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VOL. XI.
The Chronicle,
LOCAL DOTS. v
udef Notes of Passing Events That
May or May Notlnterest You.
Loola dlit for the show,
here Thursday.
Dr. J. M. Turner and fa
ly are visiting relatives
friends in Davie county.
Our
This is spring time in earn
est. ' ; "
ent at Mora-
Uill I"- i
vian Falls, on May the 7th.
-Straw hats of the latest
and prettiest styles at Hix's.
Mr. Albert Gaither o f
Kewton, visited in the city
last week. ; '
If you want to see the fun,
be here on the first Monday at
the express package saler
If you want to i try your
.hand at an express package, be
here the first Monday. -
Mr G. VyneVfamily have
moved into the Blair building
in $orth Wilkesboro.
-B. S. Call made a trip to
Richmond last week with a car
load of nice cattle. -
Col. Dula is at Stokes court
'this week prosecuting the dock
t for Solicitor Mott.
For a cool, refreshing drink,
call on Berry Bros. Their soda
fountain is now in operation.
The Rebekahs wj(l hold a
meeting at 7;30 o'clock Thurs
day. All requested to attend.
The students of 34omvian
Falls Academy will have a
Picnic on Poore's Knob the
25th.
The Presbyterian Sunday
School has changed its time of
meet to A (mxS1'
noon.
au-ife noil fi!ivs he is
compelled to have the rest of
the taxes you owe him, by the
'first Monday.
-Republican primary for
Wilkesboro township is the
24th: in North Wilkesboro
township the $nd of May. ,
The Republican county1 con
ventionisto be held the nrst
Monday, May the 4th. They
will probably have some tun.
-The program of the Gospel
Mission Rallv at Moravian ap
4 : pears this issue
friend Isaac McNeil
has accepted a position with
Finley Bros, at North Wilkes
rnf
FALLS AND DIES
and
alls into Stony' Sparks and Cole's 3ircus
L Dies. wijl be in Wilkesboro Thurs-
of
He
was
boro.
Mr. T. M. Crvsel and wife
r v
spent a few days visiting their,
uncle Samuel Johnson near
ISlkin, returning Monday. :..
A big stock of sample shoes
for men, women ana children
at wholesale prices at Horton
& Absher's, North Wilkesboro.
Forest fires, have been rag-ino-
aViont, Pnnorfi's Knob.. and
around fcsq. John Lowe's, do-1
ing serious damage to fencing,
forest growth, etc.
T h e Moravian Falls
Millince (To. have nlaced an or
der for a Roller mill at that
place, a'nd expect to have it in
operation by the nyddle of Au
gust: That's business.
Whether or not you are
espeially interested in tem
perance, you should hear Mrs.
Qartlarid's lecture Friday night.
She comes highly recommend
ed and her lecture will interest
all.
Mrs. Derenbacker died here
Monday. Her husband is em
nloved Tby the Smo'ot tannery,
and came here from Va. Mrs.
DflrfinHflolrflr has been an in
valid for some time, suffering
with consumption.
Tf to ti rennart that Mr.
Jones McLane apd Miss Leo
nora Winkler, of Oakwoods
married last week, at
Qfatoaviiio while on a visit
uvavoo
W rln not VOUCh IOr
L Dm I 1 V
Local Items.
Ferguson
Fork and
W. 'T Fereuson,
Elk township, is deadv
died Fridnv morninsr: he
near 85 years old.
Wednesday afternoon before,
he went down to Esq. L. L.
Churoh's at Ready Branch, and
in returning home his norse
got away from him in some
way. Mr. Ferguson started to
walk home. The path near
his home runs over a ledge of
rocks, some thirty feet high,
and Stony Fork creek runs
right underneath it. It was
dark and in passings over this
ledge, he lost his footing ana
ffn into the creek below a
Aata.nn.ft nf SO feet or more.
His friends excited by the re-1
turn of the horse without- him,
hunted for him all night till,
about 4 o'clock Wednesday
morning, and they found him
lying in the creek underneath
the ledge, covered in water,
except part of his head ana
face. He was still alive, but
unconscious, and never regain
ed sufficient strength to speak
before deat;h took him. He
Iine-ered till . Friday morning
about two or three o'clock and
then his spirit took its flight
It was a sad accidental
Stony Fork creek has
reputation in this line,
is a foot log crossing
very far from this spot,
tradition ' say a has been the
scene of. several deaths caused
by falltng into the creek.
Mr Ferguson is the eleventh
of the twlve children of the
family to pass away. Only
one still lives Mr. Joel Fer
guson.
death.
a bad
There
not sp
which
reno
I - Cs. a i n Aflrinc o n d Rtita Bv a CoDwerfleaa
daCghW Miss Mary Bell, of Jack Holder's 7 yer old boy
" ! F. ;n nf Lfiwiafork. was bitten .Sat
.1 ones vine, v jshcu j.xvj. r - - . ,
ihe colntx last week. Mias about 4 o'clock by a h.gblaud
i .. . za mA,ne;n nr onrGrhead snaKe.
Sallie Tulbert
them homeland
week tr so.
Sheriff Call
nnoniPir Lnrasin or cooperhead snake.
I , C3 . y n
WM1 cnpnn n. I ThfiV Came ZU IOWU ouuuaj
1U WKVMW 1 mf - a
f.r.r,n trt rrflt meaicine jlui
aibciuuuu w "
it. ..nUn Vvl xr crctA".
a : i- i r.iiR nnv. lxu xo uiwuwm.. o - -
wanis iK cix y . .a.'
all rigni auu
i rv
i . . i
nmmnkd that where,, his depu- ting aion
U V W w i l
, J J'u..: a n rT.rrt.v for reuuvei.
ties nave ievicu :VM.r- j
I . , n 4- Ytk oof.
taxes, sucn laxes mu&u Association.
With said deputies: or it
f the
- I iiivi. -I - - i LLC iltAU ""v o
It will be an paid direct to him, all cost 01 y-iikes county Teachers' Asso
day, Anril 23rd. and from ac
counts it is a good show, and
has a fine troupe of perfoming
horses and mules.
Rev. W. M. R. Church
will travel during the summer
in behalf of the Wilkesboro
Marble Works. He is author
ized to take subscriptions for
the Chronicle. Send in your
subscription and keep up with
the home news.
It would be well, just along
now, for the citizens of the
town and the town commis
sioners too to see after , the
sanitary condition of the town.
Hav a general cleaning up of
the premises and you can hard
ly realize the diffeience for the
better it will make.
Only a short while till the
town election. We have heard
no mention of candidates what
ever. It's time something was
said and done. . If not the elec
tion way go by default. It has
been suggested $hat the gold
tmd silver question will not
enter into the politics of the
town election, and twe all can
join hands in electing good
men.
Bv mistake we stated that
Messrs. Webster and Nicholson
had been licensed to preach by
the quarterly conference when
wo should have stated that the
quarterly conference recom
mended that the Distrtct con
ference license them. The
power of granting such license
H with the District conference
instead of the quarterly con
ference.
There will be a reception
given at the Yadkin Valley
Seminary on the evening of the
24th of April. The present
patrons of the school withjtheir
families are cordially invited to
attend, from 7 to l6 P. M. Prof.
Nicholson informs us tnat the
invitation is necessarily limited
to the patrons, as. there is not
sufficient room to invite others,
as he would like to do.
he
ler.
uilding,
P
ASM
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A new line of all lands of pois.
Calicoes 5 to 6 bents per yd, '
Percales 6 to 12 & one half cents per yd.
. A pretty line of summer cravats.
E PRICE TO ALL.1 .
CALL AND SEE THEM
A
M
npWsinn wpII worth attending. ievv, kc, must be paid, too.
"r t -a v ttt. TATit,ist. Wo lonrn from the
nr. ij. a. nuuooii i
will move his tamily here at an of thJ marriage of Miss Maggie
We shall be" glad
him permanently
early date.
to welcome
among us.
Mr. J. C. Smoot arrived
from Alexandria, Va., Saturday
ap.r.nmrtnnind bv his foreman,
Mr. C. A. Cover. They are lowkJg marriage licenses
now readv for business. been
of t h e,i to" i
WiivKnrn TTnt.pl. has arrang- Well
n;ofinn will meet at xortn
Topic Wilkesboro May the 9th. The
question for discussion 1 s:
Should we change our dooms
in the" free school course?"
Prof. C. C. Wright wih open
-r m . -a. J TVT.
Rinrtnn. Ot L.enOir, auu .
... . , 7 .
nv,. l.-R. Kain, of Philadelpnia,
last iveek, at juenon.
Buxtdn is a sister ot our towns- the discussion.
man.
fol
have
ioonorl Dock Huffman
. t ii. ffftliimhiis nnp.n tne
ary ingan, vw'"-r wr .
to Ida Adams;
S
J. B. Buxton, Esq. .
nee last issue, the
A Lively Week.
Things here are to be nveiy
this week. The circus wiiA
ball Thursday. ri-
Charlie day the Republican primaary
agnificent Line of
mm y
an
Tie
JUST ARRIVING AT
Hix Clotliog Store.
-HAVING OPENED UP A-
1?
M
a o nontioh at the uprevette to m. - ;
hoteUo a number of friends, S. Spacer to Lura Garris
W.
wt Si " X Z W -v IT
The Ashevine uim&ou
statefe that pt tner
receAtly undergoing the. inter
nal rbvenue civil service; exuiu-.
inatibn at Statesville, only wo
it. tti Hicker-
. 4 IV If- I i V L 4 U
of Wilkes, and J. L Bost,
at an early date. x
The Ladies' , Prayer Meet
ing will be held at Mrs. , Kin
near' s next Sunday af terttcon
at 5 o'clock. Atl the ladies are
requested to be present .
-The Metnoens u-r- - of Irfedell
cured a nice lot oi ouw"- .' mpnt at
viia side of The commencement at
the Parsonage, on which to ph(Spr.ngs Institute w
,t !n 0iant brick church, on the ntgnt 01 mj
It is badly needed.
-In the article last ,week
concerning 'the pensioners of
1840, the name ood i Jrh the sermon
errpneously allowed to appear -t
son,
e
14th and
day of the15thV Prof i
Ball3W, of Virginia, wde
he literary auuiCM,:
W. B. Bradshaw- will
will exhibit at the court -house.
Friday night Mrs aruia
lectures. Saturday we n navo
the picnic of te Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs. Between them
all, and the lively music of the
dogs and cats at night, we see
rpasnn for any . one ,s to be
er
Rev
(Tu ri a nnmbftr or our
older citizens remember . Job
Cole. ' , ,
Glad to see our -friend and
county man Mr. Ly tie . Hicker-,
son in town-last week. He has
been spending a few days at.
home, while his law teacher.
Col. Armfield, was 'aitending
Ashe court. -. - . - :
Jrnformation has been com-
mii rTi rated to this onice-n y."
municatey l" r, w Tlancv
Deriuty Marsna . r v ft
ia.MarthalancyV
d d shoot ano
owl? at one shot, with a
rt- f.f mBaSurinff each
t, tt a lO inches frpm tip to
J tip
large
colt's
about
Free Balloon Ascensio.
De Boe. the French
Aeronaut, will make a trip to
the clouds Thursday April 23rd
and when miles high will jump
from the balloon and decead to
"the earth oh a parachute. A
free feature this is of Sparks &
Cole's Circus. x
Catting Affray at Vashti.
" tvt TUaA " namnbell. one
iJAi . xuuu i " 1.
of the proprietors
tors of the Pin Factory at
Vashti, was seriously cut last
week. He . and one or tue
hands, Bob Bowles, got into a
difficulty. Campbell knocked
Bowles down with a piece of
plank, and Bowles cut Camp
belt with. his knife, making a
bad gash in his side four or
five inches long. His hand
was badly cut, too, having
thrown it down at. the time
Bowles struck hisside.
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Shoes, Glassware, Stoneware, Groceries,
Etc., I take this method of inuiting my friends to call and ex
amine my GOODS and PRICES before buying elsewhere.
I am determined not to be UNDERSOLD. I will insure all my
customers to obtain tne largest QUANTITY and best .
QUALITY for the LEAST MONEY. The highest market prica
nlwava naid tor all siapie prouueo.
. r- .
Wilkesboro, N. C.
MILTON MCNEIL,
N
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The First or tne season. -v
r :t .
Messrs C. C. Smoot & Sons"
Co. are pushing the work on
their large tannery in JNonn
Wilkesboro their i m men & c
bark she4 is nearmg. compie
;r - while their handsome
office has been nnishea anu
decorated with a pain t i brush .
Messrs. C. K. Anderson ana j.
F. Absher are the "early birds'
in the bark line -each- brougnt
in a load Satxirday which is the
first received by this concorn
but others will follow in, a .few
days, and ere long the: roads
dftd with wagons
W 111. : WV V " f . ,
laden wito bark, ;.
liG -'BARQ'it
THE WILKESBORO HARDWARE STORE'
having recently bought a large stock of goods, is ottering p
them cheaper than ever before consisting of Nails, horse anc
mule shoes, holloware, crockery, cutlery, tools of all kinds,
base ball goods, water buckets, paints, oils, guns, pistols, shot
and powder, empty and loaded shells, collars arid pads, and
plows of all kinds. V ''
Should you need a good "Hillside", call and you ehall beeupplied.
Agent for the well know Oliver Chilled Plow, Chatanooga Cane mill, Cuta-.
way Disc Harrow, Empire Drill and. Marshall Wagons,
Can give you the most tinware for the money, ypn ever bought. f
When in need of anything to be had at a first-class hardware store, come and
see me before purchasing elsewhere. ' - ' - ' '
I sell cheap for cash, but please dont ask for credit. . '
: V C. F. MORRISON.
Excitement on Hunting Creek.
T. V. Bell is rthe happiest
man in this . section, and says
'that "Hard Times" are over.
He has a new son at his house.
a nnn as the son arrived,
Bell went to feed his horse and
mule. The mule kicked at
him, and he grabbed it by the
tail and slung it out. ot tne
stable; the horse backed its.
ears and he threw it across his
i onrl rtarriftd it to the
house and told his little son to
geV up and go to plowing. He
says ' there, ris no more hard
Vinn nR hft can now
tiUti9.1UJL ' "
make a living and not strike; a
lick. ; . - r . REP9?
'DEE
NORTH WILKESBORO, 2SJ
Are Now . Located In Their NewjQuarters Opposite
McGee's Establisimen vVith a Compile Lino;
Of Anything Kept In A " '
F1RST-C5LASS FURNITURE STORE,
And are Offering Special BargainsIn
Sewiiig.M.acliiiies, Pianos, ana urgans
' CABTS,' BUGGIES; HABNESS;&C.KEBpSENEaif 4 MJ B RTCATIKG
OIL "by the BARREL, and STANUAEI) BBANDS OF OUANO
STARVATIOPRIOES.
:pihishins'"bpffins, and Caskets a Specialty,
(