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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28
AN OU TRACE BY WOMANHOOD.

The long talked of m n,,mant to
the imported Russian tiend Wirz OF
Andersonville prison notoriety is an
accomplished fact, but be it said to
honor of the eN-confederatn soldiers
Of the south that it's elimination is
not Of their inception or endorsement.
The monument is the tribute of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
must even remain, not as monu-
ment to Wirz, but an embazoury of
the endorsement by southern women
OF the numbering, tOrturing and star
vatiOn of the northern soldiers con-
lined in Andersonviile prison at the
hands of the inhuman brute whose
name is borne on the monument, and
for which he was tried and hung after
the war. The only plea in defense of
WirZ S fiendisll acts was Grants re-
fusal to exchange southern for north
ern prisoners of war, perhaps an
error OF judgement and perhaps not,
when considering that the well fed
and we'll conditioned southern prison.
ers if released would be available for
renewed fighting, while the emaciat-
ed, starved prisoners of the northern
armies We're only tit for the hospitals
and cemeteries. But Grants war
measures were no excuse for the mllr-
der and torture by WirZ, the tiend
incarlate. .et the monument stand
to the shame of the women who
erected it, as its prespnse cannot mod
lily or change history. but it will
rather intensity and keep alive the
record of inhnmanity of the arclItiend
of the sou thern rebellion
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28
OUR MAGICAL GROWTH.

The trcmcniou, strides thi, country
is making in every direction of growth
constitute the United States the wonder
If the world. The great possibilities
before Us o,,en up wide speculation rs to
what the future will have in store. Ac-
rordng t" the report ct the department
of commerce anl labor the developed
water power of the United States is
o.3so.OW horsepower. and the number
OF wheels i turns is 52.S27. The unle.
v"lnped water power is believed to be
equal TO that already developed. and
'hat has been developed is capable of
infinite expansion. The estimated coal
supply is 3.l35.7OS .O0O.OOO long tons,
white the highest production in any one
year wa, but 420.Oon.OOO tons. At the
present rate Of consumption the supply
will last 1910 wears; 50 we need not
fear u coal famine for some genera ions
yet.
The available iron ore is estimated
at 4.7S50O.00O long tons. while we
mine only about 52.OnO.OOO tons IL
Year. At that rate we have iron ore
enough to last for hundred wears yet.
and by that time ingenuity and dis
ccvery will be able TO find something
to take its place. Iu 1907 we produced
nearly half of the worlds produ".
ton of pi" iron. and at the rate our
production is increasing it will not be
many years until We equal all the rest
of the world in this line. The United
States owns "a .S95.OOO acres of land
that is yet to he brought under cultiva-
ton.
In 1897 the farm wealth of the country
was $3.50, OOO.nO0. and in 1907 this had
been increased to %7.4l2.NON.OOO. The
last three years have shown Il great
change in crop values. For instance. in
1906 cotton led with value of S722.
WW.0oo: the next year forged aheaf
with $744.ntkl. 900. and in 1908 corn tooh
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

the lead with the enormous value Of
$l6N6.0)O.0O0. At one time exports Of
manufactured products were but a small
per cent of the total exports. but in
1908 they amounted to about forty-one
per cent Of the total.
Perhaps the best test Of our business
growth is shown by the receipts of the
pOstoffice department from tine sale Of
stamps. In 1920 the receipts were about
$l.O0O.OW: by 1850 they increased to
S2O.OO0.MM. in 1870 to $33. OOO,OtO, in
1900 to $l02 .O00.00D. and in 1908 to $l9l,-
5M.WM The figures show that in 1907
the number of letters and post cards
sent through the postal system of the
United States was 6.466 OOO. 900. as
against 3.263 OOO.OOO in the German EN-
rire, 1858, OO0NM in the United King
dom. l.ll9WW,O0O in France, and 1867
000.OM in Austria Hungary. The tele
graph messages sent in the United States
reached the enormous number of 9S.OOO,-
WO.0G0. In this connection it must be
remembered that the telephone is Il
large competitor of the telegraph. es-
pecialy for long commercial messages.
and it is growing in favor each year. In
nearly every step of the worlds progress
during the last hundred wears the United
State, has been the pioneer. American
friyatc> in the war of 1912 caused IL
revolution in the construction of war
vessels, and it was the United States
in 1862 that sounded the death knell Of
wooden warship> and started the world
to building dreadnauehts. 1t was the
United States that placed upon the ocean
the first steamship and it was the
United States. with it gatling guna.
that pioneered the way for machine
guns. which now play such an import
ant part in the worlds armament.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

al government for some sixty minutes
of that year, and here are eighteen
democrats in the United States sen
ate protesting that they support
duty on iron ore ''for revenue"
Nobody suspects for one moment
that any one of the eighteen voted
for the duty to advantage the steel
trust. but that is the effect of it. Good
intentions sometimes make good pay
ing stones.
We doubt very much if the demo-
cratic insurgents will be able to sue
cessfnlly coat the pill of protection
with the sugar of revenue. Had they
stood firm, iron ore would have been
restored to the free list, where the
republican house put it.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28
HENRY II. ROGERS.

Jaw Gould remarked once that all
he got out of it was his board and
clothes. In fact he got more. His
board has ceased and his clothes rot
ted long ago. but the reputation that
he made remains and his name is Il
by-word in Wall street. SO is Russell
Sage's and SO is Vanderbilt's. And
now II. II. Rogers has finished the
Observation-Disclosures part of his career.
and the question is how much he got
tatiOn. His name is pre-eminently
associated with the Standard Oil
company and the Amalgamated Cop
per company. which are monuments
"f the twentieth century high finance
sort. Whoever has read the revela-
tions of Miss Ida Tarhell must have
detinate opinions as to the way that
concern was built up. and whoever
has read Thomas I.awson's uncontra-
hicted revelations as to the organiza-
ton and the tlotation of amaIgamated
must have Il detinate opinion Of that
performance. Thus were the millions
of the Rogers fortune piled together,
After he becomes Il very rich man
he used no small part of his income
in most helpful ways. His native
town of Fairhaven is under immeas-
urable obligation t. him for all he
has done for it. lie has done many
other things that have helped his fell
lows. 1t was less for him to give
away a thousand dollars than for the
average individual on the street IT,
pay nickel for an unwantrd shoe
string: after Il mans income has
reached a certain height whatever in
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

The Springfield Mass, Republican
says: with the payment of over
>2.cn0.W0 to the United States govern
rlrnt on a.co!lEt of frauds on the Gus
.;.in> revenue. the American Sugar
Refining company now turns to face ii
mi. by New York City to recover
S3N3.m'i alleged to lie due for water
stolen from the citN> mains. 1t was
found >'mc Years ago that several
water pipes ran into one of the trusts
rnfnrrr-. which were not metcred
,nr OF them being ten-inch pipe. The
company has offered to settle for S74-
nhn. hut he cit, declines to consider
any settlement under &25O.OnO. As in
th, ease of the customs frauds the
Officers OF the company deny any
knowledge. yet it does not appear in
eithc case that the t'ievcry benefited
anyone except the company. There is
obviously rascality in the management
~nmewhere and il is in order for the
company to assist the government in
locatiny it through criminal pro.ec,,-
items. Otherwise The country will con
clude hat some Of our trusts are no
better than highway robbers anon.
the people and sneak thieves around
the public trrasurv.'
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

The hardy apple tree is rightly named.
There is Il half dozen varieties that will
grow anywhere that the cottonwood and
willow will grow.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

The COW is Il great standby for the
new conner. She will keep him busy.
but She will keep the wolf from the ,loor.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

Dairyiny is incrcaSin. steadily. but
still ul,r merchants handle large guam
titles OF butter shipped in from other
states.
Dairyiny j, Increasing steadily wit h
each succeeding year. and the splendid
demand invite, greatly increased energy
in this direct ion.
\ man with four COWS that will WELD
II III six 70 ten dollars worth ot butter.
tat per month is strictly in the swim.
He can compel success.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

You remember that. several wears
ago. Gen. Cas>iuS VI. Clay. IL venerable
and noted kenturkian. married Dora
Richardson. ID years old. The two
vuarreled. and Dora became as noted
as Evelyn Thaw. Finally. they were
divorced. and old General Clay died.
Dora is now in London. where she has
Just been divorced from her third hus-
band She is now - years old. and
wealthy as ii result of her marriage to
General Clay. When she married
General Clay. she was country girl.
the daughter of tenant living on the
Clay estate. but she is high flyer in
the year of our Lord. 1909.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

Every homesteader should have
from 20 to 40 acres broke this summer
and seeded to winter wheat. Now ia
the time to have the work done, while
the grass and it's roots are full of
moisture, as the sod then more rapid
~ decompOses.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

Perhaps You imagine your c,l,ca-
ton Is incomplete because You belong
to M Greek letter fraternity. Since no
ones education is entirely complete.
You would be right as to the first sur
mise. but badly MIXED as to cause.
That the Greek letter is Il badge of
other things than learning is midi
Gated 10y a warning by President
thurman. Of Cornell. who warns the
Greek society students that they must
devote more time to study and less to
~"obbi>hnr>s and luxury if they would
prosper.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

Why can we not make the Rocky
mountain home happy. We can raise Il
great varitty of fruit. keep bees and
have honey an! in fast live on the fa, OF
the land. just the same as they do in the
older states. either east or west Of us
Montana is strictly in the swim when
it comes to supplying the homes with
!uNurie>.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28

There is IL fine opportunity here for
half dozen strawberry raiser>. 1t is
GAINED that an acre of land will pro
duce $500 worth of berries annually.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-05-28
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
Rocky Mountain Husbanlmeu,

There is big money in summer eggs
at 30 cents per dozen. We nave heard
farmers claim they could make money
on egg, at Is cents. and haul them 30
miles to market. at that.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
Twas a Glorious Victory,

There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn.
A mans life has been saved, and
now DR.. Kings New Discovery is
the talk of the town for curing G. V
Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhag.
es. 81 could not work nor get
bout,,' he writes "and the doctor
did me no good, but after using DIR.
Kings New Discovery for three
weeks, | feel like new man. For
weak, sore or.diseased lungs, coughs
and colds. hemorrhages, hay fever,
Ia grippe. asthma, or any bronchial
affection it stands unrivaled. Price
5oc. and ST.. Trial bottles free. Sold
nd guaranteed by all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
Watch Repairing.

More good watches are ruined
inthe hands OF inexperienced work
men than in any other way. A
watch ia too costly an article tn
entrust to any one who may
claim the title OF Matchmaker.
During my manv years OF bust
ness ! have always given the clo-
sest attention to the careful re-
pairing and adjusting OF watches
brought to me and have bought
none other than the best mater.
al. My charges are never exces.
sive; only enough to cover the
cost OF the work: neither do un.
necessary work nor charge for
work | do not execute. Don't
wait until your watch refuses to
run before having it cleaned, ad
usted and freshly oiled.
J. W. BRYAN,
GraduateW atch-maker & Jewele
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

To steal candy from a kid says
the Hickory Democrat, used to
be considered the quintessence OF
mpanness, but that is just what
our tariff has brought the gov.
ernment 70, as witness the fol-
lowing from the Springfield Re-
publican: "Under the new tariff,
the custom officers are very
strict. A little girl coming off a
Cunard steamer last week, was
held up because she was eating
a small package OF chocolates.
No, the chocolate could not 60
ashore with the little girl unless
a duty were paid on it,"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

Therefore, when your kidneysare weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If You are sick or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kiliners Swamp-Root,. because as soon
as your kidneys are well they will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make NO mis-.
take by first doctoring your Kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect Of
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the crest
kidney remedy, /. is soon realized. Il
stands the highest for its wonderful cnre1
of the most distressing cases, and IS sod
on it's merits by all Es6
druggistsin fifty-cent 0 y
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may \ =
have sample bottle Hsaesessl11
BY mail free, also pamphlet telling ycsa,
how to find out If you have kidney 81
bladder trouble. Mention tn yeCo
when writing to Dr. Kilmer Gt <
hamton, N. Y. Don't make ~ =
but remember the name, !
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp. - -
dress, Binghamtcn, n. YssSll1
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

When the digestion is all right,
the action of the bowels regular,
there is natural craving and relish
for food. When this is lacking you
may know that you need a dose of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They strengthen the dlges-
tive organs, improve the appetite
and regulate the bowels. Sold by J.
M. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

Dysentery is dangerous disease
but can be cured. Chamberlains
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy has been successfully used in
nine epidemics of dysentery. 1t has
never been known to fail. 1t is eq.
ually valuable tol children and adul.
Is, and when reduced with water
and sweetened, it is pleasant to take
Sold by J. M. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
HOME CANNED GOODS.
Observer.

While the newspapers are hav.
ing 80 much to say about the
farmers raising their own wheat
aud corn and hay and meat at
home why is it that there is not
more said about doing more in
the way of canning fruits an d
vegetables? II even u small pro-
portion Of the products OF orch.
ard and garden which are now
going to waste all through the
South were preserved in this way
what a saving and wholesome va
riety it would add to the winter
bill of fare.
In come sections, we are glad
to know. u good deal OF canning
OF fruits and vegetables is done
for home consumption; some OF
the families having regular can-
ming outfits Richmond comfy is
Que section where much OF this is
done. The Rockingham Anglo
Saxon says: "Several families in
Rockingham and a anumber of 9th
ers in the county have home can
Mug outfits, and are very sue
cessiul with them. A few began
experimenting with these outfits
a year or 80 ago and their sue
cess has led Others to go into the
business. Several thousand cans
will he put up in the county this
year. Snap beans, tomatoes, ber-
ries, peaches. opples, kraut and
all kinds OF fruit and vegetables
are being canned and the goods
are said to be OF a higherquality
than the best grade of factory
canned goods on the market"
One reasan assigned for this
superior quality is because t b e
fruit and vegetables are fresher
and in better condition W Il e n
canned than those shipped long
distances to the canning facto-
RES.
We venture the assertion that
enough fruit and vegetables 60
to waste every year in almost ev-
cry North Carolina county to
supply the winter demand for ev'
cry family. This work is neither
difficult nor onerous, Why, then,
is so little OF it done by our peo-
pie?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

1t has been proyen by mathe-
matical calculations based on the
time consumed in travelling, in
wear and tear of vehicles, teams,
etc, that the people of the Uni
ted States could save one billion
dollars each year if good roads
were constructed throughout the
country. If the railroads of to-
day were trying to run on roads
in keeping with thacommon mud
dy dirt roads they would I've To-
sing just in proportion. France
is said to have the best roads OF
the world. She saves millions OF
dollars annually on the above
basis.-3urllngton News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
Republican Revision.
uo,o1l No.:

''~sS"''
Herald. Courier:
When the Republicans hel d
their national convention | a 8 t
year, they realized that there
was q general demand for tariff
revision, and they met it by Piled.
ging the party to revision. They
realized, iurtler, that the de-
mand was urgent, and t he y
pledged their candidate. in the
event OF his election, to call an
extra session of Congress imme-
diattly after hls inauguration to
accomplish the work OF revision
Did the public demand that the
tariff be revised upward or down
ward?
The republicans did not state
in their platform which direction
the revision would take. This
would leave them free, after the
election, that they had not prom
ised to revise the tariff down.
ward, and then they and the oc-
topus would go off IN a corner
and have q good laugh over the
matter. But when Mr.. Taft got
out among the people he found
them in a mood not to be decei-
we'd longer ty the republicans in
the matter of the tariff. Hefound
that they were not going to be
satisfied with anything less than
a specific promise of downward
revision, and he made them the
promise. He interpreted his par
TVS plank Tor them, telling them
that it was d pledge to rev Use the
tariff downward, and that if he
was elected lie would see to il
that the plege was faithfully car
ripd out.
DID Mr.. Taft keep his promise
to the people? By his own adlnis
sion he did not. His weak apollo
gy for the Payne,Aldrich bill. of.
fered at the time he signed it, wa'
practically a confession, of be-
trayal ol the peoples confidence
Representative men in he rea
dy-made clothing business figure
that under the the new tarif
SCHEDULES the cost OF mpn'srlotl,
ing will increase nextyear by ON
hundred aud twenty. millions. o
dollars. THIS means t ha t tin
clothing trust is to collect an
nually an additional tril,nt,
from the people equal to al leas
one dollar and q half for e a c
man, woman and child in the U
nited States. And this il only on
evidence of The further .incrase il
the cost Of living under h
ayne-Aldrich. Tariff bill.
So, after all, the republican lie.
ders and the octopus are bavlns
their laugh. The republicans die
not intend to revise the tarit
downward; they did not promis
to revise it downward. And Mr
Taft, who interpreted the repuh
lican tariff plank for the people
continus to smile.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
CHARLOTTE N. T..

"Why don't you bring out
an umbrella on a drenching day
like this" enquired a man OF a
neighbours boy "Since father
gave up his club he's never
brought home any more umbrel-
las" replied the lad.-Philadel-
phia Enquirer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

In buying acough medicine, don't
be afraid to get Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy. There is no danger from
it, and relief is sure to follow. Es.
pecially recommended for coughs,
colds aud whooping cough Sold
by ]. M. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

On! you scuppern ong grape
with your russet jacketand juicy
pulp! r. S.-They have a way
of squeezing out the juice and
making a delicious .'soft drink
that will even make the father oi
prohibition sit around all day.
Wilmington Star.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

When civilized human beings
threaten to kill a man because
his decisions as umpire in q base
ball game displeases them-that
is a sign that it is dog days.
Asheville Gazette-News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
The Charlotte Observer.

THE LARGEST AND B E S I
NEWSPAPER IN N. C.
Livery Day in the Year $8. q
Year.
The Observer consists of 10 to II
pages daily and 20 to 90 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 a news medium and
is also filled with excellent matter
of a miscellaneous nature.
SEMI.WEEKLY OBSERVER.
issues Tuesdaysand Fridays. at ST..
per year, is the largest paper for the
money in this section. 1t consists Of
s to 10 pages. and prints all the
news If the week-local, State. ma
tiona and foreign.
At ress,
THE OBSERVER co.
g CHARLOTTE n. T..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

If your liver is sluggish and out
OF tone, and YOU feel dull bilious,
constirated, take dose of Cham.
berlain's Stomcn and Liver Tablets
tonight before retiring and you will
feel all right in the morning. Sold
by j. NJ. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02
Weak Throat-Weak l unqs

Cold after cold; cough after cough! Troubled with this
takngcold habit? Better break it up. We have great
confidence in Ayers Cherry Pectoral for this work. mol
medicine like for weak throats and weak lungs Ask
your doctor tor MS opinion; ne knows az about y
No alcohol in this cough medicine Lczye7 Co., L0ve Mass
Let decide
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder Of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-02

Salisbury Post: There is so me-
thing pathetic in the defeat OF
Tom johnson. mayor OF Cleve-
land, Ohio. His millions vanish
ed, his personal prestige on the
decline and his theories OF gov
ernment repudiated, he IS an OBJ
ject of pity rather than censure,
for however cratic he may be,
Tom Johnson is honest and his
efforts have always l'een direct
ed in behalf of what he conceived
to be the interest oil the masses.
But plausible as his theories are.
they lack prActicability and the
citizens of Cleveland haye repu-
dated them and their champion
as a matter of self preservation.
ChiIdren Cry
FOR FlETChER'S
CA 8 TO RIA