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Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-18
AT THE MAYsInE INN

First Farmer--Weil, Hiram, what's new down your wayf
 Second Fermer-Haven't you heardf Gee. Josiah Duncan Is the proud pa of . youngster that weighs 20 pounds.
 First Farmer-Do tsiIi That's odd. Anything eise2 the proud pa of twins. Reckon you'll say that's odd, tool
 First Farmer-No, by heck. that's even.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-18

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Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-18
No Charge.

n H yes, every man in . ball team ha I his dmirers,' replied rHtcher. "and.
 " of course have mine. Sometimes the
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-18
NOT A BANKER.


all O. K. don't wsnt ii' cents from you, and you don't want lo De looking at me and hsuring up my length. Just a. incident-good day JOE KERR
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-18
NOT so FEEBLE.

Young Man Just Out of College--I told Uncle Dick yesterday that Ee was gettias too old and feeble 10 attrnd business
 Ills Friend-What did he do!
 Young Man Just Out of CoEcge-ue threw me out of the factory.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-03-30
Unusal Values i'm Plain Lawns
and Checked Muslins.

1000 yards of fine White Lawns worth
12!cts. Our Special price now 10 cts
1000 yards of beautiful quality white
Lawn worth everywhere IS cents. Special
now I23 cents
200 yards of 4o-inch Lingerie in short
lengths worth I5cts to 2octs. Special now Ioc
800 yards of beautiful Lingerie, the kind
you have to pay 20 cts for. Special now sc.
500 yards of Pajama checks 36inches
wide, no starch, worth everywhere IL I-2cts.
Special now 10 cents.
200 yards of 45inch Lingerie, beautiful
quality, worth 35cts. Special 2Scts
500 yards of 4o,inch white Lawn, just
as good as You ever bought at II I-2 cts
Our Special 10 cts.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
Napoleon's Grit

Was of toe snconqrorah'c, new
er-say-die kind, the kind that you
need most " lieu you have a bad
cold, cough or lung disease Sup
pose troches, coug.l syrups, cod liv-
er oil or doctors have all failed, don't
lose heart or hope. Take DR.. Kings
New Discovery. Satisfaction is
guaranteed when used for any
throat or lung trouble. 1t has
saved thousands of sufferers. 1t
masters stubborn colds. obstinate
coughs. hemorrhages, lagrip. Group,
asthma, hay fever and whooping
cough and it is the most safe and
certain remedy for all bronchial af-
fections. soc and 81. Trial bottle
free at all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
Those Pies of Boyhood,

How delicious were the pies Of
boyhood. No pies now ever taste
so good. What's changeds The
pies' No. lis you. You've lost
the strong, healthy stomach. the
vigorous liver, tine active kidneys,
the regular bowels of boyhood.
Your digestion is poor. and you
blame the food. What's needed?
A complete toning up by Electric
Bitters of all organs of digestson---
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, bowels
try them. They II restore your boy
hood appetite and appreciation of
food and fairly suturate your body
with new health, strength and vig-
or. soc at all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
Prayed Too Plainly, Sued for Libel.

DR.. r. b Fisher, pastor OF the
Neoga, Ill.,, Presbyterian church,
is defendant in a suit for libel
brought BY Jacob Sttohl for $5.
600 because the preacher prayed
"a most" too plainly forStrohl's
weliore. 80 Lord" prayed the
minister, right in church, 20
Lord, make Brother Stroll q
better man; cause him to pay his
debts and have him cease back.
biting" Other defects in the
character Of the brother were
touched upon, startling both
Stroll and the congregation.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
THE NORTH CAROLINA
College Of Agricuhure
And Mechanic Arts.


The States college Tor training
Industrial workers. Courses in
Agriculture, Horticulture; Ami.
NAL Husbandry and Dairying;
in Civil, Electrical and Mechani.
cal Engineering; in Cotton Mill.
ing and Dyeing; in Industrial
Chcm@try; and in Agricultural
tearhing.
Entrance examinations at each
county seat nn the 14th of July.
D. H. HILL, President,
West Raleigh, N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
The Australian Ballot.
Asheville citizen.

Asheville citizen.
1t ls almost six years since The
Citizen first advocated the Aus
tralian ballot for North Carroll.
ma, and while it has seen a bill
looking to that end smothered
to death IN the committee room,
(the yawuing grave OF SO many
measures that made for the pub
lie good) it BELIEVES that the day
is not lar distant when this al
most perfect form OF ballot will
lie established in the Old North
State. Men OF all parties who
have stuffed the question do not
hesitate to endorse the Australi-
an ballot, for tits, without doubt
the nearest expression Of the
peoples will that can he cited.
The most appealing point OF
the Australian ballot is its fair
ness. Ii is fair to the candidate
as well as to the voter. The
chances of graft, corruption and
bribery are reduced q thousand
fold, while the vote seller, the
Benedict Arnold OF politics, finds
no field for his nefarious trade.
The Australian ballot, lfadopted
in North Carolina, would do
awav with meaningless primaries
in that the voter would cast his
ballet directly for the candidate
who would be really elected by
the popular vote. And it is this
expression oI the vote that ia
sought, in nll elections.
We have said that the Aus
! tralian ballot ls fair, and it is SO
because OF its secrecy. Alter the
ballot is once placed in the hands
OF the voter, and he can get only
one, nobody but his God and
himself knows he voted unless he
chooses to tell, and even that
action, taken within earshot OF
the election officers, would dis
qualify him.
1t is natural that the old fash.
ioned political boss and ward
heeler should not look with favor
on the Australian ballot, since
it robs these worthless OF much oi
their power. But we are not now
living in an age when such ag"n-
cies OF these shall control man.
kind. This a day when the peo-
pie are moving for greater free
dom, and North Carolina will
have sounded a call that will
! reach from unOuntuin to spashOre
when she adopts the Australian
ballot for the whole state.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
Why AbuseY Your Watch

You do not run your buggy, sewing
machine or other machinery till it
squ AXIS and griDds and cuts itself to
pieces You clean and oil it often. You
should be as careful with your watch
II Is small and cannot squeak loud
when 1t is dry and needs oiiing. You
may not know it till the watch ia
completely ruined and stops. Bring
your watch to me will show you
and explain the exact condition,
Take proper care Of your watch and
u will last you a life time. Consult
sne On watch Diseases.
Yours Very Truly,
8. NJ. GREENE, Jeweler.
xlonville, N C.RFD
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
0R. BELLS ANTi.PAlN
For Internal and External Painy.
Furniture & Cofins.

At our store you will find the
most up-to-date line OF Furni
ture, Dressers, Sideboards, Bed
steads, Tables, etc. eyer shown
in the county. We also carry a
full line OF Collins and Caskets in
mahogany, gloss-whife, white
and black Plush and plushette.
OF all sizes. Call and see ourline
Best attention given to phone
orders. Yours to please.
Boone Furniture Store.
(At Moretz Old Stand
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21

P.S'"AAinS IA ulo
IS because so decep.
tive. Many sudden
DEATHS are caused
by it--heart dis.
ease, pneumonis,
heart failure OF
apoplexy are often
the result of kid.
ney disease. II
kidney trouble ID
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
thekidney-poison.
ed blood will at.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
When the stomach. fails to y

When the stomach fails to per.
form its functions, the bowels be-
come deranged, the liver and the
kidneys congested causing ninSers
Gus diseases. The stomach and liz.
er must he restored to a healthy
condition and Chamberlain's Stom.
ach and Liver Tablets can be de.
pended upon to do it. Easy to take
end most effective. Sold by all
druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21

Salisbury Post: All that needs
le.said in placing the biggest
man in North Carolina in nomi-
nation Tor its biggest office can
be said in Is minutes.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
The"F. B. and W." Over The Blue
Ridge.


Ridge.
Monroe Journal.
Some time ago the editor ofThp
Journal had the pleasure of Civ
ing his readers some first hand
observations on Hyde county,
and as they seemed to have been
very much enioved by many
readers. doubtless some para
graphs gleamei from a trip to
the other extreme of the State
and in a section so totally dis
similar as to seem to belong al
most to another hemisphere,
would prove equally interesting.
This trip. beginning at the thriv-
ing town Of Elkin. in Surry, ex-
tended through Alleehany, Ashe,
Watauga and Wilkes.
The traveller left the railroad
at Elkin. and with driver and
good team went to. Sparta,
thence to Jffprson, thence to
Boone and hack TO the railroad
at Wilkeshoro, at which point
the steam horse makes his farth-
crest progress towards the noun.
tains Of that section. There was
a trim Of 30 miles. twice across
the Blue Ridge. which took Just
an even week OF laborious travel
over the rough line known az
the F. B. and W.-'sfour bulls
and a waein." The time required
to make that distance would
have been more than enough to
make two visits from Monroe to
New York.
The three little county seat
villages oil Spar a, Jefferson and
Boore nestle in the Businesses OF
the hills, far from the STIR of the
last moving world, bnt they will
one day he the capitals OF three
of North Cardinals finest coun.
ties. Travelling from county seat
10 county seat along the most
public roads, one probably sees
conditions better than the aver.
ag", but judging from what can
be seen along this route, there ia
little to justify the adverse opin.
ions often expressed regarding
the country and the people. +
this section. OF course the isola-
ton is a f',arful drawback. and
there is hut cnp pardon there
transportation. Give this see.
tion even moderate facilities, and
county road Improvement. and
it will be a credit to the State.
Transportation stands at the
beginning Of all Improvement
there. Schools and churches
cannot solve the problem. be.
ranse the young people will not
stay in any g. sction, however
otherwise attractive, which never
hears the shrek OF a locomotive.
The people are simply locked in
their mountains, and travel hard
enough and difficult a. 10 is in
the summer, beromes practically
impossible during the long and
severe winter. The people are
keenly alive to the situation and
look forward hopefully to the
day when the grandeur of the e
counties will he, opened to the
world hy quick and easy travel.
From Elkin to the foot OF he
mountain the State is using a
number OF convicts in grading a
road which it Is hoped willpvent-
ually reach Sparta, and possibly
J'fferson, though Ashe and Wa
tauga are more longingly look
ing toward Wilk' sboro and LIE
noir for railroad connection. Till
either steam or electric cars go
over the mountains, progress is
at a standstill; while once given
these facilities, the three counties
of Ashe, Allegheny and Watau.
ga will develop like magic. The
\ l. -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
l.H0ok worm Ely SUM.
Charlotte News.

Anti. .HOokworm Ely sium.
Charlotte News.
IA We progress. theories, as
well as individuals and insects
are relegated. 1t was once con-
silpred fatal to give a patient
suffering with typhoid water or
ice. To-day they are. strength.
ened by it. Once the house fly
was considered one of the harm.
less handi APPS to human bappi-
ness-a thing to he tolerated as
man endures boils or heat. But
the scrutinizing sleuth OF medical
lore found the festive fly to be a
formidable enemy to health, as
we'll as happiness. As q dissem.
inator of germs he is said TO lie
without an equal. Consequent
ly a we'll organized movement is
afoot an eternal quiets to the
fly. His days are numbered.
The mosquito has long since
bean tabooed. The house rat is
on the ANXIOUS seat and q YER
dict OF guilty is mometarily ex-
pected.
All of which may he introduced
as a sort OF preamble to a little
dissertation on the esteemed
hook worm. Dispatches of last
week state that already agents
have been appointed to handle
the Rockefeller anti-houkworm
funds in this State, and that an
nergetic campaignis forthwith
planned. Success to it. The hook
worm is no friend of onrs, and
not one drop of brine will We
spare il all OF his race, kindred
and is blotte ! from the face vi
the earth. Not necessarily fat
al menace, is the honkworin, but
more distinctly a nuisance, an
annoyance aud a purloiner of
vitality and strength. In other
words, he is n sort of forerunnpr
OF o her maladies. After putting
the human anatomy in q dilapi-
dated condition, stolen the sap
of life, redured the combativp
force, and accomplished and all
round state of physical weakness
he gracefully steps aside to the
various and sundry germs of
other diseases, to enter lie weak
ened body and accomplish the
end.
For these reasons alone it is
highly imperative that the hook
worm be put on the shelf. Then,
too, he is said to he responsible
for the general laziness which be-
sets mankind. What marvels
We shall behold in that glorious
era, not lar distant, when the
hookworm shall be no more.
There will be no lounei, G in the
shade; no whiting OF dry goods
boxes; no yawning horde to dot
the street; no disposition to stay
abed lateyno sleeping in church
but imagination fails to pursue
the trend.
Suffice it to say that the re-
moval of the hookworm is q con
summation aIlogethrrto b e
sought after-und one which will
work revolutions in this vale OF
| tears.
All strength to those who seek
his scalp.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
PRO FES 81 O NAL
DIR. OSCAR L. MOORE.
DENTIST.

will be at Blowing Rock from
the first, to the fifteenth of each
mouth prepared to do all kinds
of Dental work.
Office Near Watauga Hotel.
Oct. 81, 1y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21

one. The mountains are clothed
with the finest timber and the
turp lands are carpeted with
the finest grasses, while the val
leys and meadows are either
growing the finest corn, wheat,
rye and buckw heat or are cover
ed knee deep with timothy, red
top and clover.
The mourtain farmer, possess-
ed of mountain pasture and cul-
tivated meadow, has a cinch.
His fine cattle, mostly Herefords
and Durhams, wax fat and grow
on blue grass pasture in summer
and are fed in winter from the
mowings from the valleys. A 2.
year old steer. largely making
his own living, weighing 500 and
selling at the pasture gate for
four cents per pound gross, is no
mean basis of prosperity. All
through these counties are the
finest Of farms OF high value, and
land that sells now from $25 to
500 per acre will have an i'm
mense value when opened to the
outside world. 1t will one day
he the blue grass section of North
Carolina. The people who are
fooling themselves with the ''poor
mountain whites" stories 80 Of
ten heard viii fiud their mistake.
Such a soil and climate don't
make the ''poor white" kind OF
folks. In all this trip not one
pprson was sepn under the inhn-
enre of drink and fewer ,oaths
were heard than one would hear
in a large ho'el |oby in one hour.
Churches are thirk and there are
fifty preachers in Natanga coun-
ty alone. OuSaturday noon the
traveller found himself at a alarge
white church house on the road.
side and o meeting was in prog
ress. Good teams werr hitched
in the yard and the chnrch was
filed with well dressed, lnte'li-
gent people. 1t was a Primitive
Baptist church
The county superintendent of
Watauga said that his schools
never fell short OF four months,
and ut Boone $50 teachers were
taking the summer course in the
Appalachian Training School, n
fine new institution hlished
by the State. At "Meat Camp"
n famous rendezvous OF Daniel
Boone, the night was spent in
the home OF O farmer who has re-
fused 81 600 for his farm, and
lying about were souvenirs that
the owner had brought from the
jamestown and St. Louis expo
sitions. At another home in
which the night was spent there
were pictures on everywall. car
pets on I he floor, sets of Irving,
Shakespeare and other worthless
on the shelves. While this gives
the bright side, the dark side. is
there of course, but it is Chiefly
in the holiness and inaccessible
ty. And unless these are cleared
the country must go back in
stead OF forward. As drainage
IS the problem OF Hyde, trans
alton is the problem OF Ale
ghany, Ashe and Warauga.
Nothing has BEEN said OF the
marvellous beanty and-pirtur-
esqneness OF the rouutry. From
the time one ascends the noun
tain at Roaring Gap and views
the expanse OF hill and valley be-
low, with grand old Pilot against
the sky line 30 miles away, until
he comes down the mountain
again towards Wilkesl,oro, there
is one succession of grandeur and
beauty in rushing streams, vel
vet valleys q nd mountain
heights.
When the stomach fails to per-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
BANK REPORT.

Following is q report of the con.
dition of the hank of Blowing Rock
at Bio wing Rock in the state of
North Carolina. at the close of busi.
ness June 80, 1910:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $2o,327.s8
Overdrafts unsecured z6.79
Banking house 100000.
Furniture and fixtures I,439.Io
Due from b'ks and b'krs I,o3s. s6,
lash items - 5000
Gold coin 1893. 90.
Silver coin, including all mi.
nor coin currency,
National bank notes and
other U. S. notes 953.lS.
Total. tal."....."......,.......,..ab,7 ,769.IS
LIABILITIES
Capital stock $ro. 900. 90.
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes paid I634t
Time certificates of deposi, 6,iS5,66
Deposits subject to check o,I2o.SI
Due to b'ks and b'krs | 900. 90.
Total. al.........."............... $s6. .76o.SS.
State of North Carolina, Watauga
county, SIS: l, G. M. Sudderth,
Cashier of the above named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true 10 the best of my
knowledge End belief
q. NJ. SUDDERrH, Cashier.
Correct-Atiest: e. j. Parlier, w.
L. Holshouser, ]. B. Clarke, Di.
rectors.
Subscribed anG sworn to before
me this Sth day of July,,,I9lo:
J. B. CLARKE, Notary Public
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-07-21

tack the vital organs, cassing catarrh Of
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous.
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ d obtained
quickest by proper treatment Of the kid.
neys. Swamp.Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding pain in passing It,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
of being compelled to 60 often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
Of Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest be.
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial viii convince anyone.
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have,a
sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gen.
erous offer in this paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name
Swamp Root, and don't let dealer sell
you something in place Of Swamp, Root.
ifyou do you viii be Disappointed
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-01-14
A vINDIcrIvE KNIFE.
Pho Weapon That Tried Several Times
"a k;ll k;oI;no

Pho Weapon That Tried Several Times
to Kill kipIine.
My mind hux flown back down the
years to London and into the large.
corner room OH the second floor. Vii
liers street. Embankment Gardens. On
the wall fronting the Thames hangs
the most vicious looking knife | have
ever Seen. 1t is serpentine in shape.
and its downward point il AZ sharp as
needle.
what a villainous weapon!' l said
YES" replied Kipling. and forgot
the name he gave it or the section ot
India from which it came. THAT
knife has tried to kill me severai
times. It's always ON the watch
When got ii there was affixed to ii.
like button on foil. one joint Of Il
mans backbone. The knife had been
run into the vertebrae. given savage
twist and brought away with it piece
Of human framework.
AS he spoke he approached the gilt.
tering, snakelike knife.
Don't touch it, cried. "You
ought to keep it in locked box"
He didn't touch it. so far as ! saw.
but as he raised his hand the knife
dropped like plummet and stood
quivering in the floor within an inch
Of his boot.
Look at THAR he said and stoM:
there without moving a muscle until !
saw how nearly the sinister blade had
come to impaling his foot. = Rober,
Barr in London World.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-01-14
A CONVERT.
He 10 Now a Firm Believer In Psychic
Phenomena.

He 10 Now Firm Believer In Psychic
Phenomena.
do believe I'm the occult? Sure.
do" said the suburbanite as he set
tied down into his seat in the snok
ing car and filed his pipe. Il was
just as great u skeptic as you are until
a week ago. was firmly convinced
that table manipulation was fake.
that mind reading was pure guess
work and that all alleged psychic php-
nomena could be attributed to natural
causes. But now I'm willing to ac-
cept the entire propaganda. Nothing
is too obscure for me to accept ON
blind faith. I've experienced com
plete change of heart. as they used to
say in the old camp meetings.
you see. it was this way. My
friend Buggins. who is really bug
on the occult. induced me to 20 to a
seance with him the other afternoon
and prevailed upon me to have Il sit
ting. In spite Of my nonbelief he said
! was good subject. and l guess |
was. The lady who was delivering the
soul fluid told me should have trou.
BILE with a stout. dark woman. All
the way out on the train that evening
the idea haunted me. l couldn't get
It out Of my head.
"And. say. she was right. What
happened? Why. when got home
found myself up against the PROPOSE
ton Of firing the colored cook. Sure.
! believe in the occult Got q lightr'-
New York Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-01-14
The Man eehins Tho Gun.

The late Admiral Erhen had the good
fortune or the merit to originate a
world circling phrase. 1.-The man be-
hind the gun" He used it in speech
on the factors of success in. naval war
fare to emphasize the necessity of
having efficiency. preparedness. run
through the entire personnel. 1t was
also reminder that the enlisted men
have good deal more to do with
bringing about victory than always
appears in history or official reports.
The expression was employed in sup
plementing the views of Captain Ma
han and attained circulation at once
as epitomizing whole library of in
Observation-Disclosures Transcript.