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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
Saved From an Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity in h
family is presented is told by A d
Mcdonald, of Fayetteville, N. c.,
K F d, No. g.. .'hiy sister had con-
SUMPTION" he writes, ''she was
very thin and pale, had no appetite
and seemed to grow weaker every
day, as sll remedies failed, till DR..
Kings New Discovery was tried,
and SO completely cured her, that
she has not been troubled with {
cough since. It's the best medicine
ever saw or heard Of" For coughs
colds, lagrippe, asthma, Group. hem.
orrhages-all bronchial troubles, it
has no equal, soc. and 81 90. Tria'
bottles free. Guaranteed by al
druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
BOONE FURNITURE
COMPANY.


Go to the Boone Furniture
Company for anything you want
in the line of House Furnishings.
We have a new and up.to.dats
line OF furniture, Bed Springs,
Mattresses, Comforts, Blankets,
and various other articles need.
ed in the home. Be sure and give
US a call and get prices before
buying elsewhere. Store in Dauk
Building. Very respectfully,
BOONE FURNITURE co.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
SPEEDY JUSTICE.
Monroe Journal.

The frequent miscarriage ofjus.
tice in this country. and the long
drawn out trial, the appeals and
the rehparings aud the too often
final escape of the criminal, are
being held up in sharp contrast
to the swlitness and certainly by
which the English people admin.
lister their laws, "a O result OF
which it is said that there are
nine murders in America
where there is one in England
Over there they have just han.
ged an American, a dentist by
the name OF Crippen, for the mur.
der OF his s~iIe. Hepoisioned her,
disposed OF the body in his own
cpllar,i aud left for America
with a young woman. His dis.
covery on shipboard by means OF
wireless teIegraphy, and bis ar
rest'as soon as the ship reached
port last July was one ofthe SEN
sations Of the times, and his
quick trail, lasting only fourdays,
has served to bring ont COM
PARSONS not complimentary to
America! One writer says:
"Where the doctor made his mis-.
take, was in not getting his wife
oyer to her home in New York,
before making way with her,
Then, had he been discovered,
long about now, his lawyers
would scarcely have taken time
tn moye for a continuance they
would have been so busy playing
with the newspaper syndicates,
manufacturing public sentiment
columns of slosh and in about
two, years, they would have last
ed about two months, and II the
wretch had been convicted, it
would take another two years
TO get the case run the gamut OF
the various courts, and the lei
low would have died a natural
death before the end OF it all, ey.
en- granting that he would have
been conyicted in the first place.
which probably would not haye
bean the case !"
Az we zee il, there are two FAC.
tors in the case that must be
rtmedied in North Carolina.
One is the way OF s-lecting q jnry
10y which it is possible for the
defence to secure either personal
friends of The nccused o. men OF
other known bias. The other
is the unnecessary appeals upon
no issue affecting actual proof OF
guilt innocence. 1t is o surprise
that some patriotic lawyer does
not take up the question Of re-
form and fight it through.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08

Which is worse a jag from IL
quoror rag time music? DR.. Ding
ley Brown, director of music at
Wesleyan College, recently declar
ell that :'rag.time'' music causes
a large percentage OF the crime
committed in this country, more
in fact, than is al attributed to Ii.
quor.drinking. "Rag-time" mn-
sir IS the greatest curse OF onr
country, and the most serious
menuce OF the younger genera
ton in our homes, he said.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
A Simple Safeguard Fer Mothers

Mrs. D. Gilkeson, 3z6 lngle.
Ave, Youngstown. Ohio, gainet
wisdom by experience. MY little
has a severe cold and conghed al
most continuously. My sister rec
commended Foley's Honey and Tar
The hrst dose | gave her relieved
the inflammation in her throat and af
ter using only one bottle her throa,
and lungs were entirely free from
Inflammation. Since then always
keep a bottle Of Foley's Honey and
Tar in the house. Accept no sub
sututes. NJ. B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
Banks On Sure Thing Now.

.'l'll meyer be without DR.. Kings
New Life Pills again." writes A.
Schinseck, 647 Elm Street, Buffa.
10, New York. ''They cured me ol
chronic constipation when all 9th.
ers had failed" Unequalled for bill.
ionsness, jaundice, Indigestion, head
ache, chills, malaria ard debility
s5c. at all druggists. =
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
Get The Genuine Always.

A substitute is a dangerous make.
shift especially in medicine. The
genuine F'oley's Honey and Tar
cures coughs and colds quickly and
is in a yellow package. Accept no
substitutes.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
Farmer GotA \ Lesson.

One OF the bitterest opponents
OF road Improvement in Screven
county, Ga, was an old farmer
who lived fourteen miles fourteen
miles from the court oouse. How
ever, despite his protest, the road
was improved out his way, but
he grumbled and accused the OF.
ficials ofspending money to build
roads for the rich owners oil au.
tomobiles which really ought
not to be allowed on the public
roads at all.
One day the last summer this
farmers youngest child was
stricken III very suddenly. She
suffered intense pain and the usu
al remedies afforded no relief.
DR.. Overstreet was In his Office
at Sylvania when he received the
telephone call from the father to
hurry. As the DR.. stepped out on
the street he saw l.. H. Hilton,la
bank president, standing q few
feet away. Explaining the casein
a few words, the doctor asked
Mr.. Hilton to take him out In
his car.
slump inl" said Hilton.
Forty minutes later they vera
at the farmers house. The ch,ld's
life was saved and the father be.
came q convert to good roads
and automobiles right then and
there.
The life OF q man whose q m
was crushed in O gin last year
was saved last year by the doc
tor being rushed to him in Mr..
Hilton's car. The doctor said the
man would have bled to death IL
they had driven out to the place
in buggies.-Frank Weldon in
Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08

child urinates too often, il the urine scalds
the fesll, or If, when the child reaches an
aye when It should be able to control the
passage, 1t is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause Of the diff
Guilty Is kidney trouble, and the frst
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
,rouble Is due to diseased condition Of
the kidneys and bladder and not to =
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp.R0ot is soon realized. II is sold
by druggists, in fifty Ef
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may l!!
have sample bottle ~ =
by mail free, also Hsns 4 6vanpassG
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Rook,
including many Of the Thousands Of testi-
nonial letters received from sufferer
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & ces.
Binghamton, N. ", be sure and mentiW
this paper. Don't make any u,iatAxA
but remember the name, SwsmpS
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and IL ~
dress, Binghamton, N, Y, q eyoX
d q
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
"OUR FOOL FRIENDS"

OUn r'JtjL fhlENDS.
Raleigh Evening Times,
1t has been said that a mans
fool friend do him more damage
than his enemies. That is certain
ly true in the case OF the south,
and especially true in the case OF
western North Carolina. We know
where to place our enemies and
they do US little harm, but fire.
quently there comes along one,
who prptends great self-sacriice,
offers to do us some special SER
vice. Probably at heart they
think they are doing US u service
but, az a matter of fact, they are
like unto the mans iool friend
who always does him All injury
10y his talk, rather than a bene
At. As soon as some idealist of
self CONSTITUTED redtemer of hu-
manity comes along looking for
a place to-nake a play to public
sentiment, he invariably oils up
the same old chord and starts in
on western North Carolina. This
is no new story, but strange to
say, there are always people who
take in the bait and lend a help
ing hand to save the ''mountain
people," The latest frenzied out
break along this line isa distinct
surprise, in a wnyS as it comes
from one whom we had 40 IN q
reasons to beeye was above this
kind Of a game and would not bp
a party to banding out to the
kind.htartetl "north" such mis-
s,onary talk about the people of
the mountains. The worst out
break that has been recorded re-
Gently along this line WAS at a
meeting before the ARUNDEL Club
in Baltimore some nights ngo,
when our famous ho"k-worm
friend, DR.. Stiles, pictured t h e
pitiful condition ofthe mountain
people OF western North Carroll.
no to this cultured audience in
such a way that it is said they
were brought to tears over the
fearful conditions. This is the
same DR.. Stills who was feasted
and dined as the discoyerer of
the "HOokworm in the South" y,
He was a nan uf the South and
was going to do so much for. us
because he understood rOndi.
tions here, UT we see that he IL
on the. old path and here is a
sample OF the talk lie is di-hing
out to his cultured audiences a.
bout our state. H. said in part:
"1here is, no condition. worse
than this in the social history of
humanity. Go where you will,
you will not find, such q pitiful
lack of development; women Of
30 and boys of.2O w;tllthe deYel-
opnent of 7 and 8 years 1t isl
picture of ineffable sadness. The
sanitary conditions and the hy'
giene OF the mount aims is 80 ter
rible that it dare not be describ-
ed. They cannot support doc
tors, and the state ofNorth Car.
olina has recently found it neces.
sary to irsue what is known as
limited licente for men who have
no real skill but whose preten-
tions to medicine have some IT.
feet upon the ignorant noun.
taineers."
But that is not the worst of it,
nor the end. If it were We could
probably find some, excuse for
hls recent outbreak. but he is not
alone in his speaking. After brin-
ging his audience to tears over
the condition which he has Ids
covered" here, be is followed by
another Speaker, Miss Holman,
a northern nurse, who has s'een
pouring out her sweet life tn save
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08

~ had been troubled with con.
stipation for two years and tried all
the best physicianf in Bristol Tenn.
and they could do nothing for me-"
writes Thos. E. Williams. Middle.
boro, KY. 1.-Two packages Of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets cured me-" For sale by all deal.
ers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08

Some how the average mother
doesn't think she is doing her
duty unless she spoils her chill
dren.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08

some of the people in the noun
tains, and incidentally organize
the Holman Soriety", which is
going to do wonders in rescuing
the people of the mountains, af.
ter she gets some funds from the
north. She and the famous Hook
worm Doctor appeared to I've do
ing teamwork that night, and if
they make these speeches IN ma
ny parts of the world there will
soon be a coming OF missionaries
into we 'tprn North Carolina in
stead of to benighted Japan and
China and darkest Africa. Here
IS the way this trained nurse
told OF the frightful conditions
existing in the great mountain
sections Of North Carolina:
"a COW IN the mountain dis
tricts is a precious possession,
but a wife counts for a very lit
tie. When the COW falls i'll the
man of the house is beside him
self with fear, lest be lose her.
but the illness OF the wife is re-
ceived with comparative indiffer-
ence. If shei lied, she is buried az
soon as possible and within q
", elk or so he il married again.
He and his second vile then go
to church and hear the funeral
sermon OF his first wife. The ppo-
ple there wear their clothes until
they wear out, ueyer taking them
,oA when they retire. They have
the most primitive ideas OF med.
icine. Z. The only cure for
tuberculosis is a pan OF water to
prevent the night sxeats, and as
they rarely have basins the fry
ink pan is usually pressed into
service for this occasion.
This is the kind of advertising
North Carolina is getting from
these fool friends. Think OF this
being handed out to the audien-
ces of the north about the land
that has produced the brilliant
Vance and a thousand others
whose shoe.strings even such peo
pie as thtse are not fit to un-
loo@. Suppose the great and
noble and gifted Bill N!e, who
sleeps in the mountains of wes-
tern North Carolina, could ba al.
i've and read such about this peo
pie that he loved so dearly.
Could but one Of these intellec-
tual giants speak in tehalf OF the
people who are thus slandpred by
t h ose who are going up and
down the earth pretending to be
their friends, that defense would
be such as to put. these selLcon-
stituted missionaries to fight.
Why. in the light Of all reason,
people who pretend to be wel|-in-
formed should continually seek
to mislnform and misreprespnt
the conditions and the people Of
any one section OF the country is
a mystery, unless, perchance. it
il a profitable business That
the sta lements set forth above
and credited to these two speak.
ers are flagrant misrepresenta-
tious is beyond question. We do
not deny that there are extreme
cases in the mountains, just as
there are extreme cases in Balti-
more, or New York, or in Boston
or London. Or Paris. A person
can 70 right into the heart of
New York City and find some OF
the mostpitilul, poverty stricken
cases to he found on earth, but
that does not mean that the peo
pie Oi that section as q whole are
to be classed with them. The
people OF the mountains of wes-
tern North Carolina are in q
great measure like the people OF
all mountain sections OF tile
country. They have strong,
rugged character, They are for
Banks On Sure Thing Now.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
R. Ross DoneIIy.

UNDERTAKEN & EMBAI.M ER
SHOUN'S, .--- Tennessee,
Has Vanished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broad:loth and
White Plush Caskets; Black and
White Metallic CT s X g Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Chs
kets always on hand. Phone or
ders given special attention.
r, ROSS DONNELLY.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-12-08
There is no gilt-edgpd reference
that can heat an obese balance.
Women as Well as Men Are Maie
Miserable BY Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
VOICE PROTEST
ON TEXAS RATES
Birmingham Pipe Manufacturers Say
Increase In Rates VIII Cut Them
Off Completely in Texas

The pipe manufacturers of this dis
trict are making plans to attend
meeting in Dallas, Tex, this month to
discuss rates on pipe to Texas. a sub
ject which has been up from time to
time for the past three years.
The entire matter seems to be an eff
fort of the New York and far eastern
shippers to eliminate Birmingham pipe
from the Texas field. About three years
ago a rate of $3.50 was charged on
pipe from Birmingham to the common
points in Texas. The pipe interests here
got behind the rate and the Texas rail-
road commission decreased the rate to
IS which Is now in force. This rate It.
self Is said to be almost prohibitive,
but the interests here have about lost
courage and have been shipping at that
rate. Now come the eastern people and
an effort Is to be made to increase this
rate. 1t Is claimed here that II this
rate is suffered to be increased then
the water route used by the eastern
shippers will completely eliminate Bir-
mingham from Texas business To the
end of stoutly protesting against any
increases the Dimmick, the United
States Iron Pipe company, the Bessemer
pipe concerns and others will send
attorneys and agents to the meeting
to protect Birmingham against this
move.
Several local railroad men will also
attend the meeting and 1t is hoped that
a successful protest will be made
against the proposed Increase.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
WILL ERECT NEW PLANT TO
MAKE HOES IN BIRMINGHAM

The latest industry to make a bid for
favor in the Birmingham district is the
Sem. Pressed Steel and Hoe company
This corporation will be organized under
the laws of Alabama tomorrow or the day
thereafter The company will be CAPT.
talized at $4,000.
The plant will be located at East Bir'
minRham and will manufacture hoes and
farming implements The daily output
will be Sbout 1000 hoes in addition to the
daily production of other implements. The
plant will employ at the start 80 men,
while 1t is hoped this number will be in
creased to about 15o before the end Of
the first year of operation.
The plant will be under the presidency
of Edward Sem Of Egg Harbor, N. j..
while the secretary and treasurer will be
A. M. Wallace. formerly state manager
for the H. B. Claf1in company. a 100000
dry goods firm of New York.
The iron and steel consumed will bo
about four tons per day until the ca
pacity has been increased.
Mr.. Wallace, In speaking of the new
plant. said last night:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
MORE FURNACES
WILL SHUT DOWN

The shut down of furnaces In the
district In an effort to assist In re-
covery of the iron market was never
more pronounced
~ The reduction of Iron tonnage has
been decreased over the past two
months, but yesterday the furnace COM
panies decided to shut down still other
stacks in order to further decrease the
make The producers believe that this
will accomplish the desired end and do
not feel pessimistic over the business
outlook Those in close touch with
conditions believe the situation Will be
very much improved in thirty days
The furnaces now out of commission
include.
Central Iron & Coal Co., at Holt
Woodstock furnaces at Woodstock. !
Southern Iron & Steel Co., at Ala
bama City and Chattanooga. 1880. 2
The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Co., at Bessemer .......... -. 4
The Tennessee Coal, Iron g. Railroad
Co., at Ensley. ................ ]
Republic Iron & Steel Co., at Thomas. ]
Sloss-Sh effield Steel & Iron Co., at
Birmingham 49,. ........... 2
The Birmingham Coal & Iron Co., at
vanderbilt -..--- .....--------....
Total furnaces out of bhst. ....1s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
UNDERWOOD BACK
IN FINE HEALTH
Surprised at Action on Post
Office Site
SEES TOO MUCH HASTE
Says Money Is Not Yet Availabie anu
Every Property Owner Should
Be Given an Opportunf-
ty to Bid
SEES TOO MUCH HASTE

CONGRESSMAN o. w. Underwood re-
turned to Birmingham yesterday at noon
from French Lick, Ind, greatly refreshed
after weeks recuperation from the ac-
tive session of Congress recently closed.
Mr.. Underwood said he was feeling nne
and would be in his district until the
opening of Congress next winter
zone of the first things that attracted
my attention today" said Mr. Underwood
was the fact that bids had been asked
on sites for the Birmingham postofice.
I do not understand the haste that Is
made in calling for these bids, and the
action is entirely without my knowledge
in the first place, no money mas peen
actually appropriated for the site, and the
money will not be available until next
fall, when Congress takes the final step.
It Is a penal offense for government
official to place the government under
obligations to pay out money which mas
not already been appropriated, and 1 do
not understand how bids on this site can
be called for at this time.
while I was the father of the measure
which secures 100000 for the purchase
of a site in Birmingham, l had hoped
that there would be no haste and that
property owners in general would have
an opportunity to make bids had
hoped the matter would be thoroughly
threshed out and the most suitable site
secured for the purpose.
"Asccording to the advertisement for
bids a definite sized site is stipulated.
larger, really, than contemplated in the
original bill. l think every owner of
property who believes he has suitable
site should be given an opportunity to
submit a bid. There is no need for
great haste because we cannot get an
appropriation for the building until the
next public buildings bill is prepared. and
that will be done by the next Congress.
No public buildings will be provided for
at the short session, which begins in
December. T'Il4alEN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
stntua of Relief Fund
MACS LUCK
The Young Woman Reporters Story.

The following food tale written by 8
clever young newspaper woman is .
true story that came under her personal
observation:
Il have been with the - Ca paper
in Calf town. for nine years and
Mac has been with us all that time and
do not know how much longer.
Last winter and the winter before
Mac probably from constant night
work and improper food. got badly run
down, could not eat much, what little
he did eat did not do him much good
keep warm.
II missed him for awhile until yes
terday / overlook him on the street go
ing toward the office. and hardly knew
the man; had 1t not been for the famil-
lar walk I should surely have passed
without recognizing him. He was stout.
his face was round and ruddy and his
eyes bright as l had never seen them
before.
II said. Mac, I hardly knew you,
what on earth have you been doing to
get SO fat? He replied. Grape Nuts.
Nuts food three months ago when
weighed 126 and was feeling misera-
BILE, but now I weigh 160 and feel bet
ter than ever felt in my life. quit my
old diet and went on Grape-Nuts and
that's the whole story"
Exercise is necessary but there's no
nourishment in 1t and proper food
alone can. supply that. Grape-Nuts for
10 days is a pleasant trial and proves
big things.
There's a Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. THE Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Birmingham has its future in the
smaller industries that are locating here.
and which will consume moderate ton
nages of iron. The cheap price of the
raw materials here makes 1t decidedly adj
vantageous for any iron or steel-consum-
Ing Rlant to locate here, and that was
the most influencing point that brought
the Sem Pressed Steel Hoe company to
Birmingham. We have arranged for
plant in East Birmingham. and hope to
start operations within few weeks. We
have quietly arranged the matter, and
while a few details are incomplete. we
feel warranted in announcing that we
hope to start operations shortly. Our
output will be about 1000 hoes per day,
and We will, of, course, have other i'm
pements to manufacture which will in
crease this production The plant will be
modernly equipped and we will have
about 50 men at the first In our employ
The officers, who have not been named
will be elected at a meeting to be held
here tomorrow. possibly, at which time
our attorneys will very likely have our
incorporation papers ready for fling"