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The Chronicle.
LOCAL -DOTS.
Brief Notes of Passing Events That
May or May Not Interest Ton.
Only one month till Christ
mas.
Dr. Parlier, of Boone, is
quite sick.
--Overcoats at Hix's. Now's
the time to buy. f ,
A. Hi. Berry has returned
from his trip to Jefferson.
Recently near Halls Mills,
W. P. Wyatt's wife died. . ,
The stores will be closed
to-day Thanksgiving.
Geo. Faw, of Virginia, is
visiting relatives in the county.
Mr. C. E. Parlier made a
trip to Statesville last week.
The Bank of North Wilkes-'
boro will be closed Thanksgiv
ing day.
Miss Davie Wellborn fs
at East Bend visiting friends
and relatives.
Esq. G. W. Hinshaw, of
Winston, was in the city last
week.- , .
If you want lime you'll
find it at Morrisons Hardware
Store. .
Lawyer H. L. Greene and
Mr James G. Hackett went to
"Winston Friday.
Messrs. Will and Sam Mc
E?veii, of Jefferson, were in
the city last week.
For axes, call at Morrison's
hardware store. He guaran
tees them.
-Mr. W. C. Coffey, of
Boone, spent a few days at '
Esq. Curtis' last week.
-Esq. G. W. Sale, of
Creek, was in the city on
:uess the first of the week
Mr. C. XI. Davis and
ly are visiting; relatives
friends in East Bend.
Miss Lillian Bagby, of
Ashe, is visiting Mrs. Call and
family, at this pldce.
Mrs. Laxton, mother of W.
A. Laxton, near Moravian
Falls, is quite sick.
Tom Watson, who had
been in Ashe a few days, re
turned to Winston Saturday'.
-Rev. W. R. Bradshaw will
preach at the Baptist church
here next Sunday at 11 o'clock.
The few turkeys that have
been spared, can give . thanks
that it is as well with them as
it is.
G. W. Holmes made a bus
iness trip to Fayetteville, Wil
mington and other places last
week.
Lawyer R. N. Hackett and
Will White of the Marble
Works, went over to Ashe last
week:. .
The wife of " James Rob
ots died near Halls Mills last
;veek. She was about 26 years
old. - i!
Little Mabel Hix has gone
o Concord to spend he winter
vith her grandma, Mrs. Strick-
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WTLKESBORO. 1ST. C. THURSDAY. NOV. -26. 1896
Lawyers W. W. Barber
and T. B. Finley are attending
Supreme Court at Raleigh this
week .
Our wood subscribers have
been responding liberally, and
the goose bone can point any
way she pleases
Our delinquents should re
mem Wer that we need a f
nickels to lay in a supply
striped candy for Christmas.
The dedication services at
Fishing Creek Arbor Sunday
was largely attended. The
services are being protracted
this week.
The family of W, E. Har
ris, w,;io have been among rel
atives and friends up ijr Cald
wall county, returned home
SundaV.
M: Rufus Lenoir, of the
Happy Valley, was in the city
Friday night. He was on his
way to spend a few days in
Surry county.
Rev. W. L. Dawson has
been.r 3turned to tliis circuit.
Rev. J. H. Sprinkle has been
assigned to the North Wilkes
boro circuit.
A small slice of the cold
wave which has been, traveling
througjh the northwest, struck
NOTICE.
3 will sell the personal prop
erty of J. B. Buxton.at Wilkes
boro, N. C, Friday Nov. 27th,
at public salM,
glitcr of the Siamese TwiifliJ5 cents per pound.
Brier
busi-
fami-
and
us tnrs weeK, but it didn t
strike hard.
The postoffice will be closed
Thanksgiving day, except at
the tin: es of the arrival of the
mails. All who wrant their
mail si ould call then.
Y"oii had better heed Sher
iff Call's last call for taxes.
He is going to collect them,
and the sooner you pay them
the betteriE will lie for you.
If vou have clothes need-
ing to be cleaned up, W. W.
Hortod
Dead.
Mrs. Victoria Bolejaclf died
last week in Knoxville, Tenn.
She was the daughter of Chang
one of the celebrated Siamese
twins, Eng. and Chang, who
lived and died at Mt. Ai
ry. . She leaves two grown
children. She had gone tp
Knoxville to have a cancer
treated. The physicians de
cided it was necessarv to per
form an operation. She nev
er recovered from the shock.
The Blind To See.
Thomas A. Edison has been
experimenting upon the blind
with the cathode or X rays,
and the subjects have been
able to distinguish the flashes
of light. The most successful
results ere attained with the
aid of a red globe, and it is Ed
ison's intention to continue ex
perimenting in this line until .
much more satisfactory results j
are arrived, at, wnicii ne con
fidently predicts soon.
Additional Locals.
Arbuckle's coffee at 20c per
pound at Call's. ', "
W. E. Harris has gone to
Winston this week.
Green coffee at Call's only
& Co., North Wilkes-
bonvare prepared to do the
work neatly and cheapl3r.
A protracted meeting will
begin at Moravian Falls the
first Sundav i n December.
Jones, of Morganton
1.
Rev. M
will be
the services.
A
present and assist
in
;Curious cabbage was
purchased at McNeil's store
this week. It came from
across the mountain and had
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five distinct heads all on one
stalk.
Cad
the mar
noir.
place tli
T h
cornet
serenad
night.
Hugh Cranor has returned
from his southern trip, where
e had taken some horses to
sell. t
Horton &l Co. have an ad
vertisement in this issue. Try
ttieru when you want work
Tree Fell on Him.
Finley ClMirch, of Purlear, is
pretty badly mashed up,
though not fatally. Saturday
night a week ago, he and some
of the other boys were hunt
ing 'possums. They found
one, and cut down the tree.
This tree tell against a dead
tree, which was knocked down,
and a portion of the broken
limbs and fragments of the
dead tree fell upon Church.
Dr. Eller was called in to ad
minister to the. wounds
bruises.
-0'd
and
and
ac-
ds are out announcing
riage of Prof. W. L.
Nicholson, of this place, - and
Miss Erne Jean Squires, of Le
the marriage takes
e 25th.
e North Wilkesboro
band came, over and
o . v
ea our town oaturuay
The boys do well for
the short time they have been
practicing.
Thete will be Thanksgiv
in a- sfirvhrreK conducted at the
Episcopal, Presbyterian and
Baptist bhurches. Everybody
Poplin Harris;
Elkin Times, Nov. 19th,
j Mr. Richard L. Harris
Miss Iris the beautiful and
complished daughter of Mr. J.
S. Poplin were united in Mar
riage at the residence of the
bride's father, yesterday morn
ing at eleven o'clock, Rev. E.
N Gwyn officiating. Only the
immediate family of the bride
and groom were present. Both
the bride and groom are popu
lar young people and we join
their many friends in wishing
them much happiness through
out their wedded life.
Tlie 'Flying' Jenny" in Trouble.
"Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days be dark and dreary."
And it was not an event of a
nature extraordinary when
trouble came to the "Flying
Jenny." It had made a good
run since it came among us and
it took in the nickels very live
ly. But itrouble came. It
owed money fo rework, etc. It
was arrested and tried before
should attend at one or the j gomers and - Staley, and was
Alice Gilreath
and
live
quite
mother ribvrflnfP 'who
1ear Moravian Falls, are
Ktwith fever.
"-"The brick work on
jew Methodist church 'has
:e.eft completed, and-the roof
Is ! - J
the
other of them.
Solictor J. F. Spainhour
and little son Carl, of Morgan
ton, spe it a few days in the
city ani county last week.
He returned' home the first of
the wee.c.
ProJ . Nicholson has been
assignee by the Conference to
the school, at Valle Crucis, and
will locate there shortly. This
will leave the school here with
out a teacher,
4Ir. EI. Ries, of the United
States aeological Survey, visit
ed Wilkts last week and gath
ered up it lot of clay, etc
He
fnrwardid Samples OI the Clay j Mrs. May Kagaman rmcl O O Bowie to app
frosi the difTerent brick yards v c lp v , r, , , .
rhure an
' He seem
' Lawyer Hickerson has gone
totRonda to spend Thanksgiv
ing. For Christmas goods of
-every kind go to I. S. Call So
(Jo. .
-You can buy a nice window
shade at Mayberry's for 15
cents. '
See notice of sale of per
sonal property of J. B. Buxton,
which occurs Friday.
Maybrry will have a new
lot of shoes in bv Saturdav.
" -
Call and see them.
License was issued this
week for the marriage of Peter
Mitchell to Alice Smithey.
Dr. L. P. Somers, of Os
bornville, was in the city this
week. He reports the health
of his community good.
Mrs. Dr. Turner went to
Lenoir Tuesday to attend the
marriage of Prof. Nicholson
and Miss Squires, which oc
curs Wednesday.
The Rebekahs have sent a
small Thanksgiving offering to
the orphans at Goldsboro. The
orphans are not forgotten on
such occasions.
Chas. Somers, one of the
Representatives elect from this
county, is recovering from a
severe attack of la grippe,
which he contracted during the
Canvass.
A half interest in the John
Glass saw mill, and the tract
of land on which it is located
was sold Friday, under mort
gage. The price brought was
veryl?rw gold standard pric
es.
Sheriff Call wishes the peo
ple to understand that all who
have not settled the 1895 taxes
by December the first may ex
pect their property to be levied
upon. Pay your taxes and
save trouble.
Benjamin Huffman, o f
Lewis Fork township, seems
to be ahead on turnips. He
brought-one to town last week
which weighed six pounds.
He has plenty that weigh three
and four pounds.
As Rev. Mr. Mathews w-as
coming to the postoffice and
was near the ford of bub Creek,
some thoughtless bird hunter
fired and the shot struck the
bushes all about him. It was
a nanrow escape. Hunters
should be more careful.
. - " ' 1 '
if -
km
of pods .
line of all Ms.
Calicoes 5 to 6 cents per yd.
Percales S to 12 & one half cents per ydj
pretty line of summer craiVats,
t "T
CALL AND SEE THEM
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IMapiiificent
Line
of
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JUST AERIVIN.G AT
e Six Clotlffli Store.
HxlVING OPENED UP A-
CONSISTING t)F-
Dry Goods, tote,. Hats, Shoos, Glassware, Stoneware, Groceries;
Etc., I take thisonethod 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, -
MI LTON : MC N"EIL,
Wilkesboro, N. C.
Esq. D. A. Reece's horse
dropped dead one day last
week. The horse had been
sick for some time, 'and fell
dead while walking from the
pasture to the stable. It was
an excellent horse, and was
prized greatly for its good
qualities as a family horse.
Mr. Reece is having bad luck.
Not long ago lie lost a $50.00
milk cow. '
adjudged to pay the debt at
once or quit "flying." It paid
up the debt, but its dignity
was s o insulted a t being
drasrged before the dignitaries
of the court, that "it . silently
tolded its tents, like the Arabs,
and as silentlv stole away."
Notice to Non-Uesidents.
It appearing to the court in the case of C A
HegeVnd W T Spiiugh, trading as Salem Iron j Sunday night. It WaS the WOTk
Works, vs. O C Bowie, A W Jones, Mrs. Mar i . " j- 7 -r. ,
TVare House Pestroyed.
The liquor ware house be
longing to L. L. Church, situ
ated at Soda Hill Watauga I
county, was destroyed by fire j
THE WILK'ESBOEO IIAEDWAEE STOEE
having recently bought a large stock, of gooxls, 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, oilsuns, pistols, shot
and powder empty and' loaded shells, collars' and pads, and
plows of all kinds.. .
Should you need a good, "HHlside", call and you shall be supplied.
Agent or the well know Oliver Chilled Plow, Chatanooga Cane iur . Cuta-.
way Disc Harrow,, Empire Drill and Marshall Wagons.
Can give you the most tinware for the money, yon ever bought. . :
When in need of anything'to be had at a first-elassr hardware store, come and:
see me before purchasing elsewhere. , i
I sell cheap for cashbut please dont ask for credit." . .
i a f. MOEEisojsr.
THE iniESBORfl FBB1T
IE
Ha jraaum, et a 1 that Mrs May HaganiJin and C O
Bowie are non-residents of this State, and that
they are necessary parties in this action, winch
is for .the 'division of .the lanJ 'described in the
complaint of the plaintiff, it is therefore ' order
ed and adjudged by the court that publication
b ma le in The Chronicle, a newspaper publish
ed in the town of Wiltcesboro, county of Wiltes
for six successive weeks, commanding the sa id
appca
2f)th
of. incendiaries. It contained
seven packages of spirits .which
were destroyed in the flames.
Tax paid stamps for the amount
of whiskey in the warehouse
had been ordered and paid for
a few days before, the amount
being about $350 00. This will
ii -Kiir j. tirTi will le i " ivoa, exo v en ao ju,ks
, , . i - .
spirits, unless a rebate of -taxes
Wkr -ii.O ifl? tcCtOl V. tti-snai tln.-ovfpla.ut or :ii
tA . .U;vfa trtthpm. This Nov. in. ISO !.
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CAFFEY & PR1TCHETT, PROPRIETORS.'
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. ' ,
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Are Now- Located In Their New Quarters Opposite
McGee's Es.tablishmentvWith; a- CoTnplfctj Ijin
Of Anything Kept In A . . . ' ...
And are Offering Special Bargai as In -
Sewing Maclaines, J?ia.n6s5 and Organs
CARTS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, &C KEROSENE and TBnUCTATITO.
OIL by the BARRET and STAXDAKI) 'BtANDS OF GUANO A ,
STAR VAT f ON PRICES- '
Pinishms Coffips and Casfceta a Sf ccialty-. ";' ' '
excellent
quality. ' ,'LMwink,Att'yfbrrwiir. ;
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