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VOI- XXVI
UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, (XT. 22, 191 1,
NO. 13.
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The Anglo-Saxon Race.
Continual from lat w-k.
Frum nil economic viiv-ioiiit,
t... I - . . fv . t.
aione, w wviMiiiun- ui .orui i
inronna hianuu tuui n siruifr-
ent law ngainst degenerating
marriages. A large iereentage of. II. VY. H. Connor tells about her
those under treatment fn the in hf book. "Makers of North
State Hospital are the result of Carolina History.'7 Capt. John
inurriages that ought to have son Blakely was during the war
been prohibited by statutes, j of 1812 commander of the Wasp
Trace back the streaks of insani-, a vessel that did, great destruc
ty in families; trace back the j tion to the English Vessels, des-.weak-eved
and cripples, and the j troying 13 British merchant ves
one who has leen so nervous sels and sinking two men of war
from birth that it has taken the within (X) days. Before the war
constant watchfulness ol a faith- of 112 Capt. Blakely won great
ful attendant to keep him from ; reputation fighting pirates on
going to pieces I suy trace them j the Mediterauean Sea. While
back and see if they are not the
offspring of parents who were
closely related by blood.
Our State Legislators, when in
session, are often spoken of as
''Our Solons.'" Have thev merit-
ed the name? Who was Solon? !
He was the chiefest of the wise
men of Greece. It was he who told
Croesus. King of Lydia, that
Tvllus, a poor man, who died
leaving valuable children to his
country, was a happier man than
he (Croesus) with ull of his gold
and sumptuous furniture. Have
"Our Solons" ever displayed such
grit as that? Xo they have cre
ated ft statute forbidding a man
to marry Ins niece, but permit
ting him to marry his tirst cous
in, or cousin German. I rejteat
that a man's niece is the same
blood kin to him as his first cou
sin, but only half as much as his
cousin German, and that the
cousin German is the same kin
as his sister, or the two parental
brothers, may take hack after
different branches of the family.
But that does not letter it. be
causeiirthe - second generation,
the; red haired sister's children
will take after the dark haired
sister, and vise versa, showing
that notwithstanding the differ
ence in complexion, the blood is
the same. But ',OurSolons"have
never yet found it wise to stop
men from marrying women why
are the equivalent of their sisters.
Four years ago a high class
member of the General Assembly
introduced a bill to stop cousins
from marrying, but other mem
bers gentlemen, of course, by
their positions ridiculed the bill
until it died in its infancy.
One of these . members must
have been a bachelor who had a
rich cousin sweetheart; and a
nother was unquestionably' n
father, whose son was courting a
wealthy cousin, or his daughter
was being wooed by one, and of
course a few web-footed and
crazy, children was nothing in the
eyes of two modern Solons, when
compared with thousands of dol
lars to come in from the other
sides of the two families.
The next time such a bill is op
posed in the legislature, just
take it for granted that each
member opposing it, is' either
from a cousin town, or he is pre
paring to start a new one of his
own.
Gov, Craig has put up a figUt
for better liglit for better freight
rutes. better roads, and better .
prices for cotton will he not es
pouse the cause of better chil
dren? Will he champion the
passage of a law to stop degen
eracy among his people and help
them to tend towards the per
fect man? or w ill he and his suc
cessors continue to strain the re
sources of the State for tax mo
ney to support hospitals for that
unfortunate class, that, result
from imprudent marriages.
'Plutarch, that most beautiful
of ancient writers, tells us. that
one of the characteristic things
that made Alexander great, w as
his attention to little things.
Take care of the dimes and the
dollars will take care of thcm-
A State Adopted Child.
I'i'l vim knolhnl North Car-
.olina omv a. lopt.il ncliild? Not
I e - I . - . . . I
many i mt coi of .North I r-1
onna know tiltour that adooted-f
.daughter of .North Carolina. Dr
waiting for the Wasp to be built
at Portsmouth, X. H.,, Captain
Blukely was married. lie sailed
away after the vessel which he
commanded was completed and
and after displaying wonderful
bravery and winning fame by tha
victories his ship had won on the
high seas, his vessel was lost .and
no one knows the fate of Captain
Johnson Blakely of Wilmington.
his ship nor any of the 173 men
composing the crew of.the Wasp.
A daughter -was born 'to Captain
Blakely while every one wts guess
ing his fate. Her name was Ud-
ney Maria Blakely. As Captain
Johnsoa.Blakely did not return
to receive the honors the Legis
lature of 1814 decided to make a
gift to hi.s daughter. The Gov
ernor was asked to send to Mrs.
Blakely a handsome tea set to
be kept by her and presented to
the infant daughter of Johnson
Blakely at the age of 15 years.
At the same time the Legislature
determined to adopt the little
irl as the daughter of North
Carolina, and to have her educa
ted at the expense of the State. I
as soon as Udney Maria was old
enough she was placed in school
in Philadelphia and twice every
year, until 1828, the Governor
of North Carolina sent to her
guardian the money to pay her
expenses. Five years after Capt.
Blakely's death Mrs. Blakely
was married again and moved
to the island of St Croix in the
West Indies. Whon she finished
school Udney Maria joined her
mother and she died on the is
land of St Croix in 1842. She
was the only child ever adopted
by the State of North Carolina.
-Ex.
A Faithful Representative.
There is not a member-of -Congress
who is more loyal and faith
ful to his constituency than the
representative from the eighth
district, Hon. R. L. Doughton.
His efficiency and work have pla
ced him on important coirimit-b-es
in' the House where he is in a
posit ion to render his jieople and
the couutry at large valuable
service. Being himself a farmer
and a man of practical ideas, he
can do more just now for the far
mers and agricultural interests of
the south than any new man we
can put'up, and especially a new
man who belongs to. the party in
the minority. The voters of the
Eighth are not going Xq. swap
horses in the -middle of the stream.'
Lenoir. Topic, ,. T. "'.'
selves.' Take, care of- the. ;blod'
of the State aniftne' pedple will
take care of themselves. But
with contiuued neglect in North
Carolina, finally one half of the
people will have to take care of
the other half.
I have written these articles to
benefit the people who have no
more weaknesses than -I, but
who have at least one that I do
not posess. Thanking the edi
tor for publishing the same, and
hoping they will be seed sown in
good ground, I am
Very sincerely yours,
Shepherd M. Di gger.
MEANS A L0N6 WAR.
York Hup.
The iiwliat valm of 'Ant
. . , . . - , .
Tp to me if riuaiis is loiiini m
lUe lact ,Iinr establishes their,
jHJsiuoniaueigiumsouuiy.Mitu. -
erto with the Scheldt fortress in
the hands of the Belgium the
. ? 1 fit r..i
uer.nans no veoeen in a position :ori tasts iikt, wnir n)jlk ailJ
of an assailing fon-e .wliich ban like a kunk.
carried the outer works of a for-j Xlim remnrkablel.everng.Msex.
tress, but U still outside the eita-, meted from ft plant, or a -41'
icies of cactus, known ns the inn-
Just as long as the Belgians) pll,.r j,,ant- This plant attains a
held Antwerp the Germans had height of six to eight feet, with
no safe line of defense north and j the same width. It resembles verv
wesionne .weuseanu me am-
Rre. They were couioelled to hold
this line, based on the fortresses
of Liege and Namur and Mau
beuge, in great strength loth to
protect their lines of communica
tion and to assure their position
in Belgium, which remained the
one available gate to France.
In case of an eventful retreat
from the Aisne the Germans were
confronted with the possibility
of an attack from the north, the
west and the south at the same
time, and their defensive line
would have to follow the outline
of a huge V with the points on
Liege and Metz. Such a tremen
dous extension of lines would re
quire immense forces to hold
them, and the advantage of num
bers was bound to be ugainst
them.
Antwerp taken, the whole Ger
man line shortens up autoinati-
cully and follows the Scheldt
south from Antwerp by Ghent in
a broad curve to the French
frontier. Three-quarters of Bel
gium is now solidly held. All dan
ger of attack from the north, or
raids upon the line of communi
cation vanishes. Save for the lit
tle block of territory between the
the Scheldt and the North Sea
the whole of King Albert's king
dom, with whatever resources it
still retains, is in German pos
session. First of all, then, the Germans
havecompletely established them
selves in Belgium, and the task
of driving them out will be long
and tedious, even if the Allies
present ly succeed along the Aisne.
Weeks and months of persistent
fighting must, in the most opto
mistic view of Allied prospects,
precede any arrival of French
and British armies on the Belgo
German frontier. In addition
Germanv will all the time hold
the Belgian gates to France and
if : successful against Russia can
presently concentrate her mass
es for a new drive at Paris.
Your Fall Cold Needs Attention
No use to fuss and try to wear
it out. It will wear j ou out in
stead. Take Dr. King's New Dis-
eoverv. relief follows uuicklv. It
uhetks your cold aud soothes
vunrcougb aav. Pleasant, an
tiseptic and healing. Children like
it; Get a 50 cent bottle ol King's
New Discovery and keep it in the
house, "Our family Cousin and
Cold Doctor," writes Louis Chain
berlain. Manchester, Ohio- Mou
ey back it not satisfied, but it
nearty always helps.
unildren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
: The Butler Drug Store
NEW AND UP-TO-DATE
Prescriptions Filled
Headquarters for the best Stationery and Candies;
Toilet Articles and Rubber Goods
Mail us Your Orders.
The Best and latest fountain dnnks,
, Call on us at the old Post, Office Building.
E. S. STALLINGS, Manager
Kexici's National Beverage. ;
J i ih natioiml lvr-j
nj" of Mfi (i, luit is -oiisaniHr
nluitst tx lusiv.-lv lv tli lov.-r
sseiv une or two miarts ol it
win vou H capital jov, It
11 retail'from ll, to 2 vent a1
qviart. It i,lH a whitish grav col- j
dosely n giant artichok. Its
leaves are frequently ten feet
long, a foot and a half wide and
ten inches thick. How is that for
a leaf? The juice (pulque) is ex
tracted in much the. same way
that you tap a maple tree:
The plant has to grow for sev
en years before it gives a n y
pulque, then it is tapped and it
continues to give an average of
1 1-2 gallons every day for three
months; then it dies. When the
plant is dead its great value
then begins. From the the stems
of the lower leaves two other
drinks are made tequila and inn
zeal. These are very intoxicating. as
clear as water, are drunk from
small whiskey glasses and sell at
from 2 to four cents a drink, a
bout half an ounce. With the
leaves of the plant they fatten
cattle, thatch houses, makerope,
li,ruomS) sewing thread, needles,
j paFr vjlu,gar, molasses, eaves,
tmuriis and manv other useful
things; and beside these the Li
lians extract a woim from the
leaves, which they cook, eat and
consider a great delicacy.
The pulqeurias that is, the
shop where pulque' is sold are
merely filthy stink pots, patron
ized only by the lower element of
both sexes. A sober man or wo
man is seldom seen to enter or
lea ve these joints. They are drunk
when ilhev go in and drunker
when they come out. Ex.
Enforcing the Cigareette Law.
Lexington Dispatch.
The Dispatch has called atten
tion several times to the fact
tliat . minors are buying cigar
ettes in liexinaton and it isgrati
fying to note that the officers
are making an effort to find out
who is doing the sellina'. Wedns-
day a small boy was brought in
to court and efforts- were made
to induce him to tell who sold
him the cigarettes. lie refused to
tell and was sentenced to jail. To
save the boy from jail an appeal
was taken in his case and he was
released on bond. It is not onl.v
against the law to sell cigarettes
to persons under IS years of age.
but it is against the law to give
cigarettes to such persons and
every good citizen should do all
he can to help the officers locate
the guilty person who is carry
ing on the illegal traffic.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTORIA
The hint Debate.
The joint debute in I he ourl
i.ou. last Minninr ""ikh.ii ,
between our present Congress-'
iiutn, lion. R. L Doughton aud
Hon. F. A. Linney, the Republi
can nominee for Congress from
this district, attracted a large
number of voters from different
parts of the county. The court
room was packed and many
could not find even standing
room.
Mr. Doughton was introduced
y Ex. Lieutenant-Governor V.
C. Newland and in a forceful ear
nest pjeech of one hour, he gave
an account of his services to the
people of his district, defended
he policies of the national Dem
ocratic administration, showing
hat they are carrying out the
ledgs of reform, having enact
ed the rnderwood-Simmons tar
iff law, the bank ing currency law,
etc., and gave the people the par-
el post which saves them mill
ions of dollars annualiv in ex-
uvss charges. President Wil
son's foreign policy, at jieaee w ith
Mexico and all foreign nations.
is praised by everybody of all
laities.
Mr. Linney, introduced by Mr,
F. Wakefield, followed in a
speech of one hour, and his wit
and resourcefulness brought con
siderable enthusiasm on the part
of his political friends. Hecharg
ed the Democrats with the high
ost of living, with the recent
mdden jump in the price of su
gar and other matters which are
learly influenced by the war in
Europe. Each sjeaker had a
short rejoinder, w hich was used
well. Iienoir Topic.
Hopeless Lung Trouble Cured.
Many recoveries from lung
troubles are due to Dr. Bell's
I'ine-Tar-Hone. It strengthens
the lungs, checks the cough and
gives relief at once Mr. W. 8
Wilkins, (Jates. N. C, writes: "1
used Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey
in a case given up as hopeless
and it effected a permanent cure.
Gnt a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine
Tar-lloney. If your cough is dry
and hackiutr, let it trickle down
the throat, vou will surely get re
ief. Only 2uc at your druggnst.
NOTICE OF SAL E.
North Carolina, Watauga Coun
ty, In theSupenorCourt before
the Clerk, beorge K. Clark, Ad
ministrator of J. B. Clarke, G.
R. Clarke and ri. M. Clarke, vs.
Lula Clarke, widow, Eugene
Clarke. Fred Davis, Nellie Da
vis, Robert Clarke. Jos. Clarke,
Jay Cla rke. Susan Clarke, Fran
cis Clarke, Maggie Clarke, Er
mine Clarke, Susan Moore and
husband, Thos. Moore, Nellie
Moore and husband, W. M.
Moore, Clarke Steel. Stuart
Steele. John Steele, N a n c v
Steele! John R. Steele, Mary
Ann Steele and Frank a Lin
ney, guardian Ad Litem,
ruder an order of the Superior
Court made in the above enti
tled proceeding, the undersigned
commissioner will on the Satur
day, November 7, 11)14, between
the hours of 10, a. in., and 4, p.
in., ut the postottiee in the town
of Blowing Rock, N. C, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for
cash, the following real estate,
situate at and near the said
town of Blowing Rock: Lot
No. 14 the J. B. Clarke lands, be'
imr the lot bid off bv A. J. Rowe
at a former sale made by the un
dersigned, and all right, title
and interest held by the said J
B. Clarke, in a tract of land, ad
joining the lands 13. J. Greene
Dr. H Hson and ot ners and Known
as the A. D. Blair 50-acre tract.
This Oct, 3, 15)14.
GEO. R. CLARKE, Com.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
R 0 FESSIONAL.
J .:. t k-U her Joliu H. Hlnirhaiu
r-, . , o D; .
lOlunci IX Ulllglium.
ATTUKNEVS AT LAW.
BOONE, NORTH CARO.
Will prtitlc Id tb court of W
Uuga atid adjolnlog couatl. Cur
f&l aud prompt attention glrea to
all matter eutrutd tout,
t 120. 13
Dr. G. M. Peavler,
Treats Disease of th
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat
BRISTOL TENN.,
115'Hly,
T. E. Bingham,.
Lawyer
BOONE, . . N. C
WPromptattention given to
nil matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin
ney 129. ly. pd.
Silas M. Greene,
JEWELER
Mabel, N. C.
All kinds of repair work
done undf r a positive guar
antee. When in need of any
thiuginmy line give me a
call and get honest work at
honest prices.
Watch Rpaikixo'A Speciai.tvb
VETERINARY SURGERY.
SI have been putting much tuir
on this subject; have received' my
diploma, aud am now well equipped .
(or the practice of Veterinary 8ar
ifery in all its branches, and am the
only one in the county, all on or
address me at Vilas, N. . R. P. D.l .
G.H.HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
J-17-'ll.
E. S. COFFEh"
-A Tl OIMEi A 1 LA W,-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a legal nature.
WF Abstract ing titles and
',onection ot claims a special
ll-'ll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney
. SPECIALIST
-SXK, KAIt; NOSK, THROAT AND CHKST
KTKS EXAMINED FOIl
GLASSES
FOURTH STREET
Eristol, Tenn.-Va.
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. C,-
Yill Practice Regularly in
he Courts ol U atpvpa,
1 Mi.-
L, D. 1-OWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Banner Elk, N. C,
Practice in the courts of Avery
and surrounding counties. Care
ful attention given to all matters
of a legal nat ire.
7-6-12.
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N..C.
Will practice in the courts of
ohe 13th Judicial District mall
natters of a civil nature.
-n-mi.
E. F. Lovill.
W. R. Lovill
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
cheircare. .. .'. .'.