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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
By the Associated Press.)

By the Associated Press.)
Alfalfa, Ala. Jan 1.-THE Alfalfa
bank building was destroyed by fire
today. The books were saved. The
lass will be about SOS, 900, covered by
insurance.
Early and provident fear is the
mother of Safety.-Burke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
London Board Trade.

London. Jan. THE December statement
of the Board OF Trade shows increases OF
SIT 7'3.5GO in imports and SSH 600 ex-
ports.
Cotton imported from the United States
increased S2O.oG0.oD and from Egypt So
100000. The gain in exports was in manu-
featured goods. principally cotton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

A fool must now andthen be right
by chance.-COWper.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Averts Awful Tragedy.

Timely advice given Mrs. c. VIII
loughby, Of Morengo, Wis.,, pre-
vented a dreadful tragedy and saw.
ed two lives. Doctors had said her
frightful cough was "consump.
ton" cough and could do little to
help her. After many remedies had
failed, her aunt urged her to take
Dr.. Kings New Discovery. 81
have been using it for some time, ,"
she wrote, "and the awful cough
has almost gone. 1t also saved my
little boy when taken with a severe
bronchial trouble This matchless
medicine has no equal for throat
and lung trouble. Price soc and 81.
Guaranteed by all druggists. Tria|
bottle free.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
1A RaaI .Ir.st

The Lumber Trust, like az ot|I
er trusts, il q bad trust. IL robe'
the saw mill men and the smAIl
dealer a. we'll as the people who'
build hOuses. This u swhy Ed.
ward Hines, a a'lumber trust mag
nate, managed the campaign
that landed Lorimer in the Sen-
ate and aided to put millionaire
Stephenson in the Senate BY
means Of noodle.
"Savoyard," one Of the fore.
most Washington correspond
ents, puts it this wav:
"The lumi,er trust Ia the chief
beneficiary Of the failure Of Cam
ada to ratify the pact. 1t levies
on the people oi tue United Sta
tes q tariff graft Of over $76,-
600, 900 per aRnum, and tho
head Of it is rated q richer man
than Rockefeller or Carnegie.
This concern would Ike sorely GRIP
pied If the lumber OF Canada was
admitted to the American mar.
kets free OF duty. Every iarts
house. every farm building. near
ly all farm utensil would be chea-
per il we had free trade In lum-
Der with Canada. ."-Asheboro
Courier.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Is the World Growing Better!

Is the World Growing Better!
Many things prove that it is. The
way thousands are trying to he p
Others IS proof. Among them is
Mrs. w. w. Could, of Pittsfield.
N. II. Finding good health by ta.
king Electric Bitters. she now sd.
yises other sufferers, everywhere,
to take them. 'For years ! suffer
ed with stomach and kidney trou.
ble. she writes. "Every medicine /
used failed till took Electric
Bitters. But this great remedv help
ed me wonderfully" They'll help
any woman. They're the best tonic
and finest kidney and liver remedy
|thss'a made. TgY them \ Yos9t I -, ]! :,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

talking about the probability oi
republican defeat next year. He
does not appear to have made it
less improbable by $50 speeches.
III Mr.. Tait's purpose was pri.
marily political in spending SIX
ty days 10 a Pullman car steam.
ing from hlattorm to platform
then he is as poor q politician NJ
he has often admitted I"
q t,llorOr cry
enn efeTenease ss. Z /.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

J. W. Copeand, of Dayton, Ohio
purchased a bottle of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy for his hoy
who had cold, and before the bot
tie wa. all used the boys cold was
gone. Is that not better than 10 pay
a FIVE dollar doctors bill! For sale
by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
JoAa CAlna nan,s sAlrs.

Jeha China mars Shlrt.
Columbia Reeord.
Though dynasties fall and
strange new governments arise
from the ruins Of an ancient mon
archy, John Chinaman must have
q shirt, 1t has been some yea re-
since John has bought his shirt
ings in this country. The sharp
falling of in bis patronage has
been one Of the elements produ.
cling the hard times which have
lately afflicted the textile indus
try in the Piedmont section oi
the Carolinas. There were sev
eral reasons for this decline in
exports of coarse cotton goods
to Chin q. Chinese merchants
overstocked, to begin with, so
that they huve been able to sup.
ply their clients tO q large ex.
tent from accumulations already
on hand in the godowus or ware
houses oil the treaty ports. A.
gain, the high price Of cotton in
America in 1910, made out quo.
tat'ons on piece goods higher
than those which Japan could
offer. Last year Chinese takings
OF American sheetings and drills
of as much as 81 per cent: For
this reason. besides, Others, the
last few months have const,t uted
perhaps the most depressed per.
iod in the history OF cotton mil.
ling in the CarOlinas. 1t is very
pleasant, therefore, to hear that
ut this time Carolina mills iabri.
eating heavy goods for export
have 1.-THE hest orders for several
years." Furthermore, resump-
tion of exports to China is expec.
ted to have indirectly q beneficial
influence upon the trade in other
cotton gDods; because mill equiv
ped originally for export goods
will t.e enabled toput all their
sptndles at work again on that
class of material and thus de-
crease the production Of domes-
tics, which they haye been manu-
featuring temporarily. during the
lull in the export business. Man
ayers oi mills in Piedmont Car.
olina, operating 1900, 900 spin.
dies 10 the aggregate, are quoted
this week as saying that mills
making dOmestics are now in op'
position to obtain much more
satisfactory profits than hereto
tore, and that at the same time
plants especially adapted to the
production Of coarse goods are
sold months ahead on export at
a fair profit. 1t is not thought
that the political upheavals now
in progress will greatly affect the
market, for, as stated 10 the out.
set, John Chinaman must have
he shirt. though dynasties fall
and strange new governments a.
rise from the ruins OF an ancient
monarchy.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
nuLIoHAiRN.
Harper's Weekly.

4ULI0NAlR@.
Harper's Weekly.
The papers quots Mr. thinner
man. Of Cincinnati, q millionaire,
whoee daughter 10 a duchess, an
bewaiIing the hard lot Of million.
aires 10 these times. Nobody loves
them anymore, he says. Once
they we're the popular heroes of
the nation; now everybody ia
hurling bricks ormaking laws to
hurt them. He goes on to say:
'"rhe millionaire, following the
instinct OF self protection, has ia.
Ken 8 back seat. It's aSful. The
millionaire daren't show his
head in governmental affairsany
more, for somebody il around
ready to throw something. All
we can do these days is to vote.
IL o millionaire sent to the Sen
ate? Well, right offsomebody nc
cuses him OF buying his seat. Is
he given q Cabinet position.
Well, mo- President dare do such
u thing ii he values his political
life. A millionaire has no cnance
any more. Instead oisending sue
cessful men Of affairs to Wash.
ington and to our State Legisla-
ture to make our laws, we are
sending men who could not run q
peanut stand-political incom-
petents who can set the votes.
The corporations are being ham.
pered by too much legislation"
Mr.. Zimmerman seems not des-
titnte Of humor, and that is help
in his case. 1t is q fact that rich
60 are not much venerated in this
country as they were twenty
years ago. There are 90 many
'niIlionairs nowadays that they
have ceased to be sacred or even
curious. People are getting to
inspect t h q M dispHssionatply,
like prize ANIMALS IN u BEN c h
who admiring some; Objecting to
Others.
But this is not bad. Million.
aires ought not to be admired
merely because they have got
hold OF a lot Of money. That is
not good for them. It IL much
bet ter for them to be judged by
personal character and perform
ance; to I've regarded not as men
whose careers are ready made
aud have nothing to do but cit
through them. but as men whose
problem Of lie is quit as difficult
as the problems OF other men,
and who will be honOred and
disregarded according as their
solution of their problem isgooi
or had.
1t must be q very interesting
job to be a rich millionaire, and
overcome the dra awbacks OF that
condition, and through all the
repellent influences OF riches, and
all solicitations to ease, to hon.
or and usefulness, aud the conf.
dence and affection oi the public.
1t can be done, and we see it
dune at times, and will see It
done much more, hut it can only
be done by men Of brains q n j
heart and diligence and conse-
Grafton.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
PRO F E SSI 0 N AL
VETERINARY SURGERY

II have Been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and am now we'll equipped
for tho practice Of Veterinary Sur.
gerry In all ito branches, and am the
only one In the county. Call on or
4 address me at Villas, N. c. r. F. d. 1.
g. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
S-i7,li.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Why Ssgar b High.
Raleigh Evening Times,

Wy Sugar b High.
Raleigh Evening Times,
The soaring price Of sugar
clearly illustrates the way in
which the tariff helps the ,trusts
to rob the people. The govern
ment has recently made the gu.
gar trust pay hack to II several
million dollars it has stolen by
means Of false weights, from the
custom house. But through the
protection the government con.
tinues tn give the trust it is rob,
bing the people OF many times the
au,ount it robbed the govern.
ment. The amount it ha l to pay
back to the government is moth
ing in comparison to the rich bar.
vest it continues to get from thu
people. OF the working Of the tar
if 10 this connection the Balti-
more Sun says:
"The present high price OF gu.
gar emphasizes the fact that the
tariff is most burdensome to the
working people-to the masses,
es of the people OF the country.
In the most, unpretentious homes
where there is less variety offood
the need OF sugar isgrsatand the
consumption Of garisgreatsst.
THE tariff tax adds nearly 2
cents a pound on the price Of gu
gar. That is q tax upon the peo.
pie OF 10000, 900 per annum.
OF this tax about $50,0O0,0O
go-s to the government and 800. :
O00,O ,OOO to- the sugar trust and
the domestic sugar growersgrow
ers. 1t cannot be denied that
this IL too heavy q tax to put
upon one of the prime necessi-
ties Of life. 1t IA q burden upon
labor, which labor can hard
" bear, and there chould be re-
lief.
1T is claimed that the recent
great advantage in the price ol
sugar is due to q shortage in the
European beat crop aud the cane
OF Cuba. II that is true, then
there is all the more reason why
there should b.. relief from taxa.
,iun. II the $50, ,00O, 600 which
the government receives from the
sugar tax IL needed, then some.
thing else should be found tO
produce that revenue, 80 that the
tax may he taken on sugar. The
present situation is g strong ar
|gument in favor Of the income
tax amendment to the federal
constituti0n. If that amcndmen,
were now in force, it would be au
easy matter to take the tax from
the people who ure sugar and put
it upon those who are better able
to hear it. In no aspect Of thu
case is congress justified in tax
ling the people $240.0O0,000 8
year in order to get $4,000, ,M(
Tor the government,
"But it will be raid that topu,
sugar on the free list would in'
lure the refining business. Thi'
argument ia based on the idea
that refining business would bt
hurt by cheaper sugar. Bu'
with cheap sugar industries
would grow up which would EN-
tpoy far more people than the re
tinsries employ. That has ben
the result in England. and i
would he the result here"
1t will be seen that Oi the $3.50,
100000 extra sugar is costing
the peoply by reason OF the tarif
the government gets only $50.
600, 1000. while the trust get
$9O,OOO,000.
Is the World Growing Better!
Many things prove that it is. The
way thousands are trying to hel r
Others ;s proof. Among them !,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

NuottObV0 N0WUs I-
The much heralded Sewing Sar.
ound the circle" Of the president
has at length come to an end,
and being q conscientious gentle.
man Mr.. Taft has no doubt al.
ready taken a mental inventory
OF his stock. Something like
three hundred and fity speeches
were made. For two months
the president has done little but
speak to his fellow countrymen.
10 the op,minion Of many, this
very fact has greatly injured bis
prospects.
In three speeches the president
could have said all he had to say.
In fact after the first three or
four speeches in which be deien.
ded his vetoes, and stated his
p0sition-which W as already
known-there was nothing but
vain, and we might say, firing
reiteration.
Evidently the president him.
self tegan to appreciate the iu-
tility of this "swing" az a voh
getter, for on more than one oc.
casion he became frankly blue,
and confided bis fears as to the
outcoms Of the coming election.
The World Of New York, which
has been more or less friendly,
from q democratic standpoint,
to Mr.. Taft reviews this speech.
tying crusade in the following
very interesting fashion.
"AsMr. Taft onse more surveys
the long neglected precinc,s Of
the White House BIZ will have rpa
son to ask himself what has been
gained by his two months tour.
ITO be sure, he has broken the
long distance record for Presi-
dental trips, made hundreds OF
speeches, covered thousands Of
miles and been gazed upon hy
millions oi people. all of which
has been faithfully cbronicled by
his private secretary. Evidently
he enjoys that sort Of thing or he
would not do 1t. But that Mr..
Taft has strengthened the admin
istration with the country. or bet
tered bis political prospects ia ex
tremely doubtful. One certain
effect Of such a performance al
he has just completed has been
to cheaper the presidency and to
lower the dignity oi the Office in
the eyes OF the public.
On tariff revision mis- attitude
has won him little partisan sup.
port and has fresIlened many old
antag,'nisms. He has stood pat
on his vetoes ot tariff reduction
bills and tried to make an aca.
deInic question: OF Q popular grie.
vance, while extending comfort
to special interests intrenched
behind tariff schedules that he
has condemned as excessive and
| indefpnsible.
''On the trust question he has
taken q firm stand on the Sher.
man law and the supreme courts
recent decis,ous. The hostility hs
has aroused In certain, quarters
does him honor IL would have
been silenced Il stead of calling
upon bosiness to square itself
with the law he had prem willing
that the department Of justice
should square it's policy wit b
Wall streets wishes.
"On the question Of arbitra.
tion Mr.. TAFT has made sensible
headway and dconclusively shown
that the people are with him in
seeking to promote the cause 0i
peace in fhe face Of the iactious
opposition Of senator's and poll
ticians who have attacked the
British AMI French treaties. This
is the one respect in which his
| trim has mOHt fully succeeded.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

Having purchased all thestock
in the business OF the Boone Fur.
niture Co., ! am prepared TO sell
you anything IL my line at q
very reasonable figure. Dressers,
Bureaus, Chairs. Bed Steads, Bed
Springs, Mattresses, etc. Give
ine q call when in need of any.
thing in the line Of furniture.
SStore in Watauga County
Bank Building.
Respectfully,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
DID ~ U u g CT n N AT
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23


A Medicine that gives Confidence.
Is Foley's Honey and Tar Com.
pound. Mrs. T. !. Adams, 5aa No.
Kansas Ave., Columbus, kaasats
writes: For number Of years my
children haye been subjet to coughs
and colds. / uasd Foley's Honey
aud Tar Compound and found that
it cured their coughs and colds, 20 /
keep it in the house all the time" :"
Refuse substitutes. Sold BY all
dealers
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
James T.. Dashiman. cowboy" May
or of Omrha Throws the Lariet.

James T.. Dashiman. ''cowboy" May
or of Omrha Throws the Lariet.
Mayor Jas. C. Dahi,nan started
his career as cowboy, and i. at
present mayor Of Omaha, and has
the following record: Sheriff of
Dawes Co., Neb. three terms; may
or OF Chadron two term; Democrat
ic Natl committeeman eight years;
mayor of Omaha six years, and in
1910 candidate for governor of Ne.
braska. Writing to Foley 4 Co.,
Chicago, he says: II have taken
Foley Kidney Pills and they hsye
gwen me u great deal of relie', so |
cheerfully RECOMMENDED I n e m :"
Yours truly, Jas. C. Dahlman.
Here is . woman who speaks
from personal knowledge and long
experiences, v's., Mrs. r. H. Bro
gan. Of Wilson, Pean., who ssys
4 know from experience thai
Chsmbsrlain' : Cosvh Rsmsty !
lar ssp1si6r ~ ~ kr M esepp
a III. - ~ 80
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

"Tisn't fair! Mummy. to send
me to bed for telling stories,
when daddy tells great big ones,
and everybody laughs at them."
-Everybody's Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-27

This is the age Of progress. But
with all the worlds advancement in
industrial methods ii was not until
the last decade that any practical i'm
prcvement over horses for pulling
farm implements was devised. Farm
implements themselves were invented
and improved--the binder. the gang
plow and the drill-but the practical
Falne and utility of each was neces-
sarily limited by the limitations of
the power used to pu;: IL Ever since
it was invented these machines have
been capable of doing a great deal
more work than horses could get out
of them. The development of the
traction engine enormously increased
the value of every farm implement
drawn by horses.
Nevertheless even the traction en-
CINE does not completely take the
place of horses. There are many
places where the horse is still neces-
sary. but improved machinery is be.
ing simplified and made steadily to
encroach on "Dobbin's" realms OF
work.
Probably the greatest displacement
Of horse power is in the development
of means for attaching implements
to power tractors.
Until recently the greatest handicap
in extensive farming has been to do
the cutting Of the grain by power
The trouble in attaching binders and
other implements to an engine has
lain in the difficulty to remove side
draft. But this has been removed.
Last season found many farmers cut
ting grain by traction power. AS
shown in the accompanying cuts. Ave
or seven binders can be attached to
one engine. The engine travels down
the side of the grain field and the
binders follow, each one cutting its
full swath. The hitch is so arranged
that the operator can, by means OF 4
lever, throw the binder out or into
the grain. II a binder is out of order
il can be run in behind the one ahead
of II, and the whole outfit proceed
without stop. A heavy drawbar
passes below each binder. This forms
a hitch for the next binder. The
draft is thus established direct from
the engine, saving tho strain to the
binder frame that would result IL one
hinder were fastened to the back CT
another An interesting item to note
in connection with the hitch is that
no side draft is occasioned by the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-27

when fed alone. II the fowls will eat
them.
A rafting in he throat, II accom-
panied with a cold, indicates that the
fowls have bronchitis. rafting with.
out the cold IS usually harmless.
When this Is heard feed bread soaked
in hot beer, with all moisture pressed
out before feeding, and give pills Of
quinine and iron. the same as people
take. Give one II these twice day.
A cold when FIRST Contracted can US
uaHy be cured 18th erhinitis7 tablets
onehaif strength. two pellets three
times a day for two or three days.
To avoid these troubles the house
must be dry. clean. free from drafts
and bad odors and It must be prop
erly ventilated This refers 70 pure.
fresh afr and plenty Of H. RUup has
a Distinguishing mark that no one
should uistake-that ls a disgusting
odor or smeil. and thick. yellowish
discharge from the nostriis that Is
the death spreading element This
gets into water cans and feed anG
spreads to all ne flock r II is per.
mittee % s0ntinne.