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'i to. . '' r VOL XXVII IJOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY MARCH 9, 1916. NO. 30. h .: it. HUNTING EXPERIENCE OF HARRISON MIRIDGE. BY L. D. LOWE. When Harrison Aldridge was qnite a young man he concluded to put in a part o! one fall in the wilds o! the mountains. During .the month o! November, aftjer putting his flint-lock rifle in firijt class condition, collecting an am pje supply of powder and bnllee, he started across the mountains on one of his rounds. It was one of those beautiful days during the period of Indian Bummer, clear except the peculiae haze which resembles the smoke from a distant forest fire, but later in the afternoon he observed that the clouds began to form about the western horizon; he little thought, however, that a storm was approaching. As he was crossing over the top of a ridge leading from the main top of the mountain to- ward an immense bed of laurel, he saw where the fallen leaves had been freshly overturned and he knew that a number of wild turkeys had just passed over in to the cove below, so he crept along through the forest with the stealth ot a lynx until he could BOO the turkeys busily engaged in picking up chestnnts. After selec ting the largest gobbler as.his tar get and drawing his long rifle to his shoulder he fired, and when the smoke had sufficiently disap peared the turkeys arose and flew in different directions, but he observed that the object of his aim flew in a straight course fl yer the top of the tall hemlocks in the low ground in the thick bed of laurel until it reached a tall pine with a deadop when the huge bird seemed to draw his wings to his body and drop to ward the ground, and then he knew that his shot was not in vain, provided he should be for tunate enough to find the tur key r After selecting a number of birch and hemlock trees to guide him to the dead-topped pine, he entered into the great laurel thicket to find the dead bird, and after considerable time he .reach ed the pine and near the base of it he found the turkey. Upon examination Harrison found that he had learned a les son that he would not forest: that in taking aim he had been deceived by the bulk and the ef fect of the gun-shot upon a tur key; that if the bullet should en ter the breast or too low in oth er parts of the body the bird U too apt to rise and fly out of sight, and if the shot proved 'to be fatal nine times out of ten the bird would be lost, or if only wounded it would upon reaching the ground at a considerable dis tance away, conceal itselt in some hollow log or dense thicket where it would die eventually; but if shot about the head, back or oth er vital spot it would either die instantly, or be so disabled that it could not fly and if it under took to run it would soon be o vertaben and caught. As soon as the young man em erged from the dense laurel the wind began to howl at a furious rate, and he could see the rain falling in the distance. After wal king Jup the cove for some dis tance he observed , an immense ledge of overhanging cliff, which formed shelter from the rain. Ashe approached this shelving mass of rock he observed the fragments of a hog which had been slain by a bear and partial ly consumed; and by the time he had reached the shelving rock his clothing was wet from the rain which was coming oown w i t h great violent. He found some dry ' wood under the rock ledge and with flint and steel he soon had a fire, and after remaining around it until his clothing was about dry, he discovered that night was approaching, and as there was no prospect of an early a batement of the storm, he must content himself with a hunter's luck under the cliff, so he dressed the turkey and suspended him for the night After eating the remainder of his lunch he had provided for bis da 's outing, he recruited his tire and sat around it listening at the raging storm until late in the night, not being provided with sufficient covering for such emer gency, he knew he could not sleep until a late hour, and just as he was ready to enter into a little doze he heard the hideous howl of a wolf in the distance, and scarcely had this sound died away until he heard the barking of another from a different, di rection, then came the sound of others from different directions, and ten they all chimed in and such yelping, barking and howl ing the young man had never heard in his life. This experience was so terrible as to almost make the young hunter's hair stand on end and the blood curdle in his veins. The terrible noise became louder and louder and be found that th wolves were approach ing nearer so he thought it best to put more wood.on his fire and await further developements. He knew by the noise that there was a great band of wolves and he thought it prudent to take advantage of opportunities, so he selected a 'shelving rock a 'ew feet above the fire and perch ed himself upon that with gun in hand.' He did not have to wait ong, however, until he heard a scampering m tne lorest near where he had seen the fragments of the hog as he approached the cliff a short time before. He could see the glimpse of the wol ves from his perch, jumping and darting back and forth, snapping and snarling over the remnant of the hog, then one large wolf threw his head up in the direct ion of the fire, and when Harri son saw his ejes shining like two iilln of fire he took deadly aim iiiui the won leu ueaa. io soon er had the wolf struck theground and the blood began to flow from the wound than the whole pack flew upon his prostrate body, and after they had torn their companion into fragments and devoured it they scampered off into the forest and were gone. and upon examination in the morning it was found that only the hair of the dead won re mained. (To be continued.) Alter Lngrippe Wbat? F G Prero, Bedford, lnd., wri- te: "An aiiai-k ot lagnppe leii me with a severe couirti. 1 tried everything. I trot so thin it luoked a it I never would get well. Finally, two notileH 01 Foley's Honey -and Tar cured me. 1 mil now well and back to mv normal weight." A reliable remedy fur coughs, colds, croup For hale by M. ti HlarkDurn. In the recent washing of Chica go political linen, the number o! petticoats on the line was espec ially noticable. Cincinnati Times Star. Sciatica's Pieicinn Pain. To kill the nerve pains of Scia tica vou can always depend on Sloan i Liniment It. penef ratec to the went of pain and briugp "HH- HS POOI1 UH It IH HP)lle. ureal comlort tub with Sloan'ein that no rubbinir is required Sloan's Liniment is invaluable for stopping muscular nr nerve puin of un.v; kind. Tryitat once ii vou suffer with rheumatism lumbago, soar throat, pain En chest.. BDrains. bruises, etc It Is excellent for neuralgia and bead ache. 25c at all drusgwts. Butlerlzid Republicans. News and Observer. The Republican party of North Carolina is a chattel in the hands of Marion Butler, the same But ler who has run the gamut of politics in this State, the same Butler who by reason of Fusion ism wormed his way into office by the temporary error, of the people of the State. In North Carolina it need not be recounted the things of those dark days through which this State traveled that it might a gain see the light. Yesterday in the Republican State Convention Marion Butler moved the wires which controlled the Convention, and by means of the power, he exercised gave clear proof to those who opposed him that he was the master of the situation. He did the cracking of the whip and the convention danced obedience to his crack ing- The name of Republican Na tional Committeeman E. C. Dun can was hissed. When he at tempted to speak he was howled down. Then he was thrown out of office. In vain did another war horse of Republicanism, Dr. Cyrus Thompson, seek to have his say to the convention, for he, too, was bowled down. And as the men to whom the Republi cans of Nqrth Carolina had here tofore bowed down were humilia ted to the core Marion Butler sat on the platform in the plain view of all and laughed in mock ery. The appearance of Marion But- er on the platform was the sig nal for wild cheers by the con vention. From his first gesture as he faced the convention and pushed aside a delgate who was trying to speak it was seen that lie had the convention well in land. When there came action from him which meant that Carl )uncan as national committee man must be displaced by Mr. John Motley Morehead it was seen that it was a fight to the finish between the standpat Re- mblicans under the leadership of Duncan and the Bull Moose Re publicans under the orders of Butler. And Butler won despite a lesperate struggle on the part of Duncan. Carl Duncan made one declar ation in his appeal to the Repub- icans to stand by him which was significant. Speaking of Butler, who was on the platform within a few feet of him and indicating him in the sweep of his hi.ud, Carl Duncan declared that "It is not needed in North Carolina where Butler and I are known to speak of him. 1 put it up to the Republican party to decide be tween me and Marion Butler." In answer the Republcans show ed that they chose Butler. And this was in the face of the declar ation of Dr. Cy Thompson that if Butler was given charge of the Republican party there would a gain be heard in North Carolina pf "Butler and Bonds." The Republican party of North Carolina is Butlerized. It is in charge of that man whose name was signed to an advertisement in the New York Evening Post ot April, 1915, which told that Marion Butler was one of t h e committee who had put over the South Dakota bond business a gainst North Carolina, and that because of this "The committee is now ready to proceed with the collection of all other repudiated bonds of every class of each State." And when the Republi cans go to the people for their support it will be well for all our people to remember the past and to remember that again the Re publican party of North Caroli na is in possesuon of Marion But- ler. - PROCLAMATION. Belgium Day, March 17, 1916. "Whereas, deep distress and misery exists in iieigium and northern France. Three millions of women and children are in dire need of food and clothing, and " We have already given gener ously to these destitute people, but-there yet exists an alarming shortage of necessary clothing, and - "The Commission tor Relief in Belgium has been and now is en gaged in furnishing clothing and food to the destitute inhabitants in Belgium and northern France by and with the approval of the civil and military authorities of Germany. "The great humanitarian work of that commission is strictly neutral and at the request of President Wood row Wilson many of our foremost citizens of the United States haye accepted membership on the commission. Now, Therefore, I, Locke Craig, governor of North Carolina, re spectfully urge that the people of this state co-operate with the Commission for Relief in Belgi um in its efforts to clothe these unfortunates; and to this end 1 do hereby designate and set apart Friday, the seventeenth day of March, 1916, as Belgium day, in order that the attention of all our citizens may be the morespe. iflcatly directed to this relief work and give them an opportunity to buy a yard of cloth on this or any other day, or give the equiv alent thereof in money to be ex pended in the purchase of cloth ing for the destitute in Belgium and Northern France while the winter is upon them and the suf fering is acute. "Let every one do something to relieve the innocent from the cruel suffering of this war, ''Done at our city of Raleigh the 12th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in the one hundred and fortietth a . year ol our American indepen dence. "LOCKE CRAIG, "Governor." All persons wishing to contrib ute wearing apparel or cloth, or funds to be used in the purchase of cloth, for the destitute women and children of Belgium and nor thern France are asked to com municate withDr. S. Westray Battle, jChairman, or E. Elexis Taylor, Field Secretary, North Carolina Commission for Relief in Belgium, 23, Haywood St., Ashe- ville, N. C. Severe Cold Quickly Cured. "On Dec. nrt l had a severe cold or, attack of the grip as it inav be. hikI was nearly down in bed," writes 0 .1 Metcalf, Weatb erlVi Mo.. "I bought two but- ties ol Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy and it was only a few da.ys until I wax completely restored to health. I firmly believe that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is one of the very best medicines and will know what to do when I have another cold." Obtaiua ble everywhere. Every habit and faculty is pre served and increased by corres ponding actions. Epictetus. Whjt Children Need Now. In spite of the best eare moth ere can irive them this weather brings sit-kneMB to many children Mrs. T. Neureuer, tan Claire. Wis., writes: 'Foley's Honey and Tar cured my boy ol a sev ereatt.Hck ot croup after other remedies had failed. It i a won derful remedy for coughs, colds, croup and whoopinir cough." It stops lairriitpe coughs. For sale I if n in-. i.i...... Iby M. B. Blackburn. A Law Kith Teeth. i . We Jail remember what a fu rore was raised for a state-wide primary law and with what a blare of trumpets it passed the General. Assembly last winter. Without some law restraining the candidates from spending money too freely this state-wide primary law might well be called "an act to put up public office to the highest bilder." But fortu nately there is another act pass ed by the General Assembly of 1913 which was passed to pre vent the voters of the state from being debauched and to head off any wealthy candidate from spending a big wad in his own be half. Not many of our people, perhaps, know of the existence of such a law. The writer confesses that he was in ignorance pf it un til his attention was called to it. This act makes it unlawful for any candidate to spend or permit others to spend for him an am onnt that would exceed fifty per cent of the annual salary of the office for which he is running, ex cept a candidate for Governor and a candidate for the United States Senate may spend or al low others to spend an amount not greater than thp annual sal ary of the office. These two acts, the state primary act and this corrupt practice act are intend ed to go together. The public de manded this restraint on the spending of money inordinately by candidates, but as Boon as it passed forgot all about it. It is there however, in cold type, and it should be invoked wherever and by whomsoever it is violated V'e have had enough shatreful squandering of money in North 'arolina- It not only impover ishes the candidate but what is ten times worse, it debauches and demoralizes the public. We mavbe allowed to express' the hope that every candidatjeofany party in the state this year will be held strictly to the law. in this V - 1 respect. The filing of a state ment showing every cent) expen ded by himself or by others in is behalf is on the books and it means what it says, and any jif- brt to evade it or nullify at pro ves the Unfitness of any candidate to hold any office within the gift of the people of the state. Char ity and Children. Think Twice. Thiuk twice before you send the note in which you give your anger vent, in which you reck lessly devote yourself to skinning some poor gent. For doubtless when your anger cools,' you 11 kick your spine up through your "hat, and say, "I was the, prince of fools to send a man such rot as that! "Think twice before you pass along the scandal that you heard last night; you may do some good man a wrong that years of effort can't set right. And though the story true may seem, why rob a neighbor of his coat? From your own eve re- C7 w move the beam, before yon reach for t'other'? mote. Thiuk twice before you jaw your wife; there was a time, some years ago, when you declared you'd make her life as cheerful as a picture show. Alas, she took you atyourword, as damsels do, and always did; and all her married years she's heard her husband yawping through his lid. Think twice be fore you do a thing your soul re fuses to indorse; for every wicked act will bring the certain penalty, remorse! Walt Mason in News and Observer. Children dry FOR FLETCHER'S CASXORIA PR 0FE.SSI0NA L E. Glenn Salmons, Resident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. 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