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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
JIM SWELL SAYS HIS GIRL IS NOW
 APICTURE OF HEALTH
Suffered Day and Night for Eight Years-Gains Ten
 Pounds on Tanlac

My little daughter, Jean, has gained 10 pounds on Tanac and now she's the very picture of health" said Jim Shell, the well known poultry and truck farmer of Raleigh, Tenn, in talking to pr. E. T. Warnock of the Warnock Drug company, at Memphis, and Dr. E. B. Elder, the Tanlac representative, few days ago.
 When Jean was only ' years old" continued MT. Shell, "she was taken with something like nervous stomach trouble and there wasn't d day or night she didn't suffer until we got Tanlac for her, and she's now 15 years old. Her stomach was In such bad condition she had to live on toast and eggs and milk and she couldn't eat any kind of meats or vege- tables She complained of pains in her stomach all the time and would spit up half digested food. She was nervous and would toss and roll all night, for she couldn't sleep well at all She was bilious and her complexion was bad and she looked pale and sickly all the time. We gave her most every kind of medicine we could think of, but nothing helped her.
 After hearing of some of the good work Tanlac was doing we got some of 1t for Jean, and it has done such wonders fer her it makes me feel good to think about it. She actually looks and acts like different child and she's taken only two bottles of the medicine. She com menced picking up as soon as she started taking Tanlac, and she has gained 10 pounds. She never has indigestion now, and eats just anything she wants-even such things as beans and other vege- tables and meats of all kinds. Why, she ate corn for dinner yesterday and it was the first time in eight years she dared taste corn. and she eats boiled bacon that's cooked with the vegetables. She's not nervous or bilious now and she sleeps like a baby, and we never hear anything out of her from the time she goes to bed until she gets up in the mornings. She don't have that pained look on her face lgr skin has cleared up and her cheeks look fresh and rosy. You can just look at her and tell she's enjoying good health.
 And, by the way, I was so happy over Jeans recovery I liked to forgot to tell you this bottle of Tanlac I've just bought is for myself. I suffered for years with indigestion and this Is my second bottle of Tanlac. It's doing me worlds of good and just don't know how to place fair valuation on it.''
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-Pope Drug Co.,, in Ensley by n w. Morris Drug Co.,, in Bessemer by Pegram- Patton Drug Co.,, and Pratt City by Gale Drug Co.,, and in North Birming. ham by Walker Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
WANTED HIS ETHER
 TALK KEPT SECRET

London, July 6.-(Special Correspond ence.)-A returning war correspondent from France brings With him an amusing hospital story of the uneasness of a youthful soldier about to take ether for the first time. The Tommy was young ster scarcely 20. He had been wounded. From the effect of a German bullet he was recovering when it was discovered that his tonsis were in bad shape and the doctors decided that they should come out. His ward was filled with ailing men no worse off than he and when he was told that he would have to take an anes- thetic his companions chaffed him. point ing out that he would tell the history of his past life while under the influ- ence of ether.
 This disturbed the young soldier, who evidently thought, at least, that he had a lurid past. He declared that there were some things that he didn't want known, but his merciless comrades told him that those were the very things he would be most likely to talk about Finally he was taken, greatly perturbed over the prospect not of the operation, but of pos sible garrulousness, to the operating room. The nurses and doctors assem- bled and he was laid on the operating table. The young soldier asked the doc tor if people talked while under ether. He was told they sometimes did. He heaved great sigh and said:
 ' Now, doctor and nurses, want it understood that anything I say is in the strictest confidence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
HUNGARY IS PAYING
 BIG TAX FOR WAR
Country Must Raise $75, ,000,- 900 Yearly to Pay Interest
 on Loans Already Made

Budapest, Hungary, July 5.-(Corre- spondence of the Associated Press)-Just to pay the interest on it's four war loans the kingdom of Hungary must raise next year the sum of 3eo.o00.0oo kronen (some- thing over $75,0oo0oo. Only by increased tavation Is such financial feat possible. complete new taxation system has been worked out, including a revised and increased property tax, a war profit tax for both business con- cerns and for private individuals, an in- come tax and inheritance tax, and in- creased tax on stocks and bonds, higher prices for tobacco and illuminants.
 The property tax will begin with 50.OOo kronen ($1o,ooO) calling for an annual pay ment of 60 kronen, and will rise to 12,OOO kronen on 24oo.0oo.
 Five per cent of each 100000 kronen or part thereof above 2.400,000 will be ,ex- acted All property in Austria Hungary as well as in foreign countries. bank ac- counts, cash, stocks, bonds, practically everything except housefold furniture, household utensils and office furniture, are subject to the tax.
 The war profit tax likewise is arranged on a rising scale whereby corporations must pay in proportion to their increased profits in relation to capitalization if the DuSlnoSS is LOCAL. IT the pfOIlt dCCrueS from a business in foreign country it must pay 20 per cent of its profits up to 2o0,Ooo kronen; 25 per cent of profits be- tween 100000 and 100000 kronen; 30 per cent of war profits between 100000 and 100000 kronen 35 per cent of profits from that point up to 100000 kronen. and 10 per cent of all profits over that figure
 For individuals the war profit tax be- gins with a levy of per cent on excess profits up to 10000 kronen and continues to 45 per cent on 500000 kronen.
 Incomes are not to be subjected to the new special taxation until they reach the 10000 kronen figure. Of the 35, 900, GOO kronen which it is expected will be raised by this form of taxation, 25.000,000 will be devoted, for the balance of the war, to charitable purposes. to the families of fallen soldiers. to their care while the men are in the field. and to the relieving of distress among invalids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
To Overcome Sunburn
 Tan, Freckles, Wrinkles

led or tanned, dab liberal amount of mercolized wax on the face and allow 1t to remain over night When you flaky, almost invisible particles of cut icle come with it. Repeating this daily the entire outer skin is absorbed. but so gradually, there's not the slightest hurt or inconvenience. Even the stubbornest freckles are affected. The underlying skin which forms the new complexion Is so fresh and youthful-looking, you'll marvel at the transformation. It's the only thing known to actually discard an aged, faded, muddy or blotchy com procurable at any drug store, Is suffi- cient in most cases.
 If sun and wind make you squint and frown, you're bound to cultivate wrin- kles and crows feet To overcome these quickly, bathe the face in solution made by dissolving an ounce of powder ed saxolite in a half pint witch hazel
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
uNsHAkEN TESTIMONY.

Time is the test OF the truth.
And Doan's Kidney Pills have
stood the test. No resident who
suffers backache, orannoyiugur- or
mary ills can remain unconvin-
ced by this twice-told testimony.
H. W. Minga, retired farmer,
sol Twelfth st., Hickory, N. c.,
says: II had a severe pain in the
small OF my back and ii | stoop.
ed | could hardly straighten up
again. In the morning | was
lame and sore. | got Doan's
Kidney Pills and they were just
what | needed. After | had taken
two boxes, l was entirely cured. !"
Statement given Feb. 1S, 1911
On Dec. 10, 1914, Mr.. Minga
said: | still reccomend Doan's
Kidney Pills whenever l hear of
u case of kidney trouble. When
ever my back has been lame |
find that Doan's Kidney Pills
help Inc "
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills--the
same that Mr.. Minga has twice
publicly recommended. Foster
'Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, n.
~.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
Watch Child's Cough.

Colds ::runnlng of nose, contin-
ued irritation of the mucous mem
braDe IL neglected may mean ca.
tarrhlater. Don't take the chance
do something for your child!
Children will not take every med
icinp, but they will take DR..
Kings New Discovery and with.
out .bribing or teasing. It's y
sweet, pleasant Tar Syrup aud
30 effective. just laxative enough
to eliminate the waste poisons
Almost the first d0se helps. Al
ways prepared, no mixing "r fus'
sing. Just ask your druggist Tor
DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t will
safeguard your child against se
rious ailments resulting from
colds.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
Pills Best for Liver.

Because they contain the best
liver medicines, no matter how
bitter aud nauseating for t h =
sweet sugar coating hides thu
taste. DR.. Kings Nsw Life Pills
contain ingredients that pnt the
liver working. move the bowels
freely. No gripe, no NAUSEA, aid
digestion. Just try a bottle OF
Dr.. Kings New Lite Pills and no.
tire how much better you fepl.
25c. at druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
SENSATIONAL EVANGELISM.

MIR. John P. Arthur, now in
Chattanooga, Tenn, sends The
Democrat the following clipped
from q paper published in that
city, with request to publish:
An evangelist down at Chatta-
nooga has pointed outeightdev-
lis in women, and just think oft,
fellow citizens, they want the bal
lot-Johnson City staff.
The same Evangelist" follow
ing this brilliant and edifying
discovery about women preached
a sermon from the classical
theme "Howa big, greasy, graft
ing, pie-eating. stand-pat, lick
splittle politician got religion"
How far this sort OF public barn.
stormlng goes to the injury OF
genuine religion and the embar.
rasslnent OF the church influence
for the elevation OF the race and
the enlightenment of the masses
has not yet been determined by
any systematic survey, but there
is no need of a survey to demon.
strate that it does no good. A
few people are temporarily ar
oused, some, perhaps, to serious.
ness, but for the most part the
effect upon intelligent persons is
resentment ifnotdisgust.s The ex.
cuse that these offensive utter
ances appear a great deal worse
in print than they sound from
the pulpit renders them all the
more hurtful because many more
people read OF them than hear
them. It has been argued in an.
swer to this that if the reading OF
them ..is hurtful the newspapers
ought not to print them; but ii
the newspaper refused to print
them it would be charged as an
enemy to the evangelist" and
antagonistic to the "cause." 1t
apparently has not occurred to
some OF these peripatetic pulpit
eers that they ought not to say
things from the "sacred desk"
that are unfit to print. Sam Jones
was a good man and did good,
because his expressions from the
pulpit never had anything VI
cious or "vinegarisish," but be
would have been able to do very
much more good if he could have
taken his example OF saying off
things inoffensively with h i'm
when he went away. His imita.
tors lack his genius, ability to
impress sincerity and his spon.
taneous eloquence if not much o:
his genuine piety.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
The Aches oil House Cleaning.

The pain and soreness caused
ly bruises. over exertiOns aud
straining house cleaning time arp
soothed away by Sloan's Lini-
ment. No need to suffer the ago.
ny. Just apply Sloan's Linimrnt
to the sore spots, rab only a lit
tie. In q short time the pain
leaves, you rest comfortably and
enjoy a refreshing sleep. One
grateful user writes: "SIOan's Lin.
iment is worth its wpiehtingOld.
Keep a bottle on hand, USE it a.
gainst all soreness, neuralgia and
bruises. Kills pain. 25c at your
Druggist
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
Information for Women.

Housework is trying on health
and strength. Women are as IN
clined to kidney and bladder
trouble as men. Aching ia k,
stiff, sore joints aud muscles.
blurred vision, puffiness under
eyes, should be given prompt at.
teution. Foley kidney Pills re-.
store healthy action to irritated
kidueye and bladder. M
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
Why Constipation Injuries.

The bowels are the natural rev
erage system OF the body. When
they become obstructed by con.
stjpation q part oi the poisonous
matter which they sh uld carry
off is absorbed iuto the system
making you feel dull and stupid,
aud interfering with the digps-
ton and assimilation OF food.
This condition is quickly relieved
by Chamberlain's Tablets. Oh.
tainable everywhere.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13

Inc snort Route To Boone.
The Hon. Frank Llnney recent
ly had the pleasure of discover
ing a very good road down the
summit of the Blue Ridge to
Darby. This road is practically
unknown but it is a fact that it
is a fair mountain highway.
this makes the route via the Wa
tauga & Yadkin River Railroad
the shortest route to the most
beautiful OF mountain towns
Boone. Mr.. Linney came over
this road for the first time a few
days ago from Boone through
Aho and Stories Gap. down the
Sampson Mountain to the pres
ent terminus OF the Watauga &
Yadkin River Railroad. A spec.
lal train happened to come to
Darby a short time after Mr..
Linney arrived there. By max
ing this connection he arrived at
North Wilkesboro early in the
evening, the shortest time that
has ever been made between the
two towns.
1t does not seem to be known
that a train leaves Darby every
day, except Saturday, at 1910
a. IN. for Grandin and North Will
kesboro. On Saturday the train
leaves Darby at 9:10 a. III. and
5 O'Clock p. m. There being two
passenger trains on that date.
Travellers desiring to 20 East
ward or South from Boone can
by starting a little early in the
morning, catch the train leaving
Darby at 1910 or 9:1O if it is
Saturday, and reach North Will
kesboro in time for a train which
will leave North Wilkesboro when
it's new time table goes into effect
at 4 p. m. The distance from
Blowing Rock to Darby is only
Is miles. A good horse and bug
gy can make the trip in three
hours without making very much
of a effort with the present con.
ditions OF the roads. which are
always good down the mountain
because the road metal IS good.
1t would not take over four and
a half hours to make the entire
distance to Boone. Ibelieve this
is the time in which Mr.. Linney
made the trip from Boone to
Darby, without making any
special effort to get there, as he
expected to stay in Darby over
night.
Ii any one is interested in ship.
ping via the new short route,
they should call upon or write
Prof. B. b. Dougherty, who has
time table and tariffs and will be
glad to inform the public. The
Watauga & Yadkin River Rail-
road needs the patronage and it
is believed that the general pat
ronage of Watauga County will
very much help to bring the rail-
road to the top OF the mountain.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13
The Grsaser Is 4 Prsvaricator.
Greensboro Daily News.

JuU ut6oS6I ~ n IJVvoiitoSvls
Greensboro Daily News.
The Mexican may be lackingin
efficiency along some lines, but as
a lyar he rises from the rank OF
the artisan into that OF the ar
tist. All that the American ex-
peditionary force know of Villas
whereabouts is that he isn't
where they can put their hands
on him; and that he is certain
not to be where all the natives
say he is. The story of the hip
shattered by a rifle ball, and the
escape in the carriage was we'll
constructed. No cobbler at his
trade put that together; 1T was
scientific msndacity.
After all, it seems that the A.
merican people congratulated
themselves too soon. The chase
is likely to be a long and ardu-
GUS one, and every day that it
continues will add to the vexa-
tions and difficulties OF the job.
Uncle Sam is endeavoring to
cross "a torrent roaring loud on
the unsteadfast footing OF a
spear'-only the torrent has tur-
ned out to he wider than was eX-
pected: instead OF a torrent it is
beginning to seem a river or an
estuary. "If he falls in, Good
night"
The President only recently bit
terly condemned persons whom
he accused OF spreading false re-
PORTS about conditions IN Mexi-
co; but equally worthy of con-
demnation are the people who
would spread false optimism.
Falsehood on either side at this
juncture is liable to be terrible
costly, in money and IN blood, to
the United States; and yet the
truth is exceedingly hard tn ar-
rive at.
Certain elements OF the situa-
ton, however, are only tooplain.
For one thing, it is certain that
Villa has eluded the grasp OF
Dodd's cavalry; he has not come
directly north, SO there is one
chance in three that he is head. =.
ing south. The south is in an
uproar. Half a dozen bandit
leaders hold the country under
as much control as the central
government exercises; they are
quite as likely to give Villa shell
ter as to turn against him, and
almost certain to oppose the A.
merican troops if they penetrate
that far.
Carranza, on the other hand,
no matter what his personal at
titude, is sitting on q volcano,
and is acutely aware of the fact.
Under the circumstances he can
hardly be expected to manifest
any active friendship toward the
forces that, when all is said and
done, have actually invaded his
country.
The situation, as regards Villa
himself, holds little menace. 1t
is the corns of others that we are
so likely to tread on in our pur-
suit of him that make dangerous
walking.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13

Nothing can come out OF moth
ing, any more than a thing can
go back to nothing.-Marcus Au-
rellus.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13

Strike Rich Vein M Ore Knob Mines.
Laurel Springs Special to Winston
Salem Journal.
The work at Ore Knob copper
mines is being pushed forward
with all possible speed and it will
only be a few days till the shaft
will be in shape for lowering the
pumps to the water, when tn e
tesk of clearing the great under
ground space will commence in
earnest. The rebuilding OF this
shaft has been q slow and haz-
ardous job and one that called
for expert constructive workman
ship. The timbering mp OF this
great hole in the earth had to be-
gin at the top and proceed down
ward, and the heavy timbers
that had to be used rendered the
task all the more dangerous,
since the slip OF the foot ora mis-
guided touch of the hand would
land a human soul into the bot
tomless pit Of eternity.
The mining experts who are in
charge of this work think t b a t
they will be able to pump the
mines ,clear OF water within 30
days after the pumps are put in
operation.
A rich vein of copper wasfound
while timbering the walls OF the
shaft that gave great encourage
ment to the promoters of t h e
mines. This vein of copper SEEM
ed to be OF considerable size and
was almost the pure metal. The
dirt had fallen from this ledge OF
metal and left it bare 40 it was
plainly visible. Mr.. Anderson,
who is engineering this work, isa
man Of great experience IN min
ing and says he has never found
a more encouraging prospect
than at this place. II the mines
prove as rich as is now expected
they will be worked on anexten-
sive scale and a line OF railroad
will be built at once from some
point on the Virginia-Carolina
to Ore Knob. This road would
start from West Jefferson, OF
near that place, and come by the
quaint little town of Jefferson
and direct from there to the cop.
per mines.
Ore Knob is less than 30 miles
from the present terminus OF the
Elkin and Alleghaney road and
this would leave only a short gap
between these two points which
surely would not remain open
very long. The completion OF
this line of road would give a di.
rect and through route from
Winston to Abingdon, Va.
The building ofthis road would
link q section Of country to the
outside world that has for all
time been cut off from transpor'
tation and communication with
the busy marts OF commerce and
business. This would give Ashe
and Alleghaney a southern out
let and put these mountain coun'
ties in direct touch with the great
State OF which they form a part
Ashe, Alleghaney and Watauga
have always been practically cut
off from the rest Of the State by
the Blue Ridge mountains and
the truth of the matter is thai
the people. east OF this great di
vide. have always regarded th'
Blue Ridge as "the jumping OF
place" and that the people wht
inhabit this mountain section
were q "little INFERIOR to thei
more favored brothers who dwell
in the low-lands. When thi
country is once placed upon TIL
map of railroads and CONNER
cial advantages and the epithe
of mountain hOosier" will sool
cease to be applied by the 'sand
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-04-13

w, VI. MCduOOl III ITOBTcopANo oIu
er.
To the Boys on Southern Farms:
Editor Poe has asked me to
tell you what quality | think will
help you most to meet success Ell.
ther as business men or farmers.
That is what may be called q
"tall' order, because success does
not depend upon any one quail
ty. If, however, I should limit
my remarks to what l think is
the most important factor in the
SUCCESS OF an individual, whether
in farming or any other calling, l
would say this: The surest road
to tsuccess for any boy is to do
the work or the task allotted to
him better than anybody else did
1t before.
No matter how humble t h e
work or insignificant the task,
do it better than anybody else
ever did, if that be possible. II
you 20 at your work in this spir-
it you will get results. The boy
who has this kind oil determina-
tion will do his work better than
the boy who hasn't it and does
not work in that spirit. The will
ling boy, the eager boy, the hust-
ling boy, whose mind and heart
are in his work, will out-distance
all the other kinds of boys, and
sooner or later his employer will
fix his eye on him and give him
promotion when opportunity Of
fers.
| have very little confidence in
the thing that people call "luck. !"
Most "luck" comes from what
one does for himself. Every boy
and every man creates largely his
own opportunity. If you work
hard enough and intelligently en-
ough and show that you have
ability and character, it won't
be long before it is recognized,
and the minute it comes to be rec.
ognized, then opportunity will be
seeking you all the time.
Take the case of a lawyer. As
soon as he begins to show that
he tries his cases as we'll or bet
ter than the other lawyers in the
community, people who need the
services OF a lawyer will be at
tracted to him and the first thing
he knows he has all the practice
he can take care of. 1t is so in all
walks OF life. The boy or the man
who proves his ability is sought
after for the best positions and is
given the best opportunities, be-
cause he creates them by his own
ability and his own force.
Learn to rely on yourself and
do your task, as l said before,
better than anybody else ever
did it before you, and you will
certainly get there on the farm
or in business or in professional
life. | was brought up partly on
a farm myself. Many times have
| chopped wood, picked cotton,
MIXED cows and washed dishes,
and have done almostevery kind
of chore about a house and on a
farm. This was made necessary
because l was brought up in the
wide path Of desolation which
General Sherman left behind him
when he marched through Geor'
gia in the Civil War. But it is an
experience OF which l am proud,
because it fitted me in a larger
degree for the bigger tasks of life
than would have been had l not
been compelled to shift for my
self.
This is a land of rare opportu
nifty and the American boy has
great heritage OF freedom and lib
erty and independence. What
glorious thing it is to have sucl
a birthright and what a splendit
chance every American boy ha'
to make q career for himself tina