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: -v V VOL. XXVII KOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY JUNE 22, 1916. NO. 44. - h J 1 1 4 Ik pi i 1 f HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS. (From The Nw lork Tioiei ) The nomination of Theodore Roosevelt by the Republicans would have had a meaning clear to every American mind. That candidacy would have raised high and made visible the issue of opposition to Woodrow Wil son on the only grounds that make it capable of statement. It would have meant that in the judgment of the Republican par ty the Unitted States ought now to be engaged in the European war, that it ought to be at war with Mexico, or as a conqueror aetually in possession of that country. The nomination of Mr. Hughes must bear to for eign observers a bewildering like ness to an express indorsement of the administration of Wood row Wilson. He is a man of the same type, conservative, deliber erate,' accustomed to consider carefully the consequences of his acts, never rash, never yielding to hasty impulses or Bwayed by the heat of passion, yet withal in. ferior in capacity and experience. It is impossible to imagine Mr. ( Hughes as resident writing a h message to Congress demanding f a great war credit and instant naval and military preparation i 4 for a war with Germany because of the invasion of Belgium or the '.-'destruction of the Lusitania. 3 The utmost stretch of fancy does 1i not enable us to see him asking Congress on Mexico. The picture would be wholly imaginary, false to the man and the occasion. Yet the Republicans have ab solutely no other issue upon which with any degree of force and consistency they can demand of the people a withrawal of their confidence in President Wilson. That issue they dare not raise They condemn, they denounce, they use freely the adjectives of the language, but', their nouns and verbs have no specific mean ing. If Mr. Roosevelt's denuncia- tions of the administration mean ' any thing at all, they mean that X he would have gone to war with j Germany, that he would have '$ gone to war with Mexico. That is the popular understanding of what he is driving at He was the $ indicated and logical candidate, . v the only candidate by whose nora , ination the Republicans would ' have clearly manifested their a- ? version to Mr. Wilson's policy of peace, their preference for a poli cy of war. Even Mr. Roosevelt s '4 WOraS, WUlie uiejr an mo an mm v lii. :ii it. uu X the din of many explosions, leave - no distinct impress on the mind. President Wilson, he says, "has rendered to his people the most evil service that can be rendered to a great democracy by a cho sen leader." By not going to war with four -monarchies and one re public? His words raise no other issue' against Mr. Wilson that the mind of the people could grasp, To have put him before them as a candidate, with loud outcries for war upon his lips and a plat form denouncing the administra tion for not plunging the country into war would have put the Re publicans into the campaign with a definable issue. The candidate they have cho sen has of necessity been speech less. He uow says: "I stand for the firm and unflinching main tenance of all the rights of Amer kan citizens on land and on sea.' Would Mr. Hughes have gone to war about the Lusitania, or would he have maintained un flinchingly the rights of Ameri can citizens on land and sea, as Mr. Wilson has maintained them by the peaceful methods of diplo macy? The PresidenFhas faf ced Germany ' to acknowladge the right of onr citizens to travel up ou the seas in safety and without A little Mexican History. Taylor, with 5,000 Americans defeated Santa Anna, with 20, 000 Mexicans at the battle of Buena Vista Scott captured the City of Mex- ico with 6,000 men. Doniphan, with less than a thousand men, defeated 1,200 Mexicans at Bracito river and later, with a force reduced to 924 men, routed 4,000 Mexican soldiers strongly entrenched and provided with great stores of ammunition and arras. Against the 12,000 American soldiers in Mexico are 30,000 to 35,000 Carranzista troops. The disadvantage justifies some un easiness. But in the iiirht of his tory, we need entertain no trou bling as to the outcome. There is no reason to believe that the Mexican under Obregon is more of a soldier than he who served with Santa Anna. molestation. In Heaven's name. what more could Mr. Hughes have done? nad we gone to war, Geamany would now be destroy ing every enemy passenger ship upon all waters where her sub marines could hold their way. and we could ask no redress. "In our foreign relations," he says, we have suffered incalculably from the weak and vacillating course which has been taken with regard to Mexico." Weakness and vacillation would never have wrung from Germany her con sent to abandon methods of war fare which her government and a ! great part of her people believe to be well justified and essential to the success of her arms. Mr. Hughe's statement is preposter ous, bis criticism flat Mid feeble. As his part in an agreement, with Oyster Bay it can be understood, but inevitably he lays himself o pen to the inevitable question: "Pray, what would you have done?" and that question he will never answer. . Not less pointless are the can didate's observations on Mr. Wilson's course with Mexico. It was "lamentably wrong," says Mr. Hughes. He must tell the country what course would have been right, and then prove that it would have been more success ful than Mr. Wilson's course. Ap parently, he would have recogni zed Huerta. We sought, to dic tate, he says when we were not concerned. How would it have helped matters to set up the pre tense of friendly relations with thot old devotee to brandy and usurpation? Responsibility for our relations with Mexico would have made Mr. Hughes more cau tious about his language. Minor troubles there were inevitable, The major trouble of war with Mexico was the only sure way to end them Mr. Wilson has avoi ded war. Mr. Hughes also would have avoided it. The Republicans want to get the Democrats out in order that they may get in that is the only issue upon which tbey can speak boldly. They have no other. They select theircandidatesfrom a historical period long past. Mr. Huches means nothing to the country save what would have been meant by any other chosen among forty silent men. The candidacv of Mr. Fairbanks means nothing more than the hope of winning the electoral voles of Indiana and a few other states where ho is held in esteem by men who are unawares that anything has happened since 1900. Platform and candidates are a confession that the Repub lican party, striving to heal its hurts and strike a successful bar gain for the return to its house, hold of those who sought to de strov it. has no new or vital mes 'sage to deliver to the American! There is verj little rain in Per sia. Except along the coast of the Caspian Sea nfrrieulture -depends almost entirely on irrigation. Rheumatic Pain Stopped, The drawing of muscles, the Horeness, ntiffuesa and mionizing ptiin pain of rheumatism quickly iield to Sloan's Liniment It Htimnlateyireulation t tlieach injr part. Just apply hs directed to the sore njiots. 'In a short time thf pain giveu way to a tia glin; eensation of comfort ami warmth. Here's proof "I have had wonderful relief since I used your Liniment ou my knee. To think one application gave me relief. Sorry 1 hnvn't space to tell you' the history. Thunkin: you for what your remedy has done for me." J S Furgussou, Phil.. Fenn. Sloan's Liniment kills pain. 25c. at druggists. By skilfully grouping $250, 000 grains of corn an Iowa boy has made a remarkable and clev er model of the American silver dollar. Bowel Complaint in India. In a lecture at one oi the Des Moines, loa, churches a mission ary from India told of going in to the interior of India, where he was .taken .sick, that he had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with him and 'jelieyed that it saved hit life. This remedy is us ed success'ully iu India both as a preventative and cure lor chol era. You may know from this that it can be depended upon tor the milder forms of bowel com plaint that occur in this coun try. Obtainable everywhere. The increased cost of blasting powder, due to the war, is becom ing a problem in the mining in dustry. Avoid Colds. Sudden changes, high winds, shifting seasons cauee culds and grippe, and these summer colds are annoying and dangerous and ore likely to turn into a chionic cougb In p uch cases take treatment ol Dr. King h New Mscoveey, a pleasant Laxative Tar Syrup. It sooths the rough, hecks the cold and bWps break up an attack of grippe. It a I re a riy prepared, no mixing or fuHg ing. Just ask your druggist for bottle ol Dr. King's New Dis overy. iested ana tried tor over 40 year people. i'raise without reservation or qualification isduetoMr Hughes for his clear, sound and admir able words upon Americanism and preparedness. "I stand for an Americanism that knows no ulterior purpose," he says, "for a patriotism that is single and complete. Whether native or naturalized, of whatever race or creed, we have but one country, and we do not for an instant tol erate any division of allegience.' There is no ambiguity about that declaration, no room is left for doubt. Mr. Ilugheshasdonehis part to take the hyphen out o American politics. The Dnino crats cannot do less, they wil make overtures for the support of voters with a divided allegi ance only at their peril. Fortu nately, Mr. Wilson has spoken with no less directness and stern er emphasis in taking the 6arue position. Mr. Hughes declares his belief in preparedness "entir ely adequate for our defense with respect to numbers and equip montinboth army and navy and that is Mr. Wijson's position For the advocates of national ... .. i . uelenselessness upon the one hand and for those who are in sympa thy with the purposes of German militarism upon the other, there will tie no place in this campaign unless they put forward a cand date of their own. A Nation's Sorrow. One great man to a nation- great in his own profession which chances at the tragic moment to be the vitally important profes sionthere is a pathos in his ery solitude of grandeur, sug gested in the lines of the Associa ted Press chronicler: Kitchener as the one outstanding person ality whom the people believed in as a great man. This man cut off suddenly, dramatically, with out warning: we have a picture of nation in sorrow, a nation in grief. If it be true thatgreat men are measured by their detractors as towers by their shadows, by this rule, also we must accord a high grandeur to the character of Britain's taciturn warrior, and by it are the people justified in the surrender of their imagina tion to thisimposingflgure which they have surrounded with all the glamor of military romance. o them he was the plumed knight, the Boldier of spotless soul, profound wisdom and in vincible will. And the world has held this high ippraisal of his people fully won. The outside world has, howev er, been less sympathetic, toward and more critical of the great war, holding that the tasks com mitted to his bands were too great for it, too great, perhaps, or any man, has perceived a ong succession of fatal blunders. Yet perhaps the judgement of posterity will be more kindly. If it required the most terrible les sons to demonstrate the kind of ammunition needed, if munitions were slow of production and if thousands of England's best yiel ded up their lives because of this tardiness, yet a vast army has been created and organized, for the one nation in a conflict of many that was not already pro vided with a great army. Histo ry may rate this task a fitting climax to a life of masterly achiev ment. Greensboro News. A Good Family Cough Medicine, Can be made by mixing Pine-Tar, Aconite, sugar, h.voscyainus, sas safras, peppermint, ipecac, rbu barb, mandrake, capsicum, mu riate aminynia, honev aud glyc erine. It is pleasant, healing and so'hing, raises the phlegm and gives almost instant relief. lor convenience of those who prefer uot to luss. it is supplied ready made in 25c. bottles under name of Dr. Bell'H Pine-Tar-Honey. Can fie had at your druggNt. In sist on getting Dr. Bell's Pine- Tar-honey, agd see that the for mula is on the package. Official figures put Russia's pe- troleum production last year at about 69,000,000 barrels a gain of 2,000,000 barrels in a year. How to Feel Good Tomorrow. Indigestion quickly develops sick headache, tiiliouHiiess, bloat ing, sour Htomarn, ga on stem HCh, bad bn a'thor some of the other conditions caused by clog ged or irregular boweln. If you have any of tbese symptoms, take a Foley Cathartic Tablet this evening and you will feel bet ter in the morning. M. D. Black burn. According to an official Ger man test, networks of telephone wires over a city tend to dimin ish the danger from lightning. How to Get Kid of a Cold. Read how C E Summers, liol- dredue, Neb., got rid of his cold "1 contracted a severecouguand cold and rould hardly sleep. By using Foley's Honey and Tar us directed my couith was entirely cured aud I give it full credit lor my spwdy recovery." Foley's nl ways soothes and . Iieale. Chil dren love iU M 13 Blackburn. Tiie wise man does no wrong in changing his habits with the times. Dionysius Cato. Making the Most of June. To enjoy the beautiful month of June to the utmost, one must be in good health. Kidneys fail ing to work properly cause aches aud paius, rheumatism, lumba go, soreness, stiffness. Foley Kid ney Pills make kidneys actiye and healthy and banish suffering Hiid misery. Why not feel Hue and fit? Be welll Be strong, M. B. Blackburn. Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far. Euripides. Indiana Mau's Experience. Frank Mosley, Morn's Hill, Ind. writes: "I was troubled with al most constant paius In my sides and back. Great relief was appa rent after the first dose of Foley Kidney Pills and in 48 hours all pain left me." Foley Kidney PlHs make kidneys active and health ful and stop sleep-disturbing blad der ailments. The great end of life is not knowledge but action. Huxley FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS Notice of Publication. North Carolina Watauga county in tne superior court, beiore the clerk. John Mast vs. Clar ence Mast, Inez Mast, Oscar Mast, iiattie Mast, Joe Mast, Jacob Mast and Nora Mast. Clarence Mast, one of the defend ants above named, will take no tice that an action entitled as a bove has been commenced in the Superior court of Watauga coun ty for the purpose of selling cer tain real estate for partition, said real estate being fully described in the petition in this cause; and the defendant will further take notice that he is required to ap pear before the Clerk of the Su perior court of said county at his office in Boone, on the 15 day of July, 1916 and answer or de mur to the petition of the plain tiffs or the relief therein deman- ded will be granted. This June 15th, 1916, W. D. Farthing, C S. C. Entry Notice No. 2537. State ot North Carolina, Watauga co office of entry taker (oz (aid county Jacob Potter locates and enters 500 acres of land in North Fork and Meat Catnp township on the head waters of ivortn fork or flew Klver ana meat camp creek, beirlnDiuif on a bunch of lyns the n w corner the Elk Knob copper company 100 acre tract and raus K S and W with same to the IS W corner of same thence with Kay anil Potter entry to John Winebarger men with John wiDebargerto Wood rlnirs then with Woodrloir, to Prof fit. Barkers. Tatums, Pattersons, Browns, Hnyders, Hortons, Abe Pot tprs, John Muins. then to Kay and Potters entry, thence with same to Elk Knob, then N with same to the beginning. Entered .In ne 18. 1916. H.J. HARDIN, E.T. not give your boy and girl an opportunity to makotheirftOBW ttudo ean and tfftt&vel flive them the same chances to wta pro motion and success as the lad having the advantage of WEBSTER S NEW INTERNATIONAL Dictionary In his home. 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