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VOL XXVI BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915. NO, 33. Tha Boyhood of Andrew Johasoa. J. L. Harbour In A,mfricnn Boy. Few of our presidents knew more of poverty-and friendless iiess in the da,ys of their boyhood fian Andrew Johnson, lie came from "parents who belonged to the class we call "poor whites' in the South. The mere sugges tion that he might oue day be come President of the... United States would rib doubt haVe'iuet with ridicule had any one made such a suggestion when ho was a boy in his poverty-stricken Sou thern home. lie ffrst saw the light of day on the 29th of De cember in the year 1808. There lay before him a future of grent stress and strain. He was but five years old when hip father lost his Own life while trying to save a friend frofn drowning. This left the mother of Andrew Jonson en tirely dej.endent upon her own ef forts for a living. The boy Andrew could neither read nor write when he was ten years old. At this age he was ap prenticed to a tailor instead .of being sent to schopl. The tailor lived in Raleigh and had a num ber of boys in his shop. .There was a peculiarly kind and benev .plent old gentleman in the town who thought it a pity that these young boys should be growing up without any education, and he went to the tailor shop every day and read tq,tbem while tlwy worked. In this way tbey acquir ed a good deal of geherul . infor mation. The little, chap, Andrew " Johnson, acquiring a thirSt tor more information, and some of the things the benevolentold gen tleman read fired the boy with a desire to . be - something -mor-than a tailor. Ho was seized with' an ambition to learn to read and write, and he began to learn the alphabet. Some of the workmen in the shop helped him and in time he was abl to read. He had a bright mind and learned about as rapidly as one could expecfa boy to learn when he worked 12 hours a day in a shop, and had to do his studying1 when his long day's work was done. After he had learned to read, young Johnson asked the benev olent old gentleman if ho could loan him some books.. This was done gladly, and the more the boy read the more eager he be came for an education When he was eighteen, young Tl j. a Ml . !.. uuuusou wem u ureeueviiie in Tennessee to live and took his mother with him. Here he work ed as a tailor, and while in Green ville he was married to a young woman who had a faic educa tion and she became not only his wife but also his teacher. We are told that she read to him while he stitched away at his work, and in the evening the evening she helped him with his studies and encouraged him to improve his mind to the utmost. He became very ambitious and so enthusl- astic over his studies that he learned rapidly. ' - . ?' . He soon acquired the reputa tioa of being "mighty smartj" .. an 1 when he was twenty years oil he was elected to his Jrst public office, which was that of alderman of the town in which ne lived. During the two years he held this office he made such a good reputation for ability , that he was elected mayor of the town, and he also became one , of the trusteea of an acadeaiy in . the town: ' -. He was greatly' interested in the welfare tf the working .cjass because it was the class to which he belonged, and he fjlt that a good deal could be done to improve the condition of the working people. He espoused their cause with such vigor thai ho had the support of thlMtffiss as well as that of the well-to-do when he ran for a seat in the Ten nessee House of Representatives at the age of iwenty-seven. He won his seat a&d became a jnost active member of this body. He was a young man of pronounced views who. was never .Son the fence" in his opinions.1" ' ' Johnson was a pronounced Democrat and when he entered tli" political arena as the chain.'-, pion of Martin Van Buren in Van Bureu'srace for the presidency he made a wide repntationas a' speaker. He became a member of the State Senate of Tennessee, .md when he was thirty -five years old he was a member of Congress, lie was re-elected uutil jie held this position ten years. Then he became Governor of Tennessee and steadily grew in popular es teem.,.. . Of all the many interesting stories told of this remarkable man, noneare more characteris tic of him than the fact that af ter he had become Governor of Tennessee, he bought cloth and with his own bands made a very fine suit of clothes for Governor M'Goffin of Kentucky who had been one of the true friends' and helpers of Andrew Johnson when they were but ; boys .together in humble positiprrs, of life, for Gov, M'Gqffin had been a blael&mith. In return for the suit of fclothes Gov. M'GofBn went to the forge and with hs own hands made a shovel jnd a pair of tongs which be sent to Governor Johnson wit'i the wish i that they would help. to keep ajive "the flame" of their friendHhifJ." It is to the credit of AnJrew Johnson that he was never a shiamed'of his humble origin. iChj one occasion he said on the floot of the Senate of the United Sta tes." A "I do not forget that I am a mechanic. Neither do I forget that Adam was ataylorand sew ed fig leaves, and that our Sav in- was the Son of a carpen ter." The career of Andrew Johnson before he became Vice-President of the United States in . 1805; formsa most interesting -chap ter in our American History. He bacame President on the 15th of April in the year .1865 'after the assassination of Lincoln. ' Are You rbeuuihtic? Try Sloan's. If you wautqifick nd real re lief from Rheumatism, do w;bat so many thousand other people ar doing whenever an uttaclc comes ou, bathe the son muscle or joint with Sloans Liniment. No need to rub it in just apply ihelinimeut to the surface. .It is wonderfully penetrating.' It noes right to the seat of: trouble and draws the pain almost im mediately, Gel a bottle of Sloans Liniment for 25c of Hnydrasnrt and have itintushouseTKaiost colds, sore and swollen joints, lumbago.' HciHtk-a and ail ments. Your money back if not satisfied, hut it does give aitn out mstaut rdief. . Jesse Walker, who shot . the Sheriff of Brunswick county a bout six years ago, after- escaped from prisotf, ' was arrested hear his old home a few days since, and is now in iaiHn Wflmtogton Since the commission of the fear ful murder in 1908,, tbeaegro bas wandered over many states, but Move for his vwife. QTOught him back?, ' 4.. -e- t-V.- Health Promotes Happiness. ; NVithbut health, ken nine joy Is1 impoesfrle; without go d diiie lionjind regular-bowel move infant ynj cnoot hxve health. Why neglect keeping bowels open and rifk' beunr i( t and aillnn? You don't have to. Tak on small Dr. King' New Life Pillar nlgliV in the morning ou will have a full, free howei movement and feel ranch belter. Helps your appetite and digestion Try on tonight. "Twa'Yiirsifrilsti." ashegllo Gltiten. It. is a glowing tribute which The New' York Word nays to President Wilson in an extensive review of two years of his admin istration.;' While tiie president and his friends must have experi enced 'a'feeling of deep disap. pointraent yhattheshippurebW and child labor bills failed tc reach enactment, there is still be fore the country a splendid rec ord of achievement Ior the pub- uu pnuts ueur eviueuce iuui nu four years of preceding congres sional sessions reached greatei accomplishment along national lines than did the Sixty-third congress, which has passed into history. It is not too much to say that President W ilson, rath er than congress itself, was re sponsible for legislation which brought abont reforms of far reaching character. He did not use a club, yet his strong person al influence undoubtedly brou't into , being the Underwood-Simmons tariff law and the banking and currency law. Above these, perhaps, may be ranked Presi dent Wilson's signal victory ovei the warlike interests' in saving this country from war with Mex ico. This,of course, was not legis lation of any character; it was, however, a diplomatic triumpL which throughoutithe future his tory of this country must reflect the greatest credit on the present chief executive. These achieve ments were reached in the face b! the most; .bitter opposition, .and despite,', the fact that the presi dent was uot always sure of his- OW household. .. . ; Mtl&tiMtm New Tork World say that President Wilson -"ha given his office' a new and unac customed dignity. "The old fash ioned lobby; at Washington, it declares, "has become as extinci as the dodo." This was .accom plished without the use of fire works and political clap trap. Al ways it was the quiet, but Ann insistence of the president forg ing to the front, demanding that respectful bearing which is nevei given to the demagogue in h igh places. President Wilson, cor- fronted on hisentrance into office with problems ,of.the most mo mentous character, addressed himself to their solution with the highest patriotism and courage, Tact and wisdom marked his Droirress as he took' up and brought to -successful issue. Now that the curtain has fallen on the first half of his, administration, it is fitting and proper thn.t press add people stamp his rec ord with a clear seal ot appro val. No Use to Try and Wear Out Your Cold: It Will Wear You -Out Instead; .Thousands keep on suffering couirhs and colds through uujtlec and delay. .Why make yourseii an easy. prey to serious ailment p and epidemics an the result of a neglected cold? uoutriis awieoia iai vour streniitli and vitalit unless rhecked in it tarly stages. Dr. Kina's New Diovery is what you ned -the Hrsl dose helpc i our head clear up, yon breathe freely and yoo feel much better. Uiiv h tKJttie toaav anantarc ta If Ing atoned.' Winston-Salem is" to have a handsome new Union passenger depot ri NOTICE. " This is to notify all persons that I have-sold my interest in the Sands Mercantile Company to Thomas Moreti, Manager of the said Tpmpany. All debts due me to be paid to said Company, and all-debts owed by said Com Danv to be paid by. them. This l.th oy ol February, 191 5. , Alfred Brown FIGHTING AMID GRAVES. English Officer Wri ts of Scenes to the ' "Battle Front London Dispatch. "Ail the ground near the front ine is. plowed up with shells and farrowed with the remains of old trenches and graves. The whole place is a vast cemetery in which uf trenches and those of the ene ny wind in every direction." The statement is made by the Brit ish1 official "eye witness" at the ront in a discription, of the re cent battles southeast of Ypres and of the country in which the artnies. Are. fighting.' In a sheltered spot," he con tinues, "tdere is. a little grave yard where some ol our own dead have been buried.' Their graves have been carefully mar ked, and a rough square of bricks hWjbeen placed around them. n front of the trenches German bodies still lie thick. "At one point of the brick field recently some 300 men tried to. rush our line. At their head was young German officer who came on gallantly waving his sword. He almost reached the barbed wire and then fell dead, and he lies there j-et with his 300 men about him. ,It is the same all along the ront in this Quarter. Every- where Still,' gray figures can be teen lying, some times several rows together and some times liagty or in t wos and threes. "This description might serve with a few minor alterations for iiaany of the localities along our front; where the fighting has cen tered .around some wood: a vjl- fWge OBliti of trencheaT' ,.It is as ff each had been swept by a with- jring blast before which every ob ject, whether a work of nature or of man, has crumbled into ruins or become twisted and deformed, and even the very ground itself ooks as if it had b en shaken by a violent convulsion of nature." To the south of the Ypres-Com in'es Canal, eays the 'eye-witness' the ground, although there are some inclosures, is comparative ly open. . To the north, however, there-are many woods, and these mve become a tangle of fallen trees interspersed with shell cra ers. To add to the hardships ol Huch ngtuig, the troops have been attacking on ground on ground iu which the men sink up to their knees in mud. "Despite of all these draw. backs," sontinucs vthe observer, "counter-attacks" have been car ried on with such resolution that in nearly all cases the original line original line has been gained One night as our troops were ad vancing to drive the enemy out of one of one of these trenches, his guns suddenly opened a tre mendous tire, uur men were in the open at some distance from the Germans at the time, and be ing thus taken at a uisadyan tage, their chances of successs looked small. Without a mo ment's hesitation, however, the attack ing line line broke into, a double quick and pounding thru the mud, burst into the German trench. "A counterattack later was al so a most dashing piece of work. Trenches occupied by the enemy had been subjected , to such heavy fire that they would not await our onsat. As our men charged forward cheering, the Geimans wore observed to be leaving the trenches and hurry ing to fie rear. "Iu one trench, which became in the coursj of the fighting more or less isolated, 40 of our men continued to hold firm until ev ery one of them had either been either killed or wounded. Even tually there were 'only three left who were capable ol nring, and these three continued to hold the enemy at bay. In the mean time word was brought to the rear that their ammunition was near- y exhausted and seven men, the strongest available were selected to bring up as much amrnuni tion as they could carry. These latter found the three wounded survivors still standingamid the bodies of their dead and disabled comrades, and still firing steadi- The support, slender as it was, came in the nick of time, for at that moment the Germans aunched another assault, which ike the previous ones were beat en off and the position was sav ed. "Our howitzers did especially good work.on the trenches cap tured by the Germans af o n e point. Observers could see one lyddite shell after another burst ing in the trenches and hurling the defenders into the air." Quoting from letters which he says were found on the bodies of German soldiers in snpport ol his statemeut the "eye-witness" says: "There is no doubt that the 'eeling of Germany toward the war is changing. They probably are as determined us ever to fight to the last, but the early optimism and confidence are van ishing. I( would appear also that the drain upon the enemy's man manhood is having a depressing eflect. "It is reported rhat even the Ershtz reservists, who are suf fering from ailments which woul 1 render them unfit for military ser vice are being calfed up and that the supply of sound Ezsatx reser1- ist haa been Exhausted in some districts. Some letters speak of the calling up of the uutrained Landstrum, which represents a arge reserve still available, to make the wastage of war." George McCorkle, ot Newton, :ias been appointed special attor ney to the Trade Commission at at a salary of $4,000 per year. The Court of Last Kesort. Aroun i the Mtoye ot a cross road grocery is the real court ot ast ret resort for itnnaiiy ovr rules all other. Chamberlain Cough Remedy has been brought lefore this court in almost eyery cross roads grocery in this conn try, and has always received a avorable verdict. It is in t h e country wlreie man expect to re c?ivp full value lor Ids money thrtt this remedy is moc appre ciated Obtainable every where. 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. HAYNES & BRO. Notice! North Carolina. Walaara County, By virtue of a power of sale contain d in it curtain deed of truit. executed on the 89th day of June, 1908, by B F Potter and wife to W It Jobntbo trot tee for w H Jonet, to epenre the pa meat of the lain or IM0.0O. whlel deed of trokt being duly recorded In Book u, page 44, oi , tne isegitter ol Deeds of Watauua county, I will on the 83rd day of March. 1915. atl'olook D m.. sell lor ensh to the Highest old der at the court bouse In Boone N ( to satly a balance ol 1840.00 due on said debt, the foltowingdecoribed real estate, to wit: Lying and being in the counts of wtttauga, Nnrtn Carolina adjoining the lauds of J O J Potter, Abe rotter ana otner, ana Dounaea kb follows: Un the wtiterx or Htringerf Fork of the North Fork of New Klv er, heginuii.g n a stake about 8 leet went f a nuckeye stuiup, corner of O J Potter, then 8 86 Ml poles to stake, thru S 80 B17 u ilea to stake st a fence, then N 81 KM Mles to stake( then N 4MC to a stake by Jbe road fide, then N 59 W with said road 28 poles to a poplar tree, theu W with said rosd 28 uoles to a Doiilar tree. then N 40 W 16 poles to the beglnlng 12 7 Saores, more or less. This beiug the tract ot land deeded by J U Bark er and wife and J F Iltoks and wire to Zlnns Baoh Blinlng Co. This 18th day of February. 1915. . E. JOH30 Trustee; Cou&cill ft Bauguess, Atty's, PROFESSIONAL. J Fletcher John Hi Blnghi au Fletdher & Bingham. ATTUKiNKlS AT LAW. BOONE, , NORTH jCAftO. v Will 'practice Iu the conirtq of W tauga and adjoining eounjlee. Care fnl and prompt attention.1 gi?en to nil raattefe entrusted to n. ! . U20.-M ' 1 Dr. G. M. PeaVler, Treats Disease! at th Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL. TENN., 11 '14 1 ... , ' , T. . Bingham, Lawyer BOONE, . . . ' . : 1 N. C W Prompt attention given to nil matters of i legal; nature Collections a specialty. Office w'ith Solicitor t A. Lla ney 1-29, ly. pd. j Silas M. Greene, JEWELER Mabl, N. C. . All kinds of repair work done under a positive guar, antee. When in need of any thing in my line give the a call and get honest work at honest prices. Watch Rpaminq A Sp,ecui.tys t- VETERINARY SURGERY. H bay been putting much study on this subject; have received my diploma, and am now irell equipped for the ptMttsjsUlaaqr ar gnj la ail tts braoeaesr and am thi only one In the county. " all on or address me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D.l . , O. R. HAYES, Veterinary Surgeon. S-lT-'ll. r E. S. COFFEY. -AT101MEIA1 LAW,- -r-COONE, N. C Prompt attention given to ill matters of a legal nature. IS Abstracting titles and oimction ot clams a special v. Dr. Nat. T, Dulaney SPECIALIST sti, kar; bosk, throat and chkbt BTkB RXAUIHBP FOR . OLA8BXS FOURTH STREET Bristol. Tcnn.-Va. EDMUND JONES LAWYER -IJFJNOIB. N. 0,- Will Practice Regnlarh in she Courts ol Watftfa, 5.1 Mi. 1. D. LOWS irBMt, N. C. T.A. tOVt, anfliisw, N, C. Bsni LOWE & LOVE ATTORNEYS.AT.UW. . Practice in the courts of Avery and surrounding counties. Care ful attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-0-12. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTOHXET AT LAW, . BptiNE, m. c. Will practice in the courts ot he 18th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. j-n 1911. K. P. IavIII. W.. K. LovlU Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys , At Law--BOONQ, N. C -Special attention given to all business entrusted to their care. .. .. ,
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