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Pirect and Indirect.
VOL. X.
fiqual Tax&tlon,
The Chronicle.
LOCAL DOTS.
jBrief Notes of Passing Events That
May or MajrNot Interest You. ,
Wnat about the town cem-
etery?
Mrs. J. D. Smith is quite
sick. , -
Mr. Robert Vannby is qnite
fiick with pneumonia.
; Drummer Hubbard is home
from an extended trijs.
Jfr. R. H, Nesbit, of Ra
leigh, is in the city.
Dr. G. H. Carter, of Cald
well, was in city last week.. s
Miss . Myrtle Edwards is
visiting friends in Statesville.
Miss Mamie Wallace is vis
iting at Moravian Falls.
Glad to learn that Miss
Fannie Peden is convalescent.
Mrs. James Tulbert, of Go
shen, is vising in Ashe.
Mr. James W. McNeil, of
Winston, is visiting lais people
here.
The rain came in a good
time, and it was a good rain
too. r
If garden truck donfct grow
now, it is because it is not
planted.
Mr. John B. Horton has re
turned from his trip to Boone
last week. .
Miss Annie Gall, of Mocks -ville,
is visiting at Mrs. L. H.
Woods'.
Rev. W. L. Dawson, has
placed a1 neat pailing fence
around the parsonage lot. .
Mr. Calvin Cowles, of Gap
Creek, is visiting his gradfath
er at this place.
Milton Call, Esq , of Mocks
ville, is visiting -friends and
relatives in the county.
Zeb Deaton, of the Wilkes
boro Marble W orks made a
trip to Statesville last week.
The forests are perfectly
green. Did you ever see the
leaves grow faster?
The Rebekas meet Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. All
the members are requested to
attend. . (
Mr. L. A. Ward, ;bf Roar
ing River, was' here Monday,
looking as natural as when he
used to live here.
Mr. Jesse McEwen, who is
attending school at Trap Hill,
Institute, came down home
Friday, staying till Sunday.
sonsville, father ot Maj. Bill
Eenderman of this place, is
quite ill. He is some 86 years
Old. . ; . '
Mr. J. C. Elmore has a
chicken which sports 16 toes
8 on each foot.. It would be a
dangerous chicken to turn
loose in a new garden;
If you need a pair of shoes,
a hat, tie, or anything in men's
wear call and see Horton & Ab
sher's spring stock before buy
ing. ; . v0:;-':;:'.;.-K';!;-
Esq. W". L. Hendrix, of
Stony Fork, left on the train
the first of the week for Balti
more to purchase a new stock
of goods.
Thursday is Moravian Falls
commencement. It promises to
be the most interesting occa
sion of the kind ever had there.
There will be a concert at night.
Local elect io os on " 'wet .
and dry" stir up more strife
and bitterness than all other
elections put together. Peo.
Pie scarcely get l friendly;; from
one election to.ano th'erV ;
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y: Mr. W f E. Harris and
are visiting relatives
friends in Caldwell count
Bishop Cheshire will
at the Episcopal ch
Wilkesboro May 20th
a. m. ' . y .
Mr. J esse Hobbs came over
Sati rday and he and Mrs.
Jlobos returned Monday to
their home in Catawba county.
Mr. J. G. Hacket received
a painful injury while working
aboi t some logs the other day.
The hand spike slipped and (he
fell inflicting a bad sprain
aboi t the small of the back.
Mr. B. S. Call has sold out
his stock of groceries to the
firm of I. S. Call & Co. They
will continue the business, and
will increase their stock i of
gqoc s.
... The 3rd quarterly meeting
of th e Advent Cof erence will
meej with Boomer church, be
ginning the 8th and continu-
REPUBL1CAN CONVENTION,
ing through Sunday. Elder
Geo. D. Sherrill and others
will preach. Al are invited,
Mr. J. C. Triplets little
girl ;it Goshen, who was " oper
ated upon by Dr. Turner for
club foot some weeks ago, is
getting along well, and the
foot will probably be straight
and all right.
Dr. Cal. .earner's horse at
Boone was taken from the Sta
ble one night las.t week and
ridden off about six or eight
miles. He found the horse
next
was done
wanted a
-4
ex ed
to Bo1
court.
for th
again
an's b
1
afternoon: - It
by some fell ow who
ride for nothing.
The exercises at Sulphur
Sprir gs Institute will take
place on the 15th. Prof. C. C.
Wrig;ht will deliver the address.
Owir g to sickness in the school
the exercises which were to
take place the night of the 14th
will De omitted.
awyer H. L. Greene and
itor T. J. Robertson went
one last Week to attend
Mr. Greene appeared
e Wagoners in the case
st them for burning Bry-
arn.
he editor thanks Miss
Carrie Wellborn, one of the
students, for an invitation to
attend the fourth annual com
mencjement of the State j Nor
mal and Industrial School, at
Greensboro, May the 19th and
20th.
T he Elkin Times says :
-"Mr. W. A. Holleman, of New
Castl e township, Wilkes coun
ty, possesses a curiosity in the
shape of a hairy chicken. In
stead of feathers there is hair
on the - chicken which resejn
bles Ithe; human hair. The
chioken is well developed and
laysltn egg every day.'
i The case of the State against
Vestfe McGuire for killing one
Mr. Phillips near Riverside,
which: came up for trial at
Boone court, was postponed.
The homicide occurred just a
little way s inside the W atau
galide. The parties reside in
Ash el jv.V ,
Ana this is May April
witnl its showers has gone
The young man whose- 'fancy
lightly turns to v thoughts of
love,Y -is -often heard plaintive
ly hu nmincr the softly I wooing
strait .s of that sweet spring
song, "OhJ that we' two were
Mayi ag." .
! Col. W. F. Henderson; of
Lexiil'gton, was here last week
selling ouV his corh.7 : He is
mentioned as - the ; Republican
candidate for1 Congress in the
sflventh district. He can no
doubt get the nomination if he
iwtatrt a now nis name vuc
fore the convention. .
They Met, Crossed Swords and Mott
Conquered in Convention.
The republican county con
vention met, here Monday.
.There was a full attendance,
every to wnship being represen
ted.
Solicitor Mott was elected
chairman and Chas. Cowles
was made secretary.
W F Trogdon, J 0 Sparks &
C H Somers werb appointed ; on
credentials. They reported all
the precincts represented.
There were contests in Elk and
Lewis Fork, and contestants,
Geo Bradley in Elk, and B F
Eller, J C Ellis and J B Dula
were seated, v J ;
If contestants had not been
seated still Mott would have
hafcl some 16 majority.
The following delegates and
alternates' were elected:
State Convention Delegates
Solicitor Mott, C. Call, J T
Alexander, Geo. Bradly. Al
ternates W F Trogdon, R A
Somers, P A Lomax, Juo Dula.
District Convention at LenoiH
theLlth Delegates S Q Myers
J;E Hays, Sam Harris, J R
Henderson. Alternates M L
Mott, W G Meadows, W C
Mvers and Alfred Alexander.
The convention was interest
ing from the start. The fight
was on between the Mott and
McNeil following, and the So
licitor carried the day, but
everything was not altogether
as calm'as a spring breeze:
Durine: the absence of the
credential committee, General
Bryan, the "Red Fox", unload
ed his general opinions and
scored Tyre York for not being
a republican only when he was
paid $5000 per year. His re
marks were mostly on "old
York."
Col. W. F. Henderson, of
Lexington, respnded to the
call of his many friends and
made a pleasant speech.
The vote by precincts gave
the Mott wing 45 and McNeil
20.
the
in
troduced to instruct the dele
gates to the State convention
to vote for Holton for chair
man and Dockery for Governor.
Chairman Mott made a speech
against the resolution and ac
cused the opposition of fighting
Mckinlev and Pritchard in an
underhanded way. The motion
to instruct was defeated by
tabling the motion, the vote 55
to 11.
Several others made speeches
all seeming to be tor McKinley.
The convention adjourned,
and there was a little more fun
on hand. McNeil asked his men
to meet him at the mayor's of
fice, arid as the people were go
ing out, Solicitor Mott and law
yer Benbow, got into a few
words that sounded like fight
ing words, but friends inter
ferred and no blood was shed;
The McNeil men held a con
vention, with Wm. Lee chair-
LOCAL MATTEK.
' Prof. Nicholson is visiting
friends and relatives in Iredell
county this week.
Walter Horton and Jlufus
Lenoir, 6i the Happfc Valley,
were in the city this week.
Mr. Will Transou, of Ashe,
passed through last week, on
his way to Baltimore and New
York to purchase goods.
A folding store house key
was found neaj the post office.
The owner can get it by calling
at this office.
Rev. A. T. Pardue will
preach the funeral sermon in
memory of John Mitchell's
children, at Reddies River
church the first Sunday in June
Commencement ' Exercises
of Traphill Institute will be
May 19 and 20. Rev. Jno. E.
White, of Raleigh, will deliver
the annual sermon. Geo.
Cheek, Esq., Whitehead, will
address the Literary Society.
Rev. W. R. Bradshaw, of N.
Wilkesboro, will deliver the
annual address.
There was a little funin
air when a resolution was
man,-and J. A McCann, sec'y.
They elected the following del
egates to State convention:
M. McNeil, J C Henderson, V
E Staley, A C Billing. Alter
nates Thornton Brown, Wm.
Lee,f Dr. Pegrarh, J P Elledge.
They propose to make a con
test at the State convention.
Everybody Gets Rich.
The express package sale the
ill. i
4in raaae every ooay ?icn in
this country, and no man will
ever again talk about hard
times. There are more patent
medicines, pills, and almanacs
in IFilkes than ever before.
You could get all your needed
in a life time for 25 cents!
There were some 700 packages
sold and they brought some
thing like $150.00. Everybody
bought what he pleased.
Gen. E. Wallace bought an
organ grinder with a monkev
attachment, and sits by it day
and night, and refuses to snore
or go to his store.
It was a great sale.
rieasant Reception.
The reception given at the
Wilkesboro Hotel on Tuesday
evening of last week, by Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Zoll, was a most
delightful occasion, and one
that will be long and pleasant
ly remembered by those pras
ent, old and young, married
and single. Refreshments,
cake, icecream; and lemonade
were served sumptuously and
all partook liberally, and were
happy. Those who felt "mu
sic in their bones ' and cared
to keep step to the rhythm of
sweet strains, had an opportu
nity and many of them "tripp
ed the light fantastic" some
of the "fantastics" were not
altogether "light." But what
was lacking in grace and
lightness of step was made up
in energetic and honest endeavor.
It was one of the most pleas
ant occasions Wilkesboro has
witnessed and the regret is
that such are not more fre
quent.
he Mill
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A net line of all Ms of goods.
Calicoes 5 to 6 cents per yd.
Percales 6 to 12 & one 'half cents per yd.
A pretty line of summer cravats.
OWE PRICE TO ALL. ' ' "':''".;
CALL AND SEE THEM
A Magnificent Line of
1 nil n fa r n B n n
1111111 & .liullUiliLy
Tie
JUST All RIVING AT
Hix . Clolng
Store
HAVING OPENED UPA-
M
a
-CONSISTING OF-
Mad Dogs in
Mulberry.
They are enjoying a.' mad
dog" scare up in Mulberry
township. ; Thomas : Shumate,
son of Louis Shumate, was bit
ten on the finger by . one Mast
week. ; Four or fiVe dogs which
had gone. niad have been killed
right 4 in that , - neighborhood.
"Watch eut; or the ;m ad dogs
wiU get you.
North Wilkesboro Election.,
It seems that none but the
"dries" voted in the North
Wilkesboro election of town
officers. The others, all but
one, did not vote, claiming the
election to be. illegal.
The vote stood:
Mayor J R Caffey 88.
Commissioners W - B Henry,
88; J R Finley 87; J R Staley
88; A M McGee 86; C JParlier,
89. .
Constable T N Eller,' 88.
Only, one Vote was cast for
the other ticket. '
It is understood that there is
to be a proceeding brought to
declare the election illegal. If
this is done,M the "dries" threat
en ; to investigate last y ear3
election and have it declared
illegal. And if the matter gets
started : there is - no- telling
where it raaystop. ' ' ? - ,
Dry Goods, Motions, Hats, Shoes, Glassware, Stoneware. Groceries,
Etc., I take this method of inuiting my friends to call and ex
aminemy GOODS and PRICES before buying elsewhere. V
I am determined not to be UNDERSOLD. I will insure jail my
customers to obtain tne largest QUANTITY and test
QUALITY for the LEAST MONEY. The highest market price
always paid for all staple produce. Very truly,
Wilkesboro, N. C.
allLTON MCNEIL,
BIG BARGDN
THE WILKESBORO HARD WAEE STORE
having recently bought a large stock of goods, is offering
them cheaper than ever before; consisting of Nails, horse and
mule shoes, holloware, crockery, cutlery, tools of all kinds,
base ball goods, water buckets, paints, oilsj guns, pistols, shot
and powder, empty and loaded shells, collars-anoj pads, and
plows of all kinds! ' , . 1 - :
Should you need a good "Hillside", call and you shall be supplied : v-
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 moneyyon ever bought. -
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.
" C. E.MORRISON.
THE WILKESBORO FUTURE CO.,
CAFFEY Sl RRiTCHETT,. PROPRIETORS.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.O. ' '
' ,
Are Now Located In Their. New Quarters Opposite
. MpXJee's Establishment With a 'Complete Line
Of JLnythingKept. In ;A "
FIRST-CLASS FURUITURE STORE,
And are Offering Special Bargains In; x "
SewingMachines Pianos, cLnd Organ
; CAKra, UUuvilJiib, HAKNES8,&C1- KER0SEIE and LUBRICATING
OIL by the BARREL, and STANDARD BRANDS OF GUANO AT
, , STARVATION PRICES. -;::'
Finishing Coffins and Caskets a Specialty."
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