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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Two.Legged SWINE.
Davie Record.

Davie Record.
We have more respect for the
four.footed hogs that have to
root for their living than for the
two-legped swine who will take
a paper three or four years and
then when asked to settle will
mark it refused, and have it
returned to the office. The grave
robber, the highwaymen, tn Q
pickpocket and the purse snatch.
er are not worse than the paper
thief. OF course. il a man notifies
the editor to stop his paper when
fhe time expires and the editor
keeps sending 1t on after being
notified, then it is not the tau!t
of the subscriber. But there area
certain class OF people who think
it their duty to rob the editor.
They take a special delightin
doing so. Such people may man :
age to live and get along nll
right in this world, but they will
get their just deserts in the world
to come, A man who would steal
from an editor would steal meat
out of the hand oi q blind pau
per. We are glad there but few. II
any, such people in Davie coun-
tY.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Warning to railroad Men.

Look out for severe and even dan.
gerous kidney and bladder troubles
resulting from years Of rallroading.
Geo. E. Bell, 639 Third ST., Fort
Wayne. Ind, was many years con
ductor on the Nickel Plate. He says:
Twenty years of railroading left
my kidneys in ii terrible condition.
There was continual pain across
my back and hips and my kidneys
gave me much distress, and the ac-
ton of nv bladder was freqeent and
most painful. l got supply of Fc-
ley Kidney Pills and the first bot.
tie made wonderful Improvement
and four bottles cured me complete.
Is. Since being culed / have recon-
mended Fo!es Kidasy Pills to ma
ny Of my rail,oad friendxs N 3
42lsSn s. X .s u
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Attacks School Principal.

A severe attack on school princi.
pal. Chas. B Allen, of Sylvania,
Ga, is thus told by him. ''t'or
more than three years." he writes,
'I suffered indescribable torture
from rheumatism, liver and stomach
trouble and diseased kidaey. All
remedies failed till l used Electric
Bitters. but four bottles ofthis won;
derful Remedy cured he compltely.'
Such results are common. Thous-
ands bless them for curing stomach
trouble, female compialnts kidney
disorders, bilIiousness, and for new
health and yigor. Try thsm Only
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Make warlon vete Buying.

aSucoOTO VouTicT' s
The purchase OF votes can ~
stopped, and should be stopped
at any cost, however great II
may be. In most cases " hers
both the seller and purchaser ars
indictable it is next to imp ossi.
ble to convict.
There is another way to break
up vote buying and that is for
the good people who oppose vote
buying to make continal warfare
on this method OF corruption 10
politics. We have in mind q coun
ty in North Carolina where TWEEN.
ty years ago the disgraceful
habit OF vote buying was prac.
ticed in almost every township.
The best people said they were
gong to put a stop to it, The
The leading men OF the county
decided they would make vote.
buying so disgrareful that no DE-.
cent man would stand Tor it. A
persistent campaign was. made
against the practice from years
end to years end. Today there is
not O. vote for sale iu the county.
Few votes would be sold were it
not that men OF superior intelli.
gene encourage the ignorant and
vicious to sell their great prixi.
lege OF suffrage.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
A Fierce Night Alarm

is the hoarse. startling cough of a
child, suddenly attacted by Group
Often it aroused Lewis Cha,nblin OF
Manchester, o., r. r. No. u for
their four children were greatly
subject to Group. "Sometimes in
seyere attacks" he wrote tive were
afraid they would die. but since we
proved what certain remedy Dr.
Kings New Discovery, is, we have
fear. We rely on it for Group and
for coughs, colds or any throat or
lung trouble" So do thousands Of
others. So may you. Asthma,
Hay Fever, LaGrippe, Whooping
Cough, Hemorrhayes fly before it.
soc and $I,oo Trial bottle free,
Sold by all druggist.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
BOONE FURNITURE
COMPANY.

Go to the Boone Furniture
Company for anything you want
in thu line of House Furnishings.
We have a new aud up-to.date
line of furniture, Bed Springs,
Mattresses, Comforts. Blankt ts,
and various other articles need-
ed in the home. Be sure and give
US a call an get prices before
bu>ing elsewhere. Store in Bank
Bnil.ling. Very respectfully,
BOONE FURNITURE co
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Has Millions Of Friends.

How would you like to number
your friends by millions as Buck
lens Arnica Salve doesi Its as.
founding cures in the past forty
years made them. Its the best
Salye in the world or sores, ulsers,
eczema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts,
corns, so,e eyes. sprains, swelllnss,
bruises, cold sores. Has no equal
piles. ssc at all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13

Foley's IL oney and Tar is the
hest cough remedy | ever used as it
q uickly stopped severe cough that
had long troubled me, says j. W.
Kuhn, Princeton, Neb Just so
quickly and surely itacts in all ca
ses of coughs colds, lagrippe and
lung trouble Refuse substitutes. Nj.
! 3 Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Come "Back Homc'' to Begin Again.

.SV"ac OoSA hVuU w oO6 ~ 40 SAu'
Mnrfreesboro (Tenn.) Home Journal.
Last fall Mr.. Jacob Robinson,
who owned a fine farm near Flor
encp, in this county, and W h o
says he was doing well, sold his
farm, stock, household goods,
ETC., and emigrated to to tlh e
State OF Washington, to get rich
quick in those widely advertised
and much boosted farming lands
lin that section. He located at
Bellingham, on the west side of
the state, bonght some upland
with timber on it because it was
cheaper than the valley land, aud
proceeded to make q home. 1t
cost him $4,000 an acre to
clear the land. Shortly after his
arrival he found that he was in
for it and began his preparations
to leave. The residents there told
him he was leaving too soon, to
stay and unload on some east
erner, who would, in time, come
and buy. Mr.. Robinson knew ola
number who had been waiting for
a long time to catch suckerand
were impoverished by the wait,
concluded he would get out while
he had some money left.
So last week they arrived here
and Mr.. Robinson is looking for
a farm. He says, that he knew
when he had enough. He says it
ls q first rate country to go for
ones health, but to go there
and live as a farmer it would
sheer folly. Fruitgrows in abun
dance but it is speaked with a
seal and unfit for market. He fur
ther says it does notpay togrow
timothy hay that brings $l2 a
ton on $500 an acre land. The
price of eggs there is high, but
the hens don't lay.
Mr., Robinson's experience cost
he says, abont $4,000 and he is
back 10 old Rutherford to make
back what he lost to the land
sharks of the glorious state OF
Washington.
This experience is a true one
and should give IN impetus to
the "Back Home movement
now working in theSouth. Those
who left their homes in the Sou
thern states should come back
to see how the country has i'm
proved and how easy it is to
make a living on the farms that
we're once red clay, worn out
washed hills.
Come on Back, boys, come
"back home
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Destroylsg Mooushlne.
Chronicles;

Uestr0yluS M0ou'"Aho'
Chronicle;
Mr.. Cabell. commissioner OF In.
ternal Revenue. recently gave
ont he following interview which
will he of some interest. to our
people. Mr.. Gable, in his inter
view, forgot to state that one
reason the violations Of the Ii
uhor laws continue tn such IN
extent is because his department
encourages violations OF the law
in prohibition and local option
territory by issuing government
license to anybody who wants to
violate the state laws. But here
is what he says:
This is the biggest moonshine
year With our Office" said Mr..
Cabell eve are breaking up
more illicit distllIerips in Virgin
ia, North Carolina, South Carroll.
ma, Georgia and Alabama than
in any year previous"
whit is the explanation OF
lhis?" was asked.
"There are several explana-
tions,' said Mr.. Cabell. "Publlc
sentiment, which has undergone
a decided change for the better,
is helping Us more than anything
else. 1t is easier for our agents to
catch and convict law breakers
If we have evidence against a
man 1T is not a difficult matter
to get a verdict apalnst him. The
people are realizing what a me
mace these fellows are to society.
''1n some states moonShiners
seem to be multiplying, E 'stern
North Carolina is making more
liquor than at any previous time
The price OF moonshine whiskey
is higher than ever, / am told
and this encourages the manu-
facturers to take risks that they
would not take ordinarily.
"Revpnue officers broke uI
twenty odd stills in Franklin
county, Va, recently We call
this the banner county OF h c
Old Dimnion.
"But you may say this, thai
We are going after the Offenders
with the determination to win,
declared Mr.. Cabell II am mass
ing our men in that region. AM
| believe We Will destroy 1900
distilleries this year.
"How many registered disti!le
ries in the country?
Ness than 500, scattered
throughout the country.
"We will put three times as
many inen in the fel | as we have
had heretofore"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
Foley Kidney Pills

Neutralizes and removes the poi
sons that cause backach', rheuna.
tism, nervousness and all kidney
and bladder irregularities. They
build up and restore the natural ac.
ton to these vital organs. "a. b.
Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13

and washed down more than half
of it and washed some of the top
soil away. had to 60 in it and
pinch the hearts out gilmore than
half ofit.
After this delay OF % days the
corn looked yellow and seemed
very diseouraging to me. But I
kept in good hope and put 200
lbs. of 16 per cent acid and three
loads OF manure on it Tor top
dressing. l then plowed it under
with a cultivator this time ma
king the third time. plowed it
every FIVE days until l had plow.
ed it six times and the last time
that | plowrd it | sowed crimson
clover in it. The corn was in tas.
sells and the silks were dying on
the ears when this was done and
/ would stress the late cultivate
on for ] think that it Was what
led me to my success.
Yours respectfully.
!.
w. EARNEST SFARNEs,
Hickory, N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13

The most common cause OF in
somnia is disorders Of the stomach
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets correct these disorders and
enable you to sleep. For sale BY 81
dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
The Good Roads Bonds.
Gree nsboro News.

|
Greensboro News.
1t has been demonstra ted in @
business way by progressive com
munitips IN North Carolina that
bond issues are the most desira.
ble and the most just and &c j.
monica means OF procuring mon
ry to build roads.
! What>dops a progressive farm.
er care for a lew cents, or even a
lew dollars, more IN taxes, II by
paying it lie can make two trips
to market in a day where he now
makes one, and carry double the
tonnage at each load, with great.
er ease?
This is not a theory. 1t has
been given a practical test in
Guilford and OF her counties. Gull
tord was the first county to vote
bonds for roads and a large issue
$500, ,0O0-wAs made. That
amount has been expended, and
the result is 100 miles of finely
graded and macadamized roads:
The wealth OF the county has in.
creased from $3 3,O61 1856 in
1900, to $S,600,0O0 in 1910.
This is real and personal proper
ty. The population of the coun.
ty in 1900 was 36.074, and in
1901 had increased to so, ,759,
the yer centage while the average
for the State for the same period
was only Is. The taxable val
ues OF proptrty in Gpilford in
1900 were $9,070,O0O, while in
1910 they had increased to $22,-
77S,52O.
The opponents OF road bonds
will argue that pay-down iscom'
ing in the future. True, we an
swer; but look at The wealth that
is being piled up to meet it, and
the permanent improvements,
which the debt was made to pro-
vide, will still he here as q source
of profit and pleasure to those
who are to come after us.
Our people all believe in good
roads, but are afraid OF the cost.
Good roads will change the val
ue of land, and save thousands
of dollars wasted in teams. ve'
hicIes and harness, make t. h G
marketing of all farm produce
easier and quicker, and goner ally
make every one more prosper
GUS. The best argument fol
bonds is the fact that in h o s {
counties where bonds have been
issued for road improvement the
satisfaction is general, and nc
one would even think now oI
giving up their good roads. The
cost? 1t IS insignificant compar-
ed with the value received.
| This testimony is from a cOun-
ty that has issued bonds Iol
road work and has a practica
demonstration OF the work. In
lredelI 1t is not proposed to in.
crease taxes, but to float $400,,
900 bond issue with the road tax
we are now paying, and in addi
ton, from that same tax, create
a sinking fund that will pay of
the bonds as we go along. Al is
pointed out above, the increase
OF wealth and p 'pu'ation is a
natural result of building good
roads, aud the increase of wealth
OF course increases the capacity
to pay.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13

Can you give any constituent
here a job on the railroad?" ask
ed the State Senator.
"But he can't talk English"
"Well, give him a job calling
trains"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
A Bty's Rem arkable Record In Corr
Culture.

Culture.
Lenoir Topic.
I A gratifying feature OF the far
mers' meeting in Lenoir Friday
was the presence of a number oi
bright boys who are interested
in becoming good farmers. The
future prosperity of the country
depends largely upon the success
of the farmers and it is enc0ura-
ging to see the boys and young
men becoming aroused on the
question of improved agricultur-
al methods. Among the boys
present was Ernest Starnea, a
Catawba County hoy, who made
such a fine showing on an a"re in
corn last year that we believe
| mention of his success will stim-
ulatp more Of our Caldwell boys
to make greater effort. Young
Stumes is only Is years OF age
and was born in the southern
part OF this county. His record
last year was 164 2.7 bushels of
corn on an acre OF land, for which
he won first prizes in three diff
erent contests, among them be-
ing free trip to Washington
City, a gold medal for largest
yield of any boy in the State,
$25.00 in cash, $500 in cash,
and a registered Berkshire pig.
Below we give the young mans
story of how he. accomplished
this extraordinary yield:
Dear Sir:
If you remainder | told you
that would writeyou about the
ra sing OF my corn.
When | first becane>interested
in the corn club it was in 1900. |
selected an acre and only raised
63 bushels. In 1910 | joined the
club and selected an acre that
had been in rye the year before
1t was bottom land and is what
we rall black sandy loan 1t was
not the best land We had but il
was very good land. :.
l pItfwo two.horse loads O
stable manure on it-and dis.ed
it under with adlsc harrow. Then
put three loads oI manure and
fifteen loads OF woods mulch. or
rather the rich dirt that accl
mulates in the woods. When this
Was done plowed it with a tw,
horse, Oliver plow aud broke il
abont,eight inches deep: theI
4 narrowed it with a drag harrow
and a disc harrow and when
had done this | went over it will
a drag or. rather a scrub az W.
call it and smoothed ithown lev
el. Immediately after this | tool
a drill and drilled broadcast 40(
pounds OF commercial lime ant
400 pounds Of ,l6 per cent. acit
phosphate.
On the 30th OF April | planted
the corn 1.-THE variety being th.
White Majestlc) with a double
row corn planter putting 20(
pounds of 16 per cent. acld phos
phate in the row and, running
the rows about AZ INCHES apart
| used the insilage plates anc
= put six gallons of corn on the
acre. | did this because the bu(
worms we're bad in, that part O
the land.
| went over the acre about ev
ry ten days or a week with 6
weeder until the corn was toe
high. Then | plowed the corn fol
the first time it being about knr,
high l Iplo~et it again in fivs
, days then thinned it out to on,
stalk about every IL inches ant
then the frpshet came and / die
not get to work it for 2S days
The creek overfowed its banks
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13

When a man IS attentive to old
ladies it's sign his wife remind.
ed him to he for some advantage
to he had out of it.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
A Special Medicine for Kidney ALL
mentS.

Many elderly people have found
in Foley's Ki dr.y R.m.dy quic
relief and permanent benefit from
kidney and Bladder ailments and an.
moving urinary irregularities due to
advancing years. Isaac N. Regan,
Farmer, Mo-, says: "Fo!eys Kid
ney Remedy effected a complete
cure in my case and want others
to kno it," Nj. B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-04-13
PR @ F E SIS 10 N A L
Dr.. NAT T. DULANEY.

~ f1,s -
= SPECIALIST -
=. On INTERNAL MEDICINE and
diseases of the EYE, EAR, NOSE
and THROAT. Eyes examined
for glasses.
At M.un tain City first Mon.
day in eech month.
So Fourth st. Bristol, Tenn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
WOMAN IN COMMAND
Of the Saclkett's Harbor Navy Yard Almost Only Duty is to Raise
 Flag Daily

Washington, Oct. Il . Incidentally with the plan of Secretary. of the Navy Meyer to abandon the unused navy yards of the nation, it has de- yeloped here that if the plan goes through, the only woman in the world in command of a navy yard will lose her job.
 Commandant Metcalfe, in charge of what is known on Uncle Samss books as the Sackett's Harbor navy yard, is a woman. By that fact alone, she makes the United States navy unique among. all the navies of the world, as none other has woman in comand of any naval establishment.
 For official purposes it matters not that the station at Sackett's Harbor, which is on the lake shore of New York, at the source of the St. Law renee river, consists only of flag pole, and that the only ships are some hulks which have been rotting in the shallow water since the war Of 1872. Congress has never given permission for the abandonment of the navy yard, and so it goes on
 r In 1906 Albert H. Metcalfe was hold ing the position as commandant, though he was not an officer of the navy In March of that year he died, and President Roosevelt appointed his widow to his post. The only duty is that of raising the flag daily, and seeing that no one walks off with the worthless naval junk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
PREPARING FOR STRIKES
British Army Officer Making Strategic
 Maps of London

London, October 11-While Royal Commission is sitting to consider the grievances of English railroad men, a dozen army officers are mapping out London from a military point of view, in anticipatioh of another general strike.
 The authorities are convinced that England is due for long period of industrial unrest and they propose to be better prepared for the next out break than they y.were for the last one. At that time, when it became neces- sary to distribute 300G0 troops through out the city, there was considerable confusion and loss of time. Now all stragetic points are being noted and plans made for rushing soldiers from place to place, as they are needed.
 If it were admitted that the War Off, flee was engaged in such work there would be great outcry by anti-mili- tarists, so the army officers have os- tensibly merely been lent to the police department, will soon receive similar attention.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
AGAINST ssHOBBLE' SKIRT Because Its Use Cuts Down Demand for Dress Materials Very Heavily

Paris. Oct 11-President Jafne, o1 the Tartare Chamber of Commerce, is heading a movement to induce the French Chamber of Deputies to pass a law if possible, to stop women from wearing the "hobble skirt.''
 Manufacturers, spinning mills dyers and all kindred industries, have had to lay off employees and cut down their output to about half what it used to be on account of the small quantity of material necessary for a hobble.
 But style-makefs promise no relief The United Press correspondent who made the rounds of the big dress making establishments, was told by all that the fall and winter styles would not be greatly changed from those of the past spring and summer. Without exception the great gown makers expressed a desire for wider skirts, but to a certain extent the wills of clients had to be respected, they said. and clients demanded the exag- gerated hobble
 M. lame is working in conjunction with other Chambers of Commerce and in absolute seriousness, but his job is considered hopeless.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
MOONSHINERS VERY ACTIVE All Over the Country, But More Es.
 pecially in Virginia

Washington, Oct, -Moonshiners were never so active in the mountains of Virginia as they are now, according to the statements of officers of the International Revenue Service.
 Agents of the Collector in Virginia are quoted as saying that there are more illicit distilleries in the noun tains of the state today than ever before. The same opinion is ex- pressed by the officials in Washington. They do not, however, confine them selves to the statement that this bus mess is thriving only in the noun tains. They say that as a matter of fact it. is being actively carried on in all parts of the country and that only the most unremitting vigilance on the part of the government agents keeps it from assuming huge propor- tions.,
 The temptation to distiI liquor that will not be burdened with the inter- nal revenue tax is great and the time will never come, the revenue officers say, when it will be possible to con- vince a considerable share of the pop- ulation that there is anything wrong in evading the revenue laws. The situation is comparable, they say, to that in the customs service where of fcers at New York and Boston find people otherwise eminently respectable wholesale frauds upon the government by failing to declare duti-. able goods bought in Europe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
NEVER REGRETTED MARRIAGE

Switzerland, Oct 11-Princess vor Schwarzburg- -Sonderhausen, now Frei- frau Charlotte Amalie von Jud, the oldest member of European royalty, whose love, romance and marriage more than sixty years ago created a sensation, has just celebrated her 95tn birthday. She fell in love with a simple citizen soldier, Hans Heinrich Jud, an instructor in the Swiss artil- lery, and married him, although he was nine years her junior Her hus- band died after eight years of the hap piest of married life. The Princess never remarried and to this day main tains that she never regretted her choice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
REMEMBER

to remember them now with a We'd ding Gift of Glass or Silver. It will be appreciated