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Ti xxvm. Uncle Fed Messer Dead. Sjvtal t ) Th O'jeerver, Ash-viilc. Fb. 20. -A long- disfa-cce telephone u ess-ge from W aynesvlile last night convoyed the intelligence that Fed".ie Messer of White Oak tj-vfiship, lias wo d county, died bandiy niht. Mr. Messer's death occurred at 8 o'clock and t';o end came without pain. The f moral services were conducted i yesterday. I Federic Mess?r the oldest white man in North Carolina, :f not in t'lc fcviutb, as born on the 12th i of August, in 1792 in Lincoln cotDty, on the South Fork of! the C-tuw ba river. He lived to! b3 3 J 4 years, six months and J live days old. Heoned a liulet farm near Pitreon river, a few m'les from Tcague postoffice which is 21 miles from Waynes- ville. Ue married a Vvilmington wojt.au. His wife however, died many years ago. Since that time Mr, Messer hid lived inttiesame house in White Oik township with his daughter. Mr. Messer was a remarkable man in many respects. Almost up to the time of his death he ws hale and hearty. It is said that he rode on. a train but once and then re ferred to the train as a "killing machine.'"' "Uncle Fed" Messer was quite a weather prophet and those who desirec a forecast of tc-morrow's weather conditions invariably sought the sage of White Oak for this imformation. He was a most successful hunter and trapper in the years that are gone and before the trend of civiliza tion xound its way across thejkey. peared to effeck my eyet - c ""- 1 ax interesting character. '! Wide attention was attracted to this interesting character ;onCe the "eld man of the mountains": "Bout 'oaccer, 1 never chewed some years ago by an article it till I was grown an' then 1 written for the Observer by Mr, took a piece to stop the tooth- H. E C. Bryant. This was the ache. I lacks it but don't take 1st and only time the old man was much at a time,'' ever interviewed by a newspaper ; "Uncle Fed, they tell me that man in fact it is fairly certain you never button your shirt. tLat no other person from the What about it?" rutside world ever visited the! "Won t y,a ?f Kf old man at bis home in tl e mour- . i iiuwM6 ui naywooa. 10 -cccmphsh the task Mr. Bryant ; ,H(H01iae-1 mnes nourseback ov.r tlv; almost impassible moun - turn roads. This story, which j ui.uwu hi xue oost-ner m j November, 1901 is reproduced hprewith in the belief that it will be of genuine interest at this time CLE FED MESSER AT HOME. It was 11:30 o'clock when I arrived at Uuele Fed's home, I left the wagon road about twenly miles out from Waynes viile and followed a very old, but indistinct trail through the woods; over a small stream whose hanks were covered with beauti ful laurel, holly and hemlock bushes and by a worm-fence to the Messer place. Tho distance from the main road to the house is about a mile. 1 did not see any routa by which a buggy couid approach within several hundred yards of the opening in which the house sits. To reach there one must walk or go on a horse, THE MESSER HOME. The ho ne in which Uncle Fed and his daughter. Miss Sue, dwell is not attractive to look upon nor would it be comfortable to the up-to-date people of this atre. It is a double-roomed log cabin, with walls of hewn logs, which bear the marks of the ax loof of rough riven boards, 11 crs of heavy loose planks and chivaneys of rock gathered from the hill sides and the streams. The building, which is in two sections aud used for tedrcom and kitchen has become delap iddted and weather-beaten. Eighty-odd years have passed t-ver its timbers and like the man liO.r.e head it shelters?, it must S'xm totter and fa'J. In its day 'he house was considered first c idss. But times have changed, and styles wiih them- INSIDE THE BUILDING The doors of the buddies are Lu;.Kr on vitii hickory thongs. Hiiiges and staples were ur.-- kLown to the architect of that. house. The chinks batween the j Wills were fiilt-d with cUy arid straw in earlie' years, but most j of thr u) are oor-n now. Ti-h wind rushes in and cut as if it ! were tearin;? through a latticed barn. A half grown boy could : crawl through some of the holes, The house is but little protection against the cold. The furniture of the rooms is scanty, and un attractive: the most useful part of i; being a carding; spinning uu. nciyum I'UlUi. JCfXXl It IS m nA .;. . ... here that one of the country's noblemen lives. He is as line as split s'lk, as pare as gold. It was to this horns that Uacle Fed ft IT Aissor took his young bride eishtj -four years ago and where he saw her die in 1894. after having become the mother of his ; nine children aud made him a (faithful companion for oyer triree-score and ten years. what UNCLE FED ABOUT. TATKED ' Uacle Fed. how old are you?" "1 was born on the 12th day of August 1792, on the South Fork of the Catawba river, in Lincoln county. You can count that. I remember when President Wash ington, the man who fought so for us in ihe revolution war, died. I was a little boy. " "Who was the first man you vet 3d for for President?" "That was Jeems Monroe and I had a light at the 'lection because they wanted to cheat me out of my vote as 1 wasnt a f ree-hoider- But I voted and walked 32 miles to do it. r' "Uncle Fed, have you drank whiskey and chewed tobacco long?" "Child. I's taken a Jettle snip o spirits before oreakfst for ninety odd years. It takes the Hashes off of my stomach. But . time t. 1 WOK fore I I never took it any other time much, for it ain't good. a dram one mornin before started huntm' and 1 seed a deer and co-ildn't shent it. The whin-; 1 didn't do that again. I've made it a rule all my life to let everythinfr aIone tbat hutrs me but twice in my life. When 1 got marripH ey made me fasten it at the top and tie a hankerchief 'round my neck. but jUst as soonaslKOtf00tlc08el tore it off The other time was the cold Saturday, when it was freezing all day. If you would spit it would freeze before it touched the ground. I seed a judge, Judge Dick, that was born on butt nay . "I bad nine children four boys aud five girls and was married when I was 25 years o!d. The boys all died and the girls are in tha West except Sue, who stays here with me." WAS A GREAT HUNTER. "Yes sir, I was a great hunter after bear, deer and turkeys. There were several men on Pigeon river that could beat- me in a day's hunt, but I was ahead of all in a year. I killed 26 deer in one day; 32 turkeys in one. and 4 bear in one My huntinc grounds was right 'round here, within seven miles of this house. I always used a flint-lock rifle and would not shoot a shot gun or a 'cussion-lock rifle. I want ed no caps in mine. When I was in my prime 1 could run a deer down in two hours- I did it in the snow once. 1 was vary strong then and I could hold a cripple deer. No man could put my back on the ground and it took one with a head en him to out do me at a log-rolling. I feel all the wrenches I got when a young man. You ought not to strain yourself. You will suffer for it. "1 was in danger from wild beast sometimes. 1 had to run as fast as I could scale it once to get out of the way of a cripple bear. A buck deer came near getting the best of me one day, but I tnrew him under a pole and . cut his throat. A scalped bear) or buck will tght you. I have) jumped them with my knife and they would rise up with me. 'Bullets made iu Ferginny will; flatteu on a bear's skull, ltl takes a pewter bullet to go in, riio bears were so thick here 1 once that I had to blow a wooden! bugle to frighten them off . I i They would kill my hogs, I irnersliv found the dead hoar and wacfaed for the rogue and if if goo my eye on him first he was! my sJa, but he could scent me I a fr off. He would hide behind a! tree and watch for me. I killed; an old fellow that weighed 300 pounds over a hog one morning. There was a four-inch cut of fat on his back. tit ... . i killed one panther. His tau was three feet long. He was welcome visitor, The Enter sneaking after me when mv old ,! prise, 1 thought 1 would send a dog struck his trail and put him op a wee. when I shot him throttcrh thn hai.t -.. "But the game has gone. I have not hunted mnr.h in Krt years. AN ILLITERATE. "Stranger, 1 can't read and write, and don't know much about books, but I can head off the preachers. I knows more about the Bible than anybody in this section. 1 see you are a scribe, but I'll bet yon don't know Sampson's riddle?" I called for the calf rope and et him answer. Well, out of strength come sweetness! Sampson pulled the tw boae of a lion and dropped it in the sun. The bees came and made honey in tne carcass. That is the way it comes. I cn't read, but when read to quoting from tne Bible I don't forget the gcod measures. Half the educated people forget them and iro tn thn nlH anratoh Uncle Feb .told me enough fco make a book but I shall leave! " him here. Hunting for Trouble "I've liredm California 20 years, and am Btill nuntiDK for trouble iu the way of burns, sores, wonuds boils, cuts, foraine.oracaseof pi'eathat Buckleu's Iq"i?'iT, cure," ; Slco WerraCo. No use hnntinir. Mr Wa'tcrs? 'SK Talk about reporters violating confidence. Just think of that Roosevelt-Foraker incident at a newspaper dinner, and not a newspaper man present who will say a word about it! The Com moner. It a plasnr to tell nr roa'Vrm abnut a Oncrh enre like Dr. Shoon's For voii'a P". fthoon bas fncrht. njjrnnRt the ns of Ocium. lorof rm. or nthr unaaff iunwHentfi comnonlv found in (Jonarb remn1if. T)r. Shoop, it h'pttjp, his weJcvnpd the Pare 'Pood and Tnur Lit Kwmtty enacted, for he hR worked alone: sinjar lines manv years. F"" nearly twentv years Pr Shoop's Conerh fure coTtainrn he had a wnrninir printed on them aflrains Opinm and other nareotj poison He has thn made it posbIe for mothers to protect rhir children bv siiplv insiatine on having1 Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure, Sold bv R. P. Freeze Stncksrni on dnv last, wppk ofd manGitn-x bonght a lor of tho8P'Dr it, now sign nnd hung "om nmud the nfflA' Bnd How did the stnfl rake it? Sr, ck son Almost unanimoulv. Th cashier skipped with $30,000, the head bookkeeper eloped with the private secretary three clerks asked for an increase of salary and the office boy lit out to be come a highwavnan and got as far West as Pittsburg before he was caught and - disarmed. Judge. The Kind You Have Always in use for over SO years, - and has been made under his per- ryj sonal supervision since its infancy. All Counterfeits, Imitations and, ' Just-as-good." are but Experiments that trifle with andendangci the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR I A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and. Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and, allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and. Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. Itv assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS jrt Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURItAY STREET. NEW YORK CrTV. Newton, N. CV Thursday s February -28, A Fw Lines From Moll Grove. CorreBDondence of The Enterorlse. It has been a long time since I have seen ' anything in our ' few itams. A few days ago Mr. J, F. Falls, ! !-- . . : uub oi oanav s inwnsnin nrna. Perous farmers, started off with a load of monazite sand, stnnn'ncr at L.awnd3i9 N, C. to feed his horses A buggy came passing by. The horses tcok fri?ht, their brides being off, Mr. Falls ran in front of them to clieck them. In hi effor to step them; he was run bi.kwards oyer some objec'i and was thrown under their feet. One .horse struck his left leg below te kme, cutting a consideratle gash. Then he was struck with on wheel of the wagon on his ritrht knee, which left a bad bruise, but no bones were brok en. The other wheel ran across nis ooay, it was thought at first the injuries were serious, but ar6 not so bad as first thought. He was brought to his father's, J. Z. Falls, of Cleveland counsy, ana remained tnere a jfew days Batwe are glad to nuuw ue is as nome now, and i to hobble around. i - m -m i r . m AVirs' Jaue mmi 18 suffering with something like lagrippe. ixuas ana grip are cutting a wide space through this part of : the county now. I , Farmers are Plowjng 1 along, some sowing oats some makine- trarHpn T S. 8 maKm garden. 1 Farmers are plowing ricrht and don't tuiua our people pui mucn laitn i a ... . . if so their works and faith don't quits agree. One of the Enterprise's agents was m our section the other day, and spent a night or so with your writer. We were glad to welcome the oung man in our midst. I think the En terprise will find quits a number of new homes. M isses Leilor and Anna Huff man were visitors of Mr. Wni. Reynolds, Saturday night. M. F. M. l-o'hme m;I relieve Indirection that i-3 not a thorough dirp-taot. Kodol di gits what y .n eat ani ai'ows th stotu a:u to resi" jupera'" grow stroug a rain. Kodol m a solution of dig stive arns ana as nearly hp possible app'oxi- i-ate me aigtstivt- i-uces tnat are found in the stomach. K dol takes the work of digestion off the digestive organs, and while performing this work itself does re-itlv apt-ist th sto-nach to a thor ouarh rist. In addition th- ingredient of K dol are snch as to raace it a cor rective of thrt hiahet eifl-renoy and by its actiou the ptomach i ivetord to its normal activity aud powfr, Kodol is manufactured in etHct coafrmity with tup National fure Food and D-ugs law. Sold by T. It. Abernethy end P. P, Freeze. A monument to a murderess will be something unique, but one will be erected over the grave of Mary Rogers, who' was hanged in Vermont recently for the killing of her husband It is reported that the wife of a weal thy typewriter manufacturer is providing the money Savannah news. Bought, and. which has been has borne the signature of Many Lives Lost la Steamer Wreck. By Publisher' Press. Rottendam, Netherlands. Feb.J' c'C,in Charlotte observer 21, The Great Eastern Railway! Company's steamer Berlin, from Harwich, England, to Rotten dam, was wrecked on a sandbank outside the harbor to-day. The invited, "and take ccmplete pos totallqssof life U estimated atLmainn 141. Assistance is impossible on 4. . i nt. J . v I 1 , i Cvxj w.a ts ouevea to have perished. Tne wreck is uu a nKerons aooai. Heavy prevencen meooats irom KmuKnia. i-naa neip is cut off ujr wu uigu waters, oeverai Amencans are rep-Drtea as bem among tne passengers. The Berlin left Harwich at 10 o'clock Ust night, carrying: mail. 91 passengers and a crew of 50. The passenger lists ate destroy- ed with the vessel. The exact point at ..which the disaster occurred is just off the 7" U1 DOUana -"wnw U 1 TTH 1 a . to the estuary. The narrowness cf the entrance to the waterway w.IC JCiiUi soumwesj gaie primary causes of the wreck. Captain Previous of the Berlin, wuu was matting lor tne moutn. evidently miscalculated the full k'.uu'.h 6110 engines were moving slowly thel storm literally blew the -veaael uuku vue u,ut. a moBi imme 4. 4.1 1 1 , . . iotnlt. n - l 4. -1- --olJf BuB,.ru.tt me awmvr crascea into a jey, -. " . a fcueuwUnKOulK.1a ana Drojre lu.wo. Aui0repan,8anKi wnue the passengers and crew Rath- erea on tne noating aiterpart. tT U . . 1 ' mm uciuio uut suwessim Buurw were made by tugs and lifeboats . . - afterpart completely pounded to pieces and nnally went down. rr,. ine passengers, apparently, were on clock. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a disease tirevailinir in tlita country most dangerous because so decep- I tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by it heart dis ease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kid ney disease. If kidney trouble is the kidney-poisoned blood will at tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of the bladder, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles almost always result from a derangement of the kidneys aud a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel ing badly you can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, and over comes that unpleasant necessity of being vompelled to go often through the day, and to get up many times during the Sight. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is sold by all druggists in fifty-cent ani one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis covery and a book that tells aU about it, both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kil mer & Co., Einghamton, N. Y. Vhen writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. The Casey Klllinr. to reacn tne steamer before thelffJOd citizo, who goes to mill CaRflv who lrillfid TTpnrfst in!00109 li yon are chilly, if you begin oasey, wno Klliea liearet mjto sneeze, try Preventics. lhey wul Uoldsboro, IS seeking release j snrely check the cold, and please yoc. under habeas c rpus proceeding 1 Suld bT R" p' r'reez-' beiore Associate Justic Connor i - ot th Supreme Court, ! No one with a sense of Humor In the hearing in Goldsboro will be able to restrain a smi'e. hefore Hearst dfcd, Casey was when he watches the grimaces of admitted to bail $10,000 bond. ! the politicians as they say Govei Bearst alterwards died nnd ' nor Ansel acted wisely in select- uasey was re-arrested. rn t - . i i i i xu. was uKru uu uaue8tue aiiairs oi tne dispensary. corpus proceediug last night and . Justice Cannor has reserved his decision till today, The evidence shows that Hearst walked into a store ir red light section ot Goldsboro and inyited Casey to lay aside his pistol and he would kill him At this Casey pulled his gun and shot Hearst who died alter preliminary hearing in tht. matter, It's a good old world after all If you have no friends or money in the river you can fall mar-' nages are quite common and More people there would be,' Provided you take Rocky Mountain Tea. T. R. Abernethy. Deacon Clovertop How are vou gettin' on with your incuba tor? Farmer Meddergrass Why, the dern thing hain't Jail an egg since I got it Philadelp hia Record ; Tbe Kind Yaa Han Always Boqgtt Beaiitha S9 1907. A number of the LeiWatore is a &t Man in Raleifn. A Supreme Com ; -tuf savs that Mr. Speaker Jnstiue -r.'ked into his sanctum the other d Como on in Mr. Rnonhr " h- This place is vourp. an I am I ' ani al in uieigh i8 a member G' th9 W,lature-wiie the legislature is in session, But look out when it adjourns You will go back to your la practice and be just a citiz,., but I'll be a big uiau then. Indeed.a legislator is "bigesi animal in Raleigh," He is the guest at course dinners of residents in the city, visiting lobbysits teed him at the cil and if he drinks, mix rare vin tage lor his blood, his desk is d ail v n,l with' dvnnr I ' 1 books. .and what nimble pages prance at the snap oi his linger everybody pets him. The mer. chants become acquainted with ""inim and ealute him by nam a8 he watl2e9 our. He is even -.Uowd to smoke in tha Saprcme nnnrt lihrnrr whan hi mitt6e happena to meet there, ! which liberty would hardly be the Governor. Some ot thfi r nfc fa, mfiri 1 1- :. .u.: ui 1 j . iiu iiieir unu ubiuuuru'juu, I n 8Jme Qf them were DerhaDa m - dected by deiaulr, having had no opposition, Iq such cas it WOuld not be surprising.! thpir hftBri WAr- tllPnAfi h tht, Ln w, . imn.rr.n I ... . . 1.0 looi is ever sent no as a I Reoresenta lve out the ordiuarv - land church and blacksmith shop along with his plain neighbors. I " " ' I I must leel especially il ha in - - young an inwara exutt?tloI:, when big men whom he ha read about and heard of his opiuionei oa questions ot stacecraii. Being buttonholed by sjarei celebrity, don't you suppose i tt8Uy a legislator had eaid i u his heart. ''Would thatnr.iie! enemy could see me now!" j They tell us that a member ol ' the House at Washington is a I ll. 1 II .1 : r. i ' hlucui iigurt. out u.iK" u.. equally to Senators and Representatives. to'S - RUintr From ThpgGrave.K A prominent manufacturer. Wni. A rertwall, of Lncama, N. C.,4rtlates e: moat lemarkable experience, tie ejs; 'Alter taking lesa than three bottles ot Electric Bitter, I feel like one riuiusi trout tte grave. My trouble is iririghi'd disease, iu the Diabetes stage. 1 fuhy believe Eletric nitcers will care me pei m&nentlT, for it has already stopped t be river and bladder complications which have troubled me for years." Guaran teed at T, B, Abernethy, Druggist. Price only 50c. He's clever with his brush." "An artist, eh?" "No, I was thinking how smooth his hair always looks,' Cleveland Plain Dealer. To stop a cold with "Freventies"' is safer than to let it run and core it afUr inif Tuk.-.ii At thrt -sneez Ptscc'' IPrereatics will head off all colds t i Gripj.e, and perhaps Bave you from iPBeumonia or Bronchitis. ireventi ; are little toothsome candy cold core ! tablets selling in 5 cent and 25 cent ing business men only to wind up I. . ... .. . Columbia Record. Wood's Seeds. Irish Cobbler Seed Potatoes nave proved ty long odds the most productive Extra Ear!y Po tato in cultivation. Itead the let ters from truckers, in our Nan Descriptive Catalogue for 1907. We are the largest dealers La Seed Potatoes in the South; Maine-grown Second Crop Northern-grown all high-gTa.le stocks selected and grown especially for seed purposes. Write for prices and WOOD'S 1907 SEED BOOK, telling about all seeds for the Farm and Garden. Mailed free on request. T. 17. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. TC BMat-a -igutan cf - Tba Kind Yin Raw Always BongM 4 We Have Just Received emir Octagon Barrel Rifles, 32 and 22 Cali bre, which we will sell at 55,00 each. STEVEN'S $2,50, $3 00 and $3.50 each. We sell almost any kind of Ritle or Pistol Otridges, Shells. Primers, Cap?, Powder and Shot. We sell Shears, Scisors, Razors, Knives and Forks, Butcher Knives, Pocket Knives, Safety Razors, AXTTOlATIO Razor Straps, Cmtain Rings, Hand Bells; Cow Bells and Call Bells Pump Oil ( ms thnt will n t overflow, Well f Buckets, Wat. r Buckets, Chains. lanterns at 1 ooc ouch. sid.iln.Q, Bridles, Homes, Traces, JIame Strings, Bach Bands,. Pads. Golars, Shovels, harks, Spades. Scoops. Crosscut Saws. Hand Saws, Butcher Saws. Rey-Holo Saws. Chopping axcx 50c each. Hand Axes, Hatchets, Claw Hummers, Horse Slice Hammers. Blach Smith Hawmers, Buck Hammers, Sledges. Anvils, Bellows, Corn SJiellers, Stoves, Tin Ware and almost anything you need, at reasonable pRHBES. !fe SMYRE Hardware How Do You Spend Your Money Are you doing it in a way to receive substantial benefit? Are you Laying aside something tor a RAINY DA J? If not, you will never have a better timi o begin than noiv. To get quickly started, begin the easiest way; come to Tlie Shuford National Bank and open an ac count in ' heir Savings department' Bo no wait for a large sumt for it may nver cuin ; fust deposit wliatever you yove tospa re-, no matter Iww small the 1 1 mount. We will gl rdly assist you in getting started. We pay Jvercentinter est and compound it quarterly in tiite department. Ca and let us tell you how we do it, A. A. Shuford Pres , J. C. Smith Vice Pres. and A, U, Cro-reli. Cashier. The ASHEV1LLE CITIZEN. Complete Associated Press Reports and the newsiest paper in the State. Daily by mail S4.00 per year $1.00 or 3 months. Semi-weeky by mail $1,00 per year. Sample copies mailed on request The Citizen Co, Asheville, JST, C. No. 44. 1'gtOHl RI FLES H I n ? H : f; ; ( i i il i. ; I i ; r r i.! z