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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04

AUsi4us Ssrnoa.
The Rev. DR.. Dodd, cf Cam
bridge, England, was 0ne Of the 1
bOldest, as he was oneoi the ear
lest, champions Of Temperance
reform. Hehad made himself nm
popular with the students Of the
university by his faithful warn
ings against their scandalous use
Of Intoxicating liquors. They
were hent on somehow getting
even with him. A company Of
them who were spending a half
holiday in the country came up
on their clerical offender, who
was then on his return to the
town. Here was their chance, and
after a hurried consultation they
proceeded to improveit. Halting
their too plain and pungent
preacher they demanded that he
give them at once a sermon, and
from q text of their own choos-
ing. AS he was q man of small
stature, they conducted him to
q hollow tree by the roadside;
and, he having mvekly taken his
place therein, they gave him as
the topic for his discourse the
word "Malt," as used by US hoys
at school. for voluntary decla-
nation. We give below the dis,
course which the genial and not
at all discomposed parson all
dressed his eager and already in
worldly iubilant hearers:
(. "Brlove'l, l am o little man,
come at short warning to preach
a short sermon, from a short
text, TO q slrnder congregation,
from an unworthy pulpit. Be-
loved, my text is Malt" lean
not divide it into sentences, it
being but one. Imust therefore,
of necessity, divide itinto letters
which / find tn be these four, M
! A L T. NJ, my beloved, is Nor.
al; A, is Allegorical; L, is Literal,
and 7, Theological. The Moral
is SIT forth to teach you, drunk
ards, good manners: therefore NJ,
my masters; A, all OF you; L, lis
ten; T, to my text. The Allegori-
. cal is used when one thing il spo.
ken Of and another thing meant.
The thing spoken of is "Malt, y
but the thing meant is intoxica-
ting drink, to the use of ~hich,
my beloved, you and your feI-
lows are dangerously addicted;
wherefore, M, my master; A, q.
void; L, liquor; aud T, tempta'
ton. The Literal warns you Of
this: M, much; A, alp;L, little, T,
trust. The Theological deals with
this, the consequences Of this.
your unrestrained indulgence;
which are both in this life and in
the life to come. M, misery: A,
anguish; L, lamsntation, and T,
J torment.
J; In conclusion, my beloved,
weigh it well that the drunkard
is his own worst enemy, his wife's
sorrow, his children's shame, his
neighbours nuisance, the inn-kee
per's benefactor, the picture of q
; beast, and the monster ola man
J Parish Visitor.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04

VGOf ana c0ecxtuks
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys axe
out Of order or do.
eased.
Kidney trouble -
become % pgevale1e
that It IS not uucol
mon for . child u ~
born Afflicted IN
weak tidueya n -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
THE LAWYER,

THE LAWYER
The following extract from Q
speech delivered by Col. W.. j. BryI
an, is rs-pul,lished by request:
The profession for which ! was
trained the law-presents an.
Other line Of temptations. The
court room is q souls market
where many barter away their
ideals in the hope OF winning
wealth or fame. Lawyers some-
times boast Of the number Of
men whose acquhtal they have
secured when they knew tn 9 m
to beguilty, and OF advantages
wun which they knew their eli
ents did not deserve. ! do not
understand how & lawyer ran 60
boast, for he is an officer Of the
court and. as such, is sworn to
to assist in the administration
Of justice.
When a lawyer has helped his
client to obtain all that his eli
eitis entitled to, ehas done his
full duty as y lawyer, and if he
|goes beyond this, he goes at his
own peril. Show me alawyer who
has spent a lifetime trying to OBJ
scure the line between right and
wrong, trying to prove that to
be just which he knew to be un.
Just, and ! will show you o man
who has grown weaker in char
acter year by year, and whose
advice. at last, will be OF no v al
ue to hls sclients, for he will have
lost the power to discern between
right and wrong. Show me, on
the other hand, o lawyer who
has spent alifstimein the search
Of truth, determined to follow
where it leads, and / will show
you a man who hasgrownstron'
ger in character day by day and
whose advice constantly becomes
more valuable to his client, lie
cause the power to discern tn
truth increases with the honest
search for it.
Not only in the court room
but III the consultation chamber
the lawyer sometimes yields tc
the temptation to turn his tai
ents to o sordld use. The schemes
OF spoliation that defy the Off
GERS OF the law are, for the most
part, inaugurated and directed
by legal minds.
| President Roosevelt, speaking
at Harvard a lew years ago
complained that the graduates
of that great university frequent
lily furnished the brains tor con
Ispiracies against the public vel
fare. / was speaking on this very
subject in one Of the great cities
OF the country some months age
and at the close Of the address, 6
Judge commended my criticism
and declared that most OF tht
lawyers practiclng IN MS cour'
were constantly selling t h ell
souls. The lawyers position il
acarcly less responsible than tht
position Of journalist, and if the
Journalists and lawyers Of t ht
country could be brought to ab
stain from the practices by whicl
the general public is overreach
ed, ittwould be an easy matter
to secure the remedial Legislation
necessary to protect the prodn
cling masses from the constanl
spoliation to which they are nov
subjected BY the privileged clas
es.
The SecretO Long Lite.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
II lIsnsry :, George !. walahs

u xsnsry u George +. walsh:
On the morningof Jan. 9th,
the angel Of death visited I h ii
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gsorge Z.
|Walch, Of Trade, Tenn, and bore
away on his pinions the spirit Of
George, to that immortal home,
beyond the sky.
The deceased was % years, 8
months Ind IL days old. He was
q brother of J. X. Walsh, assis.
tant Cashier Of the Merchant and
Traders Bank at Mountain City,
Tenn, and of Mrs. Il. M. Nelson,
fofSugar Grove, N G. He leaves
a wife and three small children to
mourn the loss Of kind hus-
band and father. The community
in which he lived could hardly
produce u more loyal and up
right citizen or q more sterling
character than he possessed. He
was loved and respected by all
who knew him.
When our country was in war
III war in the Philippines q Ind
called for volunteers no one was
more ready to offer his service
than he, and as the poet said:
Ready to 20, ready to wait,
Ready a gap to fill;
Ready for service small or great,
Ready to do His will"
He served his time out, acquit-
ted himself like a true soldier,
was honorably discharged from
the service and returned h o m g
where loved ones we're waiting
his arrival.
Honor him, yecountrymen and
as the graf Author OF our being
is always railing for volunteers
George likewise volunteered in
the army of Christ in March,
1908 and in May he enrolled his
name on the M. E. Church book,
and thereafter lived a devoted
christian life-a beacon light to
those who survive him.
He was made an Odd Fellow at
Zionville Lodge. No 121, in
1904. The community, the ma.
ton, the church and the Indepen-
dent Order Of Odd Fellows sus-
tain q great loss in the death OF
our brother, but nothing to COM
pare with that of his parents.
wife and children. HIS care, his
friendship, and his loving kind
ness will be missed by those who
looked 10 him for protection,
They wait at the door for his
coming, but alas! he will not
come; he has gone home to help
make up the jewels that Christ
came to this world to seek a n d
to save.
/ The members OF ZiOnville Lodge
offer their sympathy to the be-
reft and admonishes them to be
ready to meet George W h er g
spring zephyrs play among the
branches, and in the place oi
death there will be life beauty
, and JOY
! Resolved, that these resolu-
tions OF respect I'e read tn open
lodge at zionyillle Lodge No. 121
and that a copy be sent to the
: tennessee Tomahawk and Wa
tauga Democrat for publication
; and that a copy be spread upon
the minutes ofthe Lodge.
w. g, Love.
J.oA. Rash Com.
. H. E. Madron, Sec.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04

The Charlotte Observer.
THE LARGEST AND BES
NEWSPAPER IN NC.
Every Day in the Year IS. a.
Year.
The Observer consists of 10 to II
pages daily aud 20 to 80 pages Sun
day. 1t handles mole news matter.
local., State, national and foreign
than any other North Caralina news
paper. :
THE SUNDAY OBSERVER.
is unexcelled as news medium and
is also filled with excellent matter
of miscellaneous nature.
SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER.
issues Tuesdays and Fridays, at ST..
per year, is the largest paper for the
money in this section. 1t consists Of
8 to 10 pages. and prints all the
news # the week-local, State. M
tiona and foreign.
Az ress,
THE OBSERVER co.
CHARLOTTE N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04

One Of Ayers Pills atbedhms vlIl essee
an increased now Of bile, and produce Il
gentle laxative effect the day lelloving.l (
FormulA on each box. Show II 70 yoaf
doctor. He will understand 1t . glance
Dose, one pill at bedtime.
- Nads by ne !. o. Ayss o.. xsysll. xa1sss
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
W,nsn Is wen 8 Msa IN llia Ikllll )
k Einsy and Bidl9 Ii1lIk
scores.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind
discourages and lessensambition; beauty
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-03-04

1t doesn't take q conferences of
baseball magnates to settle old
scores. ~.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
DEFENSE CLOSED TO-DAY.
Alleged Slayers of Capt. Rankin VIII
Soon Know Their Fate.

Union City, Tenn, Dec. 16.-With
the Introduction of a number of char
acter witnesses, the defense in the
murder trial of Garret Johnson and
Arthur Coar, alleged leaders of the
night riders on trial accused of the
murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin, will
close its case tomorrow. This an
nouncement was made when court
convened today, by the attorneys for
the defendants
Strenuous efforts were made by the
4efense today to establish impregna-
ole alibis for the two men accused of
lie murder of Captain Rankin. Wit
lesses were introduced to state that
hey mad spent the night of the muir.
der at the. homes of Johnson ane
Gloar and knew positively that they
were not at Walnut Log at the time
/ OF the murder. nj short they corrob
GRATED the defendants testimony o
the previous day.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
EARLY MORNING FIRE.
Home of Mr.. Thos. McGee Badly Dam
aged-Partial Insurance.

The alarm of fire Friday morning al
four o'clock was occasioned by an
outbreak of flames in the home of Mr
and Mrs Thos. MCGEE on Virginia
street and for while the situation
was serious, and but for the prompt
response of our efficient volunteer
fire department and the cool guidance
of their work by Chief Horace q.
King, not only would their home be
now in ashes, but doubtless many
others in the vicinity. AS it is the
flames were subdued before they had
made any considerable headway
However, the damage done is seri-
Gus, and leaves the house considera-
bly, wrecked. AS is known, Mrs. Nc
Gee has a number of boarders; and
| these, together with the family were
routed at the above early and uncom-
Portable hour; but fortunately none o1
them suffered personal injury, ant
but slight losses of belongings.
There was some insurance on tht
property, but not sufficient to covel
the loss.
In this connection, Mr.. and Mrs
MCGEE request The Argus to express
/ their sincere thanks to the fire de
i partment and their friends for thei
/ good services and many kindl.
Offices.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
zELAYA DOWN And OUT.
His Resignation is Now IN
The Hands Of NiCara-
guam Congress.
DR.. Jose Madriz Hurries to Managua.
He Has Strong Following for
Presidency, But Estrada VIII
Have None of Him.
Have None of Him.

Managua Nicaragua, Dec. 16.--Josf
Santos zelaya has resigned from tho
presidency of Nicaragua. He PLACED
his resignation in the hands of Con
gress this morning Apparently there
was no other course for. him to take
The people were at last aroused. The
guns of the revolutionists threatened
in Nicaraguan ports.
Managua has been seething fo1
days. The spirit of revolt has spread
even to the gates of the palace. Ze-
laya surrounded himself with an arm
ed guard. Unchecked, the populace
have marched through the streets,
crying for the end of the old, pro-
claiming the new regime.
Who will take up the reins no one
kaows or cares. 1t is sufficient that
Zelaya as dictator will be known no
more. There is no doubt that Con-
gress will act quickly on his resigna
ton, for the peopl ehave demanded it.
DR.. Jose Madriz, judge of the Cen
tral American court of justice at Car
tago, who has been close to Ze1aya,
will arrive here on Saturday. Madriz
has his following, strong and inf1uen-
tial, even among the revolutionists,
but General Estrada, under whose
command the great body of fighting
Insurgents now face Vasquez's troops
o4 IL
trada's word viii. bear weight in the
choice of a prev ent.
Zelaya has known, too, that Madriz
is not acceptable to the United States,
and he has sought to learn who woulo
be looked upon with favor by that
as his successor.
Accompanying his resignation, Ze-
laya sent the following message to
Congress:
"The painful circumstances in
which the country is plunged calls fol
acts of abnegation and patriotism OIL
the part of good citizens, who are the
witnesses Of the oppression of the
republic by the heavy hand of fate.
The country is staggering under a
revolution which threatens
the nations sovereignty and foreign
nation unjustly interyenes in our af
fairs, publicly providing the rebels
with arms, which has only resulted
in their being defeated everywhere
the heroism Of our troops.
ITO avoid further bloodshed, and
for the reason that the revolutiOnists
nave declared that they would put
down their arms when / surrender
the executive power, [ hereby place in
Of the national assembly
the abandonment of the remainder OF
my term of Office, which is to be filled
by a substitute of their choosing, with
the hope that this will result in gooo
to Nicara qua, the re-estab blishment OF
peace and particularly the suspension
of the hostility Of the United States,
to which l do not wish to give pre-
text for intervention
A commission of five deputies was
appointed to draft a bill looking to
the acceptance of Helaya's resignation,
which is now considered mere form
ality News Of the presidents ac-
ton spread through the city and soon
great crowds moved through the
streets shouting for the United States,
Estrada and the revolution.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
THE NEEDS OF THE SOUTH.
Editor Edmunds Makes Some Obser.
yations at Charlotte.

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 16.-Mr. Rich
ard HI. Edmonds, editor of the Manu-
facturers' Record, while passing
through the city, en- route to Birming-
nam to attend a dinner of officers of
the United States Steel Corporation,
stopped over in Charlotte for a short
while, and made some interesting re-
marks, especially on the need of bet
ter railroads in the South, and for di-
versification of crops on the part of
the farmers.
On the subject of railroads, he said,
among other things: What the South
stands most in need of today is the
Improvement of her railway lines
building better and stronger, and i'm
proving facilities SO that the products
of the country which today are grow
ing faster than the railroads can be
properly handled" The South is a
great country and while the North
and West may have exceeded the
South in the past, the South is rapidly
catching up and is growing marvel
years time of prosperity and of great
production, when unless the railroads
prepare for it they will be in the same
| condition in which they found them
selves in the productive period JUS
antedating the 1907 panic, when they
were unable to handle the busines:
rendered them.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
.NEPOT|sM run 70 SEED
The hsney Family Get The
Nancy Galore and
v0raciously.
Lurton's Confirmation viii Go Over
for the Holidays, Thereby Obvi-
ating His Sitting in Tobac-
co TruSt Case
co Trust Case.

Washington, D. c., Dec. t6.-Demo-
in much time discussing the activity
of the new minority leadership. Sen
ator Money, the new party leader, who
was chosen as the spokesman Of the
Democrats of the Senate something
like ten days ago, has gathered many
members of the Money family around
him. As minority clerk he has ap-
pointed his son, Hernando Money, Jr.,
at salary of $4,000. The position of
assistant minority clerk, which pays
salary of $500, is given Mrs Her
nando Money, Jr., daughter-in-law.
Then there is another position at
tached to the minority conference
committee. It is that of messenger
Senator Money has given that to his
daughter, Miss Lucretia Money. The
salary is $1,440. The Democratic
steering committee is discussing the
advisability of placing at the disposal
of the minority leader another posi-
ton. Senator Money will make the
appointment.
The decision to postpone confirma-
ton of the nomination of Judge Lur-
ton to be associate justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States un-
til after the holidays means that the
Tennessee jurist will not sit on the
hearing of the argument in the tobac-
co trust case, which is scheduled for
January 8. It has been asserted by
critics of Judge Lurton that his whole
line of decisions as a circuit Judge
forced the conclusion that he would
decide the Standard Oil case adversely
to the contentious of the government,
which came out victorious in the Cir
cult Court of Appeals. The Standard
Oil case will not be reached by the
Supreme Court Of the United States
for more than year, but the plead
ings are exactly the. same as in the
tobacco trust case. Both of these gov
ernment suits put to a test the Sher-
man antitrust law. The failure of
the Senate to confirm the nomination
of Judge Lurton prior to the holiday
recess means that he will not sit in
the most important suit fer the de-
struction of the trusts that has ever
reached the court. 1t is likely that
there will be decision in this case
before the much talked of Standard
Oil case reaches the court.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
NATIONAL Union.
Flourishing Council of the Associa.
tion in This City.

Zeb Vance Council, No. 8s4, local
branch of the National Union. which
is now composed of large member
ship, held an election of officers last
night with the following result:
President-N w Williams
Vice-President-U. M Gillikin.
Recording Secretary-C. A. Brown.
Financial secretary-W. A. Den
mark
Treasurer W. Draper.
Usher-B. w. Dali.
Speaker-O H. Pipkin.
Sergeant-at-Arms-John Daniels.
Doorkeeper-J. V. Howell.
/ Deputy-Ge George e. Hood.
Trustees. S. Warrick, c. Dewey
10. j. Griswo1d.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
TO BETTER NEGRO SCHOOLS.
Taft Presides Over Meeting of Execu
tive Board Of the Jeanes Fund.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 16.-Presi-
dent Taft presided this afternoon at
the annual meeting fthe executive
board of the Jeanes fund Of 81 ,00O, 900
for the betterment of the small rural
negro schools in the South, which was
held in the Cabinet room at the White
House.
Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Wash
ington, George Peabody, Walter W.
Page, DR.. ]. II. billiard of New Or
leans and Bishop Grant of Kansas
were among those who attended and
spoke.
1t was decided to continue work un-
der the fund upon the plan adopted
last year, that of sending teachers
through the South who in reality
teach the teachers of the rural schools
there in the newer methods of educa.
ton The number of these teachers
was increased from 40 to 152, this
having been made possible by an un
Expected balance from last year from
lintefet earned on the original endow
ment The need of additional funds
with which to carry on the work wa
femphasized by an appeal from 10
negro principals and teachers in tn
South.
4 The Jeanes fund teachers are di
yfded into three classes: Extension
teachers. supervising teachers and OF
Iganizing teachers. They divide thei
work among LOO schools in ten c
the Southern States.
/ Prof. B. G. Caldwell, former pres
dent of the Louisiana State Norma
School, was elected field agent an
assistant to the president of til
board, a newly created office.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
A GENEROUS GIFT.
Goldsboro Council, No. 80, Jr. @. A. NJ,
Makes Magnanimous Provision for
GoIdsboro Hospital.


Daily Argus, Friday
At a recent meeting of Goldsboro
Council, No SO, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, the question OF
the councils making donation to
the Goldsboro Hospital was discussed
and the unanimous sentiment of the
council was heartily in favor of such
a course, and an advisory committee OF
three. composed of Messrs. U. NJ. GilG-
kin r.. L. Thompson and ID. w. CoDD,
were appointed to take the matter in
hand and report to the next meeting
of the council. This the committee
did last week-reporting that they
deemed it feasible to furnish in the
proposed new hospital two sun par
lors. Their report was unanimously
approved and adopted by the council,
and the same committee was contin-
ued and authorized to notify the pres
ident of the hospital board of the ac-
ton of the council. This the commit
tee did, and at last nights meeting
the following letter of acknowledge
ment from Mr.. George C. Royal,
president of the hospital board of
trustees. was read and ordered spread
upon the record book Of the council:
Goldsboro, N. c., Dec. 18, 1909.
Messrs. U. M. Gillikin. D. W. Cobb, R.
L. Thompson, Committee Jr. o. U. A
NJ, Goldsboro, N. c.
Gentlemen: I beg leave to acknowl-
edge your most generous and thought
full offer to furnish two sun par1ors in
the Go1dsboro Hospital, and on behalf
of our board of directors accept same
with grateful appreciation.
We are now planning to build
new hospital with all modern equip
ments, to cost not less than $4,000.
and hope to begin the construction OF
same early in the new year. Already
we have through the generosity of our
subscription of $500, and
It is our purpose to complete the can
vassing at an early date, giving every
citizen an opportunity to contribute
to this much needed public institu-
ton.
Our present institution has done
great good in the community and has
often given opportunity for successful
medical and surgical attention to peo-
pie who could not otherwise have
availed themselves of hospital care.
Your philanthropic forethought in
furnishings for the two sun
oarlors will prove, we hope, an in
centive to others as well as doing
much for the physical comfort of the
patients.
Yours sincerely,
GEO. C. ROYALL,
Chairman.
Last night being the time for the
election of officers for the en-
suing term the following were elect
ed:
Councillor-G. P. Hood.
Vice-Councillor-J w. Williams.
Recording Secretary-B. w. Dali.
Assistant Recording Secretary-G.
4. Parker.
Financial Secretary. S. Warrick.
Conductor-Hubert Wrenn.
Warden. w. Roberts.
Inside Sentinel-J. E. Spears.
Outside -Sentinel-Ed. Dewey.
Chaplain-John Daniels.
Trustee for 18 months. F. Brin-
son.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
Congress Quits Till January 4.

Washington, D. e.. Dec. 16.-T'ile
Senate today agreed to the House res
oily tioa providing for the adjoura, nent
OF Congress- from December 2I to
January for the Christmas holidays.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-22
N. e. Bradford,

when words fail, send box Of
Dolly warden Candy. For sale at The
City Pharmacy.