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,j" --; -V 'f'';Uv-: ' A. II I - A. A. A. ' m. i ir i lax -m ji ii PIP VOL. XXVII BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1916. NO. 52, ft' 5 ' v"'"' ' If It: ft- 5.v Hntiic Eqirienci Of Harrisoi Aldridgt. By L. D. Lowe. : While spending the night alone under the hanging cliff, young Harrison thought if he intended to spend many nights in the wilds of. the mountains, it would be well to convert this cliff into more comfortable quarters, so he returned in a short time for the purpose of spending two or three days. He collected a lot of flat stones with which he built a fire place with a flue to carry the smoke away, then he fixed a place for a bed large enough to be oc cupied by two or three men be- Hides himself; and after getting his temporary home in order he placed a quantity of dry wood and bark under the shelving cliff for use in case of emergency. ' It is not to be supposed that the first settlers devoted the greater part of their time in hunting, however. It was neces sary for them to supply their ta bbies with vegetables and bread, look after their cattle and sheep during the ' summer months, as well as to prepare forage for the winters; and during the summer months they killed very few ani mals except squirrels and fished for mountain trout with which the streams were crowded to their utmost capacity. During the early fall after liar rison had prepared his temporar y abode, he began to look around for deer and wild turkeys, and he soon dfscovered abundant evi dence that there r;ya plenty of both in the eection fiear the cliff. Within a short time he returned lo the cliff late one afternoon with the intention of spending a notber night, but just before reaching the cliff he sighted a large deer just' as he was passing over the turn of a sharp ridge, but as the wind was gently blow ing from the deer toward the young hunter the animal did not observe the intruder; Harrison hurried on until he was within easy reach and at the crack of the rifle the mighty deer lay pros trate on the ground. The young man dragged the deer down un der the cliff, and as it was then getting dark he had to build a fire to make a light to enable him to see how to dress his large game. After spending the night be felt that he had been fully re paid for his time and that he then had all that he could nian , oge to get back home with, here traced his steps back toward his home, next morning, carrying the venison and hide across his shoulders. After spending the remainder of the fall in gathering his crops and preparing a supply of wood for at least a portion of the win ter, the hunter started out tow ard the cliff with the intention of taking in a wide stretch of terri tory the following day, carrying his two bunting dogs with hitn, end just about dark as he was Hearing thp edge of the cliff his two dogs began to whine and . look back at their young master. -He knew that some wild beast was near, but as it was then too late to investigate he spoke in a low tone to the dogs and they desisted from their strange con duct. ' Harrison soon kindled a fire by means of his knife and flint and after preparing his flight meal and dividing with his faith ful companions, he told his dogs to remain quiet by the fire and he returned. By day-light the next morning he and bis dogs were ready to make the investi gation, which aroused his curios ity only a few hours before. Up on reaching the same spot at , which the dogs appeared to be excited as they approached the . cliff the night before, they again exhibited the strange conduct, so the alert hunter began to look a bout, and soon found that the leaves had been raked up and small twigs and bushes had been bitten off, so he felt sure that a bear had taken up his winter quarters somewhere in that cliff. After looking around for some time he observed a large flat rock well up under the ledge, with a hole large enough for a big man to crawl through near the main cliff, but wjien he looked into the opening it was so dark that he could see nothing but darkness within. Finding that he could not see the bear, he made a has ty examination along the outer edges of the large stone and he could see fresh leaves and small sticks protruding toward the edge of the rock, and they ap peared to be packed from within the cavity. After letting the light in through the packing he again went to the mouth of the cave and he could then see the eyes of the mighty monster shin inglike balls, of fire, and when the bear found that he had been discovered he became enraged, and began to pop his teeth to- gethe. Harrison began to give expression to his pent-up vio lence; the dogs showed more ex citement and growled with rage, so the man of the forest thought it time to be ready for the fray. He made a hasty examination to see that the powder was in the pan of his trusty flint-lock and that his tomahawk and dirk were in his leathern belt, so he heard a mighty rush and bruiu was crawling out at the mouth of his cave in attempting to make a dash for liberty, but just as be cleared the mouth of t h e cave the hunter fired and the ball entered the side of the head, but the shot did not prove fatal and the bear started off down the side of the mountain. The two clogs followed in hot pursuit, and as the bear was fat and heavy, the dogs soon overtook him and began to snap his bams; the bear would wheel but the trained dogs would escajw from his clutches, and in the mean time, Harrison had re-loaded and was following closely behind. The bear was ma king toward a dense bed of lau rel, but the dogs aunoyed him to such an extent that he could not make very rapid progress. The blood was oozing from the wound he had received and every now and then he would stop to shake his head, and in the meantime the dogs would snap him from behind. After reaching a 1 r g e rock the bear stopped and con cluded to act upon the defensive, so he raised himself in an erect position to deal blows to the dogs, and while in this atitude Harrison approached near en ough to shoot him under the left fore leg and the ball went crash ing through his heart' After taking off the hide the poung man carried it and the meat to the cliff where they were suspended until he could return home , and get two horses and help to carry in the result of bis hunt. To be continued, New Solicitor. Mr. R. L. Huffman, of Morgan- ton, who has been appointed So licitor of this district to succeed the late Thomas M. Newland, be gan work in Caldwell Superior court here Monday morning. Mr. Huffman is a native of Catawba county, but has been engaged in the practice of law in Morgan ton for about ten years. He is a brilliant young attorney and will no doubt prove an efficient prosecuting officer. He has serv ed several terms as reading clerk in the lower house of the general assembly. Topic. Tbt Good Roads Qoistloa Apia. Editor Democrat: I read with intererest the letter of my voune friend, R. W. Maltba, on the subject. of good roads in The Democrat some time ago, and am pleased to get his ideas on thesubject, also the figures he gave, which I know to be relia ble. I certainly agree with him that good roads are of more impor- tantance now than a railroad, for railroads are coming in on all sides, making our traffic hea vier and the roads cannot be kept up under it without some different system of working them than we now have. Most of our roads should be rebuilt before any more labor and money is wasted on them in their present condition. Mr. Maltba gives the estima ted cost of traffic over each mile of bad roads and the annual ex penditure of time and energy added to the cost of keeping up the bad roads, makes a total of $73,000. Besides this, we are paying, as he says, many thous ands of dollars of tolls and oth er expenses that might be credi ted to the "mud tax". By the 'mud tax"! mean the loss of time and energy to teams and owners, or actual cost of usinsr bad roads, and the hinderance to church and social life, which would make many thousands of dollars more. I think we can well consider the questions Mr. Malt ba asks, "Are we not too poor to afford such a waste, and what can we do about it? Also, in a recent issue of The Democrat I read with interest a ' Good Roads Talk" by friend John H. Bingham, who also em phasizes the importance of the good road question aud urges steps for permanent improve ment of roads; and closes with the question, "What are we go ing to do with the subject?". If you will permet me. Mr. Edi tor, in answer to these letters, 1 will give a few" suggestions, and will be glad to hear from anyone who doesn't agree with me. No doubt our people have read the account an interview with Con gressman Doughton in which he gave provisions of law lately en acted by Congress to aid in the construction and maintence of public roads throughout the country. This law apprpriates the vast sum of $74,000,000 to be apportioned among the states for improving aud maintaininj: public roads over a period of five years. The first ?",000,000 is a- vinlable this year, becinninc: Ju ly 1, and haa already been appor tioned to the States. North Car- i olina's part being about $115,- 000. This will be given to t h e counties making provisions for its use by our State Highway Commission. I think we should have a law that would secure complete co-operation with the rederal Ciood Roads Law, by creating a County Highway Com mission, a road fund by levying a (reasonable tax on property and polls and providing for main tenance of all roads after con struction. As I have said heretofore, per sonality I believe in a bond issue to make good roads in any coun ty, but some of my friends are opposed to this .method, though they would advocate a small tax for road purposes. However from the!above figures we see that bad roads aree costing us a large sum oi money every year vhich we might reduce very materially by taking steps to construct good roads. Referring to the act of the last Legislature, we find that a road law was passed for Watauga county, but it is not effective un- The Dead Dog's Place. The shepherd of a Cleveland, Ohio, park whose dog has died, says it is no small matter to buy a new one. Anyone who has ever tried to buy a dog to take the place of one that has endeared itself will know how true this is A good dog is considerably more than a piece of merchandise. Bones and flesh and blood and hair can be bought, and, maybe, you think that these, in their right proportions and places, and and animated make a dog. But they don't. Any man who knows dogs knows that it takes far more than three to make one. You can't buy devotion can you? You can find men without devo tion, without gratitude, without devotion, without gratitude, without fidelity, but you can nev er find a dog without these qual ities, for without devotion you havn'tgotadog. A dog will die for his master, even though he starves and beat him, while man divine man has been known to sneak away from a friend in trouble, disavowing all obligations. The dog is always genuine, al ways frank and honest and faith ful. He shows more sincerity in one wag of his tail than some men do in a whole life time. Speechles8s he can express more love than a man can and ho nev er expresses it falsely. Men can clasp hands and pledge loyalty; The dog can't. He does not need it. llis pledge of loyal ty ii iu his every act and iu- stinct. He has no other pledge to give and he kuows no other loyalty. The dog can't laugh, yet he can radiate more joy than a man can. He has the manner of a true optimist. He can see good iu a man when other men can't. He can find love for the lowest and meanest, and his love sur vives kicks; curses, desertion everything. The dog grows into the life of the man he loves, and becomes a part of him very often the best part. Properly trained, he uner ring performs parts of his mas ter's work, and more he does work that only a has intellect and faithfulness to do. And when a man has lost this part of himf elf can he go a n d buy it again? Notmuch! God i3 all-powerful among men, but it will not buy a good dog. It will buy friends, as friends go, by the scores, and hundreds; It will buy human loy airy, as human loyalty goes; but it will not buy a dog that can fill the place of the faithful one that ha died. For Summer Troubles. Hay fever afflicts thnunands and HSthma ttufJeiers endure tor ture. Foley's Honey mid Tar cives relief. It allays inflamma tion, clears uir passages, cusfH rasping cough, Hoothns and bpals. ThiH wholenoine family remedy contains no opiate a bottle lastH u lone time. For sale by M. B. Blackburn. til ratified by a majority of the voters at the. next general elec tion. I am not familiar with this law', but it may be the law that we will need with possibly a few amendments which could be made by the next Legislature, and I trust the people will etudy it so they may act intelligently on the question. I hope that we will soon" have a road law that will obtain for us our part of the great Federal appropriation, for I will be pleased if our youugaud middle aged men can escape from service oik tlie roads, and all re ceive benefit from them, as inten ded. J. U. H0RT0X. Boone, N. C. Are You Boss Of Your Whole Self, Or Boss of Only Kalf. ' In connection with all of our advocacy of education, we want to keep emphasizing the fact that education is not something for young people in schools but for people of all ages in all lines of work. And no mater bow deflcl en$arnan's school advantages were, he can make himself an edu cated man if he only has will power and self-mastery. A man must be boss of himself however, boss of his whole self. And this saying calls to mind an old memory. We were standing at the gate of the old country church and two of Jour neighbor farmers were talking. "I am not lazy with my muscles; I don't mind doing any hard work that comes to hand," said one of them "but I do mortally hate mental work. When it comes to sitting down and figuring and studying out some problem, I always dodge it if I can." It has been many years since we heard this conversation (the writer was a mere boy at the time,) but it lingered in our mem ory every since. This man was one half boss of himself boss of his muscle but not of his mind. And one great reason why farm ing doesn't pay better and prcgress is that too many farm ers are. like our neighbor. The min who is to succeed at farm ing or anything else raustbeboss of himself boss both of his mus cles and his mind, neither luzy bodied nor lazy minded. He must be able to look at any nec essary job on the farm and say: This job ought to be done," and straightway make himself do it; and he must be quite as ready to say of some matter about which be needs information, "This les son ought to be learned," and straightway make himself learn it. Progressive Farmer. Going Back on the Women. The Western women are seeing the light. They are growing sus picious that Canbidate Hughes has meant to fool them. At any rate the interpretation some of them would place on his Spokane speech is that he does not mean, if elected, to go beyond the plat form declaration. He said at Spokane t hat he does not pro pose "to attempt to add and could not add to the platform declaration of his party," and that when be stated the amend ment should be submitted and ratified, he was stating only his "rersonal conviction." The fact is now dawning upon the women that he did not mean it He now says that he is tied to the plat form, takiug the same position that President Wilson took and from which he could not be mov ed. The Hughes suffrage araeud ment bubble was a mighty pret ty .thing while it floated, a toy that delighted the feminine eye, and while it might not be quite an elegant bit of speech, it is nev ertheless true that its collapse left some of the militants as 'mad as a passel of wet hens.' It was a very beautiful yet exasperating bit of hedging on part of their erstwise valiant chief and cham pion. Charlotte Observer. His Backache Gone. Just how dangerous a back ache, sine muscles, aching joint or iVumatic pains may be in Hotnetimea realized only when life insurance is refused on ac count of kidney troubles. Jo seph G. Wolf, of Greeu Bay. Wis, write: "Foley kidney Tills re lieved me of a neyere backache that had bothered m for pever nl months." Take Foley Kidney Pills ior weak In me back wafy sWpleKS nights'. For sale by M R Blackburn. PR OFESSI0NA L E. Glenn Salmons, Kesident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. Office at Critcher;Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 to 13 a. ni; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. Dr. G. M. Peavler, Treats Disease of the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL. TENN., 116141y, E. S. COFFEY. -ATWRNEiAlLAW,- DOONE.N.C. Prompt attention given to ill matters of a legal nature. Abstracting titles and 'onection oi claims a special l-l.'ll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulanej SPECIALIST fTK, EAR; R08K, THROAT AHD 0HXIT KTK8 RXAMINKD FOR GLASSES FOURTH 8TUEET Eristol, Tcnn.-Va. &IVUJND JONES LAWYER ' -LKNOIU. N. 0,- Will Practice Regularly Is Lhv Courts of Watffuga, 6-1 Mi L. S.LOWE Burner Kik, N. C T. A. LOVJf, Pineola, X. C. LOWE & LOVE ATTO RNE YS-AT-LA W. Practice in the courts of Avery 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. 1 . Will practice in the court of the 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 5-11-19H. ; VETERINARY SURGERY. When in need of vet erinary surgery call on or write to G. H. Hayes Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi las, N. C. . . 6-15-16. E. F. Lovill. w. K LotII Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys -At Law -BOONE, N. -C 1 Specialjattention given to all business entrusted to their care. .. i. i. mngnam, Lawyer BOONE, .... . N.C arPromptattention .given to nil matters of a legal naturt Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Ho ney 29, ly. pd, Silas M. Greene, MABElJ,'iN.C. AH kinds of repair work done under n poHirire guar, au tee. When in need of any ihiua i'i i:y line give tue a cull and ttet honest work at v Itouetib prices. .' - i- ';-'f V ":.V"-; 1 i-i'.vt':', "k.W'.Vi
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