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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
Monday afternoon on his way

Monday afternoon on his way
to Lenoir with Il load of cab
bagc from Watauga county, Mr..
G. c. Waters had a very unpleas-
ant experience getting across
Blair's Fork creek n halt mi o
north of town. When he reached
the creek it was getting dark and
when he drove in misjudged hia
distance and got below the usual
fordiug place. His wagon mired
up to the hubs in the mud aud
sand. He was compelled to un-
hitch his mules and with great
difficulty succeeded. in getting
them ashorei leaving the wagon
oyer night in the bed OF the creek.
Tuesday morning u man by the
name of Church, also from Wa
tauga. took his team and helped
pull Mr.. Wntson's wagon out,
after a hard tussel with the quick
sand and stiffmud.-Lenoir News,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
Health in,the Canal Zone,

The high wages paid make it a
mighty temptation to our young ar.
tlsans to join the force Of skilled
workmen needed to construct t h e
Panama Canal. Many are restrained
however, by the fear of fevers and
malaria. 1t is the knowing ones
those who have used Electric Bit
ters, who 60 there without this fear,
we'll knowing they are safe from
malarious influence with Electric
Bitters on hand. Cures blood poison
too, biliousness, weakness and all
stomach, liver and kidney troubles.
Guaranteed by sll druggists. soc.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
One thing about ldealsis that
they are wholly proper and do
nor cost anything.

Lost between 9:3o p. m. yester-
day and noon to-day, bilious at
tack with nausea and sick headache
This loss was occasicned by finding
at all drug stores a box Of DR.. King !
New Life Pills. Guaranteed for bill.
iousness, malaria aud jaundice. a5c,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
The Touch That Heals

Is the touch of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It's the happiest combination
of Alnica flowers and healing bal.
sans ever compounded. No matter
how old the sore or ulcer is, t h is
Salve will cure it. For burns, scalds
cuts, wounds or piles, it has no
equal. Guaranteed by all druggists.
25c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

1t makes no difference how long
you have been sick, if you are trou
bled with indigestion, constipation
liver and kidney troubles, HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea will make you
well. CSC. M. B. Blackburn and
Blowing Rock drug Co.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
NEW JEWELERS. SHOP.

will be located in Boone by
June the first, 1907, prepared to
do all kinds OF watch and clock
repairing on short notice. My
work is all guaranteed and no
work is charged for unless salts
factory to the owner. Bring me
Your work and will give you a
first-class job.
@ Office up stairs in Critcher
brcik row.
SILAS NJ. GREENE, Jeweler,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

The way to get rid of a co d,
whether it be chad cold" or just
little one. is to get it out of your
system through the bowels. Nearly
all Cough Cures, especially those
that contain opiates, arc constipating
Kenncdy's Lexativ~ Cough Syrup
contains no opiatcs and acts gently
on the bowels. Pleasant to take
Sold by j. Nj. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

cures made ~ Dr.
Kilnier's Swamp
Root, the great kil-
i,ey, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph OF the
nineteenth century (;
discovered afteryears
of scientific research
by DR.. Kilner, the
eminent kidney and
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03


Fltle to the few remaining oil and
'uel Ian DIS, title to which still re.
mains with the people together
with a system whereby these t
-ands should he leased to private
operators on royalty basis, so
that the public should share in
the. profits of the great stories of
wealth which the Creator placed
under the soil, The suggestion
was pronounced chimerical, the
scheme OF a visionary, etc. Had
the government retained title to
the oil lands which it originally
owned and which have passed
to the ownership ofthe Standard
Oil Company alone, its assets
would now be swelled by $780,
600, 900, and during the past
quarter of q century its income
from this source would have a.
mounted nearly $500, 100000,
relieving the Taxpayer ola large
portion of the Federal expense.
The President has changed his
plans for his western trip. He will
return to Washington before go
ing west and will remain in the
national capital until later in the
month when he will leave to be
away until Oct. %. After COM
pleting his trip with the Water
way Commission, he will leave
Memphis on Oct. 4, and. will en-
gage in a hunt for bear, Bobcats
and deer in rhe Louisiana cane
breaks, where he will be theguest
of Civil Service Commissioner,
McElhinny and John NJ. Parker.
From Oct. 4, until Oct. 81, the
President hopes to escape the bur
dens of his office and the gaze OF
the public while he makes inti-
mate acquaintance with lizards
and scorpions, musk rats, snakes
and mosquitoes, and possibly
with an occasional bear, cat or
deer.
The postponement of the Pres
ident's permanent return to the
City will defer the opening of the
political season for nearly q
month, and great disappoint-
ment is expressed by many who
have been anxiously looking for
ward to an opportunity to gain
the Executive ear with applica-
tions for appointment, the adop
ton of schemes OF administra-
ton, etc, 1t is probable however,
that Mr.. Roosevelt fully realizes
that once he undertakes the vim
ter's work he will have many
strenuous days before him and
that there will be no let up of the
strain until the votes are count
ed in November. 1908. lie is,
therefore, delighted to find the
opportunity to gain a genuine
rest of three weeks duration.
A lively'controversy is stirring
the army and navy over the mer-
it's of the respective systems OF
gunnery employed by these arms
of the military establishment. 1t
all started with the Presidents
ordering a naval officer to report
on the efficiency of the army gun
merry and the things which the ar
my promises to do to that ma
val officers report will hardly
bear printing. Commander sims,
the naval officer who prepared
the report, has fled from Wash
ington to escape the storm.
The way to get rid of a CO ] d,
whether it be chad cold" or just
little one. is to get it out of your
system through the bowels. Nearly
all Cough Cures, especially those
that contain opiates, arc constiPating,
Kenncdy's LexativS Cough Syrup
contains no opiatcs and acts gently
on the bowels Pleasant TO take
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

When the bowels are consiipated, poi
sonous substances are absorbed into the
blood instead OF being daily removed from
the body as nature intended. knowing
this danger, doctors always inquire about
the condition oithe bowels. Ayers Pills.
---.tads By the ]. Q. Aver Co., Lowell. Mass.----
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

Girls, ifyou want red lips, laugh.
ing eyes, sweet breath and good
looks use HOLSTERS Rock Noun
tain Tea. The greatest beautifier
known. a5c, tea or tablets. M. b.
blackburn and Blowing Rock drug
Co,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

Husbands never seem to think
of forming u union to demand
some of their own money to
spend,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful i'll promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-R00t is not rec
oninentled for cvcrything but If you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. II has
+ been tested in so many ways, i'll hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful i'll every case that a
Special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swantp-Root, and how to
| frdout if You have kidney or bladder troll
bic. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send yeur
address to DIR. Kilmer EsH~-
! & Co., Binglianiton, M5az ~: ~;
IN. Y. The regular hs t,s,' n I:
I fifty-ccnt and oiie- -
dollar size bottles are Homo Of svampRo0s.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swanip-Root,
and tile address, Bingfaniton, n. Y, on
every bottle.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
To The Exposition and Washington,

MT. EulTOf. Inc jamestown TIX
position alone is not all the pla-
cest you will want to see if you
will visit that historic section.
Norfolk, with its 10000 inhabi-
tants, its up-to-date stores, busi-
ness enterprises and churches are
no small part of the trip. Our
visit to the Epworth Methodist
Church, and the sermon from DR..
Baker, President of the National
Anti-Saloon League, almost paid
us for our trip.
Next to1t is Portsmouth, the
government navy yards, where
Everything for ships is made. In
this YOU see the real things.
There stands the Louisiana, five
hundred feet long and perhaps
$50 feet high; carrying some of
the largest guns in use today.
There is the oldest, the newest,
and most historic guns an d
boats. This is a town Of 10000
inhabitants.
Just across Hampton Roads,
where the battle between the Mer
rymac and the Monitor was wag-
ed, is Fortress Monroe. Hamp-
ton, in which is the third oldest
church in the United State, VIC
heard a splendid sermon on the
public school system.
A little above is New Port
News, with it's 10000 inhabi-
tants and a private ship-build--
ing yard, We failed to see this,
but it is said to be worth the
trouble.
The Government Building in the
Exposition have the food pro-
ducts, minerals, fisheries, marine
Machinery, Education, Liber
Arts and manufactures from all
the State. These are all grand
to any one who'have never seer
them before. The thing of most
interest to me in the Education
al Building was an Egyptian
mummy more than two thou
sand years old, said to be that
of a nice lady. One of her front
teeth is gone and | could not see
any way of replacing it.
Hyou see nothing else on the
War Path, see the battle OF the
4 Monitor and the Merrimac-tht
most life-like have seen hither
to. The battles of Manassas and
Gettysburg are good. Other at
fractions in this part are hardly
worth seeing. | think "Hell's
Gate" is appropriately placed on
the War Path. One who hat
! Just returned said that if hel
was no worse than that he woulC
not mind going.
We went to Ocean Beach and
saw the dancing and bathing.
Some one has said he could not
see why the people left off Their
clothes at the top at ball and
at the bottom in serf bathing,
but<hese bathers had a b o u t
done both.
There is the grand watch tow
er at Cape Kenry, but it did not
prevent the destruction of at
least two boats we saw lying on
the shore.
| We left on a little boat TO !
Warrington about 800 feet long
having on board about fl v
hundred passengers. 1t is a treat
to an inland boy to get SO fal
out that he cannot see land, but
before night the clouds covered
the skies; lightning flashed, the
storm came and the boy felt il
would be a little safer on land
and we were glad when welandeC
in the Nations Capital where tn
most of all is to be seen Wash
ington was all new to me. / hat
been west but never in the capi
tai before. The first thing that
noticed was that the telephon
and other wires are underground
and the city larger than | ha'
expected. There is said to b
650,000 in the city. 1t isso clean
: e,, ,,o,r boa,,f;f,,I froau oltn {
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

If you wish to know how foolish
your advice sounds wait till some
one else gives it to you.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
R. Ross DOnReI|Y.

! UNDERTAKEN 4 EMBAl.MER
.SHOUN,S, - Tennessee,
Has Vanished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broadcloth and
White Plush Caskets; Black and
White Metallic G a S K s Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Cotfihs and Cas-
kets always on hand. Phone or
ders given special attention.
R. ROSS DONNELLY.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
A, A. HolscIaW,

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain Lity, Tel nesSee.
Will practice in all the courts
of Tennessee, State and Federal.
Special attention given to col
lections and all other matters Of
a legal nature.
Office north east ofcourt house.
Oct. IL, 1906, 1y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

A nice thing about having q
lot of children is you never want
to waste any money travelling
with them.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

Some singers look as though
it hurt them to sing almost as
much as it. does to listen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

One way IS 70 pay no atlenlIon
to 1t; at least not until It de-
velops into pneumonia, or
bronchitis, or pleurisy. An
other way is to ask your doc
tor about Ayers Cherry Pee
toral. II he says, "The best
thing for colds" then take 1t.
Do as he says, anyway.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
Contest Notice.

Department of the Interior, United States
1907
A sufficient contest afidavit having been
hledin this Office by Charles Suo. of Virginia,
Minnesota. contestant, against homestead
entry No. 1854, made October II. 1902. at U. s.
Land office at Duluth. Minn., for Nh NWk,
Section 10, Eh NEA, Section q, Township "a
N, Range 10 w., 4th p. M, by Ernest John
son, Oontestee. in which it is alleged that
said Ernest johnson. for q period OF over
three years Immediately preceding the fling
OF said affidavit of contest, has totally and
continuously abandoned the above described
land. and has failed to improve and cultivate
the same; that said johnson never actually
established his residence upon said land; and
that said alleged absence from said land was
not due to his employment in the Army.
Navy or Marine Corps of the United States In
any capacity whatever
Said parties are hereby notified to appear.
respond and offer evidence touching said al
legation at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, on February 9th,
1903, before Otto A. Poirier, U. S. Commission
,er, District Of Mlnnesota, at his Office at Viz
ginia, Minn.. and that final hearing will be
held at 10 O'Clock a. m., on February 13 1908,
before the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office in Duluth. Mimi.
The said contestant having. in proper
affidavit. filed December 10. 1907. set forth
facts which show that. after due diligence
persona! service of this notice cann0tbe made,
1t Is hereby ordered and directed that such
ootice be given by due and proper publica-
tion. J.O. HfRNAN ENGE,
- - - Register.
LOUIS M. Osborn. Attorney, First National
Bank Building. Virginia, Minnesota
Dec. 27-Jan. 81. = .
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
Summons

State of Minnesota. County Of St. Louis, IS.
In District Court, Eleventh Judicial Dis
trict.
Arthur e. Hamilton, Plaintiff against
Anetta Hamilton, defendant.
The state OF Minnesota to the above named
defendant.
You. Anetta Hamilton. are hereby summon
ed and required to answer the complaint of
Plaintiff in the above entitled action, which
complaint has been filed in the Office of the
clerk Of said District court at the city OF
Duluth, County OF st. Louis and State OF
Minnesota. and to serve q copy Of your ant
swer to tire said complaint on the Subscriber
at his Office in the city Of Virginia in the
aid county Of St. Louis, within thirty (aO)
days after the service of this summons upon
you, exclusive Of the day Of such service;
and IT. you fail to answer the said complain
within the time aforesaid. the plaintiff in
this action will apply to the court for the re.
lief demanded in said complaint.
'',* '' '''' JOHN Ii. MARTIN,
Plaintiffs Attorney
P. o. Box 439. Virginia. Mimi.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
Claim They Have Been Maliqned.

It is understood that the Duluth
brewers who, by many, have been
accredited as being in a great de-
gree responsible for the flourishing
condition of blind pig-ism in the
outlying districts of the county, do
not take kindly to the imputation,
especially as set forth in the reso-
lutions recently adopted by the Ev-
eleth Business Mems Association.
Instead of fostering the blind pig
they claim to be heartily in favor
of effectually doing away with these
illegal dispensaries, and insist that
the fault is rightly attributable to
the illicit jug" trade of many sa-
looms, whose proprietors do not
make a proper distinction between
parties buying for private use and
those buying for the purpose of
again retailing by the glass.
This, of course, explains the ex-
istence of so many beer kegs in the
vicinity of certain houses at various
mining locations.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
~ n 81 81 44$as ~ y '.'-
The New Way

before long grocers will be hand
ing their Customers nearly all their
goods in sealed package. From
sauerkraut to prunes, from raisins
to rice, in fact nearly every thing the
housewife needs will be delivered in
in neat little pasteboard boxes or in
tin cans, as the case may be. The
old, time grocery store-where Gus
toners use to "pick over" the stock
from dried apples to butter, samp-
ling everything before buying and
often securing a good sized free
lunch, is even now but a memory,
at least in the cities. The sanitary
age has arrived. Prepared foods are
advertised which are mot touched
by human hands" from the time
the grain is first placed in the mach
Inc until it is sealed ready for the
table. The promiscuous handling
of food has long been a subject of
discussion by physicians.
Whether or not disease can be
communicated through persons
suffering from con,agion has not
clearly been established, but in all
probability it can be. For this rea-
son it is desirable that wherever
possible groceries be done up in
sealed packages. This not only
keeps things free from dirt and
dust, but preserves products much
tresher than the case would be
otherwise. If all this food could be
put up under government inspec-
ton at factories with the assurance
that only the purest ingredients
were used, it would ease the mind
OF many nervous person who is
afflicted with a microbe scare.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
LOOKING for Railroad Connections.

A Bear River dispatch of Monday
states that homesteaders in the fer
tile Bear River valley are earnestly
hoping that they soon will have
railroad facilities to Duluth, the
Twin Cities and the rest of the out
side world, and some impetus has
been given to their cherished de-
sire by estimation of timber lands
which has been going on recently
on the lands of Robert NJ. Stitt, near
h ere. A crew of IL men, employed
by the Oliver Iron Mining CON-
pany, have for several days been
measuring the timber. The min
ing company has an option on the
land until February. If the deal
goes through, the benefits to this
community would be great, for a
road would have to be built, over
which to haul the timber to the
iron range country, and the clear
ing OF the land would mean addi-
tional settlers for this region.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
Iron in Mile Laos.

A report from Vineland, located
on the southwest shore of Mile
Laos lake, says that representatives
OF one of the big m1ulng compan-
les, presumably the Oliver COM
pany, have been quietly securing
options on lands in that vicinity
for some time past, and will drill
for ore.
It has been known for some time
that there is iron ore in the vicinity
of Vineland, many surface speci-
mems and indications being found,
but whether or not there ia sufh-
cient quantity or quality to warrant
extensive developments remains to
be seen.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
Notice of Cancellation of
Lot Contract.

To John D. Boyd and David 6. MellOr, and to
any and all persons claiming any interest
or title in the land hereinafter described, or
who may be concerned:
TAKE NOTICE, That you. John D. Boyd, and
your successors and assigns, are in default
under and according to the terms and condi-
tions of that certain agreement dated Janu.
ary 25th, 1888, whereby the Virginia Improve
ment Company agreed to convey to you upon
full and timely performance by you on your
part of the terms. conditions and provisions
therein referred to. which contract covers
the following described real estate, situated
in County of st. Louis, and State OF Minne-
sota viz: Lots 81. block Is; lots II, IS, 10, II,
and 20, block is: lots S. 9. Q. and II, block II:
and lots and 10. block IS, Virginia, accord
ing to the recorded plat thereof on file in the
Office of the Register Of Deeds in and for said
County of St. Louis; Further, that according
to the terms and conditions Of said contract
there became due and payable from you to
said Virginia Enforcement Company on the
18Th day Of April. 1893, the sum Of Three Hun.
dred (S300.0O Dollars, and on July 25th, 1893,
the further sum Of Nine Hundred Oeoo.00)
Dollars, and on January 26th. 1894. the fur
ther sum of Fifteen Hundred O1500.00) Dollars,
annum from January 18th. 1893 and further
default has occurred in the non-payment of
taxes for the years 1898 to 1906 both inclusive.
in the sum Of Three Hundred Twenty Six and
1890 (sas1.1S) Dollars, and at the date of this
notice the cum of Six Thousand Two Hun.
dred and Sixty-six and ls-loo (od2oe.lS) Dollars
principal, interest and taxes remain due, and
uppaid, and such default as above specified
still exists.
Now THERrroRE, You are hereby notified.
that unless on or before thirty davs after the
date of service Of this Notice upon you. you
nav to said VIRGINIA Improvement Company
at Virginia. Minnesota, the: sum of oo96o.18
above DESIGNATED, with interest to date Of
payment. and perform the terms and condi-
tions. and comply with the provisions Of said
contract on your part to be performed. said
contract will be cancelled and terminated,
and al your right, title and interest thereun-
der, in and to the land and property covered
be thereby forfeited and annulled.
Dated nacember lst lsN. & E.F.= Il
@V1IoIHIA IMrAovnnNF COMPANY,
By Otto 4. Poirter. IT. Attorney.
70 !. First National Bank Rldg.,
IDac. S-ao 1> Virginia, Mimi. r.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office 1T Duluth. Nj

Land Office at Duluth, Minn..
November 81, 1907
Notice is hereby given that John
Nyman, of Pike. Minnesota, has
filed notice OF his intention to make final five
year proof In support of his claim. viz:
Homestead Entry No. 1898, made Jan. 3rd,
1902. at the U. s. Land Office. Duluth, Mimi.
for the sWh sWA. Sec. 2. VIZ NW4, sen
NWA, of Section IL, Township 50 n.
Range II ". 4P. NJ, and that said proof will
be made before Otto A. Poirier. U. s. Commis-
sioner for District of Minnesota. at his Office
at Virginia. Minn.. on April 1st. loO8
He names the folio wing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
tion of, the land, viz;
Peter Larson. OF Pike. Ninn.
Nestor Hanon. of Sand River. MINI.
Alex Aysto, of Virginia, MINI.
Daniel Ialke. OF Pike, MINI.
I1!20 l.3 J. G. HERMAN ENGEL,
Register.
Louis Al. Osborn, Atty.
First NATL Bank Bldg. Virginia, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-27

IN an interview at Kansas CITY,
W. J. Bryan, in speaking of presi-
dental possibilities, refused to say
anything about Gov. John A. John
son, stating that he could not be
quoted without being misunder-
stood. Mr.. Bryan stated that he
would not volunteer as a democrat
ic candidate, but that if he should
be drafted he would not desert.