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WmtESBOttO
LOCAL -DOTS.
Brief Notes of Passing Events That
May or May Not Interest You.
New line of hats- at Hix's.
Court Monday; come pre
pared to help us a little.
It's a boy, and Mr. JT. P.
Rousseau is wearing a broad
6 mile..
Dr. Chas. Hubbard, of
Worthville, was here visiting
his people last week.
! s More than sixty pupils now
answer to roll call at Tr.aphill
Institute.
Prof.j Nicholson preached
his first sermons Sunday and
Sunday night.
Mrs. Cowan, of Iredell, and
two little sons, are visiting in
the city.
CoL Henderson has some
700 or 800 bushels of, corn he
wishes to sell cheap.
David E. Call and Marv
Mastin, of Fishing Creek,, were
married several days ago.
The marble works nave
received a car load of marble
and are ready o fill all orders.
Mr. Bob Hubbard, of Elkin J
whose accident was !s noticed
last week, is getting along well.
Mr. Reuben R. Cowles, of
Statesville, passed through last
week to spend a few days in
Ashe.
L. M. Pharr, Esq., and Mr.
Sewell Wellborn are visiting iii
Cabarrus and Mecklenburg
counties.
Miss Katie McEwen and
little Miss Maud McEwen have
gone to Ashe to spend av few
weeks. .
Mr. C. B Webb, of States
ville is in the city, 'looking
after the business of the mar
ble works.
The W. O. T. U. meets at
4 o'clock "Wednesday after-
Mr. Curtis and fami-
left last week for their home
t Butler, Tenn.,' after spendffeourt house Friday night,
mme
.THURSDAY. AUG. 27, 1896.
msr several weplra Mi. it
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urtis
( Our friend Col. W. F. Hen
person, of .Lexington, is in the
fty and will remain till court,
e has a pleasant and enter
ining word for all.
The Webster mills will do
grinding Wednesday and Sat
urday, of each week, untill 13
o: clock. No grinding done in,
the afternoon at present.
j Mr. Amos Church's wife
died on last. Sunday night of
typhoid fever. She had been
suffering for several weeks.
The Concert.
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concert sriven
NO., 19.
at
t
un
der the auspices of the Ladies
Benevolent Society, for the
benefit of -t h e Presbyterian
chureh, was excellent. The
selections of music and recita
tibns were good and were all
well rendered. The recitation
"Long: Ago" 'by little Sallie
Cowles was cute and well re
ceived, ana tne excellent reci
tations by Misses Lena and
Nannie Wellborn and Edith
Cranor were encored to the
echo. Miss. Cranor's perfect
manner in reciting: "There was
an old woman who had three
sons," took the house by storm,
OU-v T J t ! ' DUUDj LKJvJjX. UllO UUUSO U, CS WILLI
She .Uved several miles west ofand Miss WeUborn.s
tion of the effect of song upon
Wilkesboro.
h-Mr. F. S. Blair, of Guil
ford College, an enthusiastic
Sunday School workeir, was in
thfe city last week. "He has
! A ITT i .
goue io w atauga xo spena a
few days.
4-The contract for building
th Methodist church at this
plaice has been given to Poin
dexter & Rollins of Elkin, and
the y are to begin work not
lat 3r than the 15th of Sept.
Dr. and Mrs. H. V, Horton,
and family, of Winston, came
up last week to visit it the city.
Dr. Horton returned Monday
but Mrs. Horton arid children
wil remain a week or two.
The Methodists have held
thei r last service in their old
ch on the hill. They will
chu
noon Mr. Ferguson's All re
quested to attend.
Mr. C. F. Morrison and
family are visiting at the old
home place in the lower part
of the county.
Fall and winter goods ar
riving at the Hix Clothing
Store. See them before p
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iiasmg eisewnere.
Solicitor Mott is up in the
Asheville. country, helping
Russell and Pritchard advo
cate the gold standard.
J. F. McCann and Miss
Mary Forester were married
last week. Esq. John Forester
performed the ceremony.
Sheriff Call wants to re
mind you that he must " have
the taxes and that you should
be ready to pay them by courts
Sulphur Springs Academy
has the best school of its histo
T7, we are informed. It opened
vith 60 students and now has
125 enrolled.
Deputy Collector Horton
bought in last weejc 20 ; bar
rels whiskey and 10 barrels of
handy which he seized in
Ashe county. : ' ' .
Mr. Geo. Iseley, who has
charg.e of Turner.and Wyatt's
!?ller mills, was home; Sunday
ie says they are doing good
rk there.
r-on. W. H. Bower will
pess the people at " WTilkes
ooro on Tuesday Sept. 1st at 1
clck, it being the .second
Z UI court. It. will be
inter-
ssthe political issues of the
occupy the court house until
the Jnew church is completed.
Their nierht services will be
gin at S o'clock.
T.J. Gibbsand Leona Dula,
of Boomer, were married Sun
day by Esq. W. G. Meadows
at Moravian Falls. Mr. Mead
ows issued the license and per
formed the ceremony .all right
on the spot.
Sl party of Ronda people
composed of Prof; J. E. Deb
nam, Walter and Luther Hen
drix3 Chas. Greenwood," Oscar
O'Ds.niei, John Miner, Elmer
Burch, Misses Alice' Hickerson,
Hattie Dobins, Etta and Betta
Henqrix, Julia and Daisy Dob
ins, Mary Belle Atkins, Susan
and Ada Edwards made a very
pleasant tripto the Stone
Mountai
i x op" xinaorse ljinn&p
The Populist Congressijonal
convention which met at 'Le-
noir last week endorsed Lin
ney for Congress and put ,out
Bill league for elector The
repor; is that the meeting was
slimly attended; and mostly
by Republicans. Wilkes and
some other-counties were not
repres ented. Linney was there
and hi 5, Bill Teague and R. A.
Cobb, run the meeting by pri
vate caucusses. All the Popu
lists in this county that we
have seen are not pleased with
1 .
the action of the convention.
In the first place they claim
that tt ey never knew anything
about ;he meeting of the con
ventio i, and in the second
place they and their party are
pledge! to silver and they do
not pre pose to vote for a gold
bug, e ndorsement or no en
dorsement. A. Populist from
Alexander was, here the first of
the welk, and said Bill Teague
and the others who had sold
Mark Hanna couldn't
the good3 in his county.
the Blue and Gray as the old
veterans faced each other
around Richmond in the last
struggle of the Confederacy,
was a gem of elocution. ..The
quartettes by Misses Greene
and Wellborn, and Messrs
Cowles and Jenkins were well
rendered. And the solos by
Miss Taylor of Durham, were
exquisite. Her voice is sweet.
Full, rich, clear, liquid and
smoothe, every sound and
movement of lip or body, is
the perfect rythm and melody
of music and song. It was
pleasant t o be there. The
attendance was small and the
receipts were not rery exten
sive. They will probably give
a concert at Elkin Friday
nigt, and also another one here
during court week.
An Egg With Letters on it.
Ij. V. Hutchinson tells us he
has an egg with the letters W
I N L plainly imprinted upon
it. It is something remarka-
Die, ne ininirs, dui ne is at a
loss to interpret the lettering.
He leaves that to the readers to
decide.
i. The CkRONicxE is prepared
to announce whom it is for for
IMA... T j 9 . rr
u s man is non
A. Doughton, of Alleghany.
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ion. bamuel J. Pemberfcon,
whb will be remembered in the
county when conne6ted with
the revenue service has been
nominated for Congress by the
democrats in the Salisbury dis
trict. He is from Staley ' , coun
ty and a good man.
According o' "Republican"
m tne JNews (written by here
tofore democrats) we should be
proud of our deputy collector
ItfcEwen. They (Capt. Repub
ncan) accredit McEwen with
influencing President Cleve
land to suspend his own wishes
sufficient to allow employees to
vote their sentiments for free
silver. It is the first man on
record who has exercised any
inflence lately with the Presi
dent in behalf of free silver
and democracy. Even hi3 own
cabinet officers have to stick to
gold or resign or be snub
bed. McEwen must be a hoss.
Convention Called.
The People's Party of the
29th Senatorial Dist. of N. C.
will meet in Taylorsville Alex
ander county, on Tuesday the
8th day of Sept., 1896, to nomi
nate candidates to represent
said district in the Senate of
the next General Assembly ' of
N. C. Delegates and others
interested, take notice. This
Aug. 17th 1896.
H. A. Forney, Ch'm'n
People's Party 29th Sen. Dist.
m mm it .
.V.
he Miller Buildino:
Anew line of all
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Mi of mt
Calicoes 5 to 6 cents per yl
Percales 6 to 12 & one half cents per yd.
A pretty line of summer cravafe.
OWE PRICE TO ALL.
CALL AND SEE THEE
A
agnificent Line of
Bryan te Speak in the State.
unairman Mainly is arrang
ing for our next President W.
J. Bryan to speak in the State.
He has promised to come and
make a tour of two or
days. He will speak in Ra
leigh and Greensboro, and will
visit different parts of the
State and speak from the car.
He will have an ovation wher
ever he goes.
Teachers' Meeting.
The Wilkes County Teachers
Association will convene at
Wilkesboro 12th of Sept. The
following subjects and speak
ers have beed assigned:
How I teach English Gram
mar. T. J. Gilreath.
How I teach Numbers R. E.
Lee Plummer. '
Dictation E. L. Wagoner.
Deportment C. C. Wright.
Then will follow the Query
Box and general discussion.
Let all attend.
Republican Primary.
In accordance with the di
rection of the Chairman of the
Republican Executive c o m -
mittee of Wilkes county, I
hereby call a convention of the
Republicans o f Wilkesborp
township to meet at the court
house in Wilkesboro, N. C, on
Thursday Sept. 17th, 1896, at 2
p. m., for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to thejonvention
three to be held P- 19th 1S96-
la. S. tJENBOW,
Ch'm'n Township Ex. Com.
Ml
Tie
JUST ARRIVING AT
Bix Clotting
Store.
-HAVING OPENED UP A-
Mm&QK am m
out to
deliver
i?or Over FIr rears.
at Wrw.i-ow's Soothixg Sybcp has been s-
ed for over i If ty years by millions of mothers for
their childn n while teething wi th perfect success.
It soothes U ie child, softens the gums, allays all'
wind colic, ana is iue umt. cui
It will relieve the poor little suiterer
Sold by di-uggists in every part o ,
jTwenty-Iiva cents a bottle 'Be sure ;
'Mrs. .Winslow's Soothing byrup,
pain, cures
Diarrhoea-
immediatelt
the world,
and ask for
NOTICE.
Persons in the various town
ships of Wilkes county who re
ceived circulars from the Vance
Monument Association re
questing them to- take charge
of the popular subscription on
July 4th towards the erection
of the monument, are hereby
reminded that they were re
quested in said circulars to
turn over all funds so collect
ed to Mr. A. M. Vannoy Clerk
Superior Court of Wilkes
county.
We now request all such per
sons" to make immediate re
turn to said clerk, in order that
he can report to us. In cases
where, nothing was collected
please iwrite the clerk a postal
card and say so.
- ; , Very Respectfully, :
Vance Monument Associttio n
. - Asheville, N. C.
Announcement.
At the earnest solicitation of many
leading citizens of different sections of
the county, I hereby offer myself an
applicant for the nomination for Reg
ister of Deeds. I hope the Republi
cans will consider before the conven
tion that it will be a highly appreciated
favor if they will select nie as the suit
able one for Register of Deeds, and
nominate me to saia omce at conven
tion, as I am feeble in health, and not
able to labor on the farm nor able to
travel in the ministerial work all the
time. All assistance in this effort will
be highly appreciated by me.
Very respectfully,
Wm, M, Lee.
August 15th, 1896.
Parsonville Items.
A protracted meeting is in progress
at Stony Hill Baptist church this week.
Rev. W. F. Carlton is' the pastor.
Mr. T. T. Hall's house which was be
ing built by Mr. A. M. Hamby of Par
sonville, gave way and fell on the
morning of the 5th inst., so we hear.
We hear Esq. W. S. Hail is spoken of
as one of the candidates for the Legis
lature on the Democratic ticket. Mr.
L. D. Whittington wants to be a candi
date for some office this fall. He .is a .
Rad. but a very good fellow and we
would like for him to get there if any
Had. has to have an office.
We Democrats want Mr. A. J. Tay
lor, of Jobs Cabin township, for county
commissioner. He is a verv deserviner
gentleman and. would carry as manv
votes as any other Democrat in this
section.
Bill Caetek.
Notice of Seizure. .
Notice is hereby given that gelzure. was made
July 27th 1S86, near pnrlear, N. e. of one copper
still, cap and worm, and 16 packages of corn
whisky containing about 733 gallons, persons
claiming said property will file claim and bond
with! J. E.! McEwen, Wilkesboro, N. ., or Sam Li
Roger?, Asheville N. c. within 3d days from data
fcer.wf, or the same will be declared forfeited to
the TJ S G&vtrnment. This Ax. llth 180C. '
) ' T Sam i. Eogeks eolr.
Per t E! M;Ew?n, Dc - ' ,
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Motions, Hats, Shoes, Glassware, Stoneware, Groceries,
hitc, I take this method of inuiting mj 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 price
always paid for all staple produce. -Very truly
wnke8boro, c. MILTOMCNEIL,
BUG.-' FUPftM
mmmr mm mam mf XT U J W Q
THE WILKESBORO, HARDWARE STORE
having recently bought a large stock of goods, is offering
them cheaper than ever before; consisting of Nails, horse and
mule shoes, hollo ware, crockery, cutlery, tools of all kinds,
base ball goods, water buckets, paints oils, guns, pistols, shot
and powder, empty and loaded shells, collars and pads, and
plows of all kinds. ' f ;
Should you need a good "Hillside", call and you shall be supplied". ' "
Agent for the well know Oliver Chilled Plow. Chatanooea Cane mill. Cuta
way Disc Harrow, Empire Drill and Marshall Wagons. ; -
an give you the most tinware for the money,-yon ever bought.
When in need of anything to be had at a nrst-class hardware store .WmA
see me before purchasing elsewhere. i -
i sen cneap for cash, but please dont ask for credit;
C. F. MORRTS(VNr
CO,
CAFFEY & PRITCHETT, PROPRIETORS.
JNUKT11 WILKESBORO, N. C.
Are Now Located In Their New Quarters Opposite .
McGee's Establishment With a CoiopT Line
Of Anything Kept In - A . .
FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE STORE,
And are Offering Special Bargains In
Sewing JVTacliiiis, Pianos, and OroranW.-'
CAEra, BUGGIES, HARNESS, &C. KEROSENE and LUBRICATING
OIL by the BARREL, and STANDARD BRANDS OF GUANO XV
STARVATIONPRICES.
Finishing Coffins and Caskets a SreefphT-
aud takx? no
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