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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15
s.d Ead 4 1 Wrecked life.

Sad End of . Wrecked Life.
Monroe Journal.
A weary wanderer, the victim
OF q tragedy Of nature that BIAS
ted his lie, friendless, hopeless,
sick and trembling. already in
the. shadow Of death, was merci-i
fully taken from the streets one
day last week and carried to the
county home, where he died the
following day. He had been SELL
ing key rings and other trinkets
for a Livelihood and stated that
he had been able to make hi
way about all right until t h g.
malady from which he was. sui
iering rendered him nearly help.
less. Finding q friend in Dr.. H. D.
Stewart, the county physician,
he stated that he had been once
a practicing physician in Tennes-
see, was the son of u well-known
ply ysician, and had prominent
relatives, whose address he re-
fused to give. However. be did
give the address Of ajormer class
mate. to whom be said Dr.. Stew
art might write fora veriflcation
of his statements. This the latter
did and received a prompt reply,
from which the following
are taken:
II received your letter and re-
gret very much to learn Of the
sad end of one OF the brightest
students I ever. knew. Yes. we
were class mates, but 1t was in
the medical department. Univer.
sitv of Tennessee, class 1894.
His father, W. NJ. Vertree, M. D.,
was one OF the founders OF t h g
school and delivered the first lee.
ture to the class that developed
the State University, and W a g
professor OF theory and practice
when we took our degree.
"Simon left school and mar
ried a beautiful young lady OF
Galiton. She having some means
and his father giving him some,
they went to Florida, on t b 9
coast, and bought land, erected
a home and planted an orange
grove. They had two little girls,
soy 2 and 4 years, when one OF
those tidal waves struck them.
Simon got the wife and babes on
an old floor and steered it for
a while, when the floor was tip.
pen by something and they were
drowned. When the water reced-
ed, they were close to him, dead
j "That has been some twenty
years ago. and he became de.
nlented and has just wandered
about first one place and then
another ever, since. He would
drop in here sometimes and stay
a few days and be gone again. ]
always tried to cheer him up and
picture q future for him, but to
no avail.
"His father filed most OF the
chairs in the school. and W a
United States medical examiner
for that section OF Tennessee fol
some forty years, and died about
three wears ago."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

the back are also symptoms that ten ycd
the kidneys and bladder are ont of crdef
and need attention.
What 10 ~.
There ID comfort in the kn0wledRe %
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer'o
Swamp Root, the great kidney renedy.
fulflis almost every wish In correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneyss
liver, bladder andcvery part Of the urinary
passage. CorTects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing il, @ hed
effects following use Of liquor, wilma q
beer, and overcofnes that unplessant me-
cessity Of being compelled to 10 often
through the day, and to get up many
tirnes during the night. The mild an6
immediate effect Of Swamp.Roe =
soon realized. II staAds the hkhek -
cause Of taremarkab1s ss
essiss. II you sssd !.
iiaedicine you shcu1d
have the bi6t. Sold ~
Druggists II 6fty-cent
and one-t1Cl1ar sl1ea. t3$ -
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15
schools TsKs the Place sfstliis.

schools TaKe the Place efStllis.
News and Observer,
Two OF the counties that have
been CURSED with whiskey stills
stuck about in the caves and near
the creeks, are Wilkes and Yad
kin. For years, lacking police
protection, these stills debauched
many Of the young men, increas-
ed the crimes on the, criminal
docket, and often produce muir
der. Some days ego this paper
printed some facts showing the
remarkable progress in public
schools and rural libraries IN
Wilkes county. Today we are ta-
king the liberty Of making anex.
tract from q private letter writ
ten to the editor Of this paper by
a leading citizen in Yadkiu coun.
ty.
~ thought perhaps you would
be personally interested to know
of the educational progress in
Yadkin, since, In my judgment
as well as others, no county in
the State preaents more striking
changes for the better along edu-
cational awakening within the
last eight years than does Yad-
kin county. The closing out Of
the distillerles simply meant q
revolution toward a higher and
better life for all our people. Al
most every man, woman q n d
child you now meet is interested
in improved school facilities. |
do not think that there is anoth.
er county in the State OF any
thing like the financial standing
ol Yadkin that can equal her in
good school houses and equip
ments. We have now only one
log school house in the county.
Eight years ago more than half
the school houses were log and
hardly q school desk in any ru-
raj school house. The school
property has increased in value
from a little more than %, 1000
in 1901 to 10000 in 1909. Sew.
enty.five per cent. OF the schools
have rural libraries. Local tax is
taking hold Of the people to a
very encouraging extent; tw o
elections haying been carried this
spring. Just now our people are
interested in the Statesville Air
Line Railroad, and we think we
will get it,"
This is the improved condition
lin Yadkin-a condition that Is
but an earnest Of what the good
people OF that county are going
to do for the children. No fnan
can read the above brief state
ment without being thankful
that the school houses are ta-
king the place OF the stills.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

ea4 8WU ~AeoSVV SAV0A " Asot1s wy
Baltimore Sun.
Itnow appears that Prof. Geo.
B. Foster, of the University OF
Chicago. may not be expelled for
the present at least, from the Chi.
cago Baptist Ministers Confer.
ence. Professor FostAris charged
ith promulgat'ng heretical
views in his book, .sThe FuDc.
tion Of Religion" recently pub
lished.
Professor Fosters scientific the.
ology leads, in the opinion Of
many Baptist clergymen straight
to spiritual anarchy. They hold
that it's inevitable tendency
whatever may be the purpose Of
this Chicago professor--is to I'M.
dermine the foundations of reli.
gious faith and to destroy All in
fuence which has been Tor centu-
ries the bases for civilization, an
incalculablp force in the promo
tion of right living. The greatest
catastrophe which could befall
mankind would be to shatter hu-
man faith in religion, in the in.
spiration OF the, Scriptures, and
to substitute therefor a regime
of agnosticism. Through many
centuries Christianity has been
the direct object Of attack of
ten by men ofgreater ability and
force than the Chicago champi-
on OF the "higher criticism and
Of the religion of humanity"
lts enemies are forgotten, bu t
Christianity remains-its influ.
ence shaping our civilization and
it's teachings now, as always, an
inspiration and incentive to righ-
teousness, to unsel6shness, to
helpfulness, to love Of humanity.
To characterize the Bible as "the
petrifed remains otthe Christian
religion" is an, absurdity even
on the part of the open and a.
vowed enemies OF religion. Never
before in the worlds history was
the Bible go widely circulated,
and it's teachings are still t b q
most potent influence in mold
ing character and in preserving
the highest standard ofright liv.
ing. *
From the avowed agnostic out.
side the pale of any church the
Christian religion has less to
fear than from the skeptics with
In it's fold, who retain their con
nection with the ministry a n q
disseminate doctrines incompat
able with belief in the inspira.
tion OF the Scriptures, Our es'
teemed contemporary, the Nor.
folk Virginian Pilot, directed at
tention recently to addresses
made at the conference of t b e
governing body and alumni OF d
great theological seminary in
New York. The addresses at thi,
gathering, by men in holy or.
ders, consisted, mostly of as
saults upon the verify of t h 6
Scriptures. If these skeptics with
in the church believe in their owr
skepticism, asks our contempo-
rary, what ground remains tc
them for appealing to the public
to build churches and support
pulpits? Are they not digging
away the foundation on which
their profession stands? This il
the lay view OF agnosticism ir
the ministry, a form OF skepti
cism more insidous and danger
GUS than the assaults upon the
Christian religion by the inflde|
who makes no concealment o
bis identify. Christianity ha
withstood the Toe who attacks
lite citldel from without. If the n
Is any serious menace to t h
Christian religion now, does II
not come more from within thar
from without?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

Mrs. Hopper-1ts just as much
economy for me to pay $25 for
a hat az Tor you to pay $2O for
q fishing trip. Mr.. Hopper-How
do you make that ont? Mrs
Hopper-I get something for MY
money. Boston Herald.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15
The Charlotte Observer.

( WV OUSSSuVNtV SWOOsUOb
THE LARGEST AND BEST
NEWSPAPER IN NJ C.
Livery Day in the Year $6.. q
Year.
The Observer consists of 10 to II
pages daily and 20 to 81 pages Sun
day. 1t handles mole news matter,
local, State, national ahd foreign
than any other North Caralina news
papef.
THE SUNDAY OBSERVER.
Is unexcelled as a news medium and
Is also filled with excellent matter
of miscellaneous nature.
SEAiI.WEEKLY OBSERVER.
issues Tuesdays and Fridays, at 81.
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tiona and foreign.
Ae ress,
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CHARLOTTE NC.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15
Thousands Have kidlsy
Trouble and Never SusDot 4
How 10 Fina Ont.

Fill a bottle or common glass with youf
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

a brick dust sedil
inent, o. settlingS
stringy or milky
appearance
indicates an ,lnA
healthy coisdi-
tion Of the kid.
neys; too frca
quent desire ia
49, "a - ~s~ -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

The man who kicks himself is
very likely to grow better in the
end. r
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

Chanberlain's : Stomach and Liv
ssr Tablets will iISbrace up the nerves.
Danish sick headache, prevent de-
spondsncy snd invigorAte the whole
system. Sold by j.. N. Hodges. sl
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15
PROBES SIoNAL..

) p COUNCItb. J.,H. HARDIN.
COUNC1LL G HARDIN,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Limestone, Tennessee. ss
write us what you want in the
way Of farming lands. in THE fer.
til country and we willdo rbest
to please you. 9.10.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-07-15

the back are also symptoms that ten yod
the kidneys and bladder are ont of osief
and need attention,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15

We'll after Dad was most tired enuff to lay him down and die-so tickered out that he thort he couldn't go another step he come out into a clearin where there was a set of bildins and dogma shion if he didn't trace them goshram- med bees into hive in the back yard of them bildins. As Dad was standing there wiping the sweat offen his face on his coat sleeve and filled with deep dis gust he swore so loud that the man who owned the bees come outen the house and when he seen Dad standip there lookin so disreppytable with his clothes most tore often his back by briars and brush and brambles he says to. Dad, "Whut be you doin around here and what do you want? Jest then the mans bulldog come out and begin to growl at Dad, who was ashamed to con- fess what had brung him there SO he told the man that he had lost his way and wanted to know where he was at.
 The man told Dad that he was about a mile from HardsGrabble, which is ,l3 miles from Bingville so you, may know how fur Dad travelled after them pesley bees. The mans nameiwhere Dad come out is Slime Pringle and after Slime had give Dad somethin to eat Dad he started to peg back home to BingviIle where he -arroxe about dusk hot and dis gusted and so tired that he went right to bed without no supper. -.
 Dad says that all of Slime Pringles bees which he finds stealth honey outen his clover blossoms back of the barn he is going to stamp down into the ground and kill em deader than nits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Gid Was Mad

Gideon Johnson called at the Bugle offs last week mad as a wet hen becuz he didn't receive his copy of the Boogle the week before. The7reason Gid didn't receive his copy of the Boogle that week was because we was. short on Bugles, being as we didn't have enuff paper to print enuff to go round, and Gid happened to be one of the ones who didn't git a up-to-date copy of the Bugle But when Gid come in mad we give him a back copy of the Bugle dated Sep 4, 1779, several copies of which we happend tds have on hand, and Gid went off home turrible pleased becuz he says he would ruther have a copy as fur back as that than recent number, being as the old one is more vallyble, not SO much for its instinsick worth, as you might say, as for the historick assochiashions which clusters around it -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Brighs-Br.ezy-BelEcose-Bu.tlin .tlins

There was ttrrible awful thun- der and lightnin storm in our midst which lasted for more than a hour last Thursday or Friday, we forget which. It come up student in the P. M. about o'clock. The first sign of it apeard when a great bank of black cluods rig up outen the West and slowly crep down upon Bingville. Them as was out and about begin to git under cover, being as they thort it wouldn't be long afore the storm would bust loose and they wasn't mistaken, be- cuz it proved to be one of the worst thunder storms we have had in our midst for several years back.
 There was a bad thunder and lightnin storm struck Bingville on the 18th of July a year ago, durin which the lightnin snapped and cracked around here like a bunch of 4th of July frecrackers for a spell and done considerable dam age being as Lem Quigley's barn on the north end of town was set fire to by streak of lightnin and burnt to the ground, includin two wagons and some harness, to say nothin of hay and grain. It was a total loss, being as Lem didn't carry no insurance.
 We'll, after that thunder storm there was a lot of folks hereabouts as had lightnin rods r=t on their barns and houses, SO as when another lightnin storm come along they would be safe, as you might say. But did lightnin rods do any good when that storm come along last week. No-1000 times No. Ranse Hillyer, who had two lightin rods on his house, had the house to be struck by lightnin which run down the rod and tore up the earth where it went into the ground alongside the house. Then there was Ephriam Hobbs house also-Eph's house it has lightnin rods on it and it was also struck and the rods carried the lightnin into the ground, so has Brent Williams barn got lightnin rods on it, but it was also struck with lightnin and the lightnin rods conduckted the lightnin into the ground. To tell the truth the barns and houses in this vicinity which didn't have no lightnin rods on em was the ones that wasn't struck, ana all which was struck had lightnin rods.
 What be we to infer from this, if anything7 Why, simply that if you want your house or barn to be struck by lightnin, all you haft to do is to rig it up with one of them consarned lightnin rods and then # will hr struck q3icker than
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Local BreyitieS

Cy Hoskins has a couple of summer boarders at present. Cy says they eat turrible. lot of grub for folks who don't do no hard work like he does by earning their bread. in the sweat of their brows, They also haft to have a clean fowl each per day and store soap and lot of extrys. Cy says he can't make no more than s per week profit on the two of them, being as they pay him only S each per wk.
 Miss Sary Ann Whittacre is a visit ing her cousin, Mary Jane Smith, at the Go. seat at present and writes home that she is having a turriblc good time Sary Ann says she can sit in the win der on the main st. at the Go. seat all day long and see more in hour than she can see in Bingville in a whole year. If she likes it SO well she'd better stay there
 Snake Crick tother day and a snapper tortle got him by one of his big toes and like to of bit his dog-goned toe off for him. Shorty says he don't take a bath in Snake Crick only once year and after that he calkilates he won't never take another one. .e.-
 Amzi Gookins says his stumrnick has went back on him agin. Amzi lays it to whole mess of ice cream and canned salmon which he ct tother evg jest at bedtime, and as a result Amzi was Up most of the night with cramps, ct cetery.
 Mrs Lige Green, while milkin tother ev'g, had the old COW to step on her foot to sich extent that she has been obliged to wear nothink but old carpet slipper on it ever sinst Mrs. Green says she thinks the COW frackshured couple of toes for her, and as result she has the sympathy of the entire community.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Speshlal hQtLs

We regret to inform our big amy of subscribers ,(some of who is dead beats and had better pay something on their back subscripshions soon or else we will haft to let the flaw take it9 course with ifhen) that we have n0 country correspondence for this ishua of the Bugle.
 We persoom this is becuz most of our country correspondents is busy with one thing or another and ain't had no time to write lip anything and send is in to us. As a result our readers i0 much dissypinted.
 By next week we hope to have a whole raft of country correspondence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Thanks Jsrustly

Mrs. Jerushy Perkins has the editofss thanks for handsome mess of beet greens which she piclet herself and left on our desk during our absents down town after news. When we arrove back at the offs we tux the beet greens home and our wife prepared them for dinners They tasted turrible good and we eafki- late they was about the most succulent and juicy beet greens that person even put into their mouth. Thanks awful Jerushy; we will do you good turs sometime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15

lightnin itself. It is our private edi- torial opinion that lightnin rods don't do nothin else except draw and attraekt the lightnin, as you might say, and them as don't want their bildins struck will do we'll to not put up lightnin rods.
 We calkilate that the next light min rod agt who comes to Bingville peddling out lightnin rods will git a cool recepshion from our most respeckted citizens and we hope he will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
:. TURRIBLE <.
 OH

I ti1ort about dollars ort to bay me a purty good shot gun. sOf course would expeckt to buy my own am. for same. Then on the other hand I don't want no old shot onn that is most rusted out and will ike as not BUST UP the first time t is shot of and blow my dadbiamed head offen my shoulders. If you have any old shot gun laying around the housa which you desire to sell, swop. trade or barter see me IMMEDIATE. 7 ' Yours for shot gun,
 HANK DEWBERRY. Bingville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15

COUIOME HIT. IT W Give me a shot gun every time. l don't want to pay much for a shot gun because I don't expeckt to use it a great cal. FOR THIS REASON I CALKILATE l ort to Sst sza
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-01
CHEF AWARDS PIE TO
WINNERS AT HAND BALL
st. Vincent's College Students Put
In Spare Time in Fast
Matches

Athletes of st. Vincents college are
spending most of their spare moments
playing handball and already several
fast games have been played. Forest
Murray yesterday afternoon defeated
Carl Hanke, 21-20: Handsome" O'Brien
defeated Woodland, 22-21; Russell Fish
beat Hartmann, 21-5; Joe Gibbs defeat
ed Clarence Gibbs, 1916, One feature
Of the playing at the Grand avenue
Catholic school is the fact that the
winners of the various series are
awarded pie by the chef, who in his
younger days was an expert with the
rubber ball.
Rev. Father Martin said yesterday
that he would make application next
season to the Los Angeles high school
games committee to have the ST., Vim
cents high school baseball team enter
the ranks of the Interscholastic league.
This organization is comprised mostly
of high schools in Los Angeles and the
suburban towns, such as Polytechnic,
Los Angeles, Harvard military acad-
envy, in the city division, and Long
Beach, Hollywood. both Pasadena high
schools, Santa Monica and Throop
college of Pasadena. There is no
reason why the Catholic high school
baseball club should not be admitted
into the Interscholastic league, as none
of their players is over the high school
age limit.
week from tomorrow the high
school team from the Grand avenue
college will play the Russ high school
baseball team a return game on the
Saints diamond and then disband for
the remainder of. the season..
at st. Vincent's college yesterday that
the handball players would petition the
faculty for a Handball court, which is
badly needed on this college campus.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-01
SPARKS-PAPENTA
TEAM LEADS WALKERS

Score at close of second day of men
and women's walking contest:
Sparks-Miss Papenu ........... 1lS miles laps
Hills-Miss Webb ............... 100 mics laps
Welfare-Miss Harvey 100 miles Jap
The Sparks-Papenti walking team
maintained their lead in the three days
walking contest in the made in Cali
fornia" exposition yesterday The
feature of the contest yesterday was
the squirt between Sparks and Well
fare, the English champion. Try as he
might, the Englishman could not over
come the lead established by Sparks.
Miss Papenti has shown the best form
of the woman walkers, and her score
for the two days is forty-nine miles,
and her elapsed time, eleven hours.
The race for second position is close,
the difference being one mile and one
lap. Unless the unexpected should
happen Sparks and Miss Papenti
should capture first prize, but it is
toss UP for the winner of second hon
ors.
A large crowd witnessed the contest
yesterday and arrangements have been
made for handling a large crowd at the
finish of the contest tonight