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VOL. XXV
UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 9 1914.
NO. 50.
The Colonel Culminates.
i Sewn aud Observer.
Coloill'l KtMitHVHlt IS IM'VtT Olltl
of politic That in hi very life
and existence. He mny appear to
be engaged in other things at
times, but this isonly in the st ill
ing, for buck of it nil is the olir
Ical game which eiignges the t
tention of this frusadi r of the
Arniegaddon.
' Colonel Roosevelt broke forth
Pittsburg in an address at n
Progressive conference, and as
was to l expected he announced
that he did not approve of the
Wilson administration and the
tray it is carrying out the policies
of the Democratic party. The
Colonel also whacked most vigor
ously at his one time colleagues of
the Republican party, giving es
pecial attention to thecaseof Mr.
V Penrose: and prescribed as the
remedy for all the ills he could
think of, the Progressive party.
i None of these matters are such
as to occasion any surprise, for
they are in line with the Roose
. velt program of finding in him
self and his ideas the only correct
solution of all difficulties and all
" problems. In all affairs of life the
Opinion of the Colonel is that he
is the last word as to what is the
right course to pursue, and his
present position is that in the po
litical life of this country theon
. ly party which can keep things in
v Bhape is the party of his creation.
: the Progressive party. And if he
Bhould get in any way displeased
at that party he would form a
new one on the morrow and hold
it up as the best ever,
i In his remarks last night the
Colonel had various and sundry
things to say of the tariff. He in
fveighed against .the "Democratic'
policy as to this and declared
Jthat the Progressives had the on
fly plans which w ould be of service
to the people. He said nothing
of the many years he had been in
office without hinting that there
was such a thing as the tariff and
without doing anything to put
nn end to conditions by which
the rich were growing richer and
y the poor were becoming poorer.
He flourished away in his talk
Svith diction which would solve
;these by Democratic bow-wows
' Sunder Democratic plans and roar
Vl away in his calamity howl,
jwhile there is no calamity.
I With all seriousness, the Colo
fnel declared that the Democratic
: party is the "Party-afraid-of-jPower,"
a declaration which
shows that he has not been keep
sing up with the things which have
: 1 been done bv the Democracy since
? Wood row Wilson was made Pres
- ident. The fact is that the Doin
ocracy has shown that it is not
jafraid of the power which has been
Jplaeed in its hands and taking
vf ull responsibility has gone for
ward m constructive legislation
I which is giving the average man
the possibilities which under
Roosevelt and Republican rule
iwere held in fee simple by the fa
vored few. In the face of thewon-
1 ."ninistration the statement Colo-
Inel Roosevelt is a most remarka
ble one, a Roosevelt Summation
which has no prop upon which to
rest.
The Wilson administration has
1 "been in control of the affairs of
t this government not quite sixteen
months and the recoed shows that
iiu those few months there has
been more accomplished than has
been done by any other adminis
tration in all the years thesehave
been in power. There has beenj
no hesitation in taking hold of
the big questions of this country
I and in making legislation which
it i .i . ..
wouia solve tnese by democratic
methods, these methods having
as their basis the good of all the
people. The way the party has
Mrs. Ne!ii Blair Deal
The subject of this sketch wat
born June, l."th 18", and died,
June 27th l'Jll. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
IVntly. She wns married to John
C. Bliiir, Iveinber mh, 1000.
She pivfess faith in Christ at
age of fourteen and was baptized
into t he fellowship of Brushy Fork
church by Rev. David Greene.lier
pastor at that time, and lived a
consistent incmler up to the time
of her death. She seemed to die
in.sight of heaven, stating she had
nothing to fear. She leavesahus
bund, iather, mother, three sis
ters, four brothers, and one little
step-daughter to mourn her de
parture, and a host of relatives
and friends.
The writer was jiorsonally ac
quainted with sister Blair, hav
ing leen her pastor for several
years, and can say that Xelia wns
one of the best women heever saiw.
She loved right and stood firm
against wrong, she wa8 a wife in
the truest sense of the word,
ever doing what she could at all
times for the happiness and com
fort of her husband, ever ready to
share the hardships of life with
him. The writer conducted the
funeral services in the midst of a
la rge concourse of sorrowing peo
pie after which she was laid to
rest in the cemetery near her
church, which she loved, to await
the trumpet sound. Nelia will be
missed greatly by her church, as
well as others. We extend our
heartfelt sympathy to the hus
and all the bereft and commend
them to him who has said 1 will
never leave or forsake you.
Geo. W. Trivett
taken hold of the tariff question'
the financial question; the tolls
repeal question and other matters
of legislation is prool as clear as
can be desired that it is not a
"Party-Afraid-of-Power," but a
party which is ready to assume
all the power which has been plac
ed in its hands by the people.
The Democratic party is doing
things, not simply talkiug about
doing them, and the Colonel will
ha ve to revise his remarks if he
would be taken seriously by the
people.
There is n o t h i n g new hi the
speech of Colonel Rooeevelt. It is
of the ordinary kind to be expect
ed of any man who is "agin" the
government. It is simply a speech
in which the Progressive party is
held up as the only party worth
while, abounding in fault finding
with everything which does not
have the Roosevelt brand on it
And the Colonel makes it plain
that he wants it to be understood
t hat he is the Progressive party.
It is not a speech against the
Democracy which will stand up
under an analysis, but merely a
Roosevelt flumination in which
the Colonel holds out his views as
the only views which at all are
worth considering. After reading
it the country will turn with re
newed confidence to that man in
the White House of whom it has
been well said by the Mhw York
World: "With every economic
question that has come before him
the President has sought to deal
prudently, cautiously and sanely.
No word of demagogy has fallen
from his lips; he has indulged in
no reckless agitation; he has
made no incendiary appeals to
popular passion; he has neither
denounced, no abused, nor threat
ened. He has sought to carry
out no economic policies that he
was not elected sjecifically to car
ry out.
It is a refreshing thing to turn
from the rodomontades of Theo
dore Roosevelt to the sound and
substantial course of Woodrow
Wilson. The American people are
indeed blessed in the man who is
now jft toe. Wnjte. Hou3e.
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.
The good roadscon vent ion w il.
be held iu Durham next month.
So far as wines and w hisleygo.
the United States Navy is im
dry.
The Southern Presbyterian
Church has 3,072 communicants
in China.
The Farmer's State convention
will be held in Raleigh the last
week in August.
Many people were killed and in
jured by a recent earth quake in
southern Sumtara.
Otho Lunsford has been ap
pointed post master at Durham
to succeed J. A. Giles.
Mitchell County, X. C, has not
a single automobile. So state
the Sheriff of that county.
Winfield Blackburn, of Trap
Hill, X. CVwas killed by lighten
ing on last Thursday.
Salem, Mass., has had a $1'2.
000,000 fire by which 9,000 peo.
pie were added to the ranks oi
unemployed.
The Ebenezer Mitchel Home at
Misenheimer, 20 miles east ol
Salisbury, suffered a $2o,000 fire
on last Wednesday.
A new dormitory is to be erect
ed at Trinity Park school this
Summer. It is expected to ac
commodate 100 pupils.
The Cherokee Indians, of Okla
hdma, have dissolved as a tribal
government. The Cherokees now
become citizens of the U. S.
As the Fourth falls on Satur
day, the rural carriers will get
two days rest which we opine
will be very acceptable to them.
Senator Overman has won his
fight and District Attorney Ham
mors offiicial residence will be
Ashboro intscad of Winston-Salem.
The biggest failure in the his
tory of the U. s- is that of II. B.
Claflin Co. of New York. It is said
that the Company't liabilities is
about $30,000;000.
Thirty eight years ago, on the
26th ult, Gen. Geo. A.Custornnd
six hundred of his men ' were
slaughtered by Sioux Indians,
outnumbering them ten times.
West Virginia goes ninety two
thousand majority against whis
key. The State wide prohibition
law passed by the legislat a re went
into effect at midnight Juae 30th.
Senator West, of Ga, is suffer
ing from a fall received a few days
ago at VVashington. .The Sena
tor struck on one of his hips and
was painfully hurt.
Arch Duke, Francis Ferdinand,
heir to the Austria Hungarian
throne and the Duchess; of Ho
henberg, his morganatic wife,
were shot dead on the 28th of
June on the main street of the
Austrian capital.
AN OUNCE
of medicine from our brand new stock of drugs, just opened in Blowing
Rock oannot tall to (five complete Batisfaction, an it is all absolutely fresh
from the crucibles of the manufacturiqR chetaiste. People cannot f?et sicK
in Blowing Rook but some are sick when they arrive aud need our remedie
O F P It E V E N T 1 0 N
all maladies are, however, better than first catching and then curing them.
Keep well therefore, by patronizing our new, up to date soda fountain; at
which all the most fetching aud delicious beverages are dispensed-
ATMOBP H E "W ' S D R U G S T O II E
A box of our delicious candy wilt bring
self or anyone else, and is warranted to deserve "a bushel and a pecK (ot
love) and a hug around the neck" from your best girl provided she is not
too large. A box of -writing paper
IS W0 K T It A P 0 U N D
of happiness to anyone and will insure an -answer from "him" or "her" eve
ry time. If you buy enough of it and write frequently, the ' proposal or
the fatal "yes" is warranted in every instance if used according to direction
Our new, rare aud useful fancy ai tides cannot- be surpassed. Our standard
drugs and remedies with Blowing Rook Breezes are better than tons
OF CURE ELSE AV HERE
for they bring health which abides. All cheap, for cvsh, and no questions
desK, at Horpbew s fsew Blowing Kock )ru jstore.
Mr. luwr Oil i'ii nl, of JeflVr
Kin, one time sirivtary to Hon.
il. L. Douhton, now post mas
ter in his town, was married in
vVfishingtt in City recently, to Mis.
Iruin B. I'iruiinghniu.
President Wilson has ngned
the naval appropriation bill
which carries a provision for two
new divn.'.iiaujilits tolie built and
permits the saleof the battleships
Mississippi and Idaho to Greece.
A dispatch to the Durham Sun
states that the votes of the wo
men won a victory on June the
30th over,the saloon interests of
the city in making them take
booths and curtained recesses out
of the cafes.
We would like to givenn exten
ded account of the pleasures af
forded; of the attractiveness of
Lumina; of the helpful discussions
of the brethren of the press; cJ
our surprise over the fact the
ocean had not affected seriouly
by the recent drought. Siler City
grit. ' '
We are informed that the W.
M. Ritter Lumber Company ot
Mortimer, shut down the works
at that place on the 1st for a
period of 20 days. We hear fur
ther that all the eleven plants ot
the company scattered through
out the country have been closed
down temporarly. Iienoir News.
The ."00 woman su ffragetts who
oallee on ! President Wilson on
June 3rd failed to get any com
fort from the President. He told
them that woman suffeaage was
d state issue and not national,
and for that reason he would not
use his influence for the passage
of a con-ititutionai amendment in
Congress. 2
Will Stephenson, a negro, brut
ally murdered Sarah W alker, col
ored, in Charlotte on last Friday
night. lie was arrested in Hick
ory the next day by Deputy Sher
iff Gilbert, of Statesville. They
were met lie re by chief Moore, of
Charlotte, who carried him back
to Charlotte. The woman was
literally chopped to pieces. The
negro was from Turnersburg
township in Iredell countp.
Lightening prepetrated quite
an unusual freak here last Friday
night during the electric storm.
Mr. Harden Evans had acow tied
with a chain which had been
lengthened with a piece of rope
softie three feet in length and this
piece of rope was fixed to the hal
ter. The lightning struck the post
to which the chain was tied com
pletely shattering it and followed
the chain down to where the rope
was fixed. The chain links were
melted into a solid mass and could
easily be broken apart with the
hand. The rope being attached
is" the only reason the cow escap
ed being l Hied instantly . Iieaks
ville Courier.
Children Cry
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A Quarter if t Century.
The Watauga iMnoerat ivnil.
ed its 2.ith birthday on lust Sat
unlay July 4 th under its present
management, it has, like all good
things of earth grown better, a?
it grows older, so our friends tell
us aud write us, for all of which
we feel truly thankful.
It has ever bcn our highest
ambition to please our patrons,
those who have stood by us
"when was were calm and skies
were blue" and who never failed
us "when the clouds rolled by'
To all of these we would say: "If
peace or joy or comtort has been
given to any one of you by the
perusal of The Democrat, it gives
us pleasure untold. We have al
ways striven to put before you
a clean sheet and this has been
our pride and be believe that it
deserves the cognoman that it
has already won, that of the clean
paper, ut tne ups ana uowns oi
the paper's existence we will say
nothing here. Our editorial con
ferrees, esjiecially those w ho pub
lish country papers, know that
it is an uphill business all the way
through, but still there is much
to enjoy as we go along.
We stop at this, the 25th mile
stone of The Democrat's exis
tence to thank one and all of our
faithful friends who have helped
and are still helping to make this
pajier a success. We must say,
that by the help of its friends it
is now at its best. It has the lar
gest list of first class subscribers
it has ever known. Our friends
will not be surprised when we
say we feel justly proud of our
constituency. Bravely and fear
lessly we press on knowing that
the friends of years will still stand
by us. To those who have given
support to the paper, to the press
of the state which has cheered
us by kindly mention andencour
aging words, we liftourhat.look
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you one and all.
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Serious sickness always start
in disorders of the stomach, liver
and kidneys. The best corrective
and preventive is Dr. Kings New
Life Pillt. They purify the Blood
prevent constipation, keep Liv
er, Kidneys and Bowels in Heal
thy condition. Give you better
health by ridding the system of
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Why You do Not Get an Answer to Yonr
Letter.
Because you forgot to add ress it.
Because you forgot to stamp it.
Because you forgot to write the
town or state on the envelope.
Because you didn't write the
street and number plainly.
Because you used a once-cancel
ed stamp.
Because you used internal rev
enue stamps instead of postage
stamps.
Because you used a foreign
stamp.
Because you wrote the address
so badly that no one could read it.
Because you wrote with pencil
and address was rubbed out.
Because you wrote the address
on top of the envelop and it was
obliterated by tlw postoffice dat
ing, receiving and canceling
stamps.
Because you put your letter in
a blank envelope and sealed it
and forwarded it to the dead-letter
office, where thousands upon
thousands of valuable letters are
daily destroyed because the eo
pie are either careless or ignorant
of the postal laws. Ex.
Children Cry
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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I have been putting much study
m this subject; have received my
liploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary 8ar
jery in all Its branches, and am the
nly one in the county, all on or
iddress me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D.l .
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-LENOIH, N. C,-
WW Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
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ATTORN EYAT LAW.
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Practice in the courts ofJAvery
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 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
6-11-1911.
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-Attorneys At Law
B00NE, : N. C
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all business entrusted to
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