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KATES OP ADVERTISING.
terms of srr..c . .
One year.
Six months
Three months .
Payable in advance.
Lj" Send all monev !
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Space lwk.llm. 3 m. I 6 m. lyr.
1 in.' .75 '2.00 4.00 6.00 : 9.00
2 in. 1.25 3.00 6.00 9.00 12.00
3 in. 2.00 4.00 7.50 10.00 17.50
icoL 3.50 6.00 10.00 17.00 25.00
k col. 6.50 9.75 18.00 30.00 45.00
lcol. 11.00 15.00 30.00 50.00 75.00
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letter or postal order. a- - - -
Ciieoxicls, Wilkesborci.-li. :
Equal Taxation, pirect and Indirect.
YOL.
WILKESBOBO, WILKES COUNTY . 1ST. C, JAN. 7, 1891.
NO. -:
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J. A. Cooper.
T S. MUler &j Co,
IN
-General Merchandise.
. ' Boot, shoes, baU, caps, dry good,
winnat and Clothing; the larg-
est Hues in the town, j
-; ; '.:! ;l ,
We are also Agents for
i
"FARMERS'
i
?5
CUASUQ,
The best Wheat Fertilizer in the
traded j I
IN THii UUUiNii,
axid
a.wj. -
oiistomers
Cheap as any p. p.
Xown.
We, cordially invite a
lllo !come and
see us, :
We claim to be the
Originators & Adjusters
of
LOW PRI
i in WilUfis bounty and we beleivo the
People have found this 9nt,
member the prices of Plaidf Do
mestics, ColtonadeP, &C, when we
came to this place. Come j and see
what they are now. We simply
iniitter for vod to Jade
Who started the crusade
on
the
and
Drices of these staple
articles
rieces-aiie of life. -.
"'-'.! ': - :l ' ' ',' - !
Wo pay the'money for onr goodf
and intend to give our costamers th
advantage of every change iu thj
market...; ' ,'j
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The Old Reliable Store of j
T. St, MILLER & CO.
WUkesboro Produce Market
Corrected Weekly By , j
T. S-MILLER c Oo.
Article, ' Weight,
Wheat .........60 ..
' Cora ....................56 ..
,Rye .................... 06..
Oate -. ....... 32 . .
Price
1.00 j
. 60 j
?5 j
. 50
Clay Peas ... 60 ....... :
White Beans. . . .... ..... . JV., . .... . .
Colored" .i...... ! "
Meal, nabolted ..48 .........
Plour, Good Family, per sack. ........
Potatoes, Irish . . .7. ,. .". ... . .
Chikens . . . ,'. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 J
... 60
J 1.00
.. 75 1
.. 85 :
. .3.C0 - i
.. .. 50 j
to 15 !
Onions . 70
Tallow ...i. ....... .......... "per pound 04
Lard " H
Butter .......v. ... ... ' 12
Eggs ............... ..V...... per doz- 18
Cofifee, Best in the market, per lb', 25
Beeswax . . ; . I :. . . ,r n n r 1820
( . .
Bacun Western
Salt, 125& sacks
8
75
8
8i
45
SO
04
08
35
Sugar, Brown . , . . ...
8ugar, White ..... . . .
Feathers, white, geeae
Feathers, Duck, ......
. 9 mm 4
." .per Ib'
Hides, Green,
Hides, Dry. ..
t
Wool, washed and picked ......
?ish, salt. .. .. '. . 1...
Blackberries, per pouul,. . . . . .1 . . . . 6
5
apples, dried, . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . 5 to 8
Peaches,. . ; ... . . . . . .... . . 10 io 15
Cherries, well dried........... V 7
. All kinds of produce not mentioned above
u s enstossary prices
FRIEND
iiTHE 6HROKI0LE-.
! R A. x5eAJL, ; : . 1
; - ,. Editor and Publisher.! ;
Entered at the Post-office in Wilkesboro
Assecond-claxs matter. i . . '
.WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7,; 1891 J
Goodbye, 1890!
Welcome, 1891!
Will you "be
kind to us?
The prettiest calendar, for.
1891 that has vet fallen to the
lot of this office is the one sent
-
us by. Bingham, Daily & O'Ha
ra, manufacturers or printers
rollers, New York.
The Twin City Daily office
Winston was destroyed by
e last week. The Sentinel
omce next to it was saved ana
the Daily appears from that of
flee now.
The State Chronicle, tells of
Wilkes man, who a few ; weeks
ago hauled a load of apples all
tne way to itaiiegn a distance
oi 200 miles. We have search
ed in. vain to. find who that
vnn ic o o -irj Vn tttTi -vCktrriT Tin
be iwe'll stake a tener that he
was a Vance man and his (visit
accounts for the change in the
attitude of the Progressive Far
mer. ome kind and accommoda-
ting devotee of - verse, grinds
t the following:
gain tne keen weatner 01 winter is
here,
nr faces the cutting wind nips.
Arid the prettiest girls at this time of
the year
Are the ones'who get chaps on their
lips."
As "well as beinsr a period of
J t a
reioicins: ana pleasure, tjnrisi;-
mas is a time for prophecy. It
has been regarded almost from
its inauguration. The follow
ing prophetic lines found on a
manuscript in the British Mu
seum may be of . interest to
those who wish to test their
truthfujness: ?
- "If Christmas day on Thursday be,
A windy winter ye shall see;
indy weather in each week
A ad hard tempests, strong and thick.
T le summer shall be good and dry;
Corn and beasts shall multiply;
T lat year is good for land to till;
Kings and princes shall die by skill.
If a child born that day shall be;
It shall happen right well with he:
O: " deeds, he shall be good and stable,
Wise of speech, and. reasonable. -
vV hoso that day goes thriving about,
fr 3 shall be punished without doubt;
A id if sickness that day betide,
It shall quickly from thee glide."
According to this we may
looi: for an excellent crop and
fruit year; and we may " hope
that the heathf ul breezes may
blow, a death knell to the mon
ster! la grippe.
I : -
WUkesboro the place for Factorle?.
Some gentlemen from High
Point were up last week in
specting with the intention of
est blishing a furniture facto
ry ,t this place. They seemed
well pleased with the situation
and may decide 4o locate here.
There are no reasons why this
ghould not be an advantageous
point for a furniture factory.
In fact all the points are in fa
vor of this place. : The tenden
cy cf tha times' is for the man
ufactories to go to the raw ma
terial rather than take the raw
material to the factories. Man
ufactured goods can be shipped
with less cost than the raw ma
terial. As , a point 'advanta
geously situated for procuring
the
(aw material is hardly e
ed. The wealth of the sur-
qua
sounding virgin forests of wal
nut, cherry, poplar and oak1 is
phenom jnal in its boundless
ness and is untold in the extent
of its territory. Wilkesboro is
in easy access to this vast tim-
ber area. The beautiful Yad -
kin River and its. tributaries
traverse the northwestern sec-
tion and anords ample means
for raf tine: the timber, which
has been begun by Mr. ; Vyne.
Thus the raw material can be
furnished at a comparative
small cost for the consumption
of unnumbered factories at
this placer : Factories cannot
be established at a better point,
nor is this section in need . of
anything else so badly. We
long tcThear.the music of whir
ring spindles ancL ringing an
vils and buzzing ..machinery,
proclaiming- the development
of our wondrous country.
' ' "
A Few Christmas Pointers.
Christmas in the Queen
City passed very quie ly, with
no unusal excitement, o quiet
indeed that one could carcely
tell that it was really :"t
mas, the time honored occa
sion of mirth and merr ment.
There were two Sunday School
Christmas Treess Presbyteri
an ' and Methodist and one
Sunday School Festival given
by the Baptists. They were
all occasions of pleasure. The
trees furnished opportunity, for
two of Wilkesboro's talented
boy's to deliver eloquent and
learned scientifico-philologistic
dissertations upon the origin,
the import and the beatific sur
mises and correlations of Xmas
festivities. .The one after the
nature of his physical mould,
was flat-footed in his remarks,
though a little patent leather
glossy in his selection of words,
steadfast in his sledgehammer
adherence to the subject, and
broad and expanded in area
ana in tnougnt taKing wnn a
sweep Iceland, Sweden, Hol
land and the South Pole, cen
tering in conclusion his whole
soul upon a beautiful tribute
to the time when "Christ sent
his only 1 begotten son to the
world' It was a beautifully
woven wreath of argument and
hung about the audience as an
exquisite festoon of ever
Green and decorated Vyne. '
; The other, as his appearance
would indicated,' was more. e-
therial in the height and sub
limity of his vocabulatory eb-
ulitions, dangling his gestures
among the stars and playing
marble with the moon, the
glance of his eye falling earth
ward but a moment to lovingly
inspect the angelic portion ;of
the audience the ladies and
Fin(al)ly wound up with a demi
semi-quiver and all of a sud
den, like grandfather's clodk,
stopped short. He took a seat,
and tne joyous yells and cheers
that arose filled the house and
set ' the walls to 'music, and
disturbed 17 tons of dust in tne
courthouse that had slumberjed
there peacefully, for four long
years. ' j
j Thus ended the principal
part of Christmas; and every
body went home to go into te
stacies over the presents thsy
had recieved, ranging from t io
mEllcr guitar notes down to
the Fin(e)ly decoriued tin, goat
cart, while ye editor experi
enced a voluminous thrill Jof
jdy over the fact that some
kind; friend had remembered
him with a French harp, three
firecrackers, and a beaut iful
black -haired doll.
Except a limited amount of
sleigning, tobogganing, coast
ingj etc.. nothing more unusu
al took place. "
. -. j
. Whooping congb. croup, acre throat, udden
inl.1i mid Inner troubles ttrcaliar to children.
are easily controlled by promptly adminbter- !
irg AVer's Cherry Pectoral. It is safe to tke,
certain in its action, and adopted to ill - con
stitutions. , ' ' .
1 Death of Little Lura.
I Lura Carson, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. W. H. H. Cowles,
was born Sept. 1, 1887, and BtJcX
28, 1890, at 12 o'clock at night,
aged 3 ytars 3 months and 28
days. She was buried in the
to wn cemetery at 3 P. M. . Dec.
28th, the Rev. Mr. Barber con
ducting the funeral services at
the Presbyterian church.
For near three months littro Lura
had been suffering from a cistic tumor
that baffled the skill of physicians, and
her life had been despaired of for some
time. For near three months she had
scarcely been able to be from ' her bed
and had suffered severely, but through
it all she evinced a degree . of tenacity
and fortitude, with scarcely a murmur,
that would have been worthy of emu
lation by the powder-singed veterans of
Gettysburg or the ragged remnant that
rallied for the last charge at Appomat
tox. For near three months, day and
night, the fond parents and sisters
watched lovingly over the cradle, hop
ing almost against hope. For near three
months the death angel hovered above
the couch with threatening mcin and
battled with the infant; but in the
thickest of the conflict Lura would have
them sing to her, over and over again,
the sweet little songs she had learned
at Sunday School. But at last she was
overcome, and with a last imploring
I loo-k at those -who- watched over her,
1- ii 1
6he passed'away as quietly and softly
as the flutter of the wings of the guar
dian angels that nestled near to bear
her spirit to the Father above. She
died as the roses die, without a strug
gle. No more will her innocent laugh
ter make music for the mother's heart,
or her "prattle and smile make home a
joy, and life and merry chime." .She
passed away with the year. The sweet
bird of paradise has flown, the rose of
Ood's image has been transplanted.
But Uod knoweth best. j
We are all passing away, and ere we
know it will be gone.
"Flitting, flitting away,
All that we cheerish most dear.
There's nothing on eaath that will stay;
Hoses must dio with the year.'
nomlcide in Job's Cabin Township.
Op Xmas night, at the. house
of Bartlett Green, in Job's
Cabins township, near the Wa
tauga line, about two and one
half miles to the right of Laurel
Spur, Jackson Conutt, of Ashe
county, aged about 18 years,'
was shot and killed by "Wesley
Love, who was accompanied by
Geo. Waters and Harley
Church. " For some cause that
will bear explanation the mat
ter kept quiet anfl the Coronor,
Mr. Crysel, was noj; informed
of the homicide until tho night
of the 29th. He proceeded at
once and held an inquest with
Lindsay Triplett, Harley Thom
son, J H Andrews, L C Gold,
M C McNeil and J F Norris as
jurors. From the testamony
submitted the facts appear to
be about these:
Green -keeps a bad house.
Love, Waters, Church and Co
nutt were there during tho day.
Love and Cohutt had two fisti
cuffs that day and Conutt had
got the best of Love. In the
evening Love, Waters and
Church left, saying they would
return before mid-night and
take Coniitt's heart blood. A
bout 10 they returned. Green
forbid them coming xx. But
they approached the door and
Waters and Church broke it
open, and Love ; stepped "vith
one foot inside, the other on
the steps ' and fired a rifle at
Conutt; the ball . striking his
left breast ranging through
and coming out under- the
shoulder blade." Tho ball then
struck i a woman
was standing behind
Avno
Uonutt,
tearing off ".. part of her left
cheek and ear. Church walk
ed in watched Conutt die, the
it
others waiting in the yard.
Conutt soon died and the three
who had committed tho- deed
made good their escape.
It appears to be a villianous
murder. The Governor Will bo
asked to offer a reward for tho
apprehension of the parties.
' M.BW and Complete Stock ofC :ous
v' . FOR TEE j
-u-k-luu jb'turr SEAsor;
We hare made it a special feature of our business for jeara past to .... ..
and Seasonable Goods for the Diied Fruit aod Berry trade; a class of ..
ine pecalwr antg of this section, and not offertd dt iobhW ' .,.
For the eosaing eeasoo preperationa bare been made on a scale b--, ,.1 -nTibin-eytr
attempted in the pait. oar stock excelling io size, Tandy aod ci . .
uir.cfc nu oeea 01
r orcea sales resulted to the cutting of price aod bare enabled
some rare bajgaios. We are showing manj things ia Dry Goods and N
the ctual cost of nmnM; rr i
With a Stock uueaqualled io the State
ttpTl in 7 W bosioew. aod mean
rected in everv rcsDect. hot kK. 1
.ivh. 1 ' . ...u-s iu mwr f ureowes coi in OS ft&J
STATESV7LLE JV. a, June.
RICnMOND & DANTILLE
aciieaule between Greensboro and
lYIlkesboro, In effect Nov. 2, 90.
Winston and WUkesboro.
Dai:y except Sunday
West Bou?d. No. 10Lv Winston-Salem
12-40 fsi;1t AUspaugh 12-53 Mt; It Bethania
1-18 pm; It Rural II all 1-43 psi; Tobacco 2.12 pa;
lonnoua 3-30 pji; Siloam 3 20 px: Rockford i
J5 px; CrutcMIeld 4-30 r; Elkia 5-15 px;
Ronda 5-55 pu; lioaring Eircr 6-15 par; arrire
at Wilkesboro 6-50.
East Bocd. -J-No. 9. Leave Wilkesboro 8-45
ax; It Roaring River 9-20 ax; Ronda 9-45 ax; j
Elkin 10-12 ax; CrutchfieU 11-12 ax; Rockford
ai-of ax; 0.10am px; Donnaba 1-02 px
Tobaceorille 1.27 px; Rural Hall 1-43 px; Be-
mania px; AUspaugh 2-33 px; arrive ax
vi ins ton 2-54 px.
- .. Greensboro and Winston. "
eBHXuncL Daily. Ex. Sun. Ex. San.
No-6. No. 8. No. 10.
L.r. Greebsboro, . 10.-05 a x 10:50 p.x 6:45 a.x
Salem Junction 10:15 ax 11.-00 px 63 ax
New Gorden j 10-JS2 ax 11:11 px 7J3 ax
" Fiiendsbip 10.30 ax
" Keroeraville j 10:45 ax
Ar. Winston-Salem lO;50 ax
11:22 px 73 ax
11,43 px 7;53ax
Bound
12:10 ax 8,31a
N. 7. No. 9.
No. 5.
Lt. Vinton-Salcm 60 ax
. Kcrners villa 6;50 ax
" Friendabip j 7-03 ax
New Gorden j 7-13 ax
Saltrm Junction 7-20 ax
Ar. Gicensboro j 7-30 tx
65 px 3 30 px
7$ -px 3-55 px
7-43 px 4-25 px
7- 53 px 4-33 PX
8 04 px 5-00 px
8- 15 px 5-10 px
Alt trains make connection at Greecaboro
with trains on main lines for all points north,
s outh.est and wet.
W. A. Tckk D P A. Raleigh, N. C
Josh Tatlok, G P A, Waabington, 1). C
Sol II ass. Traffic Manager.
Ton Oil liar!"
"The remains of tho man,
'Neath this tomb-stone doth
lie, j
Who said that Jess Ferguson's
Goods wero too high. -
His neighbors condemned him,
As a cranky old pest,
And they put on his shroud,
And laid him to rest."
"The evil that, men do lives
after them.! It is no less con
spicuously'true that the unfort
unate acts done byunfortunate
humans at unpropitious mo
ments follow and harrass them
to their grave. As in the case
above, the simple remark, un
fortunate though it was, that
Ferguson &: Hubbard were too
high with their goods, cost a
poor fellow his life, and his
own-tomb-stone still taunts his
lifeless form with "You Old
Liar." But it has been a warn
ing to other' people. No one
has sjneo attempted such an
expression. J And since tho ar
rival this firm's new supply of
winter goods it is more danger
ous than ever, for evcbody
says it is nicest, the best and
rhonnest stock ever- broucrht
1 to "Vilkesboro. Just come and
. j -
see.
"We are
still the
in
L017 PRICES.
FEEQIJSON & HUBBED.
i
Fresh
Dtet
greal oenent 10 as in the parr- f
this
seenre
m below
aud superior facilities through....!, we
look
that our customer shalUoi r.n'r le pro
.kt u . c .
WALLACE RRfi
2. 1890. I
Talaafele Town Prepetir far Sate.
25 acres of land in Wilko! uto inclu
ding "Barrack's Hill" for lc in lots
or In bulk, also 70 acres from one to two
miles east of Wilkesboro, well located
on the Salisbury road. For terms, etc.,
write to L. D. Lowe, Banner's K!k, N.
a, or J. F. Someks, Wilkr-bcro, N. C,
MONET TO LOAX.
For 5 years at S per cent, on improve!
farms; loans repayable in tmall annual
installments, thus enabling the bcrrow
ers to pay off their indebtedness with
out consuming crop in any one year.
Apply to JYS. Cr-n-ob, WilkcsSoro.N C
To Pensioners of IVilkes.
The Pension claimants entitled to
pensions under the State Law, who
have not yet recieved their clams for tho
year 1S90, will oblige me' by calling at
my office at once and petting the wmc.
J. 31. Adaxs,
Eegistcr Deeds.
. Sale of Land for Partition.
NORTH CAROLINA, I I
wiUEEs oocyrr. J Superior Court.
T. J. Dula . I )
II?irs atlaw.of W. P. CaldweH Exrarie.
Phineas llorton, ct al. )
By virtue of an order directed to rae from
the Superior court of WCkes county at fall
tenn 1SD0, I will," as commi6:oncr ap joxtcd
by sard court, on Monday the 2.id day of Ftl.
1S91 at 12 o'clock at tho court ! Louse door ia
Wakeaboro, sell for partition ! to the higbeit
bidder on a credit of 12 montba, the property
known as the Elk or Howard farm containing
about 275 acres, 100 of which is first, class bot
tom land, Ijiog on the waters of the Valla Hir
er and Elk creek, and on the rircr roafl loading
from Wilkesboro to Lenoir. There is a 2 story
brick dwelling with 4 cotnJorUb'e rooms, acd
other buildings on the farm, j Uaa unexcelled
water ror any kind of machinery, xad ia one cf
finest mercantile stands in the couatj. Pur
chaer will be required to git bowl with ap
proved secority bearing 6 pc-r ctut interest.
Title reeerred till purchase mpney is paid, .
TK-c 20. 1S90. . C. r.j JON' S, Com .
BARBEgSI10P:
hare put up a first class jDarbcr Shop ia
Wllkenboro, second door fropi r. IluleT
law office, wbere you can hare the Utcet t j !a
of hair cutting, . barinr, shamj"Diiig, hair
dyeing, etc, dune ia first class virUr t any
and all times. Giremea trial.
i J. H. Tcrrcncc
J. M. Turner, M. I).,
WILKESBORO L G-
- t
ff90lee athis new RAodenc. vbre be earn
be found when not professionally tjrd.
JOHN D. WILSON,
Practical Surveyor & Civil J r.j.nect,
All kinds of Surveying a u L-veinj
prompUy and satisfactorily uono.
Gf 3Iap-dratTlng a specialty.
T. B. PINLK Y""
WILJCESBOr.O.
"Will rativ in all the Court
aa-COLLECTIONi A SrEClAl.I rrti
Real Estate sold on Cvmmiaaiou..
H. M. WrtXBoax. IL N. n w uttr
WELLBORN & HACKEI7.
WlLJCESIiORO, c.
WiH practice in the SUU A. FeOer' . n.- .
Isaac 0. "Welll):n n.
Attorney at T-.;iw,
iriLKESRunu n .c.
Will practkr in a3 the Court 1.
Xealer in Real EsUte
Promt attentia paid tc the collecti-u- r ; ; iril
W. II. II. Cowtts. - ,
G017IES Xi
BAR-
At
wjLKEajiono.y.
T. X. CHam.
A. C A 3. Q.
Cliaffm & Ho! 1
AVilkesboro, N. t .
Will practice la all tl Cc-z
Cctxtcnoxs x SrrcsiXTT.
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