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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
DISASTROUS WRECKS.

Carelessness is responsible TO ma
ny railway wreck and the same ca
uses are making human wrecks of
sufferers from Throat and Lung trou
bles. But since the advent of DR.,
Kings New Discovery for Consun,-
ption, Coughs and Colds. even the
worst cases can be cured, and hope
less resignation is no longer necessa-
ry. Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dorchester,
Mass, is one of'many whose life was
saved by DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. This great remedy is guaran.
teed for all Throat and Lung diseas
es by M. B. Blackburn. Price soc,
and eI.00 Trial bottles free.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

another quadrangle at [ b =
head of he "HriAy close
probably will he decorated
with the statues OF COrnwalis
Cortez, Captain Kidd, Il n d
Jack the .iiant-Klll-r. T h G
ceremonies on the 10Th will
consist Of the formal prespn>
tatiOn by the German anbas
sador and a grateful eulogy
OF Frederick b y President
Roosevelt.
The illustriOns Britis h
statesman John Morley is IN
the city today, "a guest OF the
President. He seems slightly
incongruous, and embarrass
ing, for t h is ia the Liberal
a n d courageous statesman
who for years b a 8 opposed
t b 9 insolent aggressions of
his own country d ours
against the republics ofSouth
Africa and t h 9 Orient. As a
little Englander, pro- Boer.
and a professor of the art Of
''scuttllng" one naturally
wonders what he talks about
with the President.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

As the steam eugine succeeded
the hand crank and the twine
binder pushed into obscurity the
poetic scythe, so the voting ma
chine, being as clearly a step-in-
advance, will drive out the blan.
ket ballot. The man who likes to
boost progress whenever he can.
will give supDort to the voting
machine proposion on the "bal-
lot Chicago News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
Not A SICK DAY SINCE.

II was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. tried all sorts Of
medicines, none of which relieved
me. One day | saw an ad. of your
Electric Bitters and determined to
try that. After taking a few dosss
felt relieved, and soon thereafter
was entirely cured, and have moi
seen sick day since. Neighbors OF
mine have been cured of Rheuma,
tism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney
troubles and general debility" This
is what B. F. Bass, of Fremont, N
C.. writes, Only soc, at NJ. B. Black
purns.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
convincing proof that ths

convincing proof that the kidneys and 49,
der are out Of order.
What TO Do.
There Is comfort In the knovisdas -
often expressed. that DR.. Kilmer's sHnn9k
Root. the great kidney remedy fulfil Syy
wish in curing rheumatism, pain = u
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and even pasf
Of the urinary passage. II corscts in1bn
10 hold water and scalding pain IN pessapS
It, or bad effects following use Of taue6
wine or beer. and overcomcsft6at uhpf SAT
necessity Of being compeibsd 10 70 sAsA
during the day, and to get up many ti4s&
during the night. The mild and The sxkk
ordinary effect Of Swamp.Root - ,soes
realized. II stands the highest for II vter
derful cures Of the most distressing s4Z1I}
II you need medicine you should RavS a.
best. Sold by druggists in SOC. and 81. 4 -
You may have q sample bottle Of -
wonderful ,SS ! to1, dis; discovery ,s,I. -Eaue.
more about It. both sent
absolutely free by mail. ~
address DR.. Klmer & HONE Of evsnV9ss
Co.. Binghamton, NY. When writing rassse
ton reading this generous offer IN tAiepepss.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, blind, bleeding or pro
truding piles. Druggists refund
money ifPazo Ointment fails to cure
any case, no matter Of how long
standing, in 6 to ID days. First ap'
plication gives ease and rest. soc
If your druggist hasn't 1t send soc
in stamps and it will be forwarded
postpaid by Paris Medicine Co, St
Louis, Mo.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

The Republicans up a cock and
bnll story about a man by the
name OF Smythe going down to
Panama to get up a revolution,
The one man revolution is purely
a Republican creation.-Charles-
ton Courier.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

1t il very naughty, no doubt,
but the American people have a
great liking for the "bis stick, "
The more it is exploited as cam
paign issue the more enthusias-
tic the country has become for
Roosevelt.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

The leading articlein Tom Tag
CARTS paper this week, says the
News and Observer, is on Chow
We Die-What the Vital Stats
tics ofthe Country Show, That's
rather suggestive, isn't it?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
". BOWER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Lenoir, n. G,

Practices in the courts Of
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
counties.
Prompt attention given to
sll'legal mattersentrusted to
his care.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
HAS STOOD THE TEST as YEARS,

The old original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you
are taking. dtiis irop iand quinme
in i 'ystslessf,rp. Noapse, no pay.
SIC.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
The Appalachian Park.

| NSN' "'p, ~ y" ~ Wv lWb
that the Appalachian Forest
Reserve bill, aid the Brnwn-
low Good Roads bill will Ie-
ceiye early and fnvOrableron
aideratiOn. Both measures
have been knorke'i from pil
lar to post. and finally burlAd
in the Oblivion of the commit
tee room, until one almost
despairs OF final action on
bills that mean much to the
Southland. This is esppcinl-
ly true of the Appalachian
Park proposition. and con-
Germs this sertiOn Of the roun
try most vitality. So much
has been said along thes-
lines that t h ereis scarcely
any necessity to again go o.
yer the ground. but the pre-
servation of our mountain
forests il II subject on which
the people should never cease
to direct their fires.
Az stated in the Presidents
message OF 1902, the South
ern Appalachian region em
braces the highest peaks and
largest mountain masses
east OF the Rockies. 1t tls the
great photographic fenture
OF the eastern half Of the con
tinent, and no such lofty
mountains are covered with
hard wood forests in all North
America. A + IL generally
known, these mountains are
visited with the heaviest d nd
most destructive rainfalls in
the United States, with the
exception OF the North Paclf
ic coast and the upper strata
OF the rich soil would be wash
ed awav when once denuded
OF it's forests. The result from
an agricultural point OF view
must be plainly apparent,
and If North Carolina is ever
to gain prominence as a pro.
dnctlve farming section her
lands must be protected. In
the message above referred
to we find this significant t
passage: More good soil is
now being washed from these
cleared mountain-side fields
during a single heavy rain
than during centuries under
forest cover" "The reg.
ulation OF the flow of these
riverse can be accomplished
only by the conservation of
these forests. These are the
hea West and most beautiful
hardwood forests of the con-
tinent. In them species from
east aud West, from north
and south minglsin a growth
OF unparalleled richness and
variety. They contain iunnt
species OF first commprc,al
value, ana furnish important
supplies which cannot be OBJ
tanned from any other r.
gion,"
The necessity OF legislative
action iOI the preservation
Uf til. forests in the Southern
Appalachian range will there
lore impress itself upOnevery
citizen who has his country's
interest at heart. Theeydsivc
methods which have hitherto
characterized all legislation
looking toward Southern i'm
provements should rouse the
little han1 OF I,xie's rpDre-
sentatives ~ renewed efforts
TO secure the passage oi THE
Appalachian Forest Reserve
lhill- hhayilIe Citlzan
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Csrrespondsnt.

From our Regular Csrrespondent.
There IN no denying the fact
that we Democrats were Or
Tuesday night astonndeC
and confounded. That Park
or nigh. be defeated-that o
course was atnOngour count,
and Discounts. But other an
nOuncements excited m ore
than transient incredulity.
was 10 the parlors of the Ma
tional Congressional Com-
mittee Of the Democratic pal
ty in the Riggs House wher
the wires first began to buzz
1Congressman, ,Cowherd, chair
man OF the Committee held
the foor IN his usual buoy
ant temper, and walked up
und down reading aloud the
dispa tchcs handed to him,
He had Just returned from
the Vest where he had found
ibis own Kansas City District
Fail right and secure and
had discovered that Missou-
lri ought to give 40, 900 fol
Parker. I" Even before the rt
turns began to come in be
iwaSffseIing very sore bpea ust
the party had dnot backed uI
his Committee and when q
idjspat teh'said that Pennsyl
yania would send to Congress
one Dem nocrat and thirty one
republicans he came as neal
profanity as he@ ever does
and told the hundreds o.
friends assei1tled, round him
that bis committee had no,
received a'sihgle dollar from
the national COMMITTEES dur>
ling the campaign and that
the members had taken $500
out Of their own pockets to
pay for the only printing
they had been able to getl
The declaration caused grave
faces. sharp comment, and
many expressions of sympa>
thy, especially when 1t was
announced that Cowherd had
been ovefthfOwn IN bis own
district because he had been
compelled to be present in
Washington. He is very pop
ular tn the House, one Of the
shrewdest, readiest, enter-
prising members, chosen out
of the entire body because oi
bis political sagacity.
The causes OF the landslide
to Roosevelt?-for there are
many. You can Judge as we'll
as your correspondent can.
There seem to be in the U. s.
about eighty million opin-
lions on the subject, / asked
a prominent Republican yes
terday for bis diagnosis. He
said: swell, by his sagacious
action. Roosevelt made him
self solid with the Catholics,
the Hebrews, t b Q negroes
and the union labor vote. He
rushed the Panama business
through, and, whether right
or wrong, the paople like q
man who does things. The
normal Republican vote or
Tuesday was reinforced by q
million men who want the
President always to carry 9
chip on his shoulder and who
will back him mp to any ex>
tent.
| "And all the geople criet
Come, hrotherl Your ont
good term deserves anOth-
Ierl"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
DIR. J. N. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. {

No knife; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors-
ments of fprominept PERSONS sue
cessfully treated in Va. Tenn,
and N. G. Remember that there
il no time TOO SOON to get rid OF
. cancerousgfowth-no matter
how. small Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
=. ';sfactsn-s rp-n y tand
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

N"s s>''uN "hSu oNc P'S UH
Ell in tue United States for
the last six years, filing the
streets with boys in uniform
and sending to the polls an
army ofDrev.rted Democrats
willing to follow to any con-
quest Theodore the King of
Northern Cloths. A Rppubli
can friend OF mine insists that
every lynchirg anywhere In
the United States cost the
Democrats at the polls on
Tuesday ten thousand vo ties.
But | think he ia dreaming
The Presidents formal Gee
laration that under no cir
cumstances would he be a
candidate for reelection is re-.
ceived here at par as d sin-
cere avOwal. 1t seems a lit
tie premature, bat it is just
like the impuIsive Roosevelt.
Tho fact. however remains
that a President OF the U. s.
il no longer the arbiter ofhis
own destiny, and he is liable
to he seized by enloglsts and
aunkeys and dragged into
the White Honse again even
against bis own prote s t.
What he will do during these
next four years nobody, can
tell. He can 80 conduct him
self az to promote universal
haT lDony amity and peace;
or he can adopt a policy
which will make bis name a
synonym Of aggression and
conquest, and bring the re-
pubic to the verge Of RUN.
He should be kept straight
by the consciousness tina t the
eyes Of the world are upon
him
The numerous bronze gen.
tleman on horseback t h a t
preside over the squares and
circles in this city are to re
ceive an illustrious reinforce
ment 10 the person Of a soil
tary pedestrian in military
Uniform of foreign and anti
quated aspect, whose metallic
counterpart will be unveiled
in the grounds of the new war
College next Satul day. These
are better known as the Arse
nal Grounds. but during the
last two or three years q long
row Of limestone villas b a 8
been erected here for the use
OF officers, and fronting them
on the other eide of the park
are being built very compre.
hensive and substantial bar
racks, adequate to all enler--
gencies. T b g parsonage to
mount the pedestal is Freder
ick the Great, one hand rests
on his sword hilt. and t h e
other carries a cane-perhaps
the very cane that his father
bella bored him with when the
youth was caught in his boy
ish pranks; perhaps the very
sword that he ilung away at
the battle OF Mollwitz when
he found refuge in a barn ten
miles from t he battlefield;
perhaps the very cooked hat
which he wore when he q o Id
his Hessians to George Ill to
conquer the American colo-
nies withal. Our forefathsrs
tore down the statue Of Geor
ge III in New York City and
moulded it int o bullets on
that OCCASION; but this stat
ue OF Frederick. presented by
the Emperor William. is to
occupy one corner OF a quad
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
DIR. r. D. JENNINGS,
PRESIDENT DENTIST

Nothing but the best material
used and all work done under q
positive guarantee. Persons at a
distance should notify me q few
days in advance when they want
work done. After March the 1st,
I have arranged to be at t b {
Blackburn House in Boone on
each drst Monday. Cali on me.
1923.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01
Thousands Have Kidney 3se91d|
and Don't Know IL
How TO Find Ouk,

FIJI bottle or common glass With yenl
water and let II stand >twsnty-four hours y
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-12-01

. a - II . "a ia.
Fear. the HIfs kird ". asm llxays Buugh
''''s'''' = N<MNtzx
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

The Charleston Mail says "therc are
no original Roosevelt men, but no one
infers there are not millions of Roosevelt
men.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01
ORDINARY
Were the Producers Drilled in the Var.
ious Oil Fields the Past week-GoOd
Well on the Ashcraft Farm.

The lower southwest failed to furnish
,nything better than ordinary producers
Turing the past week. The best well
completed was the south Penn Oil Com
nany's No. 2. on the Jesse Ashcraft farm.
When drilled into the Gordon pay the
veil started to flow at the rate Of 300
barrels day and has been holding up at
! little better than That for the past
three days.
In the Folsom district, the South Penn
has drilled its No. "a on the L. G. Rob.
inson tract into the Big Injun SIS feet
md mas no show of oil or gas. The
anne company has drilled fts No. on
ghe r. C. Hayes farm into The stray,
nut has no show of oil.
In the Salem district and just north
+ the town, the South Penn Oil Com.
,any's test on the D. NJ Griffin farm
PRODUCED IS barrels the first "a hours
rfter it had been drilled into the pay
IN the stray sand
On Pattersons Fork, Greenbrinr dis.
riot, the Southern Oil Company is due
n the sand at its second test on the j.
}. yguttied farm In the same district
he Patterson Fork Oil & Gas Company
Is rigging up at its second test on the
lie Davis farm and IS building the rig
Tor second test on the Samuel Gain
arm. Ihe same company has made the
oca,tion for test on the j. w. Davis
farm.
In Ten Mile district, the Dog Run Oil
company is building>the rig for test
IN the John Williams farm.
On Limestone Creek, Clark district.
The Reserve aas company has started to
lrill test on the Hugh Thompson farm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

just as the Telegram eontended from
the start the effort will he to correct the
system of taxation. but the result will
not be the adoption Of the tax com
missions report in its entirety. As has
been said time and again by this paper
there are things in that report that com
mend themselves to all, but It has its
objectionable features and these will
doubtless be eliminated and features
substituted, which viii insure equal tax
alton and honest return Of property.
With that accomplished no fair-minded
and honest man can object. And all
may depend upon 1t that is what it is
going to be, when the Republican party
gets through with it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01
cLARKsBuRG W VA, FEB. !, 1904
wANToN WASTE OF GAS.

There is a waste Of gas in West Viz.
ginia that borders on recklessness, not
withstanding the fact that but few citi-
zens there are who are not deprecating
the piping OF this Treasure from the state
to the big manufacturing centers
why it does not appear TO the com.
panies engaged in the oil and gas bust.
ness, and Others who have to do with
natural gas, to observe greater economy.
the Telegram fails TO see. Every one
recognizes its great usefulness and
ought to be familiar enough with other
gas belts to know that it will not last
forever. Larger gas belts than ours have
exhausted themselves and there is no
reason to believe that the one Mt home
will not follow suit.
Even home companies which prize gas
so highly on account Of the advantages
it offers and brings, are careless about
preserving the flow. They let it burn
when there is no occasion. They place
il where there is no need, in fact,
wanton waste exists, without effort TO
correct.
While it may seem little thing yet
NIL the many leakages are really import
ant and they result in the course of
time in many million feet gone without
having been put to proper use. In the
city of Clarksburg there Is a waste that
does not recommend itself to any one
who fully appreciates the Importance OF
preserving the gas flow for use in the
future, when there will be great demand
for fuel, be it coal, gas or timber. Street
lights are permitted TO burn day and
night. There is no thought OF SAVING
the gas, when it is not needed. NJ
thought of putting out these street
lights in the day time One of the most
conspicuous wastes is at the headquar-
ters of the fire department. There is
big and constant flame there all the time.
The city pays for it and the compan.
delivers the goods, but why all this need
less waste7 There is certainly no occas-
ion for it in the day time and not so
much at night, although there should
be the best street light facilities at that
important point. 1t has been suggested.
and very wisely, that this particular
light should not he left burning in the
day time and that the city should take
steps to see that it does not. Why pay
for something that is not needed? Why
waste so much gas?
Companies that appreciate the value
of this resource in the future should not
be willing for gas to be consumed at
cheap rate where there is no use for il.
With them there ought to be economy
that will preserve not only their own
interests but also those Of the public.
This question is of such Importance
that II is to be hoped that every pro.
ducer of gas as wen as every consumer
will take the matter up, consider it care
ful and no longer permit the waste.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

Reports are sent out from Parlxersburg
that men % wealth there are doing but
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

The Proliibitionists, in calling their
state convention first, that is june 10
with this the place, have given the other
fellows chance TO have theirs later and
endorse their nominees That may be
their hope, but they will likely have to
prove their overwhelming numbers. be.
fore either party will look in that di
dcction for nominees.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01
SW66t M6lOdU Flour
FRESH MIX FoR sane

FRESH MILK FOR SALE.
On and after Monday January 25
win receive fresh milk from the country
daily and win sell it in any quantity to
local customers.
BEUCHLER'S BAKERY.
2JJan.04. $40 Pike Street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

little TO relieve the sufrerings of the food
victims. These reports are hard 10 be-
lieve, since Parisersburg has long en-
ioyed reputation for hospitality, gen
erosity and beneyoIence, and it Is hoped
they are false. ClarlSsburg's benevo-
lence would not put up with such con
ditions moment and We are loathe to
believe that Parkcrsburg is so far be
hind Us in that respect.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

Charleston announces that it is to
have an axe factory and now it may be
that number of state officials down
there are thinking whether their heads
IRE to be cut of, officially and historic
illy speaking.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

Some of the counties are preparing to
hold early primaries and conventions and
some others already have number of
avowcd candidates. In still others can
didates are running their announcements.
The Indications are that the campaign
will begin early and be long fought.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

1t i noticed that most every one is
very well satisfied with the work of the
drcuit court at this term. Judge Mason
mas only justice in view and The officers
IRE not negligent in their duty.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

The question of the hour locally is
whether the owners OF one of the lead
ing hotels of the city expect the city
council to pave the lobby Of the hotel.
There mas been some talk of asking that
body to turn its attention in that direc-
tsn,,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-01

Cat this out and take it to C. c.
stones drug store and get free sam.
pie of Ohamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, the best physic. They cleanse
and invigorate the stomach, improve the
appetite and regulate the bowels. Reg
ular size, Csc. per box.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-15
Court Notes.

In the district court George saner
has brought suit for an injunction
against NJ. Vogt to restrain the sale
Of certain property located in Colfax
county, under execution issued from a
Judgment heretofore rendered in favor
of the defendant.
The Kuner Pickle company OF Col
fax county sued Shaw and company
to recover judgment Of $275.25 on an
account for goods, wares and mer-
chandise.
Luciano Gallegos of Mora county has
filed suit against II. X. Leonard to en-
force judgment In favor Of the plain
tiff for $40.
In the case Of the Fort Worth & Den
yer railroad company VS.. w. G. Pitts,
which comes from Union county, jndg-
ment In favor of the defendant was
given for $25. Pitts, who was slightly
injured by a train threatened to sue
for heavy damages. The company
brought suit to quiet the matter. The
certificate of the physician who at
tended Pitts. was produced; on the
showing that his injuries were trivial
the court assessed nominal damages.