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WILKESBORO, WILKES COUNTY. N. C, DEC. 22, 1892.
NO. 43 .
The Wilkesboro Chronicle.
A. DEAL, EdiUr aad FrvprlaUr.
.1
Entered at the Post-ojict in
Msecnd-cls matter.
Wilkesboro
THURSDAY, DEC, 22, 1892.
Blaine is a sick man.
will hardly recover.
He
Bills to reduce letter postage
to 1 cent has , been introduced.
Gen. R. B. Vance, brother of
Senator Vanee, was married
last week to Miss Lizzie Cook.
The Elkin Times has been
shown a cabbage by Mr. Bell
of that place which weighs 12
pounds. ; . ' t
. Last week while resisting ar
rest, Will Foster, colored, near
Tarboro, was killed by deputy
heriff Hyatt. ! .
Jay Gould's estate amounts
to 72 millions, which he divided
.about equally among his chil
dren, i
i
: -,;.
. Winston aas made arrange
ments to borrow half a million
dollars to repair the damage
done by the fires there. . .
The Baptist State convention
which was held at Raliegh last
week was largely attended and
one of the most interesting ses
sions ever held. j
Governor Holt has refused to
sign Thos. Settles certificate as
Congressman until he - resigns
s solicitorrHolt is a gover
nor right, '
Mariana Butler, in his paper
is again attaching senator
Vance. When the time comes
that such fellows as Butler can
attack with malice aforethought
such noble men as Vance, and
pot be rebuked by public senti
ment, than, the fair name of
North Carolina ceases to exist.
The State Legislature conven
es Jan . 4th. It's first business
t,fter organization is to fix a
ime and make arrangements
for the inauguration of the new
y elected officers. This seems
o be a rather lame place in the
w Siinnnoa t h Q I .onreolfltlirn
should fail to meet or fail to
have a quorum, or should fail
to agree upon a time, the newly
lected officers could never
take their seats. It would be,
in improvement, it appears, for
the Legislature to fix by law a
permenant day for inaugura
tions; appointing certain of the
retiring state officers as a com
mi t tee on arrangements. That
would be less liable to objec
ed with electric lamps, and the led his wrath
ceremony will take place under At the door
auspicious circumstances.
The wedding ceremony will
be the first services of any
kind held in this new church
a sort of dedicatory service.
The Chronicle takes this
first opportunity to congratu- I our mencan poetry .
late the contracting parties.
and he started,
he made a mo
tion to turn back but we ; had
the drop on him and locked the
door. He went off down the
steps murmuring something a
bout he'd "die in his tracks be
fore he'd let England run
ll he
AND-
over
to Prices But m in die M
notch
Senator Gibson of Arkansas
is dead.
"The longer I live the longer I live"
im - I. ! ,1 1 1- - f 1 .
" nuvicuuw nam wuea oe mienaea I . , . ,
to say "The longer I live the more 1 1 - Jur fight has been to drive prices down to the lowest
know." I hate to own it," but he was take the smallest profit, give the trade every possible advantage
giving in my experienqe as well as his and thereby do a great volume of business '
SeC .This has been our policy in the past and "shall continue to - l,o
Among her adjoining "sutes" to speak of me " 1Ufcure- constantly increasing trade evidences the fa s
I . - I fr-t A . .IT A " 11! H .. . .. . X-
out are: W. P. as wise, good and rich aud if they will uur "o8 m xnis airecxion nave appreciated and that ou
store and. drug I a.ttend to the latter, I will read the methods are correct. '
ine Aioerai support of customers and friends has not only gat
r ... . - -
jsnea us witn tne wort performed; but renewed within
: "It is generally conceded"
can hardly truthfully apply,
to the matter of filling offices.
From the number of applicants
for every office, it would appear i
that nothing is conceded . ; r .
It is probable that several
new states will be admitted to
the Union during the next Con
gress. Naw Mexico, Arizona,
and Utah want to be abmitted,
and their population is far lar
jger than those admitted by the
Republican s last year. . J
'A'V very voluminous and
stnnerent pronibition Dill is oe-
fire the South Carolina ; Legis
lature: The bill prohibits the
sale of liquor save for "medici
nal, scientific and sacramental
purposes." For these purposes
dispensatories are to ' be - estab
lished, and a state .commission
er is buv all the liquors for the
dispensatory. Wont the com
' I j.f A-
ssioner ana iae aispensato-
rvi' nave a erooa tat ioDr. niv-
fellow near yiin South Car-
olina would need a little for
"scientific purposes"' if : for
nothing else, to "paint the town J both are responsible for the fire
will DomMAa fViA T.ArvialofllfA I 1 Z 1 ' V 1 . Al
. Big fire at Statesvllle.
" A destructive fire occurred in
Statesville on the 11th. It star
ted in the store of Taylor &
Humghrey, on Broad street,
and burned out several stores,
and damaged the goods in
many other 'stores.
those burned
Hall's shoe
store, Thomas Anderson's store
Marshall & Brawley, C. E.
Propst, E. B. Springs, Dr. C. C.
Sapp, Dr. M. K. Adams S. T.
Tays, Taylor & Humphrey, and
J. Stepaney and all those in
the Miller Building were dam
aged a great deal. The fire is
thought to have been incendia
ry, and suspicinn rests on Tay
lor & Humphrey, who it is
thought burned their store for
the insurance that was - on it.
These men were arrested, tried
before a magistrate and sent to
j an. iney alter procured a
writ of habeas corpus and had
a hearing before Judge , Arm
field and were released for
want of evidence. They left
town soon after, and it was per
haps well for them that they
did, as the people of Statesrille
became very much excited and
there was danger of lynching.
Evidence seems to accumulate
tnat xaylor or Humphrey or
' right works -anl act better than ever;
ever ready for use and cash. I remain
yours truly, N. M. Aixkx, dealer in
Tinware, Glassware, Crockery and
Hardware.' ' .
SEND twelve cents in postage stamps
to 39 Corcoran ."Building, Washington,
D. C, and you will recieyed four copies
of Katk Fikld's Washingtox, contain
ing matter of special interest. Give
name and address, and say where you
saw this advertisement.
Offltlal Scatsment
Of the days erred and mile a trareled by the
members of the Board of Commissioners of
Wilkee county, for the fiscal year ending Nor
80,1892. .
1 . J. A. CoorrH, Chairman,
7 days, at $2.00 per day, " . $14.00.
254 milea at 5c ta per mile 12.70.
Total ; 2S.70.
A.BSCEB, Ch'm'n after Cooper reeig't'n.
22 daya, at $2.00 per day,
54 milei at 5cU per mile
Total ,
M. Joiiru.
21 days at $2.00 per day .
430 miles at 5cta per
ToUl
. 1m C. Fraouaoir
10 days at $2.00 per day
156 miles at Sets per mile
Total ' .
Aggregate total
X, J. M. Adams, Register of
$44.00.
2.70.
46.70.
$42.00.
-2300.
66X0.
$20.00.
7 JO.
27.80.
162-20.
Deeds, oerti j
US tilU
desire and the determination to press forward t6 still higher
achievements. , -
At the incoming of the Fall Season of 1892, it affords us great
pleasure to say that we have never been so well fixed to do a
great business. .
All lines are COMPLETE, ATTRACSIVE and CHEArV"
In Dry Goods and Notions we unhesitatingly claim (all things
considered) to offer better bargains than any House in the trade;
In Shoes we are showing superior goods and an improved
line, and in nothing that we offer will we be undersold.
In a word we are on the "ground floor" in every particular
and intend that all who deal with shall be on the same footing.
If not already our customers, join us now, and let us shovr
you that all we claim we carry out, what we advertise we doTT
and that when we say it and you see it in The Chroniclb it is.
so.1 Very Respectfully, 4
WALLACE BROS.,
STATESVILLE, N. C, June 10, 1892. ' '
red." Besides the Legislature
shouldn't trive the "Jews, the
select" the privilege of draw
ing upon the "dispensatory"
which Drivileere they s deny to
Gentilefs. ' ,
and if theyan be fonnd they
It was very pood Poetry after all.
A fellow came into our office
yesterday. He was pretty , tol
erably full of enthusiasm, and
Xmas seemed to be on his mind.
The naDers for the last week
have been full of what they
call a snub at speaker Crisp, by He presented his compliments
the reform club at New York. a very jema manner ana
Th'ft rlnh e-ave a dinner. CrisD came up to where we setting
wa's invited to eat but wasn't 1 up type and confidently asked
loot, wflolr T?nh RndrArs wViit. frt onpglr a thn nr.. US II tne lOHOWing,' WniCn l0
killed Bill Hammond, black, casion and "general parlia- "quoted verbatim wasn't good
and Tom Moore, black, imme-1 mentary" manners would have
diatelv shot and killed Kodgers I dictated. But then it's no use
: - . .. I i . "
A woman was the cause, it is raikinc a racket about it. The
. i. . w i 1 cv
1
A terrible double murder oc
cured down in Beaufort county
understood.
From present indications Mri
Cleveland can choose his en
tire cabinet from North Caro--lina
applicants; - .The result
will. -be ;. that North Carolina
gets nothing. If we would
concentrate on some man for
some position, we would stand
8 chance of -succeeding. i
"Luck is lurking in the land.'1
Ferguson A Hubbard received
an order last weelc from Wins
ton for a number of rabbit feet
They are to be the left hind
feet of grave yard rabbits. Our
fellow citizens who have such
rabbit feet can get a splendid
price for them at- Ferguson &
Hubbards. . - :
club was running that - dinner
business and they had a right
.
to call for speeches from, any
one they chose. Besides it isn't
much of a Democratic club any
way, sort of a mugwump insti
tution, and such a true and un
faltering Democrat as Crisp
could not be expected to have
mnkh to do with it. except to
eat fas much as he wanted.
HriftTi- wft are triad to see. is
r
saying nothing about it.
Marriage at Nortk Wilkesboro.
Cards are out announcing
the marriage of Mr. J. Robert
Finley and Miss Fannie T.
Cameron, both of North Wilkes
hori which takes place at the
new Presbyterian church at
North Wilkesboro, on Tuesday few tears)
thtt the foregoing is a true statement of the
may have tOCajerl(tggenalty county of Wilkes, as appears from' the records
th 1892. - J. M. ADAMS,
Register of Deeds.
Land Sale. .
' By rirtne cf an order of the Superior Court
oj Wilkes county, in the case of A O Bryan,
administrator of the estate of Joshua If. Hoi.
brook dee'd, again st vAlioe I. Ilolbrook and
others, 1 will sell on the premises " at public
anetion to the highest bidder on the 17th day
of December 1892 the following tract of, . land
owned by Joshua N Holbrook at his death aud
situated i Trap Hill township, Wilkes county,
lying on the waters of Roaring, Hirer, between,
the lands of J. 8. Holbrook and R C Holbrook,
on the North end of said lands, containing 75
acres. Terms; One-third cash, ba&nca in
three and six months. This Nor. 23, 1992.
AC. BRYAN, Adm'r.
Cranor Box ton, Attys for Adm'r.
- -. ... ...
.Notice of appointment of
Administrators.
Notice is hereby glren that 1 hare been ap
pointed and qualified administrator de bonis
non of the Estate of George V?. Absher deceas
ed. ' All persons indebted to the estate must
make settlement immediately ana .au persona
having claims against said estate must present
them within the time prescribe! by law.
- Luxdat Abshu Admr-.
Cranor & Buxton Attys. for
Administrator.
TnisNor. 171892. .
Xotlce of Land Sale.
Br virtue of a mortgage deed executed to
to me by-John 8ummerlin and wife Edney
Emeline Summf-rlin to secure the payment of
Tweaty-Five Dollars, I will sell for cash to the
highest bidder, at the court house door ' in
Wilkesboro N. O. on the 5th day of Decemoer j
1892. the following described tract of land sit- I
nated in Roddies Hirer township, Wilket coun
ty. N. C. and adjoinictr the lands of Tanoe ,
Church and others and containing .75 acres
more or less. For further .information see
book 14. page 509. Thie Nor. 4. 1892.
W. L. FORESTER, Mortgagee.
poatry:
''Christmas comes (hie) but once a year,
If I get (hie) full you needn't to care'
We told , him we weren't a
standard on poetry but we sup
posed that ; was good poetry,
as it was long in use in Eng
land about Christmas time. He
turned and looked us rigidly in
the face and said: "Looky here
Mister, I thought you was an
'mer(hic)ican and believed in
'merican indus(hic)tris, but I
see you re lor Hingiana ana
want free(hic)trade in poetry.
It's alright to have freetrade
in whiskey and brandy and the
other nec(hic)essaries of life,
but it ont do to have freetrade
in poetry; it'll (hie) cut down
the wages of the poor working
men and turn the widows and
orphans out of home in the
dead of winter (here he shed a
and it'll ruin the
HINSIIAW&1EDEARIS.
- The Seventh Presidential Election
Since we commenced the mercantile business, is over, and we are
. STILL AT THE OLD STAND,
NOS. 120, 124 and 126 WEST FOURTH STKEET, ,
WINSTON, IV. O.
"Where we are sailing the nicest and most complete stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
It has ever been our pleasure to show. These goods have recently been pur
chased by our experienced buyers who have spared neither tima nor pains in
making selections well adapted to the wants of our customers.
No. 120 opens into one of the most magnificent Wholesale
STOCK of Dry Goods, Notions, 6hoes, Boots arid-Hats ever offered in Winston.
No 122 is one of the most handsome Store Rooms in the City,
Filfed with choice selections of Ladies' Fine and Medium Dress Good; Ladie, Hisses' and "
Children's hhoes, etc Our Reputation for first qualitr of gooos at lowest possible prices. "
has won for us the entire confidence of our trade.
In No 124 You will find Men's and Boys' Shoes,- Boots, Hats,
Jean, Casstmeres, Under nd Over Shirts, choice selections of Mriuo Shirts adDrawers.
8hertinjr8, Plaids, Drills, Lindsay, etc Also a choiie line of faucr and Staple Groceries
the best coffees in the city.
In No 26 You will find Meat, Lard, Fish, Flour, Corn, Oats,
Molasses, Syrups. Sugars, Soaps, Salt, Ship Stuff; Sole Leather, Grass Seods, in quantitiesS "
to suit the purchaser, or iu car load lots
BE?" All are invited to call and examine our goods and compare the quality
and the prices with those of any house anywhere.
lJWe mean business and will make it to vour interest to trade with us. '
Yours Truly, .
I1INSUAW & MEDEARIS,
Winston, Nov. 9th 1892. - .
iiANK OF .NORTH WILKESBORO,
NORTH WILKESBORO N. C. ' '
- . (Incorporated. j
Authorized Capital :; $500,000. Paid Up Capital '33,103.
j . Jii. Jb iNLKY, irresiaenc. v. w. urkenlee, Uashier.
Beard of Directors:. E. Einley, W.l. Absher, E. S. Blair, J. T. Feden,
T. B. Finlev. ; ?
Does a general banking business and solicits tha accounts of merchant and
business men jrenerallv. ' . '
lmi f Anton's Balmy Breeze,
THE SUMMER SOFTLY DIES.
ifle uavw al. u urcnese aoni
feel good over his defeat for
Governor and in order to soothe I will
his sorrows he raises the usual
cry and lamentation of fraud;
H argues that as the negroes
didn't vote solidly republican,'
thftv Vara tViAntarl tii4- tr .
But we can refer Fur-
ches to a lot of . colored people
ho didn't .vote republican and
ho were hot cheated out of
their ballots either. The ne
grbes are riot quite as big fools
such men as Furches would
have us believe. : They voto as.
jeJ please sometimes, regard
less of Republican bosses.
i
evening at 7:30, December 27th,'
1892U Rev. A. L. Crawford
.perform the ceremony.
Thejgroom is a son of Mr. J. 1.
Finlfy, a member of the firm
of Finley Bros., General mer
chants, and one of our most
popular.young men. The bride
is a kister of Mrs. A. A. Finley,
a native of Harnett county who
has een living here with her
sister for some time. She is
a reined and accomplished la
dy akd is beloved by the many
friends she has made since her
stay
here,
The church will be beautiful
decorated aud splendidly licut
farmer by knocking the socks
out of the price of 'possum
hides and taters. No, Sir, lus
ter, our infant (hie) industries
must have protection;.! writ
that (hie) poetry and am goin
to have credit for it or
Here he commenced feeling in
his hip pocket; his eyes looked
wild. We're a timid lad and
took in the situation at once
and to. Id him we were mistaken,
thj&t he was sole owner and
proprietor of that poetry, and
that we hadn't any idea Eng
land would know a piece of
nnntrv if she'd meet it in tho
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rosd.
CeveM
Eectei
"Grover got there," and now
The seasons are constantly changing. The "Last Rose of
Summer" will sOon be gone, and the forest leaves, browned and
seered by the frosts, will soon be falling to tpe ground. The
verdure that bedecks the magnificent valley of the Yadkin Riv
er which nows in a stream of silverv SDlender ti rouirh tht
for "tariff reform", cheap hats, Rreat MState Gf Wilkes", will soon be withered, ? and "'neath
chean clothincr. cheap woolen
goods, blankets, ; better times
and "more of 'em", etc.r etc.,
according to former, promises.
But if these good things do
not here on time, you can still
bet big money on finding one
E. WALLACE, the Big Radi
cal, as usual, on the corner in
the same old barn, selling all
kinds of goods as cheap as any
body. Come and see him; he'll
do yc.u right, Cleveland or no
ThiE'- comowhat appeas-j Cleveland.
the sleet and snow decenamg, massive pines- and aks be ben cl
ing down to kiss its waters sweet." But Wilkes, robbed of
her summer verdure, is still, lovely old Wilkes, 'presenting in
eyery season her own grandly peculiar charms and advantages
But f'we must change as all things change here;" Tho light
summer apparel must be supplanted with heavier. reight. We
need new and heavier boots and shoes, overcoats) gum coats,
under-wear, dress goods, etc. All this and more can be had at
lowest figures by calling on Ferguson & Hubbard. We abo
keep a full line of groceries for the nourishrnen. T d "inner
man.
Buy your goods frc:
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