VOL. XXV
UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 23 1914.
NO. 48.
Fret Tolls Repealed.
On the night of tin- 11th inst
the bill fur the iv-iil ol In-e lulls
fur American roast wiM shipping
passed tin? senate li.y a voteof .
to .'.", aclcuriniiioiilruf l.'i. The
rvienling act carried the Simmons
nnjemlineiit whu-li expressly re.
wives nil rights we imiy have un
der the tivaty with I'lnJun). rail
ed the Hay-l'auuu-foit tivaty.
Thirteen republicans joim-d Ha
democrats in favorof itspnssngi
while eleven democrats, led l
0Oorman, the Tammany nieiu
liei from New York, foujrht the
bill to the bitter end, thus joining
forces with i?4 dyed-in-the wool
republicans. The senate has
dwadled over this matter since
March 31st, going over and over
t he same grou nd agn in a nd aga in.
Not one new idea has been ad
vanced since the house sent the
bill to the senate. Every scheme
and device known to the reaction
ary wing of the democratic party
was resorted to to delay the vote,
for it has been known for two
months what the result 'would
I.
There was method in this ap
parent madness; for close on the
rejteal of this bill was to follow
the balance of t he legielution de
manded by President Wilson in
order to complete the reform
measures the democratic party
promised the country it would
puss if entrusted w ith power. By
delaying the vote on the canal
tolls, consideration of the trust
bills w ould be correspoupinglyde
laved. That is what the inter
ests most fear the passage of
laws to prevent interlocking di
eectorates, definition of what is
restrain t of ,t rade t he . appoint
ment of a conimision to advise
corporations as to the proper ob
servance of the trust laws etc.
Njw, that there is nothing to
hinder, it remains to be seen just
how many of the democrats who
voted against the rejieal of free
tolls will vote against this anti
trust legislation.
Another motive has operated
to influence both congressmen
and senators jealousy of Wood
row Wilson. All men see that un
less he is broken dow u now he w ill
sweep the country two years
hence. The men w ho fought his
nomination are fighting him still.
Underwood, Clark, O'Gorman
and other leaders opposed his
nomination, and have fought hitu
ever since, whenever they dared.
But he has triumphed on every
issue to date, and will triumph
both in trust legislation and in
the peaceful and permanent settle
ment of the Mexican situation.
For he is a patriot, and the coun
try is rapidly finding it out. He
is making his administration one
of service. He is carrying out the
cammand of the meek and low ly
Nazarene of "Bear ye one anoth
ers' burdens,'" which is just anoth
er way of carrying out that "new
commandment:"that ye love one
another."
The House accepted the bill as
amended by a large majority.
Cures Stubborn-, Itchy Skin
Troubles
"I could scratch myself to pie
ces" is often heard from suffereis
of Eczema. Tetter.Itch and siiuil
ar skin eruptions. Don't scratch-
Stop the itching at once with
Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
Its first application starts heal
ing; the Red, Hough Scaly, Itch
ing Skin is soothed" by the heal
ing and cooling medicines. Mrs.
C. A. Einfeldt, Rock Island, UL,
after using Dr. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment, writes: "This is the first
time in nine years I have been five
from thedreadful ailment." Guar
anteed. 50c, at your Druggist.
Life is an earnest business, and
no man was ever made great or
good by a diet of nothing but
broad grins.
Two Standards.
Railroad insist that titer prop
erty should U assessed for taxa
tion on exactly the same basis a
piivate proHTty. But. when it
comes to question of the basis
upon which they should lie allow
d t o ea rn d i vidend s, t he mil roadi-in-Nt
that the basis kIiouM lie.
not the amount of money actu
ally inestcd, but the amount up
ou which they have to pay inter
est, including a vast amount ol
bonus or gratuitous stock, issued
without any valid consideration
This is manifestly unjust. If thev
pay taxes on the low assessment
basis they should be restricted to
to that basis on the question ol
dividend earning. It is noanswei
to claim that private property is
taxed on a lower basis of value
than is railroad projiety, for pri
vate proerty holds no sjjecial
franchise to make money out ot
the public. What it makes is earn
ed in open market and in compe
tition with all other private prop
erty hat the railroads make
is out of tht public necessities of
travel a n d transportation ot
freight, and without comjtetition
in the territory over which each
railroad runs. The courts say
that railroads must be allowed
to earn enough .to pay the inter
est on its bonds, to declare reas
onable dividends on its stock, and
to improve and secure the up
keep of its property, but no more.
All this is allowed them after pay
ing all ojierating expenses. Rut
private projierty rarely earns
that much; for in estimating its
earnings no account is taken ot
the time and services of the own
ers. After all the operating ex
penses of private? property have
been paid, improvements and re
newals made, and the owner paid
for his and his servants' expenses,
time and labor, there is rarely any
surplus left for dividends. Pri
vate property suffers losses from
variouscauses just asdo railroads
from wrecks etc. All it should be
required to pay to the State is
the tax rate laid by law on its
true value. That value should
be determined by its earning ca
pacity. The same should be true
of railroads. The reason theState
should not restrict the earni igs
of private property is because ii
enjoys no special privilege. The
reason the State should restrict
the earnings of railroads to a re
asonable return on its earning
pow er is because they hold special
priviliges, without which they
could do nothing whatever.
There should be but one stand
ard for the railroads, that of tax
ation or that of dividend earning.
The railroads should not be al
lowed to earn dividends on a high
valuation unless they pay taxes
on that basis also.
Hot Wkathkk Toxic- and
Health Builder.
Are you run down nervous
tired? Is every thing you do an ef
fort? You are not lazy you are
sick! Your Stomach, Liver, Kid
neys, and w hole system need a
Tonic. A tonic and health builder
to drive out the waste matter
build you up and renew yor
strength. Nothing better than
Electric Bitters. Start to-day.
Mrs. James Duncan, Haynesville,
Me., writes: "Completely curedme
after several doctors gave me up."
50e and $1.00 at your druggest.
Buckliu,8 Arnica Salve forcuts.
Prof. B. B.Dougherty of Boone
has been selected to conduct the
Wilkes county Teachers' Insti
tute, which will open in Wilkes
boro on July 20th, and will con
tine for tw o weeks. Miss Hettie
Aiken of Brevard will assist Prof:
Dougherty in the work. Wilkes
Patriot.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA5TQRIA
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.
The free canal tolls bill has Im-tii
passsl by Senate and House and
approved by the president.
The thermometer wa- 100 de
.jives in Clm i lot te on the lltl;
inst, and 101 in Greensboro.
Lightning killed fonreople ii:
the Mint Hill section of Mecklen
burg county on the 13th inst.
There were five burglaries at
Raleigh during the night of June
1 4 th, but only a small amount of
loot was secured.
The governor of Montana has
isked for federal troops to help
restore order in the copper mines
of that State.
The steamship Xew York was
rammed by the Pretoria in a fog
off Nantucket on the 13th. inst.
Xo one w as hurt.
There is an epidemic of typhoid
fever at Morehead city, and the
N. C. Health Officers association
have published a bulletin setting
forth the facts.
Eighty one new doctors of med
icine have been licensed by the
State Board of Midical Examiners
in Raleigh for practice at various
points in the State.
Admral Fletcher, who took Vera
Cruz, is to head the Atlantic Fleet,
to succeed Rear Admiral Badger,
when he completes his tour of ser
vice within the next few weeks.
Wm. G. Sharp of Ohio has been
appointed by the president am
bassador to France. Myron T.
Herrick of the same State, and n
republican hold-over is the pres
ent incumbent.
vIt was so hot in the Aaliboro
street church, Greensboro on Sun
day night; June 14th, that the
ladies asked the men to pull ofi
their (the men's) coats, which
they did gladly.
Children so mentally defective
as not to be able to keep up with
others of their age are to be
taught seperately in Ashville at
the next term. They will lie given
more manual and less. literary
work.
Medals have been given to the
officers and men who distinguish
ed themselves when that city was
taken, and a gratuity of f 100.
with honor medal will be given 11
enlisted men for extraordinary
heroism.'
The X. C. Tress association will
be held in Wilmington June 24th
and 23th. They will be welcom
ed bv Judge Roundtree. It is
hoped that Josephus Daniels, sec
retary of the navy, will be present,
though not certain.
A 300 ton dredge boat passed
entirely through the Panama ca
nal week before last in less than
nine hours. President Wilson and
cabinet, aboard the old battle
ship Oregon, .will -make ' the first
official trip through the canal
next March or April. .
, AN OUNCE
of medicine from our brand new stock of drills, just opened In Blowing
Rock cannot fail to give complete satisfaction, an it is all absolutely fresh
from the crucibles of the tuanutacturiutf clieiaistg. People cannot get sick
in Blowing Kock but some are eick when they arrive and need our remedio
OF PREVENTION'
all maladies are, however, better than first catching and then curing them.
Keep well therefore, by patronizing our new, up to date toda fountaiu; at
which all the most fetching and delieious beverages are dispensed
A T M 0 R P H E W ' S D RUG STORE
A box of our delicious caudy will bring both health and happiness to your
sell or anyone else, and ii warranted to
love) and a" hug around the neck" from
too Urge. A box of writing paper
IS WORTH
of happiness to anyone and will iusure an answer from "niin" or "her" eve
rytime. if you buy enough of it and write frequently, the '"proposal" or
the fatal "yes" Ib warranted In every instance if used according to direction
Our new, rare and useful fancy aiticles cannot be surpassed. Our standard
drugs and remedies with Blowing Rock Breezes are better than sons
OF CURE ELSEWHERE
for they bring health which abide. All cheap, for cash, and no questions
afc at Jlorpbew's JsTew Blowing Rock
A smi -in I to the Charlotte O'
i ver s t a t e s that lightening
4p; k t d willing liou J' of Mrs
I5'ssi A. Patterson nt Itlouin;
!!'Hk mi Ihe llMh inst. doing cot
iileralle damage and endanger
in'.' the lives c if its inmates.
Adlai E. Scenstu of Illinois
vire president during Cleveland":
.coud lei in. di"d June 13th in i
Jhii ago hospital. He was bon
hi knt in k v in lN'tr, and soim
i)f his ancestors went west fron
North Carolina. He leaves threi
chlidren.
Charles E. Trull, who killed am
robl)ed Swain, a merchant inCha:
lotte, last May, was convicted o.
murder in the first degree on tin
13th inst, and sentenced to I
electrocuted August 14th next
Judge Shaw wept when passing
sentence on him.
The president charges that then
is a lobby at work to defeat tin
passage of all further trust oi
int i-t rust legislation at this ses
sion.of congress, and quotes nu
uierous letters and telegrams sent
out by the interests for that pur
jxise. Iieader Oscar I'nderwood favors
an early adjournment of Con
gress in order to give time for tin
study of the president's anti-trust
legislation program; but from
this the president dissents, insis
ting that business w ill sufferfrom
longer delay and uncertainty.
Senator Overman sent a wreath
for the funeral of Eliza Johnon
who died in Salisbury on tht 1 2th.
She was a colored woman who
had been in the Senator's faiuih
for several years, while her hus
band, Ions' since dead, had been
(a dt ulou rrleiRl to Penator Vance
and popularin Washington, P.O.
W. G. Newman thinks he has
discovered a gold mine in Rowan
county which will yield $(iO,000,
000, ill gold. He got Senator
Overman's lady stenoprapher to
copy some letters boosting the
mine on stationary of the Senate
Rules committee of which Senator
Overman is chairman, and the
senator has asked for an investi
gation. Ex-senator William Lorimer,
who was unseated as a senator
from Illinois was interested in
five state banks in and near Chi
cago, all of which have been clos
ed by the State bank examiner,
though later on they w ere re-open
ed by men w ho deposited one mil
lion dollars therein. Mr. Lorimer
is said to be almost broken down
bv reason of this loss.
Admiral Sir Percy Scott of the
Brittish navy is of the opinion
that the big battle-ship has seen
its best days, and that the sub
marine and recent rapid improve
ment of the torpedo will ultimate
ly displace it. He recommends
that England build no more dread
naughts, and that fast cruisers,
large submarines and naval aro
planes be substituted therefor.
deserve "a bushel and a peck (of
your best girl provided she is not
A POUND
Dru Store.
or All Day Battle With Giant Sea Bat.
A great sea bat weighing more
ban a ton was captured in Mo
bile bay by Thou. P. Cairns, ol
tiruiiiighnm. after an itlldiir bat
le and J."i men hauled it out al
Jayou la Bat re. It had towed a
lowerfuf gnsolui' launch for six
i ours.
The fish was 1 1 feet across the
iack and 10 feet inches from
he mouth to the beginning ol
the tail. Though it was not
veighed, old fishermen believe
.hat it is the largest specimen ev
r landed in the Gulf of Mexico.
The other one caught near Mo
ile weighed 2,300 pounds, it is
yiid. This was 50 years ago.
Mr. Cairns says that the fish
vas sighted at Dauphin Island in
die early morning. The launch
.vas driven alongside and a har
poon thrown into the fish. The
inrpoon was attached to 000 feet
f one-quarter inch sash cord.
The fish towed the lS-foot launch
.M'cupied by Mr. Cairns and the
boatmen, developing a high rate
of speed. Several times w hen the
dsh would come to the surface
Mr. Cairns would fire at it with a
W-caliber revolver, but with ap
parently no effect.
Finally, late in the afternoon,
the fish was tired out and towed
alongside the tug Laura. Next
morning the Laura towed the
launch and the devil fish into
Bayou la Batre. Mr. Cairns says
the harpoon lines were put over
the stern of the launch and the
ngine run ahead for six hours in
an effort to tire out the monster.
When Bayou la Batre was
reached it required 25 men to
haul the monsterupon the beach.
"o scales lame enough to weigh
the fish were available at Bayou
la Batre, but old fishermen guess
ed the weight of the monster,
sometimes called a sea bat, at
more than 2,000 pounds-Mobile
dispatch, -June 13.
Vice-Evil
We have undoubtedly come up
on one of t he most salacious eras
in the history of the world. So
ciety wks with filth unspeake-able-
Literature is bearing in
abundance the apples of lustful
Sodom. The streets of the city
are infested with denizens of the
underworld, and the cancer of
vice is easing aw ay at the vitals
of the race.
And there is not the slightest
question that for much of the
wickedness of the day whiskey is
directly responsible. The whis
key mania and the vice mania are
twin sisters of darkness. If the
first could be cured, the last would
be checked. Ex.
We are told that Mrs. A. I).
Kelly who lives near Osgood has
a hen 20 years old. She was first
owned by the late Menry Spivey.
A horse stepped on her a few
years ago and broke her leg. She
is now unable to fly but is still
laying. San ford Express.
The time has about passed
when the poor man, who gets
drunk was made to pay damages
by imprisonment, while the rich
man, who got intoxicated, could
pay his in dollars and cents, and
still be proclaimed a "leading
citizen."
There is nothing wonderful in
the fact that a horse does not run
away when he sees an automobile.
But a horse is entitled to some
credit for not running away w hen
he sees a girl wearing a purple
hat with a four-foot cerise bow,
ajyellow waist with blue trim
mings, and a red skirt with two
green potato sacks hanging on
her hips.
FOLEY'S ORINQLAXATTVE
(oh Stomach Tboubi ridCoNTiATioi
PROFESSIONAL
J .'. Klftrbrr Johu H. Hiiighatn
Fletcher & Bingham.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BOONE, NORTH CARO.
Will practice in th court of V
'auga and adjoining count if. Car
ul and prompt attention given to
ill matters eutruxted tons,
1 l-'O. 13-
Dr. G. M. Peavler,
Treats Diseases of the
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat
BRISTOL TEXX.,
1 15 '14 ly,
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOOXE, X.C
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a lea;al nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin
ney 1-20. ly. pd.
Silas M. Greene,
JEWELER
Mabel, X. C.
All kinds of repair work
done under a positive guar
antee. When in need of any
thing in my line give me a
call and get honest work at
honest prices.
Watch Rimming A Speciai.tyb
VETERINARY SURGERY.
;i have been putting much tudr
jn this subject; have received my
diploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary 8ur
erv in all its brancbes, and am the
jnly one in the county, all on or
iddretss me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D.l .
G. H. HAYES,
i Veterinary Surgeon.
i-17-'ll.
E. S. COFFEY.
-A Tl ORftEi Al LA W,
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a legal r.ature.
J Abstracting titles and
toiwction ol claims a special
ll-'ll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney
SPECIALIST
CTB, EAR; NOSE, THROAT AND CHEST
EYES EXAMINED FOR,
GLASSES
FOURTH STREET
Eristol, Tenru-Va.
EDMUND JONES
LAv YEll
LENOIK, N. 0,-
Will Practice Regularly in
he Courts of Wateuga,
6.1 Mi.
L, D. LOWE,
ATTOKXEY.AT LAW.
Banner Elk,X. V.
Tractice in the courts of Avery
and surrounding counties. Care
ful attention given to all matters
of a legal nature.
7-G-12.
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
boone, n. c.
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
3-11-1911.
E. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovill
Lovill &: Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Specialattention given to
all business entrusted to
fteir care.
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