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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26
HOODS Pills
Are prepared from Ma.
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while gentle are reliable
and efficient. They
Rouse the Liver.
Cure Sick Headache, Bill
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and Constipation. Sold
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Prepared BY C.I.Hood s Co, Lowell. Mass,
Letter From Honolulu, Il. I.

hCetC' 49, ~
Editor Democrat:
AS we are laying oyer at
this place, we will write you
a few lines to let the people
of old Watauga know how
we are getting along.
We are the only boys from
Watauga in the 9th Regi'
ment, although We find that
there are a few in some OF the
Others, the 37th Inf. and 18th
Cavalry.
We enlisted in Greensboro
on July "a, and went from
there to Camp Meade, Penn,
where our regiment was made
up and drilled, and left there
on Aug. 80, for San Francis
co and stayed there for two
weeks, We left there on Sept.
the Goth, on the y. $. trans
pert Tacoma, and arrived
here the Doth. We suffered
considerably from sea-sick.
ness the first two days, but
after that had a very nice
trip. Our rations on board
the transport are very bad,
but in camp are good; some
better than we had last year
in the Second North Carolina
Regiment.
| This is a very nice island,
and is covered with fine fruit
vegetables. This city has a.
bout 10000 inhabitants,
principally Chinese, Japan
ees and natives, there being
only about 5000 W hi te 8
here. There are no other
cities or towns on the island.
There is SO miles of railroad
on the island and the engines
that they use are not much
more than a shoulder load
for a stout man.
We will probably stay here
two or three more days, as
our ship needs some repairs,
and will arrive at Manila a
bout Nov. 1st. We saw
quite a lot OF the returned vol
unteers at San Francisco,
from the Dakotas, Idaho and
Colorado. They give the Phil
ippines q tough name, but
not as bad as the newspapers
give it.
When we left San Francis
GO the 26th, 30th, 31st 33rd
and Il part OF the 37th 1egi'
ments were there, the s.34th
leaving before us, and the
30th and 18th Cavalry ar
rived here yesterday on the
Sperman. Some of the Others
are on their way now.
Well, we have seen a good
many different places since
we left home, bnt none that
suits us like old Watauga,
and wait until we get back
there and see if we don't stay.
A. W. Smith.
E. l.. McGuire.
Go. D. 57th Reg. Z. 5. '. |,
Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 2.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

Kodol Dyspepsia cure is a SCI
entifie compound having the en-,
dorsement of eminent physicians
and the medical press. 1t 'digests
what you eat and positivly cures
dyspepsia. M. A. Ketron, Bloom
ingdaie, Tenn. says it cured him
of Indigestion of ten years stand
ing Cof1ty Bros. Phillips & Son
l.. G.. Reeves.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26
pismarck's IrOu Nerve

Was the result of his splendid
health. Indomitable will and rre-
mendous energy are uot found
where stomach, liver, kidneys,
and bowels are out OF order. II
you want these qualities and the
success they bring. use DR., Kings
New Life Pills. Only 25c at Black
burns.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26
Sugar Grove, Oct. 13.

There is always hope while there
is One Minute cough cure. AN at
tack of pneumonia left my lungs
in bad shape and was near the
first stages of consumption. One
Minute cough cure completely
cured me-" writes Helen McHen-
ry, Bisnark, y. d. Gives instant
relief. coffey BROS, Phillips &, SON.
L. c. Reeves.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

f. f. Turner, Compton, Mo-,
was cured of plies by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve after suffering
seventeen years and trying over
twenty remedies. Physicians and
surgeons endorse it. Cotfey Brcs.'
phillips & son, l.. c. reeves.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

DR.. Cuyler prettily says: There
is only one cure for indoIence-ef
fort. The only cure for selfhness
sacrifice. The only cure for timid-
ity-to plunge into duty before
the shiver comes on, The only
cure for unbelief-trust Christ.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

They are simply perfect writes
Robt: Moore, OF La Fayette Ind.
of DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
the famous little pills for con-
stipation and all liver ailments.
Never gripe. Coffey BROS. phillips
& son, l., c. Reeves.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

DeWitt'slittle Early Risers per
manently cure chronic constipa-
ton, bi'iousness, nervousness and
worn-out feeling, cleanse and reg
ulate the whole system. Small,
pleasant, never gripe or sicken-
"famous little pills > cofley BROS.
phillips and son, L, c. reeves,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26
OBITUARY,

OBITUARY,
James Byrd was born on a
tributary OF the beautiful
Watauga, Sept. "a, 1875.
He was baptized into the fel
lowship of the Baptist church
ON the 2nd Sunday in May,
1898. He was a consistant
member Of the churc at Clarks
Creek, OF which he remained
a faithful member, until the
time OF his death, which oc
Cured on the 18th inst, at
the age OF "a years and II
days.
1t may be truly said that a
good'young man has fallen.
Oh, how sad, looking at it
from a human standpoint, to-
see such noble young man
cut, down in his early man
hood, around whom cluster
ed the love..and confidence of
all who knew him.
As a boy, he was kind and
obedlent to his parents, to
which his mother bore testi
m,ny amid her sighs and
tears, saying: "My noblest
boy is gone" To all his as;
sociates in boyhood and man
hood he was ever kind and
forbearlng. but it was as a
christian and member Of the
church that his life was brigh
test. The writer said to his
pastor az they were riding to
the burial, how much he will
be missed by the church and
the pastor replied, eyes, and
in the building of the church.
He was borne from his home
to the top Of a beautiful hil!
overlooking the Watauga val
ley, where the funeral servl
ces were conducted by pastor
G. s. Falthing, and just as
the sun was tinging'the east
ern hill tops and sinking be
meath the western horizon,
Bro. Jimmie was laid to rest
TO await the sound of that
trumpet that shall, awake the
sleeping dead.
2 Brother Byrd was Ordain
: ed a deacon OF the church,
the duties of which he per
formed faithfully. May his
neighbors, and especially his
, brothers and sisters, emu
t late the life of this II o b e
, young man. Although he sui
= fered greatly in hisillnesss he
t did not complain, and not
: long before his death he seem
} ed to rally from unconscious
} ness and said: "Mother,
= must leave you. The Savior
e is coming after me. | am
: ready, and want to go Will
4 Him." oh, ,faths r, mother,
e brothers and sisters how CON
1 forting these words ought tc
8 be to yon. May you all pre-
pare to meet death as Jim
4 mie did, so that your last
y end may be like his.
D. G.. HARMAN.
. Sugar Grove, Oct. 13.
Thera ia alwavs hone while there
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26
" ASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

The Dewey fight OF the Nc
Kinleyites is fast reaching an
accute stage. IT is no longer
a secret that Senator Proc,
tor Is grooming Dewey for
the presidential nomination
next year, and a statement
made to Vermont friends that
mo man has e yer yet refus-
ed to the presidency" is sig
nificant of his belief that he
can count upon Dewey's ac-
c"ptance, if he can show him
that he can be nominated.
Said a prominent Republi-
can official: "Proctor's atti-
tude must be highly enjoya-
lbIe to Tom Reed, whom he
betrayed in 1896. AS a re-
ward for betrayins Reed at a
time VIXEN McKlnley's nomi-
nation was in doubt, Proc
tor has been given the dispo-
sition OF more patronage un'
der the administration than
any one man, excepting Han
ma, Of course, has had; and
now he is showing his graft
tude." Proctor's political
shrewdness is unqnestioned,
and If the democrats can on
ly carry Ohio, he will get all
the assistance he wishes in
booming Dewey for the repub
lican nomination next year.
Nothing short Of overwhelm-
ing republican success in O.
hio. can give Mr.. Mckinley
a reasonable degree of GER.
tninty that he will be nomi-
mated. and that seems doubt
full indeed at this time. A Yer
monter, who claims to know
Senator Proc1or's planssays
he has no intention Of bring.
ing Dewey ont as a candi,
date unless he is certain that
he can be nominated, that he
is only preparing things sc
he can nse him to snppIant
Mr.. Mckinley, if he thinks il
advisable to do so.
CoI. Isaac Hill, who has
been an official of the House
for years, says of the Ohio
campaign, in which he h
been participating: 1.-The den
ocrats have the best chance
they have had in years to cal
ry this fall's election In thu
buckeye state. They will pol
the full strength of the party
and capture many votes be-
sides, while the disaffectior
among the republicans will
keep several thousand o
, them from the polls. The Nc
. Lean forces are thoroughly
united, and are making th'
greatest canvass ever con
Quoted by the democrats il
Ohio. | am going back in {
p few days to again take a par
lin the campaign"
3 Admiral Srhley's respons
t to a committee from the w
mans National Industria
League, which called on hin
10 present a copy of the res'
luton adopted by the Leagu
asking contributions from II
dnstrial workers to purchas
D q home for him, was worth.
] of the man and his record
He said. "WhiTe | feel deepl
touched by the desire OF you
committee, which the resolu
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

Best on the market for coughs
and colds and all bronchial trou-
bles; for Group it has no equal
writes Hery K. Whittord oisouth
Caan, Con-, of One Miuute cough
cure. Coffey RIOS. Phillips 4 son,
l.. c. reeves.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

Hon. B. b. MunGord, will
be the orator of the day at
the unyeiling Of the Winnie
Davis monument in Rich
mond, Va, on the 9th Of No.
yembeJ.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

the households oil some OF the
great army ofindustrial wor-
ker 8 have first been met be-
fore any provision is made
for me. With expressions OF
deep gratitude to you, the
matter is left to your consid-
Grafton"
Representative--elect Rob
erts, of Utah, now in the
East, says the fight against
him is largely political and
that he intends to stand up
for his rights all the way
through. He says he waselec
ted as a democrat, not as a
Mormon; t h a t prominent
MOrmons were on the stump
against him, and that he car
ried a number of non, Nor.
mon voting districts. He de-
MED that he came east to a.
void a warrant issued for
him in Utah; also that he has
ever violated the anti-pOlyg-
amy law. He expresses conf
dence that he will serve his
full time in the House. The
fight against Mr.. Roberts
promises to be one of the bit
terest ever made against any
mans retention OF his seatin
either branch of Congress.
| There IS no limit to t h e
claims that republicans are
willing to make for the ad.
ministration, but there is a
limit to the imposition that
can be pIacticed upon the in.
telligent men. 1t is simply ri
diculous for the administra-
tion to claim credit, as it is
now doing, for the accept
ance by Canada of the tenn
porary boundry line between
Alaska and Canada, which
was some time ago agreed
upon by representatives OF
the United States and Eng
land, wien it is we'll known
, that the Canadian govern
, lneht was compelled to ac-
cept the English government.
It is equally well known why.
England has a troublesome
war on hand with the Trans
, vaal republic, in which it
, wishes the moral support OF
!, the United States govern
ment, and as a sort of brihe.
!, it ordered Canada to accept
= the temporary boundry line,
!, which the Canadian Premier
had declared he would fight
, rather than accept. Certain
: ly there is nothing in that to
, entitle the administration to
| any credit. While the accep
{ tance of the boundary line
is advantageous to Ameri
|, cans, it is after all merely q
p postpo1ement of the dispute
to some future time, wher
D England has no war on it'
4 hands.
t The administration has al
nounced a strict neutrality
@ in the war in South Africa
D and it would better live uT
i to that announcement, al
n there is a powerful sentimen'
o in this country, especially a
e mong those of Irish and Ger
n man descent against the att
e tude of England in that war
Y and those who entertain th'
/. sentiment will quickly resen
v any departure from neutral
r ty by this government.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26

GA - TO- RI "A.
B.sr, .b. ,Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature s Nezza
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-10-26
A. W. Smith.
f.. T.. McGuire.

Go. D. 57th Reg. U. 5. V. l.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 2.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
Recalling the Railroad Passes

At its last session the Texas state
legislature enacted a very stringent
law forbidding the issue by the rail-
roads operating in that state of free
transportation to public officers and 10
shippers OF merchandise. In pursuance
Of that enactment the various railroad
companies are recalling all the passes
issued to public officials. One company
has actually demanded the return OF
the pass issued to a state railway COM
missioner, although the railroads are
required by law to furnish free trans
portation to such commissioners.
The enforcement of such a law will
tend to place the railroads and the state
officials ON a basis Of strict business
upon both sides. Formerly there was
a system Of interchanging Of favors be-
tween the parties, and in all probable
ity the railroads received in the way
Of direct friendly legislation, or in he
failure to enact injurious measures,
benefits worth vastly more than the
money value Of the transportation CIV
en- out to officials. But when both par
ties come down to a basis Of thorough
business, neither giving TO nor accept
ing from the other favors Of any sort.
it will be better for the great interests
Of the country.-New Orleans Picayune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08


4 sure sign OF the approach OF au-
| :umr is the attractive display Of plaid
| dress materials. narrow and wide. gay
and somDre, rough and smooth, IN the
store windows. But the proprietors OF
the stores say hat IL il not merely be-
cause September is now here that
they nave filled their counters and win
dows with such materials. They say
hat he fashion Of wearing plaids Is
going to be extensively followed during
the entire season, and that Dame Fash
ion has decreed that no woman shall
be in it this fall who does not possess
at least n plaid skirt.
Rougn plaids, or plaids with a sug-
gestion or cameps hair about them. are
among the most noticeable of those dis
played. Then, as to color-ail of the
ter are shown, and usually in harmo-
NOUS combinations. Automobile red
ha taken such a firm hold upon the
affections or the makers Of the fash
ions that a dash Of this color appears
even IN the most unexpected combina-
tons. Black and white: brown, blue
and green; green, blue and automo-
bile, are Very attractively combined.
One or the richest looking materials
has a background of homespun, of a
rich dahlia red shade, with camel's
hair across, in shades of blue and
green.
Soft effects prevail in all of the mate
| rails, in silk as we'll as in woolen
weaves, and in goods of solid color as
we'll as in plaids. Among the solft fin
ished cloths is a Venetian camel's hair
in shades of tan, gray and automobile.
For tallor-made suits a mixed home
| spun promises TO be much used. The
gray which is shown in this is some
what marker than that worn last year.
| Among the novelty materials a line
or sometimes only a lash Of velvet,
| stamps the material as belonging 10 the
season Of 1S99-1900. In the silk and wool
novelties the effect Of the handsome
brocade designs are accentuated by
the dash of velvet, which is sometimes
of the same shade and sometimes of a
contrasting shade. But with it all the
| effect is never harsh.
The soft finished silks are, like the
wool and novelty materials, dainty in
finish and alluring in coloring.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
Warrington Pet >QuibS

Mr.. Quay's committee on resolutions
snuggled up to the administration in
fine shape. Mr.. Quay is not the person
to camp out in the wet when there is
shelter to be had for the asking.
Hon. Wharton Barker is said to be
the presidential choice Of the MISSISSIPPI
pi populists. Mississippi populists are
as numerous as Ireland's snakes.
Admiral Sampson has contributed a
"Secret Success" chapter to a Septem-
Der magazine. 1t fails to mention the
Importance of standing in with the bu-
reau Of fabrication.
If the claims for prize money become
much more complicated, President Nc
Kinley may be forced to place a law
yer at the head Of the navy depart
ment.
The Ohio office holders are assuming
an activity which tends to create the
impression that there is no such thing
as a civil service commission.
The democrats should not lay toe
much stress upon A~guinaldo. He is liza
BILE to surrender right in the neat of
the campaign.
OF course, if the republican party
declares in favor of the income tax.
the supreme court can reverse its
mind.
General Weyler would be justified in
bringing action against General Otis
for an infringement on his mode OF
warfare.
A copperhead snake crawled into q
Kentucky coffee-pot and poisoned q
trio of colonies at a single sitting
However, snake-poisoning is IA
tai in Kentucky.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
The school tor the Deaf aud Dumb

The North Carolina chool for the
leaf and dumb. at Morganton, will open
it's sixth annual session September 18th.
When the session begins the new COM
modious n convenient school building
will be occupied.
The school has a corps of eighteen
competent teacher n all children en-
tering are given a patient test. II is
free to all white deaf and dumb chill
dren between the ages OF s and IS
years, but the school does not furnish
clothing and travelling expenses. In
cases where parents are unable TO
c1othe their children and pay travelling
expenses, their respective counties must
do so. Parents must pay for books,
which the children may take home at
the end Of the session.
Blank applications for admittance
can be secured from the superIntend-
ent. Professor K. NICK. Goodwin. On
receipt they can be filled out and for
warded to him. He has more appli-
cants than the school can admit, but
admission is offered to all that can be
accommodated.
An railroads allow a rate of one cent
a mile TO children to and from school.
Teachers will go out on all the princi-
pal roads to meet children going to
Morganton TO enter the school at the
beginning OF the session.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
snakes

Mr.. Jim Murray, Of W%atkinsville, Ga,
has a large collection of snakes which
he intends to have on exhibition in At
lanta in the fall. He makes no pre-
tentions whatever to being a
charmer, but says he is not afraid or
any snake to be found in this country.
In a quiet way he began gathering his
collection, and there are but a few who
know of it's existence. All in this COL
lection have been captured on and near
a creek with two miles of his home,
and now he has some twenty snakes,
of all sizes and many varieties. Among
the number are coachwhips, m~occasins,
adders, garters, king, green, two va
rieties of the black, cotton variety r
others. These vary IN length from
twelve inches to six n a half feet.
The coachwhip is n OF the largest,
ard there are others which measure
five, six feet, and &c or. One snake
of twelve inches is about one inch in
circumstances, and measures h same
all along from head to tail, and has al
most no sign of a head, and no one
| knows its variety. The cotton-mouth Is
quite a curiosity, as when IL opens It's
| mouth it is found TO be as white as
| cotton.-Savannah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
(Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia Inquirer
What makes the girls swing them
selves about so when they walk ask
ed the blunt observer in the white he'll
met. They look as il they were going
10 pieces like ships in the trough OF
the sea. And when the particularly
tall one comes swaying toward me /
think of a camel padding over the ,des-
err. Tell me, what's the matter with
them aIl?"
Its the Zaza walk; didn't you see
her? She wriggled through five acts,
and her example was apparently irresis-
tible, for every girl who has any pre-
tension TO a slim, long-waisted figure
walks in the same serpentine fashion, !"
said the woman. Il can't call IL grace
full: it seems to much like a combina-
ton of the Bowery tough girl and the
AXE walker, but I do think II anus
ing. Another craze started by Zaza
Carter is the mania for red hair. Once
upon a time bronze Was considered the
only bearable shade Of red; then
touches Of gold were added, and We
had auburn. But since Mrs. Carter wore
two yards of carrot-coiored pigtaiis.
plain, everyday, ~old-fashioned red ie
what the girl Of the eeaso adores."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08
Schtey the Victim of Further spite

New York Correspondence Baltimore
American.)
Admiral Schley's friends in this city
are commenting upon the latest out
break of petty or the part OF
Secretary Long toward Admiral Schley.
The admiral from Maryland is I'M
doubleday the idol of the country, and
his selection as the representative OF
the navy ON the occasion of the Dewey
celebration would have been the most
popular act of the navy since the ter
mination of the war with Spain But,
instead of selecting Admiral Schley,
and permitting the two great naval he
roes of the wal to meet in New York
in October, Secretary Long sought out
Captain Robley ID. Evans, who was
subordinate to Admiral Schley, and
thus prevented a great popular demon
stration for the hero of Santiago. 1t Is
conceded by all fair minds that the
| proper naval official would have been
| Admiral Schley, but the navy depart
| ment is determined to continue its pol
| icy of endeavoring in every way to
slight Admiral Schley, and the recent
! example of this petty spite is already
| calling out protests from Schley's
| friends, and they are about n~inety-nint
', men out of every hundred to be met II
| New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08

A dispatch from Louisville, KY, TO
the New York Sun says: THE Bap-
lists of this state are thoroughly
aroused yer an attack made last week
by the Shelby Sentinel, one Of the or
gans OF William Goebei, the nominee
of the Louisville convention for COVER
nor, on the Rev. F. III. Kerfoot, OF the
Southern Baptist Theological seminary.
DR.. Kerfoot In a recent address referred
20 the distressing condition OF politics
in Kentucky, speaking especially of
Goebel's tactics. The Sentinel took up
the matter and belittled and derided
DR.. Kerfoot, both as a man and az q
minister. DR.. Kerfoot has brought suit
against The Sentinel and its editor,
Charles NJ. Lewis. for SIS, 900 damages.
Baptist associations and confer
ences in all parts of the state have de-
nounced the article. Goebel In likely
20 lose much Of the vote OF the Ken
lucky Baptists in his ace for COVER
nor"