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The Chronicle.
LOCAL DOTS.
Brief Notes of Passing Events That
May or May Not Interest Ton.
Protracted meeting in prog
ress at Lewis Fork church.
Lawyer Lytle Hickerson
was in the city this week.
Miss Mattie Bee Cooper
has returned to her home at
Statesville.
Mrs. Bessie Hill, of Jeffer
son, attended, conference last
week. .
Ex-Editor Joe Hendren, of
Elkin, attended conference
last week.
.Editor jonn o. ueai, of the
Lenoir Topic, gave our place a j
short visit last week. jf
-Jesse McEwen has aXoad
sore toe. A horse stepped on
it and mashed it badly.
R. L. Wellborn and fami
ly, of Goshen,N are visiting at
Mr. John Bledsoe's in Ashe.
Mrs. JVM. Turner, of New
Orleans, is spending awhile at
at the Wilkesboro Hotel. . .
The family of L. T. Brown,
of Raleigh, is at the Wilkes
boro Hotel for a few weeks.
Mr. J". . Forester and Miss
Minnie Henderson, of Delia
plane, were married last week.
R. NV Hackett, Esq., at
tended the meeting of the Dem
ocratic State committee last
week.
Misses Dora and Lee Bing
ham, of States ville, are visit
ing their sister, Mrs C. H.
Somers.
Mr. Charlie Carlton and
two sisters, of Boomer, are
very low with typhoid fever.
Dr. White is treating them .
Mr. RVJ. Gibbs, of Goshen,
who was here , last week, re
ports a good many cases of ty
phoid fever in his section.
Miss Alma Newland, of
Lenoir, is the guest of Misses
Nellie and; Tate Blair, North
Wilkesboro.
Prof. John D. Minick, Pres
ident of Davenport Colleg, of
Lenoir, was in the city last
week, attending Conference...
Prof. John H. Clewell,
President o f Salem, Female
Academy, came up last week
and visited Mr. James t Well
born's family. '.;
Mr. Allen Hix, of Watau
ga, son of Uncle Dickie Hix,
of Moravian Fails, was in the
city last week. He used, to
live in WUkesJbbro. :
Chairman Jones of the
Democratic Congressional com
mittee, N informs us that the
Congressional con v e n t i o n
which meets . here the 19th,
will not be called to order un
til 3:30 oclock P. M.
We are requested to an
nounce that heteaf ter Buck
Reins will absolutely refuse to
shave anybody o n Sunday.
He wants all his regular cus
tomers to come in on Saturday.
There will be a big. picnic
at Sulphur Springs Augus t the
llth, so r. J. M. P. Brown
tells us, and everybody is in
vited to attend. Rev. M r .
Douglass will make an address
on the occasion. i
Mr. T. B. Finley came oyer
Monday wearing a lon and,
voluminous smile, arid hol4in
his old hat in both hands. But
some of tlie boys got hold ; of
the hat anyway and singed it
pretty well: , It is a bright lit -tie
new ad ministration l&ryan
WILKESBORO. N. C. THURSDAY. ;j Aim.
Straw mats at Hix's almost
given away.
Miss Carrie Harris, of
Lovelace, is visiting at Mr. W.
E. Harris'.
-r-Little Annie, daughter of
R M Johnson, of Roaring River
died on lsfst Sunday.
Mrs. M. E. Williams, of
Iredell county is visiting in the
city this week.
W. E3: Ijarris, Esq., leaves
this weeli for a trip to Stokes
and Rockingham counties.
Dr. Hauser will not be in
his office here this week owing
to sickness at home.
W. E. Harris and family
returned Sunday from a visit
down on Hunting Creek.
Sum aaer coats at Hix's at
bargain prices.
John Coleman's 18-year-old
sonl of Hunting Creek,
died of typhoid fever last Sat-,
urday.
Mr. Mac Gilreath attended
the canip meeting at Rocky
Springs .last week. There was
a large attendance.
Messrs. D. G. Washington
and C. Ip. Crysel leave the last
of the veek to spend some time
at Blowing Rock.
Messrs. James and Calvin
CowleSj of Gap Creek, were in
the city the first of the week.
Calvin Jwent on to New York.
License - was issued this
week for the marriage of Thos.
R. Colyard, and Miss Ida Col
vard, daughter of the late -R.
W. Col vard.
Messrs. Augustus Tomlin
and John Lawrence, ot Iredell
passed through Monday for
Jefferson, being witnesses in
the big will suit going on there;
:Mr. Loyd Holbrooks and
Miss Emma Sparks, of Trap
Hill tc wnship, came down ;to
towu '. ast week and were mar
ried. A number of friends ac
companied them.
T
aere was a very pleasant
picnic
at shady Grove church
down
week,
on Hunting creeK last
A large crowd was pres
ent and everybody enjoyed the
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occasion.
cfonference has come and
gone
and chickens the few
Ieft-4
are getting tame again.
We l ope the brethren enjoyeel
their stay among u and will
cotne again.
Sheriff Call wants air who
are still due him on taxea to
settle at once. The new tax
books will be placed in hp
banc s shortly and he must col
lect the old before the new
com 38 in.
ISample shoes for men wo
men and children selling at
wholesale cost prices. Big cut
on siraw hats, clothing, gents
furnishing goods etc., going at
very lowest prices at Horton &
AbShers, North Wilkesboro.
Miss Mary Litchford, of
Ralsigh, who has been spend
ing sometime in Morganton,
arrived here Monday and will
speid the remainder of the
summer, with Mrs. Brown at
the Wilkesboro Hotel.
- Arthur L. Butt is exhibit
in J his original gold, pearl and
crvstal paintings, here this
Uir-ttondav. Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. The paint
- r . niKIa eAonAs and'
are excellent. Admission is 10
cents a night. " '..
Wmr Over Fifty "ITeari. t i
MbL Winslov's Soothing Stiipp has been us
ed ior over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children Mrtule teething wi th perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all
"l .n,cWhd colic, and is the best remedy for
hi Arhoea- It wiU relieve the poor little sufferer
imlieOiatSfy. Sold by druggists in every part of
thehvorld Twenty-flve cents a bottle W sure
nnHaskfor "Mrrf inslow'S Soothing SyruT f
CONFERENCE ENDED.
The Brethren Enjoyed Themselves
and vthe People Enjoyed Enter
taining them.
Conference is over, and the
occasion was enjoyed by all.
The brethren were congenial
and pleasant and the people
enjoyed their being with us.
It was the 9th annual session
of the Mt. Airy . District Con
ference, and it met in the North
Wilkesboro Methodist church.
Presiding Elder H. M. Blair
occupied the chair, and J. F.
Hendren, Esq., of Elkin, was
Secretary. 21 preachers and
25 lay delegates were in attend
ance. The visiting ministers
V?ere were Dr. F. H. Wooa,
Revs. W. C. Wilson, A. P.
Tyre, T. A. Smoot and L. W.
Brower.
License to preach was grant
ed to J. B. Snow, J. B. Dough
ton, and Prof. W. L. . Nichol
son. v Seymore Taylor and W.
L, Nicholson were recommend
ed to the Annual conference
for admission on trial.
Educational addresses were
made by Revs. A. P. Tyre and
T. A. Smoot. Smoot is head
master of Trinity High School.
Dr. J, M. Turner, H. S. Ad
ams, J. R. Padison and J F.
Hendren were selected as dele
gates to the Annual Confer
ence, with J. H. Pennel arir
G. T. Atkins, alternates. .
Pinnacle, in Surry countjf
was selected as the place for
holding the next district con
ference. J. F. Hendren, W, L. Sher
rill and J. W, Ashby, the com
mittee, introduced the follow
ing resolution which was adopt
ed iby a rising vote:
Resolved, That we tender
our hearty thanks to the good
people of North Wilkesboro,
Wilkesboro and vicinity "for
the hospitable manner in which
we have been entertained." 4
Sunday morning there was
preaching bv members of the
conference at.the three church
es in North Wilkesboro and
one in Wilkesboro. Also the
colored people were ; preached
to in both towns.
We hope to see the brethren
back agaj
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yuow er ana: Jbinney noi nere;
Neither Bower nor Linne
was nere Monaay to speaif.
Linney had to attend Catawba
court. Bower was detained
at Jefferson in the big IJall
will case. It was expected to
get through the case Saturday,
but it will hardly be finished
till Wednesday of this week,
and hence Bower couldn't
leave, being one of the princi
pal attoi neys in the case.
But we had plenty of speak
ing anyway. Mr. R. N. Hack
ett announced the reason the
speakers could not be here,
and made a short but excellent
talk upon the issues of the day.
Gen. John Q. A. Bryan fol
lowed with one of his usual
speeches.- Each of them made
a reply. -
Dr. Tyre York followed dis
cussing t h e silver question
mostly. He declared himself
for Wm. J Bryan for President
because Bryan, is for silver and
the cause of the people and the
rights of humanity.
Col. Dula then Spoke for
awhile and then ga re way for
John -Ruff in Henderson, to
''stick to the issues,' for the
space of some time. Huff is
the republican candidate for
'State Auctioneer" and says
he has hopes of being : elected.
It, was a great jlay for politics
and "every body talked as much
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as he pleasedj r -
MORE LOCALS.
Call on G. Holmes for
empty whisky barrels at the
Caffey and Pritchet building-
Rev A L Stanford, of East
Bend, who has been hereof or
several . weeks, f has returned
borne. "
Lc-velace township has, en
dorsed Hackett for Congress.
Let Others do likewise. ; Hur
rah for Hackett. ;
The y Peidmont Advent
Christian denomination will
hold its Anual conference wth
the Advent church at Berea in
Caldwell county ten miles west
of Lenoir, - commencing on
Thursday the 13 inst. and hold
ing over Sunday. Preachers
from a distance expected. All
are invited, -
Remember The ric-nic.
There should be a large at
tendance at the; Annual Mason
ic Picnic here August llth.
The nobleness of the cause ap
peals eloquently to all. The
orphans need our care. The
picnic is for their benefit. Let
all join in making the occasion
a grand success, as well as a
pleasant one. Mr. ,Lawr3nce
will be here with a chapter cf
i the orphans, and the program
win be interesting: and proiita-
Oe au tns-way tnrougn.
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Col. James Horton.
Col .f James Horton, of Cald
well, isdead, his burial taking
place on Saturday. He had
been suffering : with paralysis
for sometime, and this was the
cause of his death. He was
about 80 years old and one of
the most prominent citizens of
the country. He was a broth
er of the late Capt. A. H. Hor
ton, and of Esq. ' Nathan Hor
ton, of Beaver Greek township.
'Possum Dead,
Tam Miller's Polan-China
'possum died last week. Tpm
wasrracing his possum y against
Sheriff Somers' 22 pound Ohio
Chester, which h e recently
killed. The possum weighed
18' pounds, and would : have
reached the weight of the big
hog in a few more weeks. He
died from fatty degeneration
of the heart and the ravages
of the gold standard. ;
P. S. It is rumored - that
Sheriff Somers poisened the
ossum.
Mrs. Meadows Dead.
Srs. Rebecca J. Meadows
wife, of F. Dean Meadows died
on last Friday a little after one
o'clock. She had given birth
to a child the week before, and
never recovered. The child
died two xlays after birth.
Mrs. Meadows was a daugh
ter of J. J. Russell, of Boomer;
was about 25 years old; mar
ried about three years ago and
was the mother of two children,
both of whom are dead.
She was hurried at Boomer
Saturday nd a large crowd of
sympathizing friends. were pres
ent. Rev. W. R. Bradshaw
conducted the services. Our
sympathy is. extended, to all the
bereaved.
Liquor Selling.
The liquor-selling establishments of
the land are killing men for gain as
certainly and steadily as if they were
absolute retailers of the plague, or of
pestilential disease. They know tthat
they are killing men. Every glance at'
the results of their traffic demonstrates,
terribly, the destruction they are ma?
king of their neighbors. For, what is
murder? According to Blackstone, em
inent authority, it is "the sacrifice of
human life from mere sordid love ot
gain, supreme selfishne. ss, reck
lessness, or any wicked; state of the
hear."'. - Think you, does not th&
fJrunkarcL-inaker's occupation come
within the definition? Let. the graves
of the victjoas-and the sad faces of liv
ing survivors answpr.Temperance A,dr
v n
6. 1896.
The IVJiHer
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A new Uqb of all
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Calicoes 5 to 6 cents per yd.
Percales 6 to 12 & one half cents per yd.
t A pretty line of summer cravata,
OWE PRICE TO ALL.
CALL AND SEE THEM
M agn if i ce n t i- i n e of
f0
Hoi
JUST ARRIVING AT
Tie Hix Clotting Store.
-HAVING OPENED UP A-
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Shoes, Glassware, Stoneware, Grocery
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 prico
always paid for all staple produce. Very truly,
Wilkesboro, N. C-
BBC
THE WILKESBOEO HARDWARE STORE
having recently bought a large stock of goods, is offering
them cheaper than ever before; consisting of Nails, horse ancj
mule shoes, hollo ware, crockery, cutlery tools of all kinds,
baseball goods, water buckets, paints, oils, gus pistols, shot
and powder, empty and loaded shells, collars and pads, and
plows of all kinds.
Should you need a good "Hillside", call and you shall be supplied.. '
Agent for the well know Oliver Chilled Plow; Chatanooga Cane mill," Cuta
way Disc Harrow, Empire prill and Marshal 1 . Wagons. " 4 . J
Can give you the most tinware for the money, yon ever bought.: . -'A ,
When in need of anything to bp had at a first-class hardware store come andL
see me before purchasing elsewhere. : J
J sell cheap for cash, but please'doht ask for credit f
" U IV MORRISON.
CAFFEY & PRITCHETT, PROPRIETORS.
NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.
Are Now Located In Their New -Quarters Opposite
MoGee's Establishment, With a Complete Line
Of Anything Kept In, A
F t RST-C LASS F tl IT U RE STO E h
AndVare Offering Special Bargain In, ' :
v -oewing Maoliirues, .Pianos, and Ornn ,
BUGGIES, HARNE&p, &C. KEROSPSC arid LUBIUCATING
OIL, by, the BARREL, and STAND ARIV BRANDS OF A'i'
- STARVATION PRICES.
NO. 16.
Building
of pods.
MILTON MCNEIL,
FUIITUKE CO.,
HiiKi
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BARGAINS.
Pemocrat.
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