelligent class of people on the
earth than those who dwell a
mongst the hills and mountains
of this section. Those who are in
ignorance of existing conditions
have been told that these people
are ignorant, poverty-striken and
have a criminal disposition; and
it is too often the case that these
misrepresentations are know
ingly made for a purpose.
Even some of the ministers of
the gospel who dwell amongst us
and who do good church service
have fallen into one grievous er
ror, and for this they deserve se
vere chastisement for the part
they have taken in creating a
false impression in the minds of
the people abroad. Some of them
are too zealous in trying to raise
money with which to build
churches and conduct schools. I
know of one instance where a well
known minister during h is service
was making an effort toget funds
from his congregation for one of
the mountain churches, made this
unguarded reroarot JmQjving
at the time thaf a ybunglady
from the vicinity for which the
fund was to be used was present.
"Brother has been in the
hospital for three or fourmonths
in order to build up his physical
condition. He has broken down
his health in trying to build up
this great chureli and school work
he has had in charge, but I am
glad to say that his condition
has so improved that he has re
turned to his benighted people."
I have been reliably informed
that another minister who had
charge of a school caused the girls
and boys to attire themselves in
the worst clothing they could
collect, then had their photo
graphs taken in a group and rep
resented that they were in this
condition when thev first enter
ed the school. On the'same day
he caused the same girls and boys
to dress in their very best cloth
ing, had them grouped in another
photograph and sent the differ
ent groups broadcast over the
country to show what great im
provements had been accomplish
ed within a period of two or three
years; and upon these representa
tions this same man sought funds
to further his efforts.",!!! building
up his school. If these good men
would tell the plain, simple truth
and say that a certain class of
people have neglected to educate
their children; that, like all other
places, this section has its share
of unfortunate orphans w ho have
bright minds, and all they need
while they are helpless is a little
assistance from those who are
more fortunate, and with fair ed
ucational advantages they would
make more useful men and wo
men; the efforts of the minis
ters would be more effective in
procuring the required funds to
equip and conduct their schools,
if they would be more guarded in
their statements and would not
be charged with making flagrant
misrepresentations.
It is perfectly legitimate and
proper to solicit funds to help
those who need help, but this
should bo done in the right man
ner and upon fair represeii ta t ions
not by hiking pmtiraphsnfllie
liiont dilapidated log l altiiirt, the
iiinsi MMrlv lml women and
children that may I found in
some isolated plaees, send these
photographs broad cast overthe
country to be commented on by
the newspapers, and pretend that
thei represent existing condi
tions of this section of the coun
try. If money is procured by
such methods it is obtained by
false pretense, and if a minister
indulges in such conduct he de
serves to be centured. A minister
may obtain money in this way,
but when the news reaches his
home it has a chilling effect upon
his congregation. While he may
mean to do no harm, at the
same time he is creating a bad
impression and tearing down
what he claims he is building up,
and heaping insult upon the
people with whom he is making
his home.
Some of our northern friends
come down and undertake to
show our mountain people how
to farm and do many other things
but as a general rule their exper
iments proved to be failures while
the native mountaineers paid
strict attention to their own af
fairs and sueceeded in their under
taking.
When we have sufficient rail
road facilities and those at a dis
tance become better acquainted
with our people, they will find
that we have a class of people who
are intelligent and as good a s
this earth has ever produced.
While it is true that they have
been a little backward along ed
ucational lines, yet with such
schools as are now conducted at
Boone, Valle Crucis, Banner Elk,
Flnmtree and In many other
places it will only take a very few
years to demonstrate what these
mountain people can do.
CniLD Cross? Feverish? Sick?
cross, peevish, listless child,
with coated tongue, pale, doesn't
sleep; eats sometimes very little,
then again ravenously; stomache
sour; breath fetid; pains in stom
ache, with diarrhea; grinds teeth
while asleep, and starts up with
terror all suggest a Worm Kil
lersomething that ex pels worms
and almost every child has tlieni.
Kickapoo Worm Killer is needed.
Get a box to-day. Start at once.
You won't have to coax, as Kick
apoo Worm Killer is a candy con
fection. Expels the worms, the
cause of your child's trouble. 25c
at your druggist.
Teddy has never seen even a
speck of doubt in all his short
sighted life. He wouldn't recog
nize a continent of it if he saw it
dressed up to go somewhere or
with its clothes off. How, then,
could he discover a stream call
ed the "River of Doubt" in South
America? If he really discovered
any such thing it will be found
to be the River of Cocksureness.
If, on the 27th day of June,
1915, The Watauga Democrat
has not doubled its list of sub
scribers, then you may have Bob
Rivera's last summer's hat. It
is a rebuilt straw of the well
known Rimless-crownless vintage
but'warranted to keep the sun
out of your eyes on cloudy days
and the rain off the top of your
head on fair ones.
Keep Bowel Movement Regu
lar.
Dr. Kings New Life Pills keep
stomache, aver and kidneys in
healthy condition. Rid the body
of poisons and waste. Improve
your complexion by flushing the
liver and kidneys. "1 got more re-
lief from one box of Dr. King's
iew Late fills tlian any medicine
I ever tried," says C. & Hatflald,
ot Chicago, ill. 25c, at your Drug
gist.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA5TORIA i
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Col. Roosevelt arrived in New
Toil on the 19th.
The 20th of May celt-brat ion in
Charlotte was a great success.
Vice President Marshall and
Governor Locke Craig made ad
dresses at Charlotte on the 20th.
A large majority of the dele
gates to the democratic conven
tion of South Carolina were anti
Blease men.
A stranger, named Russell, was
chastised in Salisbury on the 15
instant for accosting her with
"Hello Chicken," to a lady.
Two boys, Teague and Bone,
were placed in jail for having
broken into the store of the
Abernathy Hardware Company
at Hickory on the 15th.
Travers, the American golf
champion, failed to qualify at
Sandwich, England, for the am
atuer championship; but Ouimet,
of Massachusetts played in fine
form.
The funeral of Ilenry Pulliam
one of the sailors killed at Vera
Cruz was attended by 5,000 peo
ple at Roanoke va., his former
home.
Charles S. Mellen, former presi
dent of the wrecked New Haven
R. R., lays most of the blame for
the losses incurred therein on the
late J. P. Morgan.
Among the first three to fall at
Vera Cruz among our sa ilors were
two Jews, Esau H. Frohlichstein,
of Mobile, and Samuel Meisen
burg, of Chicago, the latter of
whom enlisted under an assumed
name becauseofprejudice against
his race.
The Methodist General confer
ence recommended the retirement
of Bishop A. W. Wilson of Balti
more, onaccountofage,andgave
Bishop Hoss a vacation of one
year, on account of illness.
Just before adjournment the
Methodist General conference at
Oklahoma city decided that they
still had substantial interests in
Vanderbilt University and ap
pointed a committee to look af
ter them.
It is the purpose of the U. S.
to maintain Tampico, now in the
hands of the Constitutionalists,
as an open port. If this is ac
complished, arms can be sent to
the Constitutionalists by that
port, and thus Villa's campaign
can be prosecuted with the great
er vigor, the U. S. embargo to re
main in force.
State Treasurer Lacy has re
ported to Gov. Craig that the
Statesville Air Line has turned in
1,110 shares of stock, worth 50
cts on the dollar, and the Elk in
& Alleghany R. R. stock is valued
at par, while the 70 shares of the
Watauga & Yadkin are worth
only $7,000. These are State
aided railroads, which havegiven
stock in return for the use of con
victs. The vulnerability of modern
warships to bombs of aero
planes was demonstrated recent
ly when the Federal gunboat
Morelos, which had been one of
the defancesof Mazatlan, Mexico,
was forced to put to sea with her
upper works on fire to escape
bombs of the Constitutionalists'
air fleet.
Charles E. Trull, a well known
young man-about-town, was
arrested in Charlotte on the 17th
for the murder of Sidney Swain,
a white merchant who had oper
ated a small store on Mint street
in that city. Swain had been
waylaid and robbed. The murder
seems to have been planned in
advance. Trull was held with
out bail.
Valle Crucis Happenings.
(Too lute for Inst week.)
The Valle Cruris Industrial
S IhmiI i losHtl on last Wednesday,
after having a very siieeessful
year. The day was snt chiefly
in entertaining visitors and pa
rents of the pupils who came to
see the exhibits in the Domestic
Science building. Basketry and
laundry depa rt men t s. These re
flected much credit on both tea
chers and pupils. In the evening
a play was rendered by the pri
mary department, a number of
songs by the entire school, and a
splendid address by Bishop Hor
ner were other features of the ev
ening, which were much eujoyed
by a quiet, well-behaved audi
ence. Among the other visitors
who attended the closing exerci
ses of the school, were Bishop
and Mrs. Horner and Mrs. Wal
lace of Asheville, Mrs. Cooper ol
Oxford, sister of Bishop Horner,
Mr. and Mrs. Atkins of Foscoe.
Misses Mclver and Watkius of
the Lees McRae Institute and a
number of people from Banners
Elk and other nearby places.
On Monday, a party consisting
of Mr. C. D. Taylor, Dr. H. B Per
ry Mrs. L. C. Smith, and Mrs. T.
li. Taylor, left by automobile
for Charlotte to attend the cele
bration on the twentieth. Mr.
Monroe Baird of Matney, and
Mrs. Alex Woodie of Shulls Mills
were also in the party, both go
ing for medical treatment.
Mr. Ed Shipley is spending the
week at his large Roan Mt. farm
shearing sheep.
Mrs. Charlie Voncannon and
daughter, Rosalie visited Mrs. T.
H. Taylor last week.
A number of Valle Crucis peo
ple attended church at Cove Creek
Sunday, among them Mr. and
Mrs. Will Mast and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Baird. Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Shipley and family, Mr.
and Mrs. D. F. Mast, Mrs. Suli
vun, Mrs. Brown and Mr. C. L.
Mast.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Wagner
entertained the teachers and vis
itors of the school at tea on last
Thursday evening.
Mr. Jud Wagner of Foscoe was
in town Saturday, his mother
Mrs. Mary Wagner returning
with him.
Little Miss Alice Taylor, visited
friends and relatives on Cove
Creek last week.
WOOL! WOOL!!
I am in the wool business again
this year and will pay the top
price as I have always done.
W. E. SHIPLEY.
Lumber for Sale!
We now have our steam saw
mill located about one mile
above Winkler's mill, andean
fill bills' on short notice. Lum
ber delivered if wanted.
W. L. HAYXES & BR0.
NOTICE.
All persons Indebted to me either
note or account will please soroe for
ward at once and make settlement
as I am bound to collect. Heed this
notice and save trouble, March 23, 1914
N. L. MAST.
8 25, 2 m
JOB PRINTING
TRIAL ORDERS SOLICITED
SATISFACTION GUARAN
TEED. PRICES RIGHT. ALL
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILL
ED.
WAGNER A. REESE
BOONE, - - - - N. C
RUEYSKEDNEYPIIIS
Fa Bachachc KierANMuooM
Pointless Paragraphs.
There are no fogs in Boon.
Sulril- for the Itemoci-at.
Even a blind man can see Bmii
grow.
Ijuise Critcher, the prettiest
gi:l in Boone.
Josephus has put the punch
out of und the kick into our na
vy. Teddy find a stream called the
River of Doubt? Preposterous.
If Huerta gets his dues Villa
w ill take all the hurt out of him
when he reaches the Mexican cap
ital. Retribution!
The man who put the car in
to Carlton was unconsciously a
prophet; for does not the Rev. J.
C. Carlton of Boone own two?
How can Theodore Roosevelt,
who has not a single b in his
name, manage to make things
hum so? Maybe the bee is in his
bonnet.
Well, well, well. Here are the
Methodists trying to get tobacco
juice out and William Jennings
trying to get grape juice in!
A modern kind of bunkum: the
Edward Buncombe chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, with not a word to say
for Buncombe, and keeping migh
ty dark about that Daniel Boone
cabin!
Mars. Henry Watterson insists
that we cannot legislate people
into heaven, even by an act of
Congress. He is non-committal
as to legislating them into the
other place, however!
The other day, as the Constant
Boarder was starting for a walk
with several little children, Wag
ner Reese,, of the Dsmocrat force,
remarked: have seen old hens,
but never before have I
een . an old rooster followed by
a gang of little chickens."
Teddy has made a new discov
ery since his return to New York:
that the same old tuber w h i c h
kept him out of the republican
nomination for the presidency in
1912 is in his path for the United
States Senate in 1914. Its bo
tanical name is 'elihuroot."
Coughed For Three Years.
"I am a lover of vour godsend
to humanity and science. Your
medicine. Dr. King's New Discov
ery, cured my cough of three yrs.
standing, says Jennie t lemming
of New Dover, Ohio. Have you
an annoying cough? Is it stub
born and won't yield to treat
ment? Get a 50c bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery today.
W hat it did for Jennie r lemming
it will do for vou, no matter how
stubborn or chronic a cough may
be. It stops a cougli and stops
throat and lung trouble. Rebel
r money back. 50c and $1.00
it your druggist.
Buckleu's Arnica Salve for piin
pies.
unildren Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
P.ASTORIA
SALE OF LAND.
Bv authority of a mortgage
marie hv A. Al. l.ntcner anil
Laura Critcher on the 26 day of
March 1912, to li. A. Adams to
secure the payment of $150.00
and recorded in liook M. page
291 of the office of Register of
Deeds of V atauga County, 1 will
on the first day of June, 1914 at
1 o'clock p. m. at the court house
door of V atauga County, sell to
the highest bidder tor casn at
public auction the following tract
of land in the town of Blowing
Kock, A. L. and described as lot
lows, to-wit: lieginnmg o n a
stake in Boone Street on the west
side and inns south 80 feet: thence
west 150 feet to a stake; thence
north to the bank of the old
Boone road; thence with the old
Boone road 60 feet to Leason
Hartley's comer; thence east with
Hartleys line 170 feet to the be
ginning, containing acre more
or less. This 1st day of May
1914.
R. A. ADAMS, Morffipgee.
PR OFESSIONAL.
Fletcher & Bingham.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BOONE, NORTH CAW).
Will practii In tb court ofW
Uugft and aJJolniug count Car
fnl and prompt attention gWn to
all matter Qtriut4 ton.
11 0. 13.
Dr. G. M. Pearler,
Treat Dlaeaie of the
Eye, Ear Hose and Throat
BRISTOL. TEX.W,
1 15 '14 ly.
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOONE, N.c
Prompt attention .gifen to
all matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin.
ney
1-29. ly. pd.
T. A. Love, JAMEaC.Ciiai
LOVE & CLINE,
Attorney s-at-Law
NEWLAND, - . N. C.
Will praetie regularly la tb ooun
tie of;A very andlldJoInlng coun
tie.
The;eollectlon;of elalm a sptelalt jr.
8 27.'13 1 yr.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
;i hav been putting muto tudj
on thin aubject; have received my
diploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary 8ur
iery In all lti branches, and am tb
wily on In th county, all on or
ftddren me at Vilas, N. . R. P. D.l .
G. H. HAYES,
!Sfffl Veterinary Suweon.
E. S. coffey!
-A TlORhEl Al LA-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a legal nature.
9ST Abstracting titles and
ouection ot claims a special
ty.
ll'll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney
SPECIALIST
it K, BAR; NOSE, THROAT AND CHK8T
EYES KXAHIMED FOR .
GLASSES
FOURTH STREET
Eristol, Tenn.-Va.
EDMUND JONES
LAW YER
-LENOIU, N. f,-
Will Practice Regularly in
tbe Courts of Wateuga,
6- 1 'u.
L,jD. LOWE,
ATT0RNEYAT LAW.
Banner Elk, X. C.
Practice in the courts of Avery
and surrounding counties. Care
ful attention given to all matters
of a legal nature.
7- 6-12.
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 18th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
6.11-1911.
E. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovlll
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
their care. .. .
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