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LOCAL DEPARTMENT. )Jf you waBt all thje local news of Elkin, anii -the counties of Surry, Wilkes, Alleghany and Y&dkin, read the . . JOURNAI,. . . pEC$:MBEK 23, 1897. “3"own and country news. Your own and your neighbors doings j3riefly and tersely told in a re,^,^jK>!e m'UjC( clays ^5 -U'ill be lier T. M. ■from Sa’ Christmas Monday tisenient onar- a happy ■'■“'Bn •’'00: Hay ' The freight train was six hours late Friday uight. Cause—a hot isox. Miss Flora Minish is spending the holidays with her parents at Lineolntou. Martha Xorman lias been appoin ted post master at Dobson vic«J. B. Lewellyn. Misa Clyde Hamilton, of Asho county is visiting her cousin, Sliss Katheryn Ct^wyu. Wild ducks are reported (o be quite plentiful on the shoals, in the Yadkin, above town. There is said to be big spots on the sun that may be seen through ih bit of smoked glass. Alfred Warren, of Osbornville, spent part of last w'eek here with his son, J. P, V/arren. Judge W. A, Hoke and Miss Miss Mamie !Mci>ee "^vere married at Lincolnton liiat week. Dr. K. Thompson has sold his home at Lo^vv Gap and will move to his farm at Edwards ville. Jlrs. ]ST. J. Walls, of Cool Spring, ■who has been (inite sick, is improv ing, we are glad to learn. Miss S'ora Crnmpler left Satur day for Eoaring Ri'i'er to spend the holidays ■\vith hei- niothej.’. There is an epidemic of small pos in Atlanta. We hope it will iiot strike 3Torth Carolina. Walter AVorth, of C'reston came down Friday to spend a few days ■with relatives and friends. Prof. and Mrs. G. D. Brown leave to-morrow to spend the holi days with relatives at Marion, Va. There will be a Christmas tree at Maple Spring church, tw'O miles from here, to-iiiorrovr night. E. F. Mclseer and ■svifehave gone to Lynchburg, to spend Christmas with Mr. Mc^'eer’s parents. Prof. (ieo. D. Brown and wife have gone to housekeeping in the Penn Cottage on Gwyn Avenue. 3'Iessrs. Vaughn & Co., of Win ston, will please accept our thanivs for one of their beautjfi'l calendars for 1.898. A green Christmas, it is said, means a fat graveyard the next year, Let us watch and see if this sign is trvie. D. W. Baily and family have jnoved into the li. E. Gvryn resi dence, corner G^wyn Avenue and iJourt Place. Jesse Patil goes to his home at Eflaud, Orange county, to spend Miss Myrtle Chatham, w'ho is j The state pension warrants for i attending Greensboro Female Col- 1 the old soldiers and their widow"s ' lege, came home Saturday to spend ■ have arrived. Those of the fourth ^ the holidays with her parents. j class receive $1.5..50 each. This is ; „ , la mere pittance biit will prove a Let us forget all the sorrows, the i n j i , , . . ’ „ very acceptable Christmas present disappointments and the tailnres ot , ,, , ^ , to these needy veterans. , the old year and strive to make 1898 the brightest year of our lives. M. Smith and cnildren and , . Miss Angie Smith leave this ■vvoek! Otis Mayberry, the four yeaj-old 1 „ . ^ i ■ i for Aspenwall, Va., to spend the; sou of D. W. Mayberry, ot A\ilk-’ i- ; ; esboro, vas so badly burned a few days ago that he died last Tuesday. John Miner and Oscar O' Daniel, of Honda, rode down on their wheels Saturday night to the con cert. They wheeled it back in the mud. Mr. John M. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, of Elk Creek, Avill heep house for them while aw'ay. J. A. McCann, of Traphill, and A. S. iSpeer, of Boonville, have been appointed storekeepers and gaugers Ijy Collector Harkins. Both these gentleinen have stood the “snivel seinice” examination and were selected from the eligible list. Another safe has been cracked, this time at Guildford (,'ollege in the store of J. F. McCracken. §70 in cash, 8!<>0 in|1 rafts and $700 in ' iKitos were taken. The robbers are I heading this way and onr people should be on the lookout for them. AVe have received a copy of the address of I’cv. F. T. Shore, 1). D. president of the ]<'eder.;ition of American ProtestautsJ with a re- (juest that it I>e pi'blished. It^vras roeeive.l to kite for this issvie, bat ■\vill iippear in the Journal during Jauiiary. A Christmas tree was given to the ciiildren of the Pi.'esbyterian church last night. There will also be one at tlie Baptist chrtreh to- morro'y night. Capt. J. F. Ilcndren, agent ot the t(^i)ntinental , Insurance Comp- M^;:>res(intcd 'with an 1898 calendar, for which he has our thanks. Geo. E.Eeves, of Irloaring River, ■was in town Friday. He tells us that he Vv'ill open up a bran new stocks of gc( d at Eoaring liivcr ear ly next year. Sereral of our citizens Inive taken advantage of the cold weather and slaughtered their big porkers. Moi’e than 3000 pounds of meat was cured last week. A. A. Tiioker, of Bi'van to’.rn-_ ship, gave us a call Saturday. He tells us that there is to be a new church built 'at Gum Orchard in the near future. Among the subscribers recently enrolled on our list is Zebedee Beal who was overseer iiijihe cottosi mills many years ago. He now li\'es in Eockiughani, 1\. C. Miss Ethel Burnis, of Eockfard, spent Sunday with Miss Lizzie Har ris. She returned to her home Jilonday, acitompanied by her brother, Mallory Burrns. Monday was the shortest day in the year. The sun rose at 7:23 and set at 4:47. Making the length of the day nine hours and 21 minutes. The days will gradually lengthen from now on. We have secured a correspondent up in the Cool Spring section, who will keep us posted on the news of that neighborhood next year. JTow is the time for the Cool Spring folks to subscribe. The Evening Telegram, of Greens boro, is a bright newsy paper, and any of our readers ■wanting a Greensboro daily w'ould do well to examine the Telegram before mak ing their choice. Gray, the eight year old son ot Monroe Wilborn, died last Thurs day morning, of diptheria, at h.is home live miles from here. The remains w'ere interred at Eock Springs Saturday. Greek 1). Brown, the baehelor editoi- of the Grayson Gazette, In- dependenc«, Va., gave us a pleas- iint call last week. He had been on a trip to Eoanoke and was re turning via Winston. Bob Deal has had a phone put in the (Chronicle office at Wilfc-' ual time of the year for mad dogs, esboro, which he has christened 1 cats and the like to be running “sweet sixteen,” that being the ■ around. nnnd)er of the phone and also the ' age of the ‘deny’ he is in love with The Seaboard Air Line having gotten hold of the C. F. & Y. V. Eailway proposes to build a con necting link from Eural Hall to Rev. W.. R. Bradshaw stated at' the recent l!aptiit/^tate Convention at Oxford, that.there 'svere in the “State of Wilkes’’ 81 ,l>aptist, 15 Methodist, 3 Presbyterian and 2 Episcopal chiu'ches. Tlie Baptist are far in the lead in thjit county, and it will be many a day before any otlier denomination Arill out- stri]} tiiem in the tace. ]yir. Silas Sale had a family re union at his residence, four miles from here a few days ago. All his liA'ing children were present. A sninptious feast was spread and the company had a good time generally Mr. Sales is 93 yfers old. xVll his children are married, yet he has but oi;e great granuchilti, tlie little daughter ofE. L. Harris. SI loam Academy , (CO-EDUCATIONAL,) SILOAM/N. C. Chas..T.'W]iitjiiugton, who has been with the .(ouksal since it leaves to-day for fnd.. After the .0 Tallahoma, I Splendid Building, Well Equipped .1 I Insti'tjctlon, Thorotjgh, Practical,LUp-to-Date,! ! jSTo Connection with Free School of the District. ! i Tiiition from $5 to $2.50 per Month,iMrtisIc,$3.50. ! I BOARD. I I TaL'le Board, §-1.00 per month. Board, inclndingjfurnished® Room, | ; Washing and Lights, ¥6.50 per month. Liberal discount for bilVsettled i j at beginning of term. Send for C'atalogne. I ^ INSTRUCTORS. W. M,. Ctjndllf, A M, j. H. Allen, Miss Louise F. Byrum We kmw Wi ari Ireaiiig siiiititfs ieis^ W. Henry ChJMv, of Edwards township, has been appointed bran dy gauger for Vrilkes by (Collector Harkins. Ca'-’tec is a Democriit. He will have ■; hing to do this winter, biitshc^^.'ll there be a fnll fruit crop in W^c' es next year there will be work plei'u*y for him. A. M. Smith’s horses ran :wvay Sa,turday. They were hitched to a dray wagon, loaded with furniture, but did not (To any dan.iage. They ran from Dilr. Smiths residence the entire distsinco u|) Gwyn avenue, and were stopped by lodging the wagon between a couple of trees. Some of the small boys were eij- joying the fun of tying up packag es of sawdust and jjaper, laying them on the side walk and seeing innocent victims pitik them up a few days ago until stopped by older heads. It is fun for awhile, but much of a good thing spoils it all. T. L. Green and wife will go to Statesville Saturday to spend a few days with Mr. Green's parents. Thare is to be a kind of family re union there. Mr. Johu Green, from I^ebraska, is already at States ville, and Mr. Jas. Green, of Fort Smith, xlrk., is expected to be pres ent. Rev. Dr. J. A. AVeston, assistant rector of Christ church, Raleigh, has resigned to accept a call from the Episcopal church at Wilkes- l)oro. Jlr. A\'eston is a deep think er and a scliolarly gentleman. We s’appose he v.ill preach for the Epis copal congregation at this place also. A. mad dog threw Greensboro in a state of terror last Thursdaj,'. Seven men were l;ittc3i, A little child died of lij'drophobia at^txiiil- ford ('ollege the same day from the bite of a stray cat. It is an unus- The public road from the end of Gwyn avenue to Huntsville is in a very bad condition. It • mostly inside the incorporation. The town v.ill eventually have to put poles or rock in this section of the noad to You can’t matter how Winston This will give VV ington. get it in a passable condition in the was establishtj'd. his home iit hoIid:iys he l.'cni;i-, in « hich Mis bi-otiier is teaching. Mr. given entire satisfaelioi^, and we liope that his lines will fall in phiesaut places in the future. (constable Eidson is after the fire cracker and other explosive poppers with a sharp stick. He hasaiased the ordinance against the popping of tirecrackers to be printed and posted up, and says that he intends to enforce them. If the ordinance is entbrced to the letter it will be all right, l)ut if only a few are ar rested and the rest let go scott free it is a hardship. Saturday moriiing Walter ('after was hauling a load of lime barrels on Vine street, when one of them r{)lled off on the horse, frightening it, anil causing it to rnn away. The horse came dashing across the bridge and up Main street with the front wheels of the-wagon. It was stopped in front of the drug store. Carter v. as thrown off and his head skinned up considerably, but be yond that ho is all right. I.)r. C. W. Mosley, ■srho has been living in Goldsboro for the past month, has deci'.led to return to ■lonesville and locate for the prac tice of his profession. Dr. Mosley is a high tone (Christian gentleman, and ^yearegla<! to know that he has decided to cast^i*N^|put atnong us again. He is a Splendid physician and will bnild up a good practice. We congrataliie the people of Jonesville on their new acquisition. As it is tlie gejieral custom there will be no issne of the Joitksal next week. Everybody takes holi day, and w illhaxe no time to read, so we will do lik^'tvise. The paper will appearbrigi(t, crisp and uew'sy, early in January,'giviiig all the hap penings of the hSiidays, including marriages, social' finictions, fatala- ties and causalities and the general news of the c<>unljry and to^^'u. Sec that your name‘gets on our sub scription books l^efore 1898. Piedmont Lodte iSTo. 96, Knights of Pythias, heldkhcir semi-annual election for offictjrs last Thursday night. The folllwiug were chosen; Chancellor (’oilimander, A. G. Click, Vice Charljellor, W. E.Paul, Prehite, T. L. Green, Master ot Arms, C. M. Kiifg, iMaster of work, aster of Finance, :er of Exchequer, C. H.Crwynflveeper lif ile.co.i'flsand : Seals, J. F.tlendren, Inner Guard, J. S. Roth, A uer Guard, Frank C. Ball. Tiiese^Ticers wiil be install ed the iirst n®|i!^»g in January. n the small boy no you t.ry. Judge _ th' I b'nrt last nninber of mer- idicted for selling ys under sixteen his broke lip the e the boys, but the to i)e downed so )uV’s mixture, vdiich if cigarelte paper, their own cigar- |ling the law and e smoking “cofdn unable as ^yet to ;ss of the nearby in the interest of [d v.'hiit snbscrii>- eived has coKie to During the holi- herrafter we ex- lorougli and sys- !f !his section, and b aid us , all they .ot make up your ers until w'e can JOURNA.L at fifty e l)est and cheap- feed in North Caro- !ie time to giib- THE Tailoring’ ,Departinerit II. F. Boney, W. B. Bell, of CHATHAM MANUFACTURING CO. Want Your Trade= There is no reiisou vi liy every man in theiland 'gliould not have his clothess MADE TO Ot^DER and to lit him. The; Chatham Mf’g (.'o’s ingenuity and enterprise in this line has reduced priees'so that every energetic man, young or old, can havcfhis suit out to his own taste Sulis to Order $15 and upwards. Pants, $3,00 and upv/ards. Do not buy another hand-me-down. Call a;-d sec samples of our goods A Fit Guaranteed. Othewiso soinsbwib' -.roxM; n<S£ scpieal. The piu'chasing jkuv- ,cr of cash wiselj" and ■iiijeffiiUy .spent by us has brought the prices in our store dow’n to a le\'el that some of the other .stores are nnable to reach. This battle of business means .the survival of the fittest and j .the beHetit.of.the buyer. I This 4'S best sJnowo By the follow ing figures', Kerosene Oil, 1.5c per gallori. Lion and Arbuckles (.Jotlee, ,8 pounds for $1,00. 3 cakeS' nice toilet soap, o 1 2-oz S^HI^ving tob. 4c. Good Ric^offee, 10 and 12c. Largest box blacking on the liijtt’ket, 5c. . - <Ifest pocket knife on the mark et, 2.5c. Can’t lose it. Call for it. Best line Penny Candies iji town. Call.and see us. BAILY & CO. Yadkin Valley Instittite, Boonville, N. O Spring Term Opens January 4th 1898 e want tlie names and addresses of 1000 Journal readers, to ■whom Ti'e desire to send our new booklet, whieli will tell you Where we are ! Who we are ! What v/e do ! What we do not do ! If you desire we will send you our latest catalogue. Remember that you can attend our school a fnll term of live montli, including board, tuition, etc, for oniv $40.00. t Remember that we have more teachers and more students than any other school in this or adjoiuiug counties. Remember that during the session just closing we have enrolledl47 students, of wiioin 69 have been boarders. Do not be deceived by those ■who put forth the argument that our school has no connection with the free scliools of the district. This is no disadvantage. However W'e will state that only KIXE DAYS of free school vrill be taught dining the spring term. V.^e want you to wrile us if yon think of attending any school orif you liave a boy or girl to send to school. R. B, MORN, Prlncipa!, Boonville, N. C. A Love Affair It began wiien she tirst appear ed at church rigged out in that lovely hat which she purchased. On Saturday before from jks. C. m. King, Fashionable milliner of Elkin. You can follow^ the young la dies example bj^ doing like wise. Latest Styles, Ke'W Goods, Popular Pxicea. Call and see them THE PROOF of the quality of the tlous is in the eating of bread made of it. A taste of bread made of the Elkip Eoller Mill flour will pj-ove the claim that is tlie best wiieat patent flour iij. iNo.rth Carolina. CP„ICK &. CO. i ROYAL, WHITE ROSE I DIAMOND DUST LI Ifot o.nly better but more economical than other brands. OOOOOOOOOOO Carry a large stock of Groceries, Provisions, Confectioneries, Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, ^ Caps, Shoes, Hardware, Tinware, Drugs, Oils, Sdle-Leather, Trunks, Valises, Tobac cos, Snuffs, Ciprs, and Country Produce. . Sold Everywhere, FLKIIT roller MILIjS, .Elkin, 5T. C. ilY liiES ™TE1. ooooooooooo V¥e buy forSpotC.ash .... ... Or Discount Purchases .And as we buy in Large Quantities, we are in poss= lion to meet the prices of all competitors at « . Wholesale or Retai.! . e ooooooooooo V/il! Pay 0 ggils par Psyndj CASH. TheEIMn Shoe Co. E!Mn, H. C We do not waste much time over those who! trade a little at every store and always try the I markets. This kind of trade is worth very | Local Railway Schedule, little to any one, and is very unprofitable 'j Greensboro ar- to '•'hose who enp'as'e in it W^e take care i rives at 12:22 p. ji. LU a 1U3C, v\ JIU linage llllL. VVfc UlKC Lclie ; From Wilkesboro, leaves at 2:55 I ' P. M. I Freight ai'rives from Greensboro, : on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri- i days at G:03 P. M. Freight arieves from 'Wilkesboro Tnesdi’^s, Thursdays and Satur. days at 10:00 A. M. W. F. PAUL, Agent of our customers and see that they get their goods at the lowest prices and find a market for their produce. Very Truly, Click & Company.
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