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BATIKS OF ADYKRYISING.
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TERMS OF SCiiSCSIPTIOIT.
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1 wk., lm. ; am, , om. ; i.yr.
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Qae year.... "j
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,in. j 2.00 -i
col. 3.50
2.00 ;. 4.00
3.00 6.00
6.00 j 9.C0j
9.00 , 12.00
Six months....,, tr
4 00 I 7.50 10.00
6 00 '10.00 17.00
y.75 18.00 .30.00
17.50;
25.00
45.00;
75.00!
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payable ia adruice. -pSenda
all money by reistr.d let
ter or postal ord aad address
1 col.
JJqual Taxation, Pirect and Indirect.
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The Chronicle.
LOCAL DOTS.
Brief Notes of Passing Erents That
jtfay r &aj interest-Ton.
The indication for fruit so
far a-e good.
Best Alexander oounty
flour at Mayberry Vat $2.50.'
Wilkes is preparing; to go
to Greensboro Next week. ;
The recent cold snap injur
the oat 'crop to some extent.
-D.K tf. CoiTey, of Le
a ir, vvs la ihf city, last week.
Aietrch has marched away
and it's April now. instead.
Little Mabel Hix has re
turned from her visit t$ Statos
ville. ,
25 cents spent at B S Gall's
entitles you one phance. at a
ten dollar bill
Mrs. Hix has gone to the
northern markets for a supply
of new goods.
Spain hour returned from
the northern markets with a
full line of new goods.
Mr. John Horton, of North
Wiikesboro, is visiting rela
tives in Caldwell county.
--Mr. W. .H Starr has been
quite unwell for several xlays.
He is improving.'
Mr. D. A. Reece returned
last week from a trip South
vhere he had been with apples
Prof. Eugene Harrell, of
Sleigh, spent a few days hetv
and in North Wiikesboro thi
weak. '
The revenues are still liv
ing. They captured a load of
blockade down about Osborn
ville last Saturday night.
Solicitor Mott and Law
yers Hackett & Hackett, Bar
ber and Buxton are attending
Alleghany court. .
The town election comes
.off the first Monday in May.
It's about timje to be
about candidates.
Mr. R. L Smith,
loy county, was in
thiukiitg
of Stan
tfce city
last week on business: He
maae a trip to Ashe county
while-in this section.
Clerk Vanpoy is able to be
)ut again, which will be grati
fying news to liis many friends.
He has had a pretty tough
time of it. -
John E. Hubbard :' h a s
bought the Martin Lo we prop
erty in North Wiikesboro, and
expects to establish a business
soon.
Mr. A. R. Vail,' of Jeffer
son, was in the city last week.;
He had been to Winston lay
ing in a supply of groceries for
court week. - I
' Mr. E; B. Henderson, who
is located at East . Bend, is
spending a few days, in the
c ity. . - , - . i
Mr. William Bledsoe and
wife, of Asne, w.ho been spend
ing sometime at Fayette ville,
are visiting a few' days here,
joxx their way home. .
The "Millinery Opening"
at E. Wallaces at North Wilkes
Wftdhesdav. ; " He
wants everybody to come
see for themselves.
Walter Williamson.
Ashe, was in . the city
and
i
of
last
wAaV fi-nA . uTisR Ma ud Jones.
who hasijeen attending school
at Miss Barber's, returned
home with him; ; , . . ;
Miles Brown, son of : M.
P. Brown, of Mulberry, caught
. - ' . , t. :.i
Z4 large suckers at one nam
last Wk,and sayshe- has
something iat now , besides
WTTBOno. K n . TTTTTRDAY. APKTL 2 IKQfi
- r :
J You can find bran to
the covffat B. S.' Pall's. -
feed
L. W. Lonsford of Lovelace
is impr ving.
Albert Forester is improv
ing slo rly.
At the recent Demorest
medal contest of Dellaplane,
Miss Stella Foote won the med
al. There will be a gold medal
contess at the same place on
April 25th At 2 p. m. Every.:
body invited. These contests
are ve y interesting.,
Ja lies P. Cook, of Con
cord, xras in the city last week,
and says Wilkes agrees with
him. He says Wilkes is one
of the finest countries he ever
saw, a id he is thinking about
movin ? Coneord and the Stan
dard both up here.
Mi '. Merideth Efenderson,
difed a ; his home on Hunting
Creek, lastSaturday and was
buried Monday. He was 89
years old ami had been feeble
sometime About a week ago
he was struck speechless with
paraly sis and never afterwards
ralliec sufficient to give hope
f or h is reco very . Another land
mark Df the county is gone.
-Mr. Henry Bumgarner,
known as "Uncle Henry," died
1 at hisihome in Reddies River
township, on last Saturday. He
was perhaps thel oldest man in
the township, being between
80 ana 90 years old. He had
been
feeble for some
time.
The wheels of life just wore
out and stopped, and the life
01 a respected citizen is gone.
Surprise patties" a re
greaq
institutions; not that
are startling or remarka
there
ble "surprises" connected with
one,
shou
such
prise
except that if any one
d fail to enjoy himself at
a party it would "sur
'. everybody else. One
among the most pleasant sur
prise parties of the season was
given at Mr. John S. Cranor's
last Thursday. night. A whole
host fat hered at his hospitable
homeand spent the hours pleas
antly till the hands of the
clock pointed to the middle of
the night. There was but one
sentiment among all present,
and pat was, it was good to be
there.
The Iteport False.
s Tdere was quite an excite
ment up in Elk township- last
wee c. Two young men, Dula
and Kendall, went south m with
some apples. Reports came
back that they had been killed
by negroes down about Char
lott5 and their apples stolen
Thi j created an excitement in
the neighborhood which was
strengthened by the fact, that
the boys staid away over the
tims in which they were to re
turn. Their Ioiks lmmeuiate-
ly started in search of tnem,
but found them on the road re
tuning, safe and sound The
report was all a mistake.
An iged Jffail Carrier Dies.
McDuflie Grant died at his
home near Taylorsville last
wejak. The doctors said the
cause of his death was cancer
of (the stomach. Mr. Grant
wa's an aged gentleman, ' being
ab ut 72 years old, and was an
ho lest upright man. He was
bo :n in Wilkes we are inform
ed and has many relatives in
th s county. He was a broth
er of Esq. J. W: " Hays' wife.
H had been , mail contractor
and carrier for some 30 years
1 arld was always faithful and
trustworthy.- His familiar ng-
Ute Will UC XAJlon". -' , .
line -for it was seldom that i he
I' (i t4' M.nanH olnno1 'T.nfl
missed either on me iubu;
i.,toin nr k llbv QaD route.
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U clevernm and aU
t3rraBt of the governmenthas
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"Millinery Reeeption."
Mrs S J Prevette has received
a new line of Millinery goods,
Easter hats, laces, etc. and will
give a "Millinery Reception,"
at McNeil's store next Saturday
beginning at 10 A. M. Every
body invited.
The Children's Concert.
A number of the children
gave a concert at Mr. Pharr's
-
last Friday night Those ta
king a part were Essie and Le
ra Erwin, Sallie, Essie and
William Cowles, and Lillian
and Maud Pharr. The chil
dren got it up all by themselves
and was for the benefit of for
&ign missions at the Presbyte
rian church. They had all
been given mite boxes and
they adopted this plan for get
ting money in them. .The con
cert was real erood for the chil
dren and they realized about
$2.60. There were 24 pieces in
the program. Little William
Cowles song "Calling the
Cows" was cute He made
the tune up himself. SaJlie
Cowles and Maud Pharr sang
and acted "I don't want to
play in your yard" just excel
lently. The dialogue, "Swal
low Land," b y Essie and
Lera Erwin was neatly acted.
"Sweet Modesty" by Sallie
Cowles was splendid, and Es
sie Cowles little recitation,
"I'm my Mama's Little Dar
ling" was sweet as could be.
The other pieces were all good,
and the little folks may feel
proud of theirjsuccess.
ur Flag- at Half-mast.
A shroud 01 gloom is nvig
iiig about our place of business.
The government flag floats at
half-mast and the Cosmopoli
tan devils have put on the usu
al badge of mourning for 30
days. The gopher has gone
glimmering, and his seat by
the fireside is vacant. Wheth
er he left by his own free will
and accord, or by the free will
and accord of some wandering
passer by we know not. It
was a bea,utif ul summer suu
shine day last week, and we
placed him and his box out to
catch the warmth of the sun.
Perhaps it brought back the
memories of his childhood way
down upon the Suwanee, and
in the distance perhaps h
heard the mournful wail of his
parents, calling him back to
"home and mother," and he
may now be , on his journey.
It is more probable however
that, burdened with a name
less longing and depressed
with ennui, he silently stole
away and shuffled off this mor
tal coil. Believing in this the
ory we have had the Wilkes
boro Marble Works to place
over his supposed grave a brill
iant monument with this in
scription:
Perfcapii in this neglected spot is laid
That Gopher of celestial fire.
Whose hoofs the rod of empire might
have swayed.
Or waked to ecstacy some living 'Liar,"
such a3 some of our fox hunt
ers. . -
Within the last few nights,
near this spot, some of our col
ored friends have seen ghosts
of different shapes. It some
times appears as a man with
out a head, ; sometimes as a
white dog, sometimes as a
guerrilla, etc. It is no doubt
the restless ghost of the la
mented gopher.
- - . Notice. . " -
On Monday, the 4th day of May 1S96,
to satisfy town taxes due and-; unpaid,
I will offer for cash, at the Court House
door in the town, of Wiikesboro N., C.,
on Main Street, the property of Star--buck
& Eller. The amount of tax is
9.60, and is due fortbe year 1895.
This March 31,1896.--
i , : E; Pjyu.Tax Oollector: -
' -
His First Night from Home;
A man by the name of Ad
ams of Mulberry township was
in town Monday and all night.
He is about 50 years old and
had not been to town in 15
years. He has been married
some 30 years and that was the
first night he has spent from
home since his wedding.
Bad Affair at Elkin.
A sad affair at Elkin has
been made public. It seems
that for sometime Dr. Ring,
one of Elkin's most respected
citizens, has been sick off and
on, and last week several of
the family took pick the same
way. No one could tell what
was the matter or give any rea
son for the sickness. Dr.
Bohnson, of Winston, was
called in and pronounced that
the family were poisened, and
but for an over dose would
have died. Suspicion rested
upon the doctor's 16 year old
son, and the circumstances
pointed so plainly to him that
he confessed that he had at
tempted to poison his father
six or seven times. He said he
didn't want to hurt any of the
rest of the family, but wanted
to poisen his father because he
was too strict on him and
wouldn't let him do as he want
?d to. The boy was not prose
cuted but sent to the far west
immediately. This is a great
shock to the hosts of t h e
frie ads of the family.
Bine Ridge Breeze.
Mr. William Hani by has moved from
near Parson ville to the Charley Hunt
place on top of the mountain at Phil
lips' Gap.
An old lady by the name of Sis M in
to n is quite ill not expected to live.
She has no property and but few
friends. "She is in a deplorable condi
tion. Uriah Eller and B. F. Eller's daugh
ter crossed over into Ashe county and
were joined together in the bond of
holy inatrittony. Rev. Lee Miller per
formed the ceremony.
Mr. L. M. McGlamery is going to
put up a pin factory at his home about
three miles from Parsonville. He
wants to buy all the locust pins he can
get.
Mr. William Hamby's little boy who
has been sick for some time, has passed,
away. Its death occurred last Tnurs
day night and it was buried Saturday.
Rev. Wm. Lee conducted the funeral
services. The child seemed to die
happy.
Julius Cje&ar.
Notice to Consignees
WitKESJtoao N. QZ March 30th 1896.
The Southern Express Company will
sell at Public auction at the store house
6f Ferguson & Hubbard in Wiikesboro,
N. C. for charges, about ' five hundred
unclaimed freight packages being on
hand six months and over, on Monday
May fourth 1896, at one o'clock p. m.,
unless called for charges paid or other
wise disposed of before C&y of sale.
OM Sadler Supt.
J L Hawkins Agt-
il Bargains.
I have just opened up a com
plete line of grocries in one of
the store rooms of the Wiikes
boro Hotel, and am prepared
to meet the wants of all the.
people irjj everything except
"Credit."
The best good. on the market
at the lowest t prices, but v no
credit business. Call and; see
me. . . - . -
B. S. CALL.
Notice.
' on Monday ApU 6th 1896. tne court - bouse
door in Wiikesboro N. C, by virtue of a mort
gage deed executed to me toy D J Mccann and
wife to secure the payment of one hundred dol
lars -with interest and all cost of sale, I will sell
for cash to the highest bidder the following - de
scribed lands: situated m Trap Hill- township
Wilkes county. N c; beginning on' a white oak
Owen Hall's west corner and running north te a
White oak, thence west to a red oak, thence north
to a stake J A Mccann's corner, thence east witn
J A Mccann's line - so as to include- 01 - acres.
, thence south to Owen Hall's line, tfcsme west
with OwenJSall's line to the teginnins, eontsin
- lug 0 acres. '.This Feb. th 1838.. 1 '
, " 1 : . .JAXa nANESj Mortsasee,
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Has returned from the Northern markets with a full line of
NEW
CALL AND
in the Miller B ui Jding
A Magnificent Line of
blot
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tm
JUST ARRIVING AT
ft flix Clflttg Store.
THE IffllESBOBO FHUTM r CO;
OAFFEY & PRITCHETt, PROPRIETORS
NORTH WIJLKESBORO, N. O.
Are Now Located In Their New Quarters Opposite-
McGee's Establishment With a Complete Line
Of Anything Kept In A . 1
Fl RST-CLASS FU R W ITU RE STORK ,
And are Offering Special Bargains In ' -
Sewing !MTacliiiies, -Pianos, and Organs
CARTS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, AC. KEROSENE and LUBRICATING
OIL by the BARREL, and STANDARD BE A NDS OF GUANO AT
STARVATION PRICES.
pinishing Coffins and Caskets a Specialty.
PAIN AND MISERY
AVER'S Sarsa Barilla
Cures Rheumatism.
"About 8 years. Of
ago, I suffered ?
from what the, doe- 0
tors called rheu- O
matism. i Nnhfirtv O!
ana misery which
I had to endure H
and which clung to 0
me in spite of the of
medicines pre
scribed. At last, oi
I began taking Oj
Ayer s Sarsapa- !
rilia. Alter a snore time, tne pains
raxmI. T continued the use of the Sar- O;
sapariUa for a whole year, until "the
rheumatism entirely disappeared. M o
Jauss Wat, proprietor of Mrery stable,
Koseville, CaL . ' - , X
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Admitted for Exhibition
At THE WORLD'S
FAIR
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. By Tirtue ' of ' ' mortgage 'deed executed
by Benj a in in Huf&nan and others,
to secure the - p'ayiB en - o t
, $225.00 borrowed money. I will - sell for
cash at the court bouse door in Wilkeboro. N.
O. to the highest bidder May 4th 1896, the fnl,
lowing deecribed real estate, bcloucring' to .the
heirs of of N. P. Cardwell in Wilkes - count v
adjoining the lauds of J. II. Eller, Cicli- Hack
ett. Sallie Hamby, JonUhah -tout. MatUdi
Mc&ee and others, for further description; s-e
mortgage deed record in book no. 14 page CS3,
to satisfy said sum of $225.00 and cost of sale.
This April the 1st, 1806. ' ; ' .
NO. 50.
GOODS
SEE THEM
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llonej to Loud.
I Jhava made arrangements with .
brokers in New York City 8 through
whom I am able to place lons secured
by a first .mortgage. on improved farm
for five years time, payable in instal
lments, at the low rate, of & pr. cent.
interest per annum . The brokerage
and the charge for abstract and . inspec
tion are small and at the expense of
theborrower. If youwant .cheap
money come at oace as . the supply . is
lisaited. Jchx E. r.vni
R. N.JnckU. - ; Jfrank T. Htciat
HACKETT & Hr KHT,
al. All business edtrustti I to ! : vie re
prompt attention. 7Co'3e';':icv s il U careful
ly attended to and promp! !y VJ-n.i't' whu
paidj Will attend tho co art of n. iihf,
. Alleghany and btl:r Adjcin in j; tv ,
Parties wishing eQther ilia ue.iJ 7: T;nce
will find it to their uirWt to rf Hi i j, at
tire ean furnish eithei, m rf.iiubie A(.'iffrjos at :
lowest TMRKible r.ts. otmuui; ri "V'tn &f- tin
1 A. Ha? SKR,
(Gradaf fB., C. JD. S., Baltimera
Four Years experience. Offers 1 ;
services ta the people oi WjJ kes.
Will be at Wiikesboro 'over "Sysinhour
store 1st week each, montv. 3 tt IS a lie -1
In North Wiikesboro the 'kvcwz i wc ' , -ATl'Trork
OuATanteei.
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gbhe the wa of all the , world.