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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
2
Tatrapay reports from Montana about high dry climate, healthy conditions, and strong livestock. Sheep, horses, and cattle thrive on free range with good prices for lambs and other products. Spring and summer were unusually cold, delaying crops while ranchers rely on hay oats and potatoes.
The Boone Farmers Institute Tuesday attracted many of the county s leading farmers and stock raisers. Dr Butler State Veterinarian and three other speakers provided informative talks as interest in stock raising and scientific agriculture grows. Evening addresses reached Training School students and village visitors.
A movement led by F M Thomas of Tracy North Carolina seeks to establish a county fair for Watauga to promote bred stock and agriculture. The plea calls for citizen support to build a firm foundation for the region's industry while noting political tensions involving Taft and Fairbanks amid a Roosevelt succession revolt.
A fragmented note discusses private interests able to resist public will in state governance. It references tensions between officials and private actors and hints at unresolved policy conflicts affecting public decision making. The text remains unclear on specific names or places.
New York reports accuse the Treasury Secretary of promising to redeposit bank money from Panama Canal bond sales if money rates rise. The scheme would let banks earn interest while loaning $30,000,000 at high rates, prompting questions about the government’s purpose. Critics urge Roosevelt to disclose wartime reporting and Castro claims. The piece also attacks high prices in the ice and coffin trusts, condemning domestic harm.
Justice Brewer warned that Washington is the great lobby camp of the world with Congress overwhelmed by legislation. He argued the result is a government acting as a general dispensary and that efficiency alone cannot replace protection of the individual and fostering personal responsibility. He noted the real issue is how much the nation can take from the individual, not how much he freely gives.
The piece contrasts Secretary Shaw and Fairbanks with a hay seed versus Standard Oil ties. It notes Fairbanks’ driving of a mowing machine and a hay crop campaign, but points to a recent mobile mishap harming a brother farmer’s wagon, a fact widely reported.
The remark underscores ongoing GOP agitation as Senator Foraker notes he cannot stay idle for two years, while President Roosevelt, cited as unable to sit still for two minutes, mirrors the party’s unsettled mood and calls for continued vigilance among supporters.
A reflective line discusses moral judgment and belief in the goodness of many people, suggesting virtue depends on acknowledging broad goodness rather than doubting others. The sentence implies a nuanced view of character and social trust.
Geo Shaver, who recently ran away and married Pearl Mosseller a 14 year old Asheville girl, was convicted in Spartanburg South Carolina of abducting and smuggling a girl under statutory eyes. He was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary.
The Charlotte Observer ponders why Roosevelt let Secretary Bonaparte award a large portion of the armor plate contract to the trust while the Administration claims to oppose trusts. It notes Russell Sage’s death Sunday at an advanced age, describing him as a wealthy man whose only distinction was wealth and predicting little sorrow beyond his family.
The government will spend 20 million dollars more this year than its 1897 revenue, a sign of Rooseveltan economy and world-power prosperity, yet a burden for taxpayers.
A Maine Republican predicts a Democratic majority of about five thousand this fall and urges turning the rascals out. The item notes E Spencer invited to stumping with Hackett but declined, and mocks Taft’s Keansboro speech as invasive and defective.
The Democratic party of Watauga county invites all supporters to a county convention in Boone on Saturday August 4 at 12 oclock noon to nominate a Senate district candidate a Legislature member and county officers. Township primaries are on Wednesday August 1 at 3 p.m. to elect delegates and an executive committee. All in favor of economical county administration and against ring rule are welcome. Philadelphia, 1906. J O Pleteber chair Ex Com.
An old advertisement notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic has stood the test for 25 years. It touts iron and quinine in a tasteless form with the slogan no cure, no pay and asks readers to lore taking the remedy despite limited claims.
Daniel M South as executor announces the foreclosure of a 1904 mortgage on a tract described as the lands along Cove Creek and bequeathed to Alice Eggars. The $960 principal plus interest is due, and the land will be sold at public auction at Boone Court House at 12 noon on August 6, 1906 to satisfy the debt and costs. The mortgage is recorded in Book 1, page 454 of the Register of Deeds.
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