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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11
With q man like Root IN the SEN
ate. himself well acquainted with

With q man like Root in the Sem
ate, himself well acquainted with
the weakness and inetficlency Of
the clumsy naval ablishlnent
something may be established.
But the present system is firmly
iptrenched in various navy yards
scattered along the Atlantic coast
from Portsmouth, Maine to New
Orlpans, and these navy yards
are the strongholds of certain
Senators and contain the ma
chinery and furnish the funds
through which they keep their
seats. Millions Of dollars are year
ii appropriated for navy yards
at Portsmouth Maine, Boston,
Philadelphia. Charleston, Port
Royal Key West, Pensacola and
New Orl, ans. None Of these navy
yards have dry docks oisuficient
capacity to repair large battle
ships. They are all inaccessible
for the reason that jentrance to
them is not deep enough to ad-
nit large sized battle ships but
they receive, as ! have said, year.
lly appropriations for maintain.
lance and improvement whic b
mean that a large number OF EN-
ployees under the patronage o
the Senators from these states
are there for useless work and ex
!. penditure. The navy yard for ex
ample at Portsmouth near tue
home of Senator Hale is unfit fol
building any butsmalls sized Ahip'
such ships as are useless in mod
ern naval warfare and are il
themselves merely means OF fur
ther expenditure in the consump
t ton OF food, fuel and wages. Th
} navy yard at. Mare Island, Sal
: Francisco is another case. Sena
: tor. Perkins, ofCalifornia, has sc
: cured thirteen millions OF dollar
t for the improvement and mair
3 tenence OF this navy yard althe
! it is impossible to bring q battle
II ship into it.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11

1t is a pleasure to notice that
the new county OF Lee is taking
great interest in educational
matters. The public schools are
splendidly organized and the
teachers hold regular monthly
meetings, half the expense being
borne blythe county and halt by
the teachers. Ifthis worthy ex-
ample were general adopted and
properly carried out there. would
be great improvement in the
grade Of work accomplished in
. .rspublic schools. Topic.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11


NJ Mr.. Taft is fond 81 fnn, some
Of which haa q stinger to it It|
will be remembered that Mr.. Hol|
ton wrote Mr.. Butler q stinging
letter about the Republican or.
gan here and the cause ofita'
trouble. Mr., Butler sent q copy
OF this letter to Mr., Taft and he.
sent it to Judge Adams here. All
Of this has been printed. Now
comes some more Of MIR. Taft'sr
fun. When Judge Adams received
this letter from the President-
elect, he sat himself down and.
wrote him q long letter-several
.pages--givihg his version Of the
difference between the party lea
ders' in the state. Then Mr.. Taft
promptly sent a copy ofit to
Mr.. Butler and it is said Butler
sent il to Holton. From all Of
which it is seen that Mr.. TAFT
wants the whole push to- know
that he knows whit kind Of men
they are.
1t reminds is oian accident in
Yadkin county anumber ofyears
agos Three we'll known men Join
ed a temperance organization.
Another man q personal friend
tof the three, declined to join, tell
/ ling them that they were not 60
ing to stick. One day hefound
all three in town. Taking one o
them to one side he asked him ]
he wanted a good drink OF bran
dy. He looked pleased and sale
YES. Then he sent him to his room
to wait until he came up. Thel
he found another of the trio ant
sent him up. Later,he found tn
third man and propouhded tn
same QUESTION. He was likewis
! well pleased, but each man wa
anxious that the other shoul'
not know what was going or
Taking the last man by the arn
: he mArchel him to his room
3 where the other two were found
: then drawing a Jug from nnde
: the he'd he placed it before then
J and every man took a drink. Al
4 ter it was over the "host" turl
n ed to them and said: "Now, W
J. grand rascals, see what q set
e hypocrites you are. Every blam
e one OF you wanted q drink bu
t didn't want the other to kno
g it," Mr.. Taft must have heard
0 this incident. Greensboro Re
e ord.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11

The peach tree at the corner OF
this Office which so copious ly
bloomed last week and gave
such promise Of lucious juicy ret.
urns, under the weather supervis'
ion ot the gulf stream, now looks
as barren and bare as "Mother
Hubbard's' historic cupboard
under the weather, regrime Of the
grounding. You cant safely "put
airs in face OF the groundhog.
WilksborO Chronicle.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11
Washington Once Gave Up.

to three doctors: was keptin bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from a
SPIDERS bite caused large. deep sores
to cover his leg. The doctors failed,
then ''Bucklen's Aanica.. Salve CON-
pletly cured me. /" writes John Wash
ington, Of Rosqueyille. Tex. For
eczema, boils, burns and piles its
supreme. s5c It all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11
If silence is golden would q
marriage between deaf mutes b
called a golden Wedding?
DO You Get Up V
With a Lame BacRf

Kidney Trouble Nakes 1ou l1sefnlll
Almost everyone knows q d. xilaasre
Swamp Root, the great kidney, hves sna
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11

There is no class. communlIy
or condition ofsociety that is i'm
proved hy.waiting Tor outside a..
sistance, for regardless q all the
talk about helping each Other,
the successful man d woman gsta
there only by hellping thel!..elll \ lyss. ! I
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11
Tho Dog aad Politician.
Nashville Tennesseean.)

ING Ue8 sn0 EoutAeiAus
Nashville T Tennesseean.)
70 Ike the poor, the dog is al
ways with US. The dog isa theme
that attracts profound attention
each two years as tile time rolls
on, and as long as there exists q
conflict for supremacy between
1.-THE sheep and the dogs the ques,
tion will be unsettled. There are
those who think there ought not
to be any sheep, and there are
! Others who think there should be
no dogs. Still another class hold
to the view that both the dogs
and the sheep may belmade to
live together IN peace. In the past
lit has heen a hazardous venture
lfor q legislator to champion n
ldog law, for the reason th a t
more people were interested in
dogs than in sheep. The question
often came up, contests for the
legislature between opposing can
d,dates, and many q man h q =
seen his support forsake him be-
. cause Of his advocacy Of q radi-
cal dog law.
!, Many years ago o dog law OF
axacting and radical provisions
+ was passed by the general assem-
: bly,, tand, being contested in the
I. courts: and carried up to tn e
!. highest tribunal in the state, and
o declared unconstitutional an d
r void. After that the politicians
9 SHE'D at all mention of the diff.
i. cult and annoying problem, for
n there seemed to be general rpjoic
;. ing throughout thestate that thu
!. faithiuldo had rights that thu
. courts recognized and defended
n While the rejoicing was goinl
!. on there was II certain,.man, nov
!, distinguished, one ofthe foremos
60 jurists OF the state and occupy
!, ing q place on the bench, who oi
:, Tered himself as q candidate fol
q. the legislature in one OF thecoun
ties not far from here. He wa
making a vigorous campaign a.
gainst two opponents and cor
siderable interest was manifesto,
I" throughouf the county. All G
al the candidates had refrained fror
g touching the dangerous theme
Sc They dwelt in eloquence on tn
!" road Law, the state debt and tn
bat tie of Kings Mountain, bu
OF no mention was made OF a do
NJ law. Finally when the man VIII
e- is now on the bench was in til
" midst Of hisspeech the large an
M excited audience arose and prt
- pounded o verg amazing and di
's' turbing question, saying;
= ''How are you on the doglaw
~ The speaker raised himself I
ga his full height and, with force
speech and earnestness OF ma
ner, said:
az "My countrymen, Ifavora we
elt regulated, constitutional dog la
''- which would be just to the shee
ler and fair to the dog"
re With this exposition ofthe m
8. mentous question he swept th
81 country, and subsequently he b
came a power in the state.
80 Washington Once Gave Up.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11

bladder fel,,edy ~
cause Of its rellla1 ~
able health restce
properties. Swasl,
Root fnl6lls ain
every wish II ~ y! |!
coming rhcuu1ae
pain IL the blck
neys, liver, bll
and every part ck
urinary psse.
snryerl Z SnahSySAw
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11

AZ ve now make ouf new Hais vleoe 81
does not have the slightest eject upea
the color Of the hair. You may W. ~
freely and for any length oi time VIII
out fear Of changing the color. Stopo
falling hair. Cures dandru6.
s--9sds ~ sAs !. o. Ayss 0es, Essstis 1asss-,sss
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-02-11

BOONE
: WASHINGTON LETTER
Correspond
The head of the Roosevelt Cab
met has resignedsand II may be
said he has already begun bis ac-
tive work in the Senate for all |
though he will be ineligible to q
seat in that body until alter the
4th Of March, he has gone to AL
bany, New York. where befure q
body composed largely oi Repub-
llcan state lesislatorsh made an
address outlining llis views on
important basic political prob
lens and,stating specifically that
he favored a parcels post. This
statement coming from the sue
cessor OF Senator Thomas PIatt.
the President Of o great express
company and its representatives
on the floor Of the United States
Senateis most significant. The
Staue Of NewYork has some d dis-
tinguished men as representa-
tives OF the floor Of the u. s. Sen
ate, az Conkling and Steward. 1t
has ,prver had amore sexperienc-
etB kd thorough statesman than
lit will have in Senator Root.
But a little more than twenty
working days Of the presentCon
gressional session remain and at
a Joint council OF the controlling
party of the House and Senate it
has been agreed to confine lrgis-
1lation strictly to- 'approprla-
ton bills. The leaders or bosses
OF the Senate, Aldrich, Hale, Gal
finger and Elkinsinsist that there
lis barely time for q considern'
ton of the regular appropria
tions. The President and some o
1.-THE members Of the House are
urging the passage OF bills ad
hitting Arizona and New Mexi
co to statehood but the control
ing elementi in the Senate is no
favorable TO this measure. 1t ha
also been AGREED that @ specia
session for the consideration Q
tariff revision will be called 10
the tenth Of March, or six day
latter Inauguration OF course MI
Taft, who is now in Panama, wi
lhave the flnal sav as to thi.
date or another but members {
1.-THE House and the Senate afte
'Icunsultation with Senator Kno
who is to be the heal OF the Ta1
Cabinet have fixed upon Marc
the tenth ,as a desirable earl
date to begin work on the bill.
il also predicted that the speci'
session will probably adjourn b
n fore the first Of July butthere o.
: those who say that it IL m 0 T
likely to be IN. session until t h
middle,of. the summer.
All the details OF Presidel
Roosevelt t's departure fromWas
ington has been prearranged. 1
will as is customary ride with IL
President elect to thecapitolal
q there witness the inauguratit
/. ceremonies and perhaps attra
J. as much attention as his succes
u or but he will not return fro
the Capitol to the White Hons
:. In this respect he will departfro
an old precedent. He will as
private citizen drive from the Cf
itol Immediately to the Unit
tStation and take a train to Oy
ter Bay. There yet remain to hi
about twenty days ofhis remar
Y ably strenuous term and the n
w Department just now is col
ing in for his reforming. or as T
- boss Senators Of his party "
" perhaps put it ''meddIesome al
misunderstanding activity" The
is no doubt q great deal Of N
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

ana misery. ADVISE aSl suffering
women to take Lydia &. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound" - Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements, fbroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write q c0nfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
thority of Brodie Finley, local sports.

thority of Brodie Finley, local sports
man.
Hell sit up there with you and look
as wise as anybody until he sees a
drove of ducks way off in the distance.
Then he'll jump out of the boat into
the lake, get in good feeding pocket
and raise a terrible fuss, quacking and
Tapping his wings.
"The ducks will decoy right in to
him and it's easy to get several out
of every drove. II they don't decoy,
Dick just gets right up out of the
water and goes away. You think he's
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

got disguised and gone off with the
wild ducks and quit the decoy bust
ness, but / tell you you don't know
Dick. He goes off with the ducks and
pretty soon he's ahead of the lead
duck and leading the drove himself.
They go on out of sight. You say
to yourself: 'Goodby, Dick, but just
wait The first thing you know here
comes that big drove right into the
lake from another direction, and the
lead duck is Dick.
Hes circled way round with the
bunch and brought them back to the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

Hang 1t all! While l was weed
ing I dropped my Imperial Order Of
the Rosters pin on the lawn. and
I've been looking for 1t now over half
an hour. It's gone for good, ! sup
pose
THAT night when Jackson sat down
to dinner there was his pin beside his
plate.
"'Bully for you!' said he. Where
did you find it, MarthaT
"T let Tommy go barefooted this
afternoon said Mrs. Jackson, quiet
ly."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
HOW THE PIN WAS FOUND.

George AIDE, at a dinner at the Ritz
in London. said OF luck:
Nobody is so dependent on luck
as the playwright. When he prospers
he considers luck kindly goddess;
but when his work fails, then luck
seems to him spirit perversely cruel
and mean.
HE regards luck then as Tom
Jackson's wife OF Lafayette does.
Tom Jackson said one morning at
breakfast:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA.
itching, inflammation and Soreness
ALI Treatments Failed.
cuticura Proved a Great Success

Eczema began over the top of my
ear. 1t cracked and then began to
spread. I had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. At last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of it so that 1 had to
wear medicated cotton, and it was so
infamed and sore that l had to put
a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from it, and it would stain
the cloth sort Of yellow. The &C.
zemaitched so that it seemed as though
l could tear my face all to pieces.
Then began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and it was not more
than three months before it was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North
field, VT, Dec. 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

lake. Before they get in good shooting
distance Dick heads them over us and
then he drops out of the drove. Just
as soon as you kill so, the limit, DICK
will get out of the water, sit on the
seat by you and won't decoy another
duck. That bird beats anything you
ever saw"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
MERELY A DUCK STORY.
Nothing About II Suggests Fish
Except Its Size.

4 Dick is the name this time not of a
man nor of dog, but of duck, big
drake mallard living on Mud lake In
Arkansas. and there acting in the ca
pacity OF live decoy to his fellow web,
footers aud friend 10 duck hunters.
dust as soon as you get in boat
ana so after ducks Dick appears, de-
c,ares the Nashville Banner on the au
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
Eleven years ago /
was a walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound anditworked
like a charm. 1t re-
lieYed all my pains
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

II you suffer from Fits, Falling Sickness, Spasms
have children, or friends that do go, my New Dis
covery will relieve them, and all you are asked to
do is TO send for aFree tia of
DR.. Mays Epilepticide Cure.
It has cured t. ousauds where everything else
failed. Sent free with directions. Express Prepaid.
Guaranteed by May Medical Laboratory. under the
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
An Illusion.

Alonzo-Tell me, old man. isn't that
fair creature over there reckoning to
you?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS only a
marcel wave.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
Real Hone Of the World.

Why should there not be patient
confidence in the ultimate justice OF
the people? Is there any better--or
eQual--hope In the world?--Lincoln.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

Try the Natural laxative, Garfield Tea! II
overcomes constipation and regulates live1
and kidneys. Samples sent upon request
Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

For relieving Coughs. Asthma and Bron-
chitis Browns Bronchial Troches" are
effective. % cents a box. Samples free.
John I. Brown & Son, Boston. Mass.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

A woman wouldn't mind being poor
so much if all her acquaintances were
just a little poorer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
ROUGH STUFFiNG-

The Tiger-It was bad enough to be
cut off in my prime, but to be stuffed
by an amateur taxidermist is really
too bard TO bear!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. -"I feel that owe
the last ten wears of nv life to Lydia
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04

Even in fishing for husbands 1t Is
generally the big ones that get away.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-04
Defect in Federal Jurisdiction.

The admission of Asiatic immi-
grants who can not be amalgamated
with our population has been made
the subject either of prohibitory
clauses in our treaties and statutes,
or of strict administrative regulation
secured by DIP. omatic negotiation.
sincerely hope that We may continue
to minimize the evils likely to arise
from such immigration without I'M
necessary friction and by mutual con-
cessions between self-respecting gov
ernments. Meantime, We must take
every precaution to prevent, or, fall
ing that, to punish outbursts of race
feeling among our people against for
eigners of whatever nationality who
have by our grant treaty right to
pursue lawful business here and to be
protected against lawless assault or
injury.
This leads me to point out serious
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-20
Mrs. Pyeatt's House Burns.

The home of Mrs. Cyrus Pyeatt on
West Main street was burned about
one O'Clock this morning. The build
ing was entirely destroyed. The
property was valued at about $500
and Is only about one-third covered
by insurance. Fortunately Mrs. Pye-
att was not living in the house at
the time, having taken rooms and
undertaken light housekeeping near,
er TO her work in the county atto-'
ney's office. Mrs, Pyeatt had previous
ly removed a portion of her furniture
but some pictures that she valued
very highly and a number of heir
looms were lost
y0r, ,sSIYe &-ta2Z upory O, eta
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-20
D0INGS BY "0LD TIMERS"
AT PRESBYTERIAN MANSt
a VERY PLEASANT EVENING is
PROMISED AND a GOOD PRO.
GRAM ASSURED.

Friends of the Presbyterian faith
iuu the city are looking forward With
keen interest to a very enjoyable
evening promised az 'N, Nlusr ou
IcNt Friday night No. ami Ms
Wcih viii throw open the doors of
heir hosptanlc home 90 their friends
for the purpose Of -}ms q real
old time" social evening
10 viii be- an old time evening with
plenty of old timers prscou, to lend
color TO the event and show the
Younger people how they used to dc
things in the old days.
Among the old timers who will ho
present are Judge and Mrs c. W.
Campbell, Colonel Surcs. Mrs. Van
Donhurg and many others.
The program for the evening fol.
lows:
Organ Solo-Mrs Mccoy.
Rccitation-Mrs Watson.
Cornct Solo. "Old Time HYMNS"
Mr. O. VI. Redfield.
"Scotland's Burning Choir.
Duct-Mrs. Foster and Miss Hanna.
ACCORDION Solo-Mr Sidney Suggs.
solo, Il Would Not Marry an old
Man'-Mrs. Van Dcnburg
Duet-Mr and Mrs G. VI. Camp
bell
Fiddle Solo Mr.. Turman.
Duet-Mr Dixon and Or Moore.
Reading Humphrey.
Jews Harp Solo-Mr Mayham.
One of the most interesting events
Oh the program will he the line at
a time Of an old hymn. by Rev.
Wcilh. sung by all present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-20
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS
HONOR GEN. ROBT. {. LEE
A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING AT THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH LAST NIGHT.

At the Christian church last night,
under the auspices of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy Of Ard
more. very pleasing program was
given TO celebrate the 102nd anniver-
sary of the birth day of General Lee.
The program included vocal solos
by the Misses Nellie lkard and Cam
eron Boone and Mrs. c. VI. Campbell.
They were very mucn enjoyed and
pleasingly rendered. Miss Boone, in
particular added very much TO the
Of very beautiful quality. The pi-
ano solos ny Miss Annie Thompson
and Miss Lizzie H. Banks were ac-
corded hearty applause. Miss Banks
gave very beautiful rendering Of
that dear and familiar old melody
odd Black Joe"
Readings were given by Mrs So
phia Frye and Miss Effie Quinn. Mrs
Fryes reading threw some new light
upon what is generally known Of Gen
eral Lee and Miss Guinn's reading
had 10 do with a very touching and
heroic episode of the civil war. Miss
Quinn displayed considerable talent
along historical lines. Mrs. Sallie
Floyd Watson also read an anecdote
of General Lees earlier days, wn'ca
was doubtless new TO majority o.
those present, in a very pleasing and
enthusiastic manner.
The violin solo by Mr.. Luther Ran
dol was appreciated as was also Ir.
Edsons vocal solo. "Tenting on the
Old Camp Ground" Mr.. Edison has a
voice we'll trained and under perfect
control.
An address was delivered by Miss
Lizzie H. Banks and the address ot
the evening by Archdeacon Smith.
The Archdeacon is a southerner and
the son of a Confederate soldier. H.
was in perfect sympathy with his
theme and spoke in the cultured and
finished manner that one might OK