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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
Courts and Justice.

There is a good deal that il
not rightin the administration
OF justice We are speaking gen.
orally and not with reference to
local courts.
The complaints often make
against courts are these; There
is too much delay; too much ex.
pense; tor much idolatry Of All.
cient rules and pracedents; too
many trials; too may appeals.
All these thugs coupled fire.
quen'ly With theingglpry OF tech.
uicallties by subtle and shrewd
lawyers, often make for the dis
advantage OF the poor and the
benefit OF the rich.
Now there has come a tima
with some political leaders pro-
pose plan giving the people the
right to recall theJudgesThey say
it is largely the Iault ofjudge that
they make litigation too expenslv
and too tedious. Itsis claimed they
never have appeared TO acknow.
ledge these bad conditions and
try to remedy them.
Ii is only a few years since that
the proposition OF recalling
judges was generally dicussed
throughout the country II has
grown with great rapinity, large.
ly through the influence Of men
| like Bryan, LaFollette and Roose
velt. The fact that he favors the
recall of the judiciary is one OF
the chief arguments being used
against the latter. 1t is claimed
by opponents of the idea that it
is revolutionary and unwise. 1t
remains tobe seen with the result
of the agitation will be.-Twin
City Sentinel.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
The Strange Word "Crowd"

Do you know how many words
in the English language meads
"rrowd"
Well, a few of them are given
here: A crowd of ships is termed
a fleet, a feet of sheep is called a
flock; q flock of girls is called d
bevy; a beyy of wolves lscallpd a
pack; a pack OF thieves is called
a gang; a gang OF angels is call,
ed a host; Il host of porpoisps is
called a shoal; "a shnal of buffa-
faloes is called n herd; a herd of
children is called Il troop; a troop
of partridges is called a covey; a
covey OF beauties is called a gal
axy; a galaxy of rufti'ans is call
ed a horde: ~ horde OF rubbish is
ralled a heap; II heap Of oxen is
called II drove; a drove of hood
lums is called h mob; a mob Of
whales is called q school, a school
of worship is called a cougrega.
ton; a congregation ofengineerN
is called a corps; o corps of rob.
bers is called a hand; d band OF
bees is called a swarm: a swarm
of people is called a crowd.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
Midnight In The Ozarks.

And vet sleepless Hiram Scran
ton of Clay City, Ill.,, coughed aud
coughed. He was in the mountains
on the advice of five doctors, who
said he had consumption, but found
no help in the climate. and started
home. Hearing of DR.. King" New
Discovery. he began to use it III
believe it saved my life." he writes
"for it made a new man of me, so
that | can do good work again. y
For all lung diseases, coughs, colds,
la grippe, asthama, Group. whoop.
ing cough, hay fever, hemmorra.
ges, hoarsencss or quincy, its the
best known remedy. Price soc
and 90. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
Saved His Mothers Life.

-Four doctors had given me up
writes Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avoca,
La., "and my children and all my
friends Were looking for me to die,
when my son insisted tha, | use Ell
ectric Bi'ters, | did so, and they
have done me a word of good. i
viii always praise them" Elec.
trio Biuers is priceless blessing to
women troubled with fainting and
dizzy spells backache, headache,
weakness, debility, constipation OF
kidney disorders. Use them and
gain new health, strength and Wig.
or. They re guaranteed to satisf y
or money refunded Only soc al
all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
The Richeson Case.

Richrson. the degenerate, who
murdered under the most shock
lug circumstances the young Girl
to whom he had been engaged to
he married has been awaiting
for several days the summons
from the Massachusetts sheriff
who will take HIM to the electric
chair. This was a most cOwnrdly
murder and the aSpert Of t h e
case to which it is desirable to
call attention is the admirable
conduct oil the officials of h e
comm pnwealth The prosecution
was prompt and efficient: the po.
lice were alert and intelligent
and, finally. the governor of the
commonwealth, EugenpFoss, has
displayed great m 'ral courage.
TremeSdnus pressure was hrou't
to bear upon the governor for
the exercise OF clemDncy. Peti-
tiOns we, circulated; women and
other sympathizers pleaded f'r
mercy; cri,nks and vicious per.
sons threatened the governor,
who stood firm. The manner in
which h. displayed this tirmness
is o. Hne az it is rare. During his
predecessors term of office the
QUESTION was raise whel her the
governor alone or the governor
and his council might exercise
h. pardonlng po Ser; the courts
deci leL thar the governor might
snare his responsibility with the
council, but that hppossessed alb
solute power to- pardon or to re-
fuse to pardon a conyieted per
son.
Here was a test for the govern
or. Every normal human being
lOathes the IDEA OF taking u hu
man I~iny's life. The protection
of society IS the only justifica
tion in law and for governors il
permitting men to be extermina
tel. Mr. Fo>s might readily have
dodgel the issue by reIer'ing th'
case to his conncll, but he knew
that the man ought to he expcu
ted and he knew that the people
Of Massachusetts thought so
too. and so he shOnllArrd the re.
sponsibility alon, and refuSs1 q
rpprleve or pnrdon.-Philadel
pia Public Ledger.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
Never Out Of Work.

The busiest little things ever
made are DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Every pill is sugar-coated globule
of health, that changes weakness in
to strength, langour into energy,
brainfag into mental power; curing
Constipation, Headache, Chills,
Dyspepsia, Malaria. Only s5c at
all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

Whether you screen him out,
or swat him out, or catch him
with fly paper or in trap does
not matter, bnt you must get
rib ol that fly. A>long as he con-
tinues his visit to your home the
doctor and the undertaken will
continue theirs.-LeXington Dis
patch.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

Mrs. r. Brant, IIII5 Paden ST.,
Parkersburg, W. Va, had an at
tack of lagrippe which lef, her bad
kidney trouble, and she suffered
much severe pain and backache.
Then she heard of Foley Kidney
Pills and says: "After taxing them
a short time the pain left my back
and i was again able to to do my
house work. tolcy Kidney Pills
helped me wonderfully" For sale
by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
The Divided Republicans.
Raleigh Evening Times.

Ii Roosevelt should he nOmina-
ted by the Taft people getting in.
to p.inic, aud their IN anagers
unable to c,ntrol the delegate &
chosen for Taft, we will not see
any TAFT third party or LaFol.
leite third party, but we will see
not less than two million I'atri.
otto Republicans in this country
refusing tn support any man on
the face OF the earth for a third
term. They will not bolt the nom
ination, hut they will simply
stay at home and not vote. This
is indicated by The returns from
every state that.has held a pres
identlal preferential primary. 1t
is a fact that not thirty per cent
OF tn" repn llcan votes in t h e
state OF Illinois was pollAl for
Taft and Roosevelt combined,
and that Champ Clark received
more dem ocrntic votes in that
state than both of them. The
sam" thing was true in the state
M Maryland whore only 20 per
cent of the white republicans vo.
ted for Roosevelt and Taft and
yet 80 per cent OF the negro vote
in that state WIS pOllpd. The
democrats pollel more than 70
per cent of the total vote Of the
state and Cllrk carried the state.
There is a likelihood that
there NAV l'e a jam at the Chi.
cago convention and that ifsucll
should be the case, the rrpubli-
cans would say TO one another:
"A plague nn both your houses
we will nominate a third man
and we will take such a man a.
Senator Cummins, Iowa. If such
should be the case, there il no
doubt that the democrats have
got u battle IN front of them in
stead of a walkover, AMI it he.
hoovs them to put up the strpn-
gest man they can select at Bal,
.timnrp. Whilst Cummins might
he aud probably would bp thor.
oughly acceptable to the Roose,
veit republicans; although Cum
mlns il not ia radical a. Rouse
welt, it probably would he t b e
case that many Of he TAFT r.
pubIicans would shy at thu nom
ina'ion like a mooo-eyed hors'
at black stump and a r"mair
from the polls yet, it would sol.
ldify to all in'ents AMI purpose
the now badly split up republ'
can party and make it harder
for the democrats to win t h {
election. Therefore, they must
not make any miSt'ke In t h {
nomination of their candidate a
Baltimore.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
1t would surprise YOU to know o

1t would surprise you to know OF
he great good that Is being done
by Chamberlain S Tablets. Darius
l,owney, of Newberg Junction, N.
!i., writes. "My wife has been us
ino Cham berlain's Tablets and finds
them very tfli.ctual aud dong her
lots Of geod. If you have any 'rou-
bIe with Your stomach AMI bowels
give them a.ilial For sale b, al!
dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

"Hp drinks heavily IL know
it." He gnmbles." II am going
to marry him to reform him. y
"Mv girl, listen to me-. Try one
experiment nfole You do that. "
"What experiment." Take in a
weeks washing to doapd see how
You lIk" it. ."-LouiSyille Courier
Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
Kicked BY a Mad Horse.

Samuel Birch, Of Beetown Wis,
had a most narrated escape from
losing hi, leg, as no doctor could
heal the frightful sore that dey yelop
ed but at last Bucklen's Arnica
Salye cured it completely, Its the
greatest healer of ulcers, burns,
boils, eczema, scalds, cuts, corns,
old.sores, bruises and piles OH earth.
Try it. CSC, at all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
SIGNS OF SPRING.

Money for the cleaners. cash for gar
den seed,
Shell out to the landlord-it'$ very
tough, indeed!
$pou$, must have new outfit So must
all the Kiddie$,
Got to buy Some food to feed the chic
abiddie$,
Poor old dad must Shoulder the cost
of everything!
To him the dollar Signs the most $ue
ge$tive Sign Of .$prins!-Judge.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
bow to set Typhoid Fever.
North Carolina Health BulletiB.

/ 4
North Carolina Health BulletiB.
Now is the time to begin con.
tractina your Typhoid fever.
Flies are coming on, and il your
neighbor, who is a typhoid carri
er or:who has contracted his case
OF typhoid already does not use
a sewer or a sanitary privy, lie
sure f1lps will establish a Ely
board Air Line, transporting ty.
phoid feypr germs Tree from his
privy to your kitchin and dining
room What are you going TODD
about it? One Of two things. Ei
ther screen your doors and win
dows or run the change of con.
tracing typhoid fever. But your
nelghbor may not have typhoid
lever. But his filth may give your
baby some form of diarrhOeal
disease that will make him SILK
for weeSs or eni his life before
the summer il over. OF course.
YOU may call il, by some polite
name, as summer complaint,'
hut II your doctor tells you the
real trouble 1t may usually lie
usually boiled down to the house
flies or, better still, typhoid flies.
BIT it mny not he yourown or
your nrighhor's flies that cause
the trouble. 1t may .l,aye been
your butchers flies, coming from
his privy or slaughter house. Or
it may haye been your grocpr's'
or peddler's flies coming from thu
filth and tuberculosis sputum of
the streets One of the best ways
to get typhoid fever, however, is
through impure milk. Milk is al.
most all ideal place for bacteria
to live and grow, particularly it
not iced or cooled Immediately
after milking. Typhoid germs u
sua|ly get mi O he milk either by
drowning or typhoid laden aies
or by washing the milk cans, or
adul'eratiny the milk with pollu-
ted watpf. Careles, or filthy dai-
rvmen, milk dealers, hotel or res
tauraut keepers and all Others
, that Imrmi, llrs and filth to reach
their milk are among the best
typhoid fever venders.
PolIuting a public or private
water supply is an excellent
wholesale method OF giving ty'
phoi1. When any person or tam.
: lily residing on the watershed
contracts typhoid and no pre-
cautions are taken to disintect
the bowel discharges OF such ty.
phoil patients, the tiniest am
cunt OF their feclal matter, i
washed down into the public wa
ter supply and not removed by
efficient filtration is very likely
to nsoduce a typhoid epidemic
! throughout the entire town. This
very thing has occurred in NORTH
Carolua all too often already.
The remedy for this is sanitary
privips ON tine watershed, and If
ficient filtration plants, operated
f. by intelligent filter men instead
of day laborers, as is now too OF
ten the case.
3 In passing, let uS not furge,
the private well with its old oak
: en- bucket. Here are to be fuunl
the very best conditions for pol
luton. The top of the we'll is ire
quentIy opcn, the sides walled uI
f with bricks or loose stones. Su
| lace drainage frequently finds it
way into the well1nd, worst o
all, We often find a surface privy
within less than a hundred iee1
of the we'll.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

Now is the time to get rid Of y our
rheumatism. You can do it by APP.
plying Chamherlain's L'Himent and
massaging tie parts. For sale b5
eli dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
g A 8 FL a
Furniture

Having purchased all the stock
in the business OF the Boone Fur.
niture Co., | am prepared 10 sell
you anything in nv line at 4
very reasonable figure. Drfssers.
Bureaus, Chairs, Bed Steads. Bed
Springs, Mattresses, etc. Give
Inc a call when in need Of any
thing in the line of furniture.
B~ Store in WatauSa County
Bank Building.
Respectfully,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

Poo- appetite is sure sign of i'm.
pared digestion. A few doses of
i'hamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will strengthen your dies
tion and improve your appetite.
Thousands have been benefited Ivy
taking these Tablets. Sold by all
dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30
PR OF ESS / 0 N A L
VETERINARY SURGERY.

Ihave been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veteri ary Sur.
gerry in all Its branches, and am the
only one in the county. all on or
address me at Villas, N. r. F. D. !.
G.. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
6.17-'11.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

1t ia p,tlmnted that in the Uni
ted States alone, King Alcohol
kills 1000 men daily, in the year.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

Mr., Lee B. Weath-rs editor Oi
the Shelby Star, was recently OPP
Grated on for the Appendicitis
and is expected to recover.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-05-30

saTEY& ~, 4;sssS s
ssa eAekAcHs k,.scys Ass eLAv1Sa
New-York tribune., 1912-02-05
THE KEYSTONE OF SOCIALISM
A Solution Sought for the Just Dis'ri-
button of Wealth Created.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir I have read with great interest inc
able contribution of John r. McMahon 10
The Tribune Of January IA in exposition OF
the perplexing question What Is Social
ISM" / have also read the so-called reply
to Mr.. McMahon's article by DR.. Conde b.
Pallen. the editor of the recently published
Catholic Encyclopedia" Permit me as
a non-socialist to say that If opponents OF
socialism have no ADLER advocates of tneir
position than DR. Pallen the march of So
cialistic ideas will not be stayed. The whole
Of DR.. Pallen's article is tinged with ridi-
Guile and cynicism toward subject that
was treated by the protagonist of socialism
calmly logically and fairly.
Socialism is too profound subject or
human interest to be ridiculed or fllppantly
discussed. 1t is the dominating thought IN
the lives OF millions Of earnest men and
women, and its principles are being extend
ed by a ceaseless propaganda over the en-
tire civilized world. The growth of social
ism is so steady, so pervasive, embracing
as It does all classes OF society, and so
earnestly espoused, when its principles are
known, that thoughtful men no longer meet
the arguments of the propagandist OF So
cialsm with sneers and laugher, but with
the most cogent arguments Of which they
are capable.
II DR.. Palen wants TO attack socialism
let him address himself to the problem OF
the distribution OF wealth, for in that, the
keystone OF the socialists position, lies the
weakness of the whole structure. How ade-
quately and Justly TO distribute the wealth
created is a question which no socialist
has ever satisfactorily answered. DR.. Pal
len made the great mistake Of attacking So
cialsm because of its free love and irrelig-
ious element. Let him be fair Free love
and irreligion are no part Of socialism. So
cialsm is an economic doctrine, pure and
simple and the private views Of socialists
toward marriage and the Trinity have moth
ing to do with socialism.
ARTHUR w. WELLES.
Rochester, n. y. Feb. 1, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-05
4 BALKY uOVEHENT.

The refusal of the Cook County Re
publican Convention to indorse Colonel
Roosevelt for the Presidency is severe
blow TO those who have been using his
name TO further their own political pur-
ptses They have been promising all
along that things would happen which
would show the overwhelming popular
demand for Colonel ROosevelts nomina-
ton. One Of the things that were TO nap
pen was q declaration of the Chicago
Republicans for him. But the Chicago
Republicans contented themselves with
merely applauding, the resolutions in his
favor and voting overwhelmingly against
their adoption. The convention after
indorsing Mr.. Taft's administration
avoided taking the responsibility of nam
ing its choice for the Presidency, but re-
solved in favor Of leaving the selection
of a candidate to the people in a Presi-
Dental primary.
Mr. Taft can await the result OF such
primary with confidence. His cam
paign is gaining strength daily. Such
incidents as the failure Of the Roosevelt
boomers in Chicago and the oyerwhelm-
ing Endorsement Of the President here
in New York County and also in Brook
lyn will rebound enormously to his
advantage. Meanwhile, the campaign
which is being conducted with the use
of Colonel Roosevelt's name is taking on
more and more the aspect of a Spectacu-
lar affair managed by a lot of political
"Abernathy kids They have under
taken to stampede the country, and the
country is not being stampeded. Chicago
did not furnish the first break that
was to carry the nation off its feet. 1t
discreetly sidestepped TO let some one
else have the opportunity. The irresist-
ible movement halts and declines to get
under way. Those who are using Colonel
Roosevelt's name in this enterprise are
doing him an i'll service.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-05
KING GEORGE HOME AGAIN
Royal Vessel at Spithead Passes
Near SUBMERGED Submarine.

Portsmouth, Feb. liking George and
Queen Mary, who left Portsmouth on No
vember II on the steamship Medina bound
for India. returned from their Durbar trip
to-day The Medina arrived at Spithead
at 10 o'clock this morning, fourteen hours
in advance Of schedule time, passing close
TO the spot where the submarine A3, with
It's fourteen dead lies submerged. The
royal steamship was conveyed by tho cruis-
ers Cochrane, Argyll, Defence and Natal,
which, In command Of Sir Colin Keppel,
had accompanied their majestes on their
voyage to India. A heavy snowstorm OBJ
scured the view from shore, and the Me-
dina slipped in without ceremonial or sa-
Lutte She went direct to her appointed
moorings between the lines of the welcom-
ing fleet.
Their majesties will remain aboard until
tomorrow morning, when the Medina will
enter the harbor. The royal children, the
Queen Mother Alexandra, Winston Spencer
Churchill and the other lords of the ad-
mlralty arrived here during the course of
the day. A family gathering and the Off
cial welcome will take place in the morn
ing.
The Medina sailed from Bombay on Janu-
ary 10 and reached Gibraltar on January 80.
owing to the stormy weather all opera
tions directed at raising the submarine A3
were suspended.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-05
TRAGEDY or THE HIGHER
MORALITY.

About the only useful conclusion to be
drawn from the suicide of the wealthy
Young married woman who eloped from
Blue Point. Long Island, and OF the
plumbers helper with whom she ran
away and whom she later married Is that
divorce is not a specific for unhappiness.
Yet that il is is the chief argument made
for revising matrimonial relations in the
light of their results. This young couple
had every opportunity which the adyo-
cafes of divorce would insist upon. Ju-
dicial separation came promptly, ana
without unreasonable delay the law
which forbade the wife to remarry per-
mitted itself to be violated under color
Of showing proper respect for the acts OF
a neighboring sovereign state. Thus the
new romance was not unduly Obstructed.
And so far as the public is informed
economic difficulties, which wreck many
married lives. did not disturb this pair.
Yet where the first marriage had
merely proved such bore that the young
wife could find relief from It only In Il
TIA lSOll, tut stCpuu Ohb w bN ~
intolerable that within month both
participants sought escape from II In
death. II is easy to guess at the ele-
mentS that contributed 10 the cruelty
swift disillusionment. The sacrifice that
was made including position, the respect
of the world and all the other things
that mean so much to every one except In
moments when the judgment is upset by
passion. was not worth while. The dis
parity between the pair that were re-
mated according TO later lights invited
catastrophe.
If the belief that 10 recast ones lot In
defiance of convention" is brave and an
act of the higher morality did not prompt
among the incOnsiderate such reckless
punges as this one IT would be less dam
gerous. The common duty Is to make
the best Of things as they are. The
teaching that it Is not inspires people
who might with little patience have
succeeded in performing 1t to make wild
and often Intellectual attempts to obtain
happiness elsewhere.