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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
find il hard to reconcile
his and extreme poverty.

| nnd il hnid 10 reconcile
this and extreme poverty.
On a sunny slope of the
quiet "city Of the dead" at
this place, there is a grave Of
an old Revolutionary soldier.
a Mr.. Moody, father OF old
Uncle Moody. whom we all
know and respect. and ON
that grave is a tree sc inches
in circumference. When | look
Ell at it | was impressed with
two thoughts, namely: the
hight OF time and the magnif
icence Of the monument that
Nature had erected to this
old soldier. No calling on Con
gfess Tor an appropriation
to build a monument to his
memory, while thousands OF
little children were suffering
for bread. Away with appro.
priations for monuments tu
the favored lew. 1t is all bosh
and morkpry.
Mr.. j. B. johnson has put
700 rainbow trout in the riv
er here obtained from the fish
cry at johnson City. Fun for
somebody to enjoy in two or
three years.
Well, your correspondent
is contented. / have been
here nearly eight months and
all this time have found q
pleasant, happy home in the
kind family OF Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. johnson, with whom to
stay is to feel happy, conten.
ted and at home,
X.
Roscoe, Oct. 10th.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
NATURAL ANXIETY,

Mothers regard approaching winter
with uneasiness. children taking cold
so easily. No disease costs more lit
tie lives than Group. Its attack is SO
sudden that the sufferer is often be.
yond human aid before the doctor
arrives. Such cases yield readily to
One Minute Cough Cure. Liquifes
the mucus, allays inflammation, re-
moves danger Absolutely Il f e.
Acts Immediately. Cures coughs,
colds grip, bronchitis, all throat and
lung diseases. f. S. Mcmahon,
Hampton. Ga. "a bad cold render
eel me voiceiess just before an ora.
torical contest. | intended to with.
draw but took One Minute Cough
Cure 1t restored my voice in time
to win lhe medal IT. J. Coffey and
Bro.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

Democratic administration
increased this to 5000, 900,
an 'extravagant' addition oi
$50, 900.
How does this $50, 900 con
trast with your $117.000for
daserters aud $3,344 600 for
the regular pension tund O.
yer three millions OF which
go out of the State to be dis
tribute in the northern states.
How can you, Messrs Moo.
dy. Blackburn and Pritch-
ard, anu the Others coopera-
ting with you. ask the hon
est. tax paying people OF N.
G.. to vote for you when YOU
favor such oppressive x
measures for the benefit Of
those who were either open
though brave enemies or de-
serters in time OF our distress
and then condemn the pitlfnl
appropriation Of 5000, 900
for the support OF those who
were true to their State and
people?
| You have voted cheerfully
for a tax on q per capita ba,
sis on each man, woman and
child in the State of$2. 76for
the pension fund for North
prn soldiers. I
You have voted, and boast
OF it, Tor a tax on q per capl'
ia basis on each man, wo'
man aud child in the State oI
6 cent g and 6. 10 of a cent for
the deserters from the South
ern army.
But when the people of the
State propose to add t h Z
mite OF 4 cents and 4-1O Of q
cent tax on each man or
each man, woman and child
in the state to increase the
fund for the old Confedera tt
veteran, you, in your plat
form and your speeches or
the stump, condemn t h
Democratic Stuteadministr,
tiOn for extravagdnce' ant
for IAN ircreas OF taxation
Do you think the people
will justify you in any such
votes and in your condemns
ton of their care of t he'll
own? You can't expect any
such endorsement.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
Working Night al d Day.

The busiest and mightiest lit.
tie thing that was ever made is
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. These
pills change weakness into siren.
9Th, listlessness into energy, and
brain.faG into mental power
They're wonderful in building up
the heath. Only 25c per box. For
sale by M. b. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
"Alamance county can be

"Alamance county can be
set down as safely Democrat
ic," said Mr.. r. l.. Holt, of
Burlington, who was here yes
terday. There is "A hot fight
being made, but | predict a
substantial majority for the
Democratic nominees for ey-
cry position. Just say that
Alamance is all right"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

The excitement incident to
ira Yelling and change Of food
and water often brings on
dlarrhoen, and for this reas-
on no one should lea We home
without a pOttle of Cham
Uprlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, For sale
by M. u. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

"Plenty of apples in st. Lou
is," says the headlines OF an
exchange. The evidence in
the bribery cases there shows
that money is also plenty
and some of the public Off
ciaIs were peaches-Macon
Telegraph.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

In Pennsylvania no IN i. II!
can vote until he paid hix
poll tax. Why do the Radi>
calls Of North Carolina howl
against q provision that the
Radicals Of Pennsylvania be-
lieye to be right7
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

If the Republican party
was entitled to the credit for
the full dinner pail two years
ago. it must now stand spon
s)r for the empty coal scut-
tie Memphis Commercial Ap,
peal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
Letter from Foscoe.
Editor Democrat:

Lette, from Foscoe.
Editor Democrat:
Seeing that you are not Of
ten favored with q letter
from this part 0f the county,
| thought that it might not
be inappropriate to write
some for your rolumns from
Foscop.
Y0nr former correspond.
ent finds herself happily and
pleasantly situated away up
here near the base of the
Grandfather mountain where
rivers are born" and where
sunshine and beauty sit en-
throned on smiling valleys
and lofty mountain tops and
over the whole panorama Of
beauty, Grandfather looks
on with smiles or frowns. ac-
cording to the mood in which
he may be. He looks, a n d
looks, and continues to look
but no secrets will he tell.
Generations come and 20.
The iron tongue OF Time
tolls out the lives of millions
who have lived out their al
lotted sphere and pass from
the stage of action and are
no more, but the lips Of this
rOck.ribbet monster remain
forever. sealed. They stub
borly refuse to tell what the
sleppless eyes are forever see-
ing. He is certainly getting
old enough to tell us some
thing OF his wonderful lore.
flor be must have learned
much through all these cen.
turies. He is thought to he
the oldest geological forma~
ton on the earth's surface.
Silence reigns eternal around
lis hoary head, while the Wa
tauga rolls on at his feet, for
ever chattering, but unintel-
liglble az the silence Eof t h e
surrounding h ills. As We
va tch her ripples break upon
the rocks we exclaim: Myste-
ry, everything is wrapped in
mystery! Grand, mysterious.
beautiful world, how nice to
live here. What a privilege
| to be a human being, after
all.
,Galax gathering is quite
an industry in this part ol
the county. The season is
now upon US. Some IN a k e
quite a handsome thing out
of it. 1t is a very great help
to many people, but we must
think that it is a great injls
tice to children, to take them
ont OF school to gather ga
lax. There will be hundreds
of children in Mitchell coun
ty who will derive no benefit
from the public schools and
many in this part OF ourcoun
ty will have to stop school
to gather the leav yes, fOr
which they receive from Is
to 20 cents per thousand a.
ter they are carefully culled
| see no hope for many, in
fact. all Of our schools, but
a compulsory school law and
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
A Few Words
Raleigh Morning Post.

Z. 3 rev WORDS
Raleigh Morning Post.
A few words with Congress
men Blackburn and Moody
and Senator Pritchnrd this
morning.
| You, gentlemen, voted in
the recent Congress to iin-
pose u tax to pay pensions
TO the federal soldiers Of
|$138, ,0C0. 900 during the cur
rent year. This represents a
per capitn tax OH all the men
women and children OF the u
nitph States of$1. .76. On this
basis North Cardinals share
Of this tax is $3, 3,344, 900, a
nice sum for this one object
for our people to pay.
Again, You gentlemen vo-
ted for and boast that you
secured the passage OF a bill
to pension those who desert.
led the Confederate army and
afterwards served i'm the fed
erul army. which Senator
Pritchard declared in his res
cent canvass. would bring
more thnn Ave million doI-
lars to the South" On a per.
capita basis North Carolina 4
share Of this is, in round fig-
ures, $4,000 per annum.
Putting these two items Of
pension tax for the regular
pension army and the desert
ers-you gentlemen voted at
the recent session of Con-
gress to tax the people ol
North Carolina each year,
three million four hundred
thousand dollars.
We have yet tohear or find
the record of a solitary word
of protest coming from either
Of you in the late Congress
to this heavy burden upon
the people you represented
for this cause: OH the contra
ry you claim the paternity
of the deserter bill and boast
of your success in putting
it through" You do. how>
ever, "condemn" the Demo-
Gratis of this State for sex.
traYagance' and for 'iDcrea
sing expenditures" when ont
item of this A.extravagance'
and increased expenditure
was for the honest old Con
tedprate veteran, whose un
pardonable crime in your
eyes, apparently, is that he
did not desert his country
and people anJ don the uni
forh, of the enemy. Under the
Democratic pension law pre-
yiOus to the act of the last
Democratic legislature t h {
pension tax for our old veteI
ans and the widows and Orr
phans Ot our non desertinl
soldiers amounted to about
$4,000 annually. T h i,
IA 'NvnrCA Sor,nrr AnprcA
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN
STORE.

"A YPICAL HOUTH AFRICAN
STORE.
o. r, Larson, Of Bay Villa.
Sundays River, Cape Colony.
conducts a store typical OF
South Africa. at which can ne
purchased anything from the
prOverbial needle to an ans
chor." This store issItnated
in a valley nine miles from
the nearest railway station
and about twenty,fve miles
from the nearest town. Mr..
Larson says: Il am favored
with the custom Of farmers
within a radius Of thirty
miles, to many of whom |
have supplied Chamberlain's
remedies. All testify to their
value IN n household where q
doctors service is almost
out of the question. Within
one mile OF my store TIE
population is perhaps sixty.
OF these, within the past
twelve months, no less than
fourteen have been abs0.
lntely cnred hv Chamberlain
Cough Remedy" Forsale by
NJ. y. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

Henry l.. Shattuck, Of
Shellsburg, Iowa, was cured
of a stomach trouble with
which he had been afflicted
for years. by four boxes OF
Chambprlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He had pre-
viously tried many other
remedies and a number OF
phvsirians without relief.
For sale by NJ. B. Blackburn.
Kndnl nusnansia Gaar,n
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

Its impossible for you
not to look old, with the
color Of seventy years in
your hairl Perhaps you
are seventy, and you like
your gray hair! II not,
use Ayers Hair Vigor.
In less than a month your
| gray hair will have all the
dark, rich color Of youth.
sl.eo bottle. All dsssslsts.
II your druggist cannot supply you,
send rs one dollar and we will express
you bottle. he sure and give the name
Of your nearest express office. Address,
]. G. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23
DIR. j. NJ. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. L,

No knife; No Burning Out.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

"My hair was falling out and
turning gray very fast. But your
Hair Vigor stopped the falling and
restored the natural color. Mrs.
E. z, Benomme, Cohoes, N. Y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-10-23

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
DIgosts what you eat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
Iowa in Good Condition.

Washington, May 6.-Representative
Cousins returned last evening from
Iowa. Speaking of conditions in the
Hawkeye state he said:
"Ours is conservative state. Po-
litfcally we are in splendid condi-
tion.
$50 far as the Cuban reciprocity
measure is concerned. believe it to be
the concensus Of opinion that If the
island needs concessions it should have
them. but do not anticipate that there
will be any great amount of tears shed
should Cuba not receive the concessions
asked for. One thing. however, is GER
tain: we are a patient people. but we
will not tolerate the attacks being made
upon the administration and upon our
soldiers in the Philippines by the horde
of fanatics there are in the senate. Our
people would prefer the judgment of a
Chaffee as against the judgment of a
Patterson or a Rawlins, and you may
depend upon it that the country will
accept the Judgment of the men IN the
field as against the men at home"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENTS.
Three Hundred Thousand Acres in
Gregory County, S. D, Will Be

| Opened.
washington, May 6.--The victory
which the senators from South Da-
kota won yesterday by reason OF the
passage of the Rosebud treaty Dill
which opens nearly 100000 acres OF
land in Gregory county to Homestead
/ settlement, involves more than the con-
lsideration of the measure as given IN
the senate during the past five Gays.
The whole policy of opening Indian
reservations depended largely upon the
action of the senate in relation to the
Rosebud treaty ratification, and the
Iuuestion of free homeSteeds has again
received the seal of the approval OF
the highest branch of th5 national
legislature.
South Dakota was especially inter
ested in the bill, as it meant much to
the state In view of other reservations
which are to be opened in the future
and the desire of the senator's from
South Dakota was that the uppe6
branch of congress should not take
the back track and engraft upon the
statute books policies adverse to the
free homes proposition.
Senator Stewart, who has been a bft-
ter opponent to the Rosebud treaty bill,
attempted while the bill was ,lnder
consideration of the committee OF the
whole to have it recommitted to the
committee, which would have meant its
deathbed had his desires been gratified,
but the majority was against him.
Senator Teller's amendment was
adopted prohibiting commutation under
provision of former laws, notwithstand-
ing that Senator Platt attacked the
provision as one which would fasten
upon the senate precedent in favor of
free homes.
After the adoption of the Teller
amendment Senator Gamble amended
the bill by striking out the price to be
paid for the lands SO as to conformi
with Senator Tellers prior amendments
Not content with having been defeats
ed in committee of the whole, Senator
Teller viciously attacked the measure
in the senate, and moved its recon!
mitment to the committee of which III
is chairman, but on yea and nay vot
the motion was defeated by a vote q
So to IL, and the bill accordingly was
passed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
HELD FOR MURDER.
Gresoris, Greek Fruit Seller, Accused
of Killing His Partner.

Gregoris, Greek Fruit Seller, Accused
of Killing His Partner.
Special to Times es-Republican.
Perry, May 6.-James Gregoris, the
Greek fruit stand man, and partner Of
Colomoskas, who WAS round on the
banks of the river murdered, on last
Friday morning, was arrested Monday
by Constable Willis on a warrant is
sued from Justice ThornburgS court.
Constable Willis had been doing some
detective work in the matter and it was
felt that Gregoris was likely to leave
at any time, hence the arrest was made
sooner than anticipated.
Gregoris took his arrest with the ut
most indifference. He retained Edmund
Nichols to defend him. and asked that
the preliminary examination be post
roned. which was done. and he was
Immediately taken to the county JAIL
1t is alleged that Gregoris is a gam
bier and a spendthrift. While the mur-
dered man was attentive to business
and saved his money; that he is bad
man. end had been in all kinds OF trou-
BILE before he came here. Gregoris was
totally Indifferent to the failure OF ms
PARTNER to return when interrogated
about his disappearance and afterward
affected anxiety in the matter. Other
SUSPICIOUS circumstances were going
alone, almost directly to the spot where
the BODY was found; his statement that
Colomoskas had taken a lunch with
him and afterwards in explaining that
his walk Wednesday morning around
the Milwaukee depot and up the track,
sald into town from the west was to see
if Colomoskos was coming in.
1t is now pretty we'll settled that
Gregoris was with his partner at the
river early that morning. and was seen
coming in by several witnesses. which
he has heretofore denied.
1t is the theory now that Gregoris
wanted his parter out of the way, that
he went hunting early that morning
with him, and while walking behind
him in a path shot him in the back of
the head, and then broke the gun over a
tree and got back to town as quickly
as possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
FINE TEAM STOLEN.
Farmer Near Boone Victim of Ver
Bold Robber.


Special to Times-Republican.
Boone, May Cone of the boldest
robberies committed in Boone county
of late occurred some time during Mon-
day night at the Wilson home short
distance south of this city. All during
the evening the rain poured down and
owing to this the robber or robbers can
not be traced as the marks of the
horses and tracks of the carriage can
not be followed.
Mr.. James Wilson is the owner OF
lives on one of the finest farms in
Boone county, One of these teams, a
complete set of harness and a carriage
were taken and on trace of them can
be found. The animals We're excep-
tionally good ones and the carriage was
good as new. The man entered the
stable from one of the large doors
which was not locked and hitched up
the animals. The man did not take any
pains to conceal the fact that he had
taken the equipage, but as it was rain
ing very hard all during the early part
of the evening and night the traces
were all washed away. 1t is supposed
that the outfit went north from this
city on Division street. The farm is
on the road south from this
city which makes Makes Division street
in Boone. The county officers and the
city officers We're notified and are after
the outfit altho it is extremely doubt
full If the culprit will ever be found. The
horses and carriage are well known in
this city and to a goodly number of the
farmers and it won't be an easy matter
to dispose of them to any of the coun-
tvs farmers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
CHOPPED OFF HIS OWN LEGS.
Arkansan Manned Himself Thru Fear
of Killing His Brother.

Arkansan Manned Himself Thru Fear
of Killing His Brother.
Forrest City, Ark. May 6.-Captain
George Head was called suddenly to
Mariana yesterday to attend his
brother, who had met with an accident.
Captain Head returned later and gives
a correspondent the particulars, which
fare very remarkable. The brother, w.
" Head, lives about mile from Cap
tain Heads residence in Mariana. He
suffered from an accident twenty-three
years ago. Wrile playing Il spy he
ran into wire clothesline stretched
across the yard, which struck the
bridge of his nose, fracturing it and af-
fecting the brain so that at times his
mind was affected, especially about the
dark of the moon. He had been having
recently terrible desire to visit his
brothers family and murder them ami
burn the house. until night before last,
and when fully in his right mind, he
resolved to cripple himself so that 1t
would be impossible for him to do any
thing of the kind to his brother. He
thereupon took an ak and chopped off
both legs below the knee. He made q
full statement to this effect after he
revived from the effects of the terrible
deed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
,ceive less than $4,000 a year and are

receive less than $4,000 year and are
included In the third class are moi
given an allowance with which to pay
clerk hire. Whatever assistants they
need in their offices must be paid TO.
out Of their own pockets. In some In
stances, postmasters whose salaries
place them on the third class list have
had their work almost quadrupled
thru the establishment of rural free
delivery routes running from their OFF,
ces. These men, naturally, think they
ought to have some additional COM
pensation for this additional work, but
there is no way in which the postoffice
department can, under the present law,
make allowances for clerical work. 1t
is likely. therefore, that congress will
be called upon to correct this state of
affairs. The rural free delivery service
is SO firmly established now that it is
no more likely to be abandoned than
is the free delivery Of mail matter in
the cities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
Investigation begun
Inquiry Into. Methods OF the So
Called Beef Trust in
Missouri.
Attorneys for the Packers Object
to the Proceeding as
Unfair.
Witnesses Examined Show That
Secret Agreement Between
Packers Existed.

Jefferson City, Mo-, May 6.-The case
brought by the state for the purpose OF
learning whether the proceedings
should be commenced against the mem
bers of the so-called beef trust to pre-
vent them from doing business in the
state was called in the supreme court
today. Taking of testimony began.
Mr.. Hagerman, of Kansas City, rep
resenting the Armour. Cudahy, Swift
Morris and Hammond interests, filed
an objection to the progress OF the In
quiry. He said he proposed to bring
in the validity of the states antitrust
law. 1--WE represent" said Hagerman,
concerns which the attorney general
charges with an unlawful combination.
"Our clients, on our advice, are not
present. The proposed proceeding is an
unfair one to them, as they have not
been allowed to summon witnesse.
I'VE wish to proceed with an appli-
cation for writ Of prohibition or GER
tiorari.
supreme court, to be passed upon as to
its constitutionality. This proceeding
is merely a fishing expedition on the
part of the attorney general"
Attorney General Grow replied, stat
Ing the inquiry had been called for the
purpose Of learning whether the pro-
ceedings should be commenced to pre-
vent them from doing business in this
state.
'sThe attorneys, in the absence Of the
packers, have no right here, but will
extend them the courtesies Of the court
md allow them to oss-examine my
witnesses"
Attorney General Crow has received
no report OF service of subpnnaes on
the Armours or on o. w. Waller, of st.
Joseph, representing Swift & Co. Most
OF the men on whom service was OBJ
tanned are retail dealers Of st. Joseph.
The Judge ruled the inquiry should
proceed and Frank Staudenraus, of ST
Joseph, a retailer, was called as the
first witness. He was questioned by the
attorney general concerning coolers
g intained in st. Joseph by Morris.
CIiahy, Armour and Hammond. THE
coolers are near together" said the
witness 'orhey do not do retail busi-
ness, but they sell to large customers
on the quiet Witness said the st. 20
seph Butchers Union, of which he is
president, was organized for the pur-
pose Of protecting the retailers from
competition of wholesalers by sales on
the quiet.