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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
Delissaeat Subscriber.

All sorts Of jokes and nearjOkes
are constantly on the boards ab-
out the delinquent subscribers.
Most of us are familiar wi t h
them. Rummaging through an
old Kansas newspaper flleof for.
ty.Ave years ago, this one was
discovered:
"A Western editor requests
those of his subscribers who owe
him more than six years sub
acription to send him a lock ol
their hair, 60 that he may know
they arr still living"
In answer to which the contem.
porary says tbatii his delinquent
subscribers wonld do this, he
would be compelled to leave of
editing and 60 into the wig bus
iness. kansas City Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
IL is WELL. WITH YOU.


~ II you have q watch thatneeds
1epairing or any little job you
wtnh done bring or send it to me
at my Office at Silyprstone and !
vii giye youa first claas job.
I also keep Q nice line Ofgrocer.
~ and other goods that | will
~ you real cheap. jOr cash or
rood produce.
Thanking you for; the nice pat:
onage you have given me ana
IUpe Tor. q continuance OF the
tine. lam.
q Yours Very Truly,
Is N. GREENE, Jeweler.
= n IH y u # .
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

A spra,ned ankle will usually dis
able the injured person for. three or
four weeks. This is due to lack of
proper treatment. When, Cham
berlain's L'niment is applied a cure
may be effected in three or four
days. This liniment is one Of the
best and most remarkable prepare.
tions in use. Sold by J. NJ. Hoag-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

The greatest danger,s fromifluen
"a is Of its resulting in pneumonia.
This can he obviated BY using Cham.
berlain's CDngh Remedy, as It not
only cures influenza. bot counteracts
any tendency Of the disease towards
pneumonia. Sold by ]. NJ. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
R. Ross Done||y.

'UNDERTAKER & EMBAl.MER
SHOUN'S, ..-- Tennessee,
Has Vanished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broadcloth and
White Plush Caskets; Black and
White Metallic e a ke 9 Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large CofIins 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, 1909-12-23
II raRsE A SANTA CLAUSE

III IA - u 01Nt O0AVSs
No Santa Claus? Yps, my lit.
tie man, ti,prsis q Santa Claus,
thank God! The world would in
deed b. poor without one. 1t Is
true that he does not always
wear a white beard and drive q
reindeer team-nOt alwavs, you
know-l,ut what does it matter?
He is Santa Claus with the big,
loving, Christmas heart, for all
that; santa Claus with the kind
thoughts for every one t III q t
makes children aud grown. up
penple team with happiness all
day long.
And shall l tell you a secret
which l did not learn at the
post Office, but 1t IL true all the
pamt-of how you can always be
sure your letters g. to h ! m
straight by the chimney route?
1t il this: senj along with them
u friendly thought for the boy
sou don't like; for Jack who pun.
iahed you, or Jim who was mean
; to you. The uIraner he was the
harder do you resolve to makeit
up; not to bear him u grudge.
That is the stamp for the letter
to Santa. Nobody con stop it,
not even a cross-draught in the
chimney, when it has that orr
Because don't you know, San
ia Claus il the spirit OF Christ
uas; and ever and ever 80 many
years ago when the dear little
l
Baby was born, after whom We
call Christmas, and was Graded
in the man.er out in the stable
because there was not room in
the inn, that Spirit came into tlie
world to soften the hearts OF men
and make them love one another
Therefore, that ia the, mark ,o'
the Spirit to this day. Don't lei
anybody or anything rub it out
Then the rest doesn't matter. Lei
them teas Santas 8 white beard
off at the Sunday school festiva
and growl in his beurskin coat
These are only his disguises. Th'
steps of the real Santa Claus 70,
can trace all through the world
las you have done here with me
and when you stand in the last
of his tracks you will And the
Blessed Babe OF Bethlehem smil'
ling q welcome to you. !; For thel
you will be home.-Jacob A. Riis
lin Dumb Animals.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
Price sf rssdstsiIs.
Chsr'otte News.

= "
CHI r'otte News.
You, who fancy you haye prof
tied by the benign influences oi a
protective tariff system, W b o
thrill when the President grows
eloquent upon the prosperity"
which Is Transforming our land
into one Of milk and honey, read
the following dispatch from the
New York World, and give US an
explanation:
~. K. Cahilll. an investigator
for the Board oi Trade OF Eng
land, now 10 Chicago, expresses
his astopishnent at the price Of
bread in this country. 'Ican't un.
derstand, he says how you can
buy bread in England for one
third thu price yon pay in Chica.
20, when you send US our wheat
.''Itis q mystery which has puz-
zled many American citizhns and
they will welcome any light Mr..
Cahill can throw on it. They
have learned why American sew.
ing machines and manufactured
articles are cheaper in London
than in New York, and they have
had the object lesson of Ameri.
can watches being imported from
Europe and sold at prices lower
than those asked for them before
their sea- trip.
"But why, with. every advan.
tagp in thu location Of the wheat
fields and the great -four mills,
the bakers product remains 80
mach dearer than in Englend ls
something, in Lord Dundreary'e
words, which no fellow ean find
out unless, indeed, he has a
more intimate acquaintance with
Milling Trust and wheat. pit meth
DDS than is possesseh by the av-
erage man and is fully convsrs-
ant with freight rates. The high
ier wages OF the American baker
may furnish 9 partial explana.
nation, but it by no means solves
the mystery"
As the Salisbury Post says
within the past five years price
of every article that goes upor
the working mans table has ad
vanced from so to 200 per cent.
Life to the consumer ia not ex
actly Zone grand sweet, song, ,
after all and so long as the poll
tics of the present administra
aion are the law of the lard
there is precious little hope of re
lief to the consumer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

hold water and scalding pain in passingit,
or bad effects following use Of liquor. wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-Root IL not recommended for
everything but If you have kidney, liver
OF bladder trouble, it win Be found just
the remedy you need. Il has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved 90 succesaful that special ar
ranxement has been nnsde b. which all
readers Of this paper. Who hAve not al
ready tried Il, may tase . eanpae bottle
cent free by mail. also book telling
more about Swamp-KooG. md how IT,
findout II youhave KID
ney q bladder truuhle. =
whea writingmeutiOa -
reading thia genefone - =
oder IN thi6paper and
seud your sddrees -
Or. kilmer & ca, - e 4 ] al
Dinxhamton, N. Y. 1h4roRnanf 6fky<1
ana one-doliaS sino hnek1e9 NJ S0ld l
III dsu9iists. Dcnst uAAee any pljs1ake
but fes3SmhGe IT, 0Gnn
-. K1lnm's oua1ppNo -
1rssa, 1lsS Shs.a, =. = \
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
Weak Throat Neak lungs

Cold after cold; cough after couehl Troubled with this
taknscod habit? Better break it up We have great
confidence in Ayers Cherry Pectoral for this work No
medicine like it for weak hroa and weak lungs. Ask
His approval Is valuable Follow his advice At al times
No alcohol in this cough medicine LCzys1C .Loss Mas
What
Pills. Ak doctor h oya Lei him decide
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
PROF EsS,sIO nal
DIR, OSCAR l., MOORE.
DENTIST.
DENTIST.

i / will be al Blowing Rock from
the tirst to the tliternth Of each
month prepared to do all kinds
Of Dental work.
Office Near Watanga Hotel.
Oct. 81, 1y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

bladder remedy, De
cause Of its remark
able health restoring
propertieA. Swamp
Root ful6lls almost
every wish in over
coming rheu,natisr,
pain in the back kid
neys. hve, bladder
and every paft Of the
urinary passage. II
corrects inability to
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

IAN, sir. we do enjoy your ser.
MONS" remarked an old lady to
o new curate. They are in
structiye. We never knew what
ain was until you came to the
parish. The Sacred Heart Re-
view.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

If you are suffering from bilious.
ness, constipation, indigestion, chron
ic headache. invest one cent in a
pos.al card, send to Chamberlain
Medicine Co., Des ,Moines. lows,
with your name and address PLAIN
ly on the hack. and they will for
ward you free sample Of Cham.
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets. Sold by J. N. Hodges
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
How ths cllnes RING.

AeW 80 Vsimcs Hms.
An cid legend says that there
was IN q city in Germany an old
church IN whose belfry we're the
most beautiful chimes in tn =
world. No man or woman living
hal ever heard them ring, hut
each one had heard his father or
gran,ifat her tell of their wonder.
iul l~auty.
There was q belief among. the
people that the chimes would
ring on Christmas Day il they
brought their mo ,tpreci0usg gifts
and laid them ON the altar ofthe
church. The king appointed the
next Christmas for every man,
woman and child in the city to
bring his gift.
First came the king and laid
his crown upon the altar. The
people gaspd in wonder. and sat
waiting sxpectap,ly; Tor. surely.
no gift could b. more precious
than The kings crown. But the
chimes did not ring. Then q sol
der came and laid his sword up.
on the altar, but the chimes did
not ring. A woman brought q
beautiful dress, all Of her own
weaving, and laid it by the SOL
oier's sword. but there was no
sound from the old belfry. A
,tdAaideR brought flowers, planted
and watered by her own hand,
hut still the chimes did not ring
Now there was in q distant
part Of thu city q lii tie hoy nam.
ell Peter, who for weeks had heen
saving q few small CONS for his
gift. 1t bad been very hard to
save them. But ct last he was on
his way with these, bis m o 9 t
precious gift, TO 10y ON the altar.
He had nearly reached the steps
of the church when q whine made
him look down on the. sidewalk.
There in the doorway crouched
n little dog with q broken Leg.
| What should Peter do? 1t was
getting late. If he waited to take
thu dog home and bind phis leg
the church would l'e closed anti
he would lose his little chance to
make the i~autitul chimes ring
But another whine cameH from
the dog. Peter took his hand
from his pocket, where the hard
earned money lay, picked up the
dog in his arms aud ran home al
swiftly as he could. AS he came
to the door he called to his bro
ther Hans: "Hans quickly TAKE
the money and run back to thu
church. Quickly, Hans! it may b.
closed and the chimes have moi
been rung."
Then he vet to work binding ur
the dogs leg. His little brother
ran to the church. The western
sunlight was throwing long shad
ows down the aisles as the I'eopl'
tsat waiting, discouraged, hoping
against hope as one gift after an
other was laid upon the alt I
and still the chimes were silent
Just as u few LIFT their places te
pass out, giving up hope, a tiny
hoy came painting, hreathless. nE
the STEPS, down the long aisle
straight to the altar where ht
laid a few small coins.
Suddenly from out the long bel
fry broke the most. wonderful
music filling the church. the air
the citv, with glorious harmony
} People fell upon their knees in 10,
and thapkfulnrss, men who hat
not prayed in years praised God
mothers held their little childrer
more closely to their hearts. Th'
whole city seemed caught up il
hea avanly melody and held close Il
the heart Oi God.
And from u window 10 q dis
taat ,,art Of the city little Pet
er's face looked out, its great
longing changed into great peace
; His own small gift had made tn
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THE SUNDAY OBSERVER.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Oser1D)e.

Almost everyone knows Of Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney. liver and
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-12-23

or. Belts Pire-Tar-Aonsv
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high price of -four, due to the corner,
in wheat in Chicago.
Governor Gillet has granted two req
uisitions for the persons of two fugI-
tives who are wanted by the authori-
ties in Texas. They are John Holybee,
accused of assault to rob, and f. e.
Brassfeld, accused of swindling
California raisins have been present
ed to the President, Vice President,
Speaker of the House, and the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, in the name of the
Raisin Day Committee with the request
that they be used on Raisin Day, April
80.
| Congressman Kahn of California has
received positive assurance from the
War Department that the Transport
| Service will not be removed TO Seattle,
and that there will be no change In
the manner of buying supplies for the
department.
In an address at Boston, Secretary
of the Navy Meyer, urged shipbuild-
| ing campaign and expressed his desire
for big feet for the Pacific. He
declared that a strong navy should be
regarded as the cheapest and best in
| surance against war.
The packing houses Of the Earl and
the Producers Fruit Companies at
Penryn, Cal, were totally destroyed by
| fire, together with large amount of
box lumber and fruit baskets. The loss
will seriously interfere with the sea-
| son s fruit shipping.
The United States Circuit Court has
| appointed receivers for the Bald Butte
Mining Company, which is one of the
most famous of the Montana gold
producers and has paid upward Of
million dollars in dividends The ae-
| ton was taken at the request OF Boston
| creditors
| According to the opinion given by
| Attorney General Wickersham to the
Secretary of War the War Department
| is powerless to prohibit the construa-
ton of pipe line into the Pacific
| Ocean at Santa Barbara, Cal, unless
! it viii be an obstruction to the naviga-
| ton of the harbor.
President Taft still plans to make
| western trip during the summer and
hopes to go to Alaska and return
| through the south. The cost of the
| trip win total about seventeen thou
sand dollars which win have to be
provided for by Congress. Mrs. Taft
will probably accompany the President.
| George W. Baker, one of the fore
most members of the bar in the West
| died at his home in Oakland, Cal. He
was State Senator in Nevada in 1877
and 1879, and fathered the famous bull
lion tax directed against the Com
stockers and which involved him in a
bitter fight with the Floods and
Maekeys. He has been intimately
identified with the development of Cal
ifornia and Nevada, and at his death
was a Southern Pacific attorney.
| CONTINUED on Page Ten.)
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Congress has been asked to place an
ad valorem duty on crude oil.
The Attorney General will enforce
the judgment of the Railroad Commits
sion against the Santa F'e for $4,000,
which was recently assessed. The
case will probably be appealed to the
Supreme Court.
Judge de Haven holds that ocean
carriers from foreign countries are
not embraced within the interstate
act. The Southern Pacific was over
ruled and the Pacific Mail demurrers
sustained by the decision.
Two Nevada miners were shot in a
row which involved the ownership of
an old hat. The tragedy took place at
Searchlight, and the victims and the
man that did the shooting have large
mining interests on the vicinity.
Theodore Foensmeier, Los Angeles
mining engineer, who was arrested on
charge of having obtained $4,000 for
fake "gold mine" was released
from Jail by Chicago judge, because
of illness from which he was slowly
dying.
A Judgment against the government
for $4,000 has been obtained in the
United States Circuit Court, which had
been obtained from the estate of Leo
nard Lewiston of New York as war
inheritance tax, and which was paid
under protest.
John Copeland, an inmate of the
Home for Aged at Portland, has re-
jected a legacy of $4,000 left him by
members of his family because of the
resentment he still bears them for the
broken romance of his youth, for
which he blames them.
Four American delegates to the con-
vention of the International Suffragette
Societies took part in street demon
stration marking the release from Hal
loway jail of Mrs Pethick Lawrence.
They were from Spokane, Wash, and
drove in the procession in carriage
decorated with the Stars and Stripes.
The eight armored cruisers, compris-
ing the bulk of the Pacific feet will
be sent on seven months practise
cruise next August. The plans have
not been discussed at the Navy De-
partment for this cruise, and only the
fact that it will be made has been de-
cided upon. They will probably go to
Apia. China and the Philippines.
William Heath. man from Mays
vile. Cal, who claims TO have been
a sober. Industrious citizen before he
enlisted as a soldier for the war with
Spain, when he became addicted to
drink and other vices has been trying
to force himself into some state lnstitu-
ton where he will be cared for. The
Lunaey Commission decided that he
was not insane so he set fire to the
property of the burst hopyard at
Wheatland. and will probably be sent
to prison for arson.
The Mare Island Navy dock is near
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Former Senator Turpie of Indiana

Former Senator Turpie of Indiana
IS dead.
Six persons were killed in tornado,
April q, in Cleveland, o.
The old church of st. Francis, in
San Francisco, is to be restored.
An errand boy was crushed to death
by an elevator in the Emporium.
The Hungarian Cabinet has resign
ed and a new ministry will be formed.
Mrs. Minnie C. Blossom died at Pas
adena, possessed of an estate of ST.
$50, 600.
Nine. Nordica will contest the $780,
900 estate of Mrs. Vannie Miller of
Boston.
MiscEa Elman, the Russian violin
ist, scored a wonderful success in San
Francisco.
Az enormous engine for use in the
Sierras has just been completed for
Hartman.
A white woman secured a divorce
from her Japanese husband in Seattle
for desertion.
It is stated on authority that Pres
ident Taft win make no change in the
forest policy.
The Imperial Valley Bank has been
closed and is in the hands of the State
Bank Commission.
An Indian who murdered a white
doctor who failed to cure him is now
on trial for his life.
An attempt was made to free Kid
naper Boyle, but the plan was frus-
trated by the jailers.
Duncan U. Fletcher of Jacksonville,
Fla, has been elected United States
senator by the legislature
An alleged half sister of Lucky
Baldwin in illinois will attempt to
claim some of the estate.
The steamer Eber Ward sank in Lake
Michigan. Five of the crew were
drowned and ten were saved
President Jordan of Stanford will
deliver the commencement address at
Indiana University, June %.
Ex-President Amador of Panama,
who has been i'll for some months past,
IS not expected long to survive
Mrs. George Bailey, wife of the late
Judge Bailey of Fort Collins (Colo. J,
who has been hysterical since the death
of her husband refused to leave her
house when it was threatened by fire
and was only saved from death by the
heroic work of firemen.
In mail pouch lost from a Union
Pacific train were various packages
of unsigned bank notes aggregating
$4,000 consigned by the Treasury De-
partment to California banks. One
package was consigned to the First
National Bank at Palo Alto and con-
tanned $500. The pouch is supposed to
have been jolted off through an open
door in the mail car while going up
a grade.
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ing completion and viii be ready fol
service within a few months.

ing completion and win be ready for
service within few months.
The Italian cruiser Francisco Ferru.
clio has been ordered to Ersina for the
protection of Italian interests there
The Waters Pierce Oil Company will
pay their fine of 100000 to the State
of Texas, in cash, thus ending the long
litigation between them.
The American steel and wire COM
pany has announced a cut of ten cents
a hundred pounds, or So ton, in the
price of all classes of steel wire.
According to an announcement made
today by Chief Justice Fuller, the Su-
preme Court of the United States will
adjourn for the present term on MAY 81.
The torpedo boat destroyer Joseph
B. Smith, built for the United States
government, was launched at the yards
of the Cramp shipbuilding company
April goth.
Much damage was done to docks
when the ice in the Niagara broke up.
Dynamiting was resorted to in an effort
to save the docks in the vicinity of
Queenstown.
The state Supreme Court adjourned
finally at Los Angeles April -, after
session of six days. A number of
important cases were heard, but no de-
cisions were announced.
Los Angeles county viii quarry
100000 tons of rock from its own
property to supply stone for the 300
miles of roads to be built under the
$3,500,000 bond issue.
The destroyer Perry, flagship of the
Pacific hotilla, with Lieutenant Lari-
mer in command, accompanied by the
Truxton, arrived at. San Diego from
Magdalena bay April 20.
Stanford University defeated the Uni
versity of California in the annual In
tercollegiate field day meet and the
cardinal also triumphed over the blue
and gold in the annual boat race.
A San Diego man admits having
placed dynamite beneath the window
OF Deputy County Clerk Edgar Dickin-
son, but says that he only wished to
scare the official with the explosive.
According to estimates of division
engineers in charge of the excavation,
more than nine million pounds of dyna.
mite viii be required for work on the
Panama Canal during the coming year
Francisco Pardo of Galena, Mexico
who slew his young bride and then
covered her body with inscriptions
traced with his finger in her own blood,
committed suicide in prison by hang
ing himself.
The Mauretania, which arrived from
New York to Liverpool, on her last
trip concluded the last portion, about
200 miles, at the speed of 29 knots, a
feat never before accomplished by an
ocean liner.
The Columbus biscuit company OF
Ohio, has announced that it has de-
termined to close down its bread de
partment indefinitely because Of the
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SCOTS Emulsion

clothes the nerves and
muscles with warm fat, fills
the veins with rich blood.
1t makes children rugged
and hardy and fearless of
the cold. 1t fills the whole
body with warmth and life
and energy.
Thin people sometimes
gain a pound a day while
taking it.
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