' II. 15, .IFanly, of ttie- Raleiglv Xews and Obser^■el■ was liere Sai- : iird;iy. Nicest line of dolte in town, Idd : body, bisque lioad, UKn iijS eyes, .From 10 cents up to )j>3,50 at A. K, DKOKjIBEK to, 1897. ; King & ('o I The freight train v.'as over eight Town and coiintry news. Your ' ^Vejnesday night, ; The ste;;!il chest to .the engine i)lew out at Donnaha and delayed the LOCAL DEPARTMENT. If you want all the local news of Hlkiii, and the counties of Surry, Wilkes Alleghany and Vadkin, read the . . JOUKXAr^. . . A. G, Click and li. JVl. Ohathaui Misses {'iyde and Jennie Vs'oriii, returned Tliursdiiy from. Sloop’s- Ksste (>\vyu aaidJ'lrs, E, F, M''J\’'eer here tliey S'l'iiced our s;ni<-tuin with tlieir gen- ’ ial presence one (rrening last week, and wore sh’o'.ved iiie mysteries ol tiie ;irt prc;5e!‘vativo by ihe editn‘ ill chief, V\'3 arc alv. ays pleased own and your neighbors doings briefly and ^ - tersaly told in G readable manner. .1, S. Bell speut Friday in 'Wins ton, r, W. D;iy, of Boonville, was in town Monday-, Mrs, Felts, of Rojula, spent Sun- Vill Ii\ibba,rd, j jj Bradslraw has been compelled at VvVikesi_)oro. • j to derdine the call to the Baptist ’ ■ Smoke “Mrs, .hick Frost” cigar ! church at Eonda. best in town. For sale )>y 1>, J. Clockerhain iv oon. train, Miirethsin one person wasin town last week pnrcha»sing rtrticles with ii view Ol holiwng ont (’upid during the liolidays. Let the good work go on. Beans & !Miner will build a l^ee hi-\ e and chicken ooop factory at Rouvlti so w'e are informed. 'l''hey ; have built up an exlensivo trade ! ill these goods, I j Kcv', C, V,', Kobiiisou ea:no dow.n I fr.im^ \Vilkes!)oro F’riih'.y, and orcu- pietl the pulpit of the I’resbyterian church Friday night, Sunday morn ing and night. Lawrence McCi’ary, one of Win stons leading mercliaiits,' fell off a dray there one day last week' and was ba„dly h.urt. The dray passed over his body. ; Point and i’ollocksville, had a liig time hunting for two weeSiS, They brought back as J (ropliies of their skilLwiki turkeys, ^ ducks, deer, etc, I- <'an’t you. decide v.diat to give : your best girl for a Chris! mas pres ent ? Send her the JoniNAL one township, ' \ear ;inil tlien tuie ill be;ir you in i^jg toi,.,j;.,eo to Wiuslon Ia.st ■ mind every week, ’Tis true y., While I get,the paper foi- lifly cents but it's: o« a “razzle da:«le” | Siloam Academy,- 'to have tlie Ir.siie.s \ isit us aiiy jfav;! 5th 1808. ‘ . ; and lost his money and hat to booi. Kind lusiriad <'itizcns of V.’instou i . made up the cash, boirglit him a ' uov, li.it, and scut him on the way ! rejoicing, a sadder but wiser ni;ni, I It. IS our intention t-o' publish ; C’ ery week a lii'i^ of our nev.' sub- Mr, IT, -B. right, of Saulsbury, jTeuu., sends in his subsciiiition! jto the Ji.iUit^^xT.j'ateo- that of Miss Sallie Moore of Mississippi. Miss Moore is a former resident of this place and is a first cousin of Sena tor E. G. Franklin. :scribcrs rec.ei\'-e.i sinc.e the h'.st. is 'sue. is your i,: ji:c wriiten there this week m.i’'.'-V^enils li' ii'.i; hasten to get it ihcrtr. Filly cents for twelve montnH. twenty live cents f■' I pounds for '“-1,00. o cakes niee toilet soap, 5c. dikes latiudry soop, 1.0c. X 2-oz liag smoking fob. Ic. (CO-EDUCATIONAL.) . SILOAM, N. O. Splendid Biilidln-g, Weli Equipped'! lnstmciio.n/riioi'otigli, Ffactlcai,IUp-to-Date I Mo Conneytion witli Free School of the l>i;;!rii't. Tuition from $i to $3.50 pergMonth5|Mt!3.?ci|$2.so. ■ BOARD. ' . Table B<;ard, .“M.00 per month. Board, inc!udingjfurnished° Kocni, Wa.shing ;ui(l Liglits, >?;()..50 per month. Liberal discount for l)iirset-led at beginning of term. Send for (Vdalogue. INSTRUCTORS. ^ W. M. Cttndiff, J. H, Alkn^^iMfesiLcuiselP.;! Bymm.. THE Tlie W'olls house on Gwyn Ave nue was sold last week to a Sir. Pool from Tadkin. Tom Shaver and fa-mily have ino\'ed into the Jasper Shaver house on Elk Spur a\ enue. Onr old silv'er friend J. W'". A^iek- Jus'i arrived and on exhiiwt to- da.y; a bOiiui.ifiil • line ' of all)ums. Call and see them and bay one for your best girl. From 7.5 cents to ■i>2,.50 at AB King &'Co, There is an epidemic of measles raging in Yadkin and Iredell. A son of James Brown, Of near Long- lown, suii'ered a relapse of measles The yonng people, of the tow'n i are anticipating a gay time during A nev/ Baptist Association to be! ihe holidays. A number of young ki',i,--ivn «s the Stone .:>fountain As-'' people from a distance liaye signi- s..>cii;tion was formed from the Klk- - iled their intention of spending; iq Associatiou, at Sew 'Covenant! Christuris hero, and Avill greatly U.-hnrcli, at .Dockery, Nov. J91h, j add to the‘gaiety of the time. . ■ i .liev. Ble\'eiis v/as elected Moder- iBAILY CO. ator ;ii:-d ,J. S. i-Cilhy clerk and! treasurer. The next meeting will ; ■ be'held at Traphiil in the fall of ‘ Good Uio ('{)lTee, 10 and !2o. ® ,';s'5‘S!‘'“Iailormr Deoartment ISest packet knite on the mark- -et, ;.’,")C. CViu’t lo.se it. (!all for it. -Best lino Benny Ca.ndies 'in town, {'all and see us. Tlie new Odd Fellows hxige at this T)la CO will be''instituted next Monday night, 20th, in the liall over the drug store. Mr. B. H. Vv'oodeil, of Greens!)oro, and other .prominent Odd Fellows . will Ije present and organize the lodge. J. H. T. Calloway, who teaches school at Smi th Grove, s’ays he has a pupil, Joe Gentry, son of Eev. / , , J n 1 ■ .. 1- i and died Saturday, ers has been eiected chief ot police ■ of Korth 'Wilkesboro. ' j Theljupils of tiie Elkin Aeade- ill give a concert on Thursday The EFuin Academy Literary Society has suspended operations luitil after the lioiidays. .1). ]\L Keece, v/ife and two chil-d- ren, of Yadkin','1110, spent Sunday here at Dr. il. W. licece’s. 1-698. i Esq, -as in town 5Ionday and presenled r.s | with t',\'o old copies of the Moun tain Pange Onthiok, a paper pub-, lished here in 1S8(> by Ilenry Spen-' cer. They ;ire val.iable ohl relics ' Summers Gentry, w:ho after going : to lis ;;nd we prir.eiheni very high . to school but throe days learneil tlie ly- Vv e tiiank Jlr. Parks for them. : alphabet an-d began spelling right ill some one linng us a- copy ol at once. Tlie boy is only rive ye:irs' the .Enter;,-rise, a p:iper published old. A' Love Affair It bepgn wdien she first appear ed at church rigged out in that lovely hat which siie purchased Oil Saturday, of CHATHAM MANUFACTURING CO. Want^You r^Trade. I'here is no reason why every man in the landi’shordd not have liis clothes j\IADE TO OBDl'K and to lit him. The; Vjhathaml^Mrg ! C(j’s ingenuity and enterprise iu this line lias reduced prices;so;that every energetic !ii;ui, young or old, can haveihis suit’cut to his ™r;wn taste ' : Suits to Order $15 and upwards. Pants,P 3.0 0 jand Jupwards. Do not buy another hand-ine-down. (,-all and see samples of our goods A Fit Guaranteed. •night, 2;-!rd. The people may rest assured that they will be given a treat on that occasion. The JoujtXA'i has been awarded the oontract of printing the receipts and disbursements of Surry county by the commissioners this year. It County <-ominissioner J. J. .Wal lace, of j.{usk, was in town Monday ; j.ppear next week. and gave as a pleiisaat call. , . i A mercnant in town has six tur- p. I. i'n‘ud along your lia.nie auil cash that laid nine eggs in one .h’.y and become a reader of the Jouii- ! Tiiis is the i^'rong time NAi.v Piwiage stamps itaken, j yf ( Jjq year for turkeys to be laying Jim Gray, a gentleman of color, i.biit theaboveisan actual fact. cut his gre.it toe off with an axe T. A. Dean, who has been here for severid months superintending the erection of A. M. Smith’s resi dence, having linisiied up his work, ; left for his home iu Salem Thiu'S- day. ivlr. Dean is an excellent in Jonesvillc- i.iefore-the war by a - man named Bacon. Will II. JIarler, w)io has been ; v. ith the firm of (iiimer, Marler iS: ^ (to., W’^iiiSfoii, for eigliteen years, : will retire Jan, 1st by mutua.l con-: sent. The tirin will coiilinue to do ’ Monday wliile chopping wood. . Tickets fi>r reserved seats for the Band (.'.oncerl are on sale by Will Miss,, to spend .the holidays with Mr, and Iilrs. II. G. Chsithani and little son, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul (ihalhiim have gone to Biijley .workman and ni;ide many friends | n-.uue '(Jihner while here. ‘ Brotliers. i\h’. Marler will engage ■ W. A. Johnson, of Parks, was ! in’'’-isinep for himscsf, and. it goes here I'Viilay with the ;iv:est lot ol : wiilioiit saying t•; cabbage we have seen- brought to Tively bnsiaess iro-a ; <• 'vord go. this market this season. There ti-ue or better s.desman never were twelve lui-idred pouii'ds and trod shoe leather th;.u \V ill ^larler. they a^^era,ged ten pounds to tlie . before from irrs. (’. ?,r. King, Fashionable milliner of lilkin. Yon can follow the young la- , dies example by doing like' ^vise. Latest Styles, Xew ■ Goods, Popular Prices. Call and seethein^ Soitiething' to ''Chew on'’ After a boy had eaten three plates of turkej^ with plentj- of A'egetables and dressing, and three saneers of pudding, besides bread and butter aiid.'cranberry sauce, his grandma asked him to have a piece of pie. ''Grandma,” s:iid he soleniniy, “L can’t swatloM' anj- more, but I might chew some.” Bell at Hub’jar'i & Both’s store: Mathis and ('-rater have moved tlieir stock of .goods into room vacated by iSheek i. Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Thurmond. Tiie regular spmi-annual election the store ■ of ollieers for Piedmont Lodge, Xo. . Shugart.'-JO. K. of P,, takes place in their The (niristmas time -apDroaLs, i the small boy be located by the | e^^^nestly requested to be present. popping of the i-hiliee.e lirecrackers, ! J. Giliiam and liayne-i & Company jia\'e hi'.ri neat signs paiutei on tiieir win-iows. Tii« head. They were sol'd to D. J. ('ockerham & Son. ■ B. F. lloUins aii(l family left-la,st Tuessday for IIunters\ ille, iileok- : lenbifi-g county, where they vi iil residejn tlie future. Mr. Kollins is a- good citizen and we regret to ' lose him. lie was accompanied by Kiinsome Itall and i'aiaily, who will ' work %';ith him next year. .All item of purchase or sale of; re>5l- estate, of iie..' Imilding's or ■ business or iupro-'ements oi' any kind, is 'gladly pif >lislie-l by tiie! Journal, Our townaii growing,right-; along. Let peopl&'joiow alKvut it.. Sometimes we mist gc'tting- sc.mie things that ought to be jjublish- ' ed. An item oi'bi.^iness news ori Need ■ DO Y(.>T- a nice Saddle,; People who don’t feel like “swallowing” many ad vertising; statements, are invited to "chew on” the following plain facts : N, ?.r, (-Jrooniviiod wili go to ICorth NV'ilkesboro this v/eek, v-riie're he will open up a pliotograph g’al- lery. Fllkin is getting to be ciuite ... Lar.ge numbers partridge market. work was done by C, H. (jwyn, wlio is <;uite an artist in tliat line. W^e learn that ii gentleman from speaking, of corning ,, here to put up a carriage a.nd bugg.y of tiiese birds iire sold here e'l'ery , ^ I fiictory. We hope he will come. I "We gladly welcome all such in Eev. F. L. Towusend and bride ' arrived last TliursdAy, and a.re~ safely domiciled in the new par' sonage- i Sparta, boarded the train here r-it Sunday School bas : ■pjnirsday for Baltimore, wdiereMr, ' ' ' -e a «. unst-iias ti'ee ; jjjg jjmg j^gy '■ ‘ -'-e night - for treatment. anything indicatiig prog-ress, is l)elter than a page of accounts of There aretwenty-tliree “foreign” : lisicuifs and brawls, This is meant storekeepers, men from the covinties'; for b^th town and 'pountry. Gi>'e round about Asheville, holding ns-all the luws th. t helps along, down revenue jobs iu Wilkei? that, We <;an’t find out'.inh-ss those iu- rightfully belong to our o\vii men. rerested tyli us. \'k are here {o Tills is reform and ci\ il ser'. ice show what the tOTi n and country is with a vengence. It*comes high doing, but we ha\'e got to ha^’e it. RTding or Driving Bridle, i Halter, Saddle Blanket, ; ' Buggy robe, Wagon ’ or Buggy Harness, or That v/e sell good goods at a very low prices, Anything in always consider quantity as well as quality tlie harness or saddle line. We meet all competition, h^ve a braml new' stock in the ■ building next to tiie post office, and c.an please you both in. quality and ■ price. All kinds of repairing done ■ promptly, siud work guai'a.nteed. ; <.!all and inspect our. stock. J. W. Gilliam. , A. E. KING & COnPANY. (yorner Main and liridge Streets ' I lion. P, .V Doughton and wife ; and K. II. Hackler and wife, ot J. S. ( 'layell, of-Tonesville; has a ! cow that V. hen she runs in the pas ture at flight give.' only a (piart of I niili;: next niorning, but when he; ■ , shuts her up iu the sfcihde at night siie will give four or live gallons, i : Eugene Myers ha^ a hog tits't runs J, J. .-o,--i-;erii.aiU .v S.m iiave plenty-of toys for the Christ mas trade. <.aU1 and see riioia bai'ore jou.piirchase. (!ha-rlie Gw'yn, coliip-JxtT-at -j'i'-o'ii'fc’' vilie last I'riday morning, lie had been sick se\ er- al niontlis. Tlie Sealioard Air 'i^iue system has leased the Cape F’ear and Yad- kin Valley Ilailw:iy foi* an iudeh- nite period. 'Wo are to have another year. Oar merchants have a bountiful supply of Blum’s Almanacs for ,18!)8 on sale. Mrs. George l>arnali is ■wearing a pair of shoes that have been in daily srrvice for six years and are pretty gooii shoes yet. Elkin is getting to be among oth er things quite -a lumber market. From ten to t wenty v.’agons are here every tlay loaded with luiuber. ■ Ex-(,-ougressnian W. H. Bower, of Caldwell, v, as seriously ill last week. Was reported dead but we are glad to learn he is improving. Xeariy ex erybody in this section :-ce;ns to be alilicted with, colds. ’>V(: iiave. t>een hayiiig r-'gula. oid ^•grip” v.catiier for the iMst v.’cck. 'Will ('-ooper and Miss Julia x\.nn Myei'ti were marrietl at /i{)ii, Yad kin vounty. Dee. Ttli, Bev, E. X. ‘^‘‘ii'i'iting. It was the thir- uini>ersary of the marriage ; of Mr. (Joopers ftitiier, Tom Cooper. ,-Vb L. Brown and .Miss Carrie Paris were united in- marriage by (.1. Vi. Smith Esq., at his'.residence in Alleghany county Thursday night. I’hey have our best v. ishes : for a long and happy life of wedded J.jiiss. ■ "We have heard a number of fav orable comments on the tasty ar rangements of our advertisements, j They are certainly well displayed and we are sure our ad\'ertisers will be repaid amply for their invest ment, ; John A, Day tells us that he has been a member of Island Ford I^ap- tist cliur<;h since 18.~>o, .that he is the oldest member tiiere, and tliat , there is imt a name oii the churcli ; register iKrw t:hat w-as there « heu he joined. The lid wards township school committee have made si new school : district jnst aboye the shoe factory. The citizens have erected a school house on Bob(!y Coc!:eiliams Isind, and S t. L, j>ail began a school there 7-Uwiday nioniing. : S, \v', Coekerhsim. & Son, who ■ lisive been doing a mcrciiiitile busi ness at Oochrum, Yadkin county, for severs.il yesirs, ha\ e closed out “their business there and niovsd to i i'Jlkia, Tiiey are occupying the Franklin store room on Main street same psisture sind is mud; \\ e give theiu a oordisil welcome. | i^j.ger and fsitter thsui Claywell’s Frank Tharp tells us of a re-1 yet the latter i'e(?ds his twice luarksijjle hen belonging to Mrs'. | much corn as M,', ers. Oiej r^iobey Willisims of G rayson county, I eouhl not account . for the loss ol ; Va. She killed one sr fevrs days | ' ago and fouud inside ten hard'shell injiji^ig. So the,> 1 eggs. The next dsiy she killed an-psrv, ore. other and found thirteen eggs. ‘ ''''bat _>^eiu These hens would do to own about I *'‘e. uiiIk. hy Myers liog .Christmas. i "'as so much than OUiy wells. ; Tlie hog did tlie milking himself. ; J.W^.Davis, our hustb'ug pho-| p,^ j., 4ogrsipher, has been quite busy the-i that, psist two weeks tsiking views of the f fe®' Isiiiif spirit CLICK &, CO principal buildings and points of interest in town, from which plsites are to be made to be used in a trade and industrial edition of the I'lkin Times, which will sippesir in the near future. • Mr. J. E. S. Morrison vind wife are visiting their sons at Yv^ilkes- boro. -tlr. Morrison is 83 years ohl, hale Sind hearty bid- is unsilile to do We have ii straight that- si young lady down in Yadkin want,cd to: .get insirried, but the old I'ijlics . ob- | jected. She j.ji'anned with her lov- ■ er to'eloxie aiii giu e liini si-s a sigii 1 that'when the brsinc'i below the| spring run dov,'11 mu(idy the next; diiy thsit she wsis waiiisig f(«' Jiiiii. j Tiie next moroiugshegot tlie buck- | I et Sind left the house for the spring I to get some water her pareius- Hsis tsiken" possession of our ; store. li\-crything' hsis on an air of gsiyety ; but s, plates siud s»ucers; hsiicdker- - chief Sind glove boxes, m;ini- (‘xire and sliaviug sets, baskets, : etc. etc. ! Candies, Nuts and Fruits. | Candies of sdl kinds. Xuts oj' ail kinds, IJaisens, tigs, dsites, prunes, citron, cuirsuits, choc olate, etc. Fireworks. Leading Jobbers of General Merchandise, in Western NorthiCarolina. much mamrsil Isi.bor, He spends ; luste-id of coming bsick . most ol his time reading. He told home she-iiuiddie-d the brsiiu^i ;uid us he wsis siljout finishing up vV il-, ^ ygj-y few icinutes wsis in the The boys must |iave them, so we liave got them, I'irecrsick- era, romsui candles, Jsky' rock- 'ets, cannon c.rsickcrs, eti.‘, etc. All these goods must go by DcKcmber 2s')th. Prices Lew liaui-J. ib-ysiii’ri bo-)k, “The First \.,,„ipniiy i>f her .lover spc!r-ding' as the' lowest. (!:ish or good Baltic,” that \Uiei; he begun lyud- -jua'osri Lie touiitry, wiiere thev soon ' iug he thought Mr. Uryan wsis the ,vere made in;;a smd wife (>y sin smartest mfiu in the Lnited States, obliging minister. The ire of the but he hsis now changed his opinion : and thinks Mr' Bryan the smsirtest : nisin in the woild. M'rs, ^itorrison, who is i'i) \ e;>.-!-'S ol.h sils;> e.-ui.iys jnjod hcssila. produce taken. J. S. BELL old folks eauuol'vell be imsigined v.lien'they ft>und out thnt the bird; had ilowu, Uat- thep soon cos,led do" ii and M>«.'atl is calm ami ,se-^ Watch = this = space.