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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18

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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Cor respondent.
A report is currentin Wash
ington, and has been 8 e n t
out BY a number OF ccrres-
pondents, that an agleement
has been reached among the
members OF the Senate com.
mittee ON Interstate Com.
merce regarding the form Of
railroad legislation which b
shall be enacted at the next
session of Congress and it is
added that the President has
given his sanction to the pro
gram. 1t is claimed that a
bill to be framed which shall
IN ly extend the pro-
visions OF the EIkins anti-rec
bate law, prevent dlscrimina
tion OF every character as be
tween shippers and even rem
edy the grave inequalities
now arrived at by the use OF
private cars, that il. cars
owned by special companies
like the Armor refrigeratlng
company, ct al.
No confirmation Of this re.
port can be obtained and as
a whole it appearsto be with
out foundation. That t h e
mcmbers OF the Sens te com
rnittee, the Republican mems
bers, at least, may have iea.
ched such an agreement is en-
TREY probable. The railroads
are ihsistent that the only
legislation which effects their
industry shall be confined to
the further prevention of re.
bates, in whatever rebates,
in whatever forms they are
now given. That ls natural
az rebates mean a diminu.
ton oi railway profits. This
explains, too, why Senator
Elkins fatherhd the rebate
LAW whick bears his name, NO
line Of which he ever drew,
1t is probably treasonable to
say it, but the fact is that
Phllander Knox, then Attor-
ney General, now Senator
from Pennsylvania. drew the
Elkins antl-rebate law as it
stands an, the statutes, and
Senator E|kins' only connec-
ton in it lay in the tact that
he was chairman OF the COM
mittee which reported it to
the Senate.
The improbable part ofthe
cu,r rent report is that t h e
President has given his sane.
tion to the programme out
lined. Is it likely that t h e
committee, assuming that it
has determined upon a pros
gramme, has been able to
submit it to the President,
who. ever sin"p the commit
tee held it's first meeting. has
been indnstrlouslv engaged
in chasing bears and bob>
cats through the rocky fast
nessesses of Colorado? Or is
it probable that the Prpsi.
dent, even had the commit
tee Succeeded in trespassing
in his variation to the extent
OF sending it's plan to him,
would have considered it hes
tween hunts, 40 to speak,
and forward his approval to
WashiDgtoa by wireless tel.
egraphy, or tiIepatby, with
ont even consulting his At
torney General or other mem
befs of his cabinet? 1t must
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18

merce Commission, Certainly
there is no good grounds for
the assumption that Mr..
Roosevelt has already deter
mined to swallow his specific
ana accept
the suggestions OF Senator Eel
kins' committee.
There ID no doubt that an
extention OF the principle OF
the anti-r rebate law would &C
complish great good. 1t would
90 a long way toward de-
stroying the power Of t b e
trusts. etc. One OF the most
prominent railway men in
the country recently assured
your correspondent that ev-
cry dollar invested in priva te
cars paid the companies so
investing a profit OF not less
than 87H per cent. he said
that the railway companies
were powerless to resist the
demands of the owners of pri
vate cars. They are always
i'm mense concerns which con-
tribute so largely to the traf
tic of any line on which they
were located that a complete
withdrawal OF theirshipment
would seriously affect b e
profits OF the railway. They
demand that the railways pay
them for the use OF their cars
and the railway which pays
the highest price gets t h e
business. This, OF course,
serves the owners OF the cnrs
just as we'll as would a rc-
bate on the freight rate. It
gives them a lower net rate
than any OF their competitors
and enables, them to drive all
ompetitors from the field.
And yet the existing law does
not touch this form Of dis.
crimiriatio because it cam
not he legally construed as a
rebate. In 80 far as the pro-
posed law would go, it would
do good, but it wonld notgo
near SO far as President
Roosevelt has insisted that
it shall GO And while it is
entireIy possible t b a t the
President may be induced to
accept this as all be can OBJ
tain. there is not the slight
est reason for believing that
he has already agreed to do
so.
4 group Of Republican
statesman were talking poli-
tics on a street corner in
Washington today. "What
are the chances of youc send
ing us a tariff bill? asked one
Senator. Every poor" re-
piled one OF the Representa-
tives present. Why" said
the Senator, IF we don't do
something for thepeople who
are demanding tariff read
instment it will mean a Dem
orratic majority in the next
house as sure as sim" IL
know that replied the repre-
sentative, "but what are we
going to do about it? New
York, Pennsylvania and o.
hiO command the first three
seats on the Ways and Means
rom mittee. Those t three
states derive more profit
rom the tariff than all the
western states put together,
and nothing short of a cy>
,1one would make Payne, Dal
iell and Grosvenor move a
step in a direction which
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Another Plunge Towards s'Respecta-
Ibillty.

ton to any local political
news unless it is sent out
from Washington. TIA North
Carolina Republican should
determine to run for Santa
~ Inspector OF Hanging Dog
he would feel that be ought
to have the announcement
made from Washington City.
So great is the federalistic
tendency OF the North Caro>
lima Republicans that if they
had their way they would a.
bolish state and county lines
and let all officers be appoin
ted from Washington.
The latest from Washing-
ton is that Spencer Black
burn has obtained subscrip.
tions amounting to twenty
thousand dollars for the pur
pose CT establishing a Repub
lican daily newspaper. 1t is
also "given out" at Washing
ton that "the most of the
subscribers are cotton mill
men and that several of them
have never identified them
selves with the Republican
organizations" That sort OF
statement is supposed to
give strength to the new en-.
terprise: 1t will fool nobody.
Not a dollar to any such
fund has been given by any
cotton mill men except Re.
publican cotton mill men,
and they are rather srarce in
North Carolina, as dilllgent-
ly as the Republicans and
assistant Republican sympa
thizers have sought to se>
dIce them from the true Do
litical faith.
Who wonld be influenced
by a "cottop mill man" who
Ii ashamed to admit that he
puts up money to back t h e
discredited old hulk of reve-
nue. officers and iistillers who
control the Republican party
in North Carolina. There are
some cotton mill men in N.
c. who are Republicans, but
they are few in number, and
as the high tariff walls de
prive them of needed foreign
markets they are growing
beautifully less.
Will the new attempt to
make "a respectable partyin
North Carolina by means OF
a newspaper turn out to be
as great a failure as the at.
tempt to give it "respcctabili
ty" by the Yerkes &Co, ban
ket?' Or will history repeat
itself? Years and years ago,
when the late Major William
A. Smith was the leader of
the Republican, party in the
Raleigh district, be came IN
to possession of the Radical
daily at Raleigh and essayed
to run it in the interest t OF the
party. Suddenly he shut up
the paper and sold the mate
rial tojob printers. Sometime
after, when asked by a friend
why he quit the publication
of the paper, Major Smith
said with emphasis: 20, you
can't print a paper for a par
ty that can't read"
Fllckburn might print two
editions--ono in English Ter
those who can read and one
as a pictorial for those who
cannot read If he wishes if he
wishes it to avoid the fate of
NJ a Tor Smiths venture
NowS op1 Obcopvor
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18
Thousands Have Kidney TfUt6lS
and Don't Know its
How To Find Cnt.

Fill bottle or common glass with 9ooA
water and let Il stard twenty-four, hours: 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18

sediment or sefs
tling indicates an
unhealthy condk
ton Of the k&
neys; N. q ssainS
your linen # a
evidence Of kM
ney trouble: tod
frequent desire d
pass II or p..n III
the back Is also
p - a.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18
W. ii. BOWER,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW
Lenoir, N. G.

Practices in the courts OF
Caldwell, Watanga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other SURROUNDING
Counties.
Prompt attention given to
afl legal matters entrusted to
his care.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-05-18
DR.. J. Vi. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. {

No knife; No Bmhing Out.
Highest references and endors.
inents of prominent t PERSONS sue
tessfully treated in Va, Tenn.
and N. c. Remember that there
Is no time foo SOON to get rid oi
q cancerous growth-no matter
how. small Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
satiefscttch tchguarantesA:
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DIR. r. ID. JENNINGS,
PRESIDENT DENTIsT,]

Nothing but the best material
Used and all work done under q
positive guarantee. Persons at d
distance should notify me a few
days in advance when they want
work done. After March the .1st,
I.have arranged to be lat t h g
blackburn. House in Boone on
each first Monday. Cali on me.
1928.
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convincing proof that the Kidneys and blads
der are out Of order. -,
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05

such person to send to school any such
child or children Tor one.fourth the.
number Of days on which regular ses..
sions OF the public schools are held 10
any school district. SO that such child
or children shall not be In attendance
for at least three.fourths Of said days
in any four consecutive weeks Of the
schols year OF such district. unless the
attendance Of such child or children
be prevented by sickness or other
reasonable excuse; provided, that IL
such child or children shall have
graduated from n sub-district school.
or II such child or children have been
otherwise instructed for q like period
OF time in the branches OF learning re-.
CURED by law to be taught In public
schools. or have already acquired such
branches, or II. in the opinion Of the
superintendent OF said school district,
the mental or physical condition OF
such child or children is such as to
render such attendance inexpedient or
impracticable, such penalty shall not
be incurred.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05
STATE LAW COMPELLING THE
ATTENDANCE OF SCHOOLS

The State law compelling the at.
tendance OF all children OF school age
should be brought to the attention Of
every family by the board OF education
Of every district In the county. We
publish below the salient features OF
the law:
Section 32.-Every person having
charge OF child between the ages Of
seven and fourteen shall cause the
child to attend public school contin.
uously: failure being punishable by
two dollars fine for the first offense.
Ave dollars for subsequent offences.
An offence, It is understood, shall con-
sist Of a failure Of such person to com.
pei the attendance Of the child In his
care for one-fourth OF the number Of
days on which school shall be held;
in other words the child must be In
school three-fourths Of the time un.
less III or prevented by other reasona-
BILE excuses. All fines SO collected
shall be paid into the hands of the
clerk OF the board of education who
shall turn them over to the city col
lector for credit to the school fund Of
the district.
The act provides also how the tru.
ant officer shall perform his duties
and specifies in what way he is to
carry out the provisions Of the new
law. In this connection IL may be
well to quote the paragraph referring
to offences:
An offence, as understood by this
act, shall consist OF the failure OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05
THE STAG
"slmpIe simon Simple

The Mother Goose jingles have been
responsible for many entertaining
pantomimes, spectacles and the like,
and among all the characters exploit.
ed, that Of Simple Simon has achiev.
ed large measure of success. The
new musical piece. Simple Simon
Simple" marks a new era in theatre
calls in America, inasmuch as 1t is
really an old English pantomime mod.
ernized. The principal comedy char.
acter is now called Simon Simple, and
heisis the impish son of a digniaed
Judge whose position in the village
Of Simpleville is IAN important one.
Simon and his boon companion Nose,
keep the country village in constant
turmoil with their pranks, and the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05
THURSDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 9TH,
Grand Opera House.
PRICES: $50. SEATS Now On sale

substantial residents of the place plan
to rid the town of the pest. A wicked
uncle foments the plot for reasons OF
personal gain, and Simon is induced
to join a circus. His parents are in
despair. and his sweetheart, Hulda, is
heart broken. Simon brings confus.
ion on the heads of his enemies at
the end of the play and appears in his
first suit Of modern clothes, thus show
ing the metamorphosis from the clown
to the up.to.date youth. Simple ST.
mon Simple" is brilliantly performed
by the Nixon and Zimmerman Opera
Company. and genuine novelty in
the theatrical line is vouchsafed our
theatre-going public This clever and
enjoyable spectacle will be shown at
the Grand Opera House on Thursday
evening, September z.
chas. H. YaIe's Everlasting DEVILS
Auction"
The present season Of 1905-1906
marks the gath edition fthe Devils
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05

Auction Company, and the ambition
of Chas. H. Yale. the progenitor of
this marvellous spectacle, has now
been gratified. for the Devils Auc.
ton" stands singly and alone in its
phenomenal record of long life.
That any play should for twenty.
three seasons prove satisfactory to
its patrons and remunerative to its
management. seems among the i'm.
possible, but that this famous show.
piece has accomplished this phenom-
enon cannot be gainsaid, and from
present appearances 1t bids fair to du.
plicate many seasons more of uninter-
rupted success.
In the oath edition of this wonder
full and famous spectacle Manager
Charles II. Yale, under whose skIllful
management the Devils Auction" has
for twenty-three seasons delighted,
amazed and amused its many admirers
throughout the length and breadth of
the country. promises radical and
surprising change from any former
production.
Mr.. Yale, who in addition to his
various travelling attractions, has also
established in Philadelphia one of the
largest Theatrical Studio and Ware
house plants in the country, and has
surrounded himself with a corps Of
clever scenic artists, papier mache
modelers. theatrical carpenters, prop
erty makers, costumers, designers and
makers. and the result is a brand new
spectacle from the rise to the fall OF
the curtain.
"The Devils Auction From New
Point of View would, perhaps, be a
more applicable title in the present
case, as every scene, costume and
idea, every member OF the large dra.
matte and pantomimic cast and ballet,
every vaudeville specially and feature
are new this year. Nh
1t has been the aim Of Manager Yale
to introduce in the oath edition a com
piete innovation in every part and
Poihoh VI lie pay 70 TINS point
With the aid OF scenic artists, to en-.
tirely change the locale. the coloring
and effect of the scenic inyestiture.
With the designers of costume, to In
augurate a full and complete transfer.
nation in the dressing Of the principal
characters. leading dancers, cory
phees, secundos and general ensemble,
while the carpenters, property max.
erss electricians and other mechanics
necessarily Identified with productions
of spectacle. have aided and added to
the fullest extent OF their ability In
originating new, and novel IDEAS IN
the tricks and transformations IAN
undertaking OF considerable magni-
tude when one realizes that this is The
.twenty-fourth edition Of this famous
spectacle. and that for the past TWEEN
ty-three seasons the attraction has
been constantly changed and betteE
ed IN every shape and form.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05
Why spend money going to town
Tor meats? Reeves has as good meat
as anyone. at Eighth street, Fifth
ward.
NATURE SPARES
rhe Stricken Rose From Grief.

What q fortunate provision of nature
Il Is. that deprives the rose Of mental
suffering; for how poignant would be It's
grief to discover, In the height OF its
blooming glory. that 6 canker fed at its
heart and that Its beauty and fragrance
We're doomed forever. Nature always
spares tne suffering; she Is veritab!e
those who seek her aid. In the years
gone by falling hair and grayness have
cast gloom over the lives OF thousands
OF young women. but thanks to the IN.
yestigations Of scientists the fTI,e c.,,.o.
OF nair destruction Is now known to- be
germ OF parasite that burrows into
she hair follicles. Newbro'sa Herpicide
permitting the hair to grow M ma:
tyre intended. Sold BY ieading. DRUG
gists; Send 1oc. in stamps for sarnniS
70 The Herpicide Co.. Detroit, Mich,
=. A. Biliingslea & Co., special
agents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05
ONLY si.as TO cuMsERlAnD !
And Return VIA Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, Sunday, September 10.

Special train leaves Fairmont at
$3.50 A. M.
Beautiful scenery en- route.
Most delightful season in the noun
tains.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-05

The Fifth wards new meat market
is up-to-date. Try 1t. K
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Trenton Times:
If many more tunnels are dug under
the Hudson, the under part of that
stream will soon resemble a section OF
tubes in a locomotive boiler. There
are. already three tunnels in course OF
construction, one of which is nearly
completed, and the Public Service
Corporation of New Jersey and the
Metropolitan Securities Company OF
New, York have just projected a
fourth, which, with the equipment, is
to cost $l5, 600, 600; at least that is
the capitalization of the Interstate
Tunnel Railway Companies of New
Jersey and New York, that have just
been incorporated to unite the 800
miles of trolley lines of the Public
Service Corporation in New Jersey
with the $40 miles of road of the
Metropolitan system and the proposed
new subways in New York.
Ocean Grove Times:
Another life has been lost KS u re-
suit of careless automobiing. Accord
ing to the story of persons who Wit
messed the fatal accident near Nights
town on Monday, the machine was be-
ing propelled at a reasonable" rate
of speed, which may meal anywhere
from ten to twenty miles an hour, for
a rate that would be illegal for a
horse is regarded as quite moderate
for an automobile. Ex-Governor
Murphy was not far wrong when he
recommended the passage of a law
~frobidding the running of machines in
New Jersey that are geared above q
rate of speed to be fixed by law.
Elizabeth Journal:
The new tenement supervision law
is one of the best on the statutes of
New Jersey, and there is much salts
faction in the statement of the vigor
with which its provisions are to be
enforced by the State Board of Super
vision. If the law is to be effective
here cannot be any leniency in the
dealing with ,~violators. The law is
explicit, and there is no reason why it
cannot be lived up to in every parti-
cular. The board is therefore clearly
doing its duty.
Camden Courier: wv
In his charge to the Middlesex
grand jury. Justice Fort referred to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-25

the fact that he could find no statute
in New Jersey giving automobiles or
similar self-propelling vehicles any
right upon the public highways.
Doubtless the amiable judge did not
discover any specific statute giving
push carts or wheelbarrows any right
to the use of the highways. The fact
that the legislature has passed laws
licensing the running of automobiles
and limiting their speed resumes
their right to the use of the highways,
and renders special legislation un-
necessary. To question that right at
this late day appears to be ~uncalled
for but that does not mea that laws
for the safe exercise of that right
should not be adopted. "%Scorching"
can be stopped and it should be, if
lengthy Imprisonment as well as heavy
fine should ~be-necessary to do it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-25
sngke u her husband be said:

Il 6UNAE IL uEA AR R+ANt
MY daughter, you have no husband;
the thought is but a chimera OF your dis
TURNED brain, caused by long Illness.
Your mother will take you to Europe for
a few months. The doctors say you will
grow entirely well now. But never speak
Of the past. for you cannot know the
true from the false in your magma
tions."
..ehe bowed to the imperious will of
her parent, and in time, with renewed
health. came the natural interest of the
Young in the pleasures Of life. She loved
and married Imam whom her parents
delighted to honor. Their life was
happy. except to the woman there came
times of anxious thought upon that
dark spot in her past. Her father died
soon after her marriage.
Three years having passed and no
children coming to their home it was
decided to adopt one AT an asylum they
found a boy from whose eyes evanes-
cent echoes, as of a dream, came to
the foster mother"
Here Charles looked UP with awakened
interest. She continued:
1T at length became known to this
woman, through a letter left when her
mother died, but which was years in
coming to her hands, that the boy whom
she and her good husband had rescued
from perhaps a life of trouble and sin,
was her own son, born through the dark
ness that had once enveloped her.
Charles. here is my marriage certificate
to your father"
my very own--my darling mother!
this is joyous news to me-" His arms
were around her.
"My precious son" were the words
that fell dpl'y on the ears of Eva as
she quietly alc from the room.-N. o.
Times-Dcmc1@at.