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VOL. X.
The Chronic l,e.
LOCAL DOTS.
Brief Notes of Passing Events That
Kay or May Not Interest You.
Christmas goods at CalPs.
Ladies' cloaks a t Hix's.
See them.
See Call for your groceries
all fresh.
Keep yourself warm with
an overcoat from Hix's.
Granulated sugar at Call's,
20 pounds for one dollar.
Mr. A. R. Vail, of Jeffer
son, was in the city last week.
Dr. Eller of Beady Branch,
was in the city last week, on
business.
A few nickels in the slot
would put a voluminous
smile on us along now.
Spainhour wants to see
you at the store to-day. He
wants to make you happy for
Christmas.
Our holiday present next
week is "no paper." We will
rest and enjoy the cessation
with our readers.
Dr. Turner has meat. He
killed three hogs last week, ag
gregating 1047 pounds. The
largest one weighed 454.
Miss Sue Bissell, of Augus
ta, Ga., is visiting the family
of Solicitor Mott. We wish
her a pleasant stay among us.
Mr. George Phillips and
family, of Ashe, are visiting in
tb county. They spent a
few days in the city with his
son-in law, Frank D. Hackett,
last week.
To-day the 24th M. B.
Joines and Miss Lillie B. Hoi
brook, daughter of the late
Joshua Holbrook, of Trap-hill,
get married. License was is
sued last week.
Representative Chas. H.
Somers has one of the finest
little boys you ever heard of,
and Charles is so happy that
he is doubtful about whether
or not he will go to Raleigh.
W. C. Winkler and family
went up to Caldwell county
last week, to attend the sale of
the personal proDertv of the
. "
late David Bower, Esq. Mrs.
Winkler will spend the holi
days there.
The recently elected mag
istrates should remember that
their term of office does not
begin till the first Thursday in
August. Anv official acts be-
fore that time will be illegal
and lay themselves liable to
indictment.
The fire-cracker nuisance"
seems to have sway. There's
danger of burning up the wholej
T4
town. If the authorities don'tfl
enforce the law in this matter
they should be held personally
sponsible for all damage that
may result therefrom.
Key's Scotch snuff is mak-
Qg a reputation wherever it is
Produced. Merchants find it
an easy seller. If you have
not tried it, now is the time
to begin. You will find an ad
vertisement of this snuff in an
other column. Give this snuff
atrial. ; : " " y -
The students of the Roar
Ing River District school,
Coynes "NT n will h criven a
' rf'.- 13
Wist" mo a T Via 9.41. h at
2p- M. They are having a
g0d school there ; under, the
Management of W. L. Brewer,
of Abshers. N. C. V Forty-nine
indents have been enrolled
a good average attend-
WILKESBORO K G., THURSDAY. DEC. 24. 1896.
-Mr. Zoll has returned home
from Ashe.
Ex-Register Edwards' big
hog weighed 404 pounds.
- Calvin Dula, one of the
jail prisoners, is quite sick.
jtfr. Ed. Harris, who has
beerj away for a month, is
home again.
John T. Finley has gone to
Soutjh Carolina on important
Christmas business.
Spainhour & Co. have a
nice lot of lamps and other
Christmas goods.
Mrs. Dr. Erwin and chil
dren leave this week to spend
the holidays with relatives.
There will be a Christmas
tree it Liberty Grove church
on ti e night before Christmas.
Paul Chatham, of Elkin,
was in the city last week, look
ing after the woolen mills in
dustry.
Mr. Bob McNeil, who is at
tending school at Wake Forest
College, is home spending the
holidays.
Eev. R. W. Barber is yet
quite feeble, over his fall upon
the ice, but is slowly improving-
Mrs. Matthews, wife of the
Episcopal Rector of this place,
is expected to arrive from
Brooklyn this week.
ijill Alexander, colored, is
putting up a cottage dwelling
house.' He hopes to have it
to move into shortly.
ount Pleasant church in
Fork township will have
as tree on lnursaay.
ob McNeil will deliver
dress.
Rev. Mr. Matthews, the
Episcopal rector, will conduct
services at the jail every bun
dav afternoon, for the benefit
of the prisoners.
There will be an entertain-
BADLY SHOT.
ready
Lewis
a Am
Mr. B
thft ad
Corn "Lieker" Gets in its Work.
Last Saturday night, over in
Reddies River township, Bud
Huffman, son of John Huff
man, shot Calvin Nichols, in
flicting a painful, and perhaps
dangerous wound. Huffman
is a young man, about 20 years
old. He went to Nichols'
Ann Nichols' drunk; got to
cutting up, and they attempted
to put, him out of the house.
He drew his pistol and shot,
the ball taking effect in the ab
domen o f Calvin Nichols.
Dr. Turner was called
in. He probed for the ball but
did not find it. He is of
opinion that Nichols will
cover, unless inflamation
in.
There seems to have been no
cause for the shooting, except
"old corn licker was the cause
of it all." The shot penetrat
ed into the abdominal cavity,
and is liable to produce inflation.
Additional Locals.
the
The Pension Cnecks.
The Register of Deeds re
ceived the pension checks Fri
day, and those who have not
already done so, can get their
check by calling at the office.
Wilkes county gets 163 of
these checks, amounting in all
to $2,832. The pensioners are
always mighty glad when the
checks come in.
ment
given at
Millers Creek
Acade my on Wednesday night,
consisting o i declamations,
recitations, etc.
M sses Mamie and Carrie
and Mr. Charles Transou, of
Ashe, passed through the city
the first of the week on their
way to spend the holidays at
Statesville.
Tl: ere will be services at
Episcopal church on Christ
day atf 11 o'clock. Also on
Saturday following .at 11
o clock, which is St. Steven's
day.
Mrs, Marshall, who has
been Visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Bob Cashion at North
Wilkesboro, returned to her
home t ear Davidson College,
the firs t of the week.
sre will be a Sunday
mass meeting at Mora
Falls at the Methodist
next Saturday. Kev.
thft nastor. will
, M ju TT u v y j;
an address.
Re7. W. L. Dawson killed
a 200 pound hog last week and
ffot 60 pounds of lard out of it.
Krery fat. It got so iat
refused to eat, during
few days of its life.
Miller says that lie
is counted the biggest
Th
School
vian
churcW
W. L.
deliver
Linney's Exalted Position.
Last week, the Taylorsville
mail boy, a bright j'oung col
ored blood, informed us of the
fact that "Mr Linney has been
made Chairman of Congress."
He says he got it straight. He
didn't tell wlmt new duties
Mr. Linney had to perform by
reason of being "chairman of
congress."
It was
that it
the las
Claude
(Milter)
that th
Th4
hog "li ir" in this country,
but
s beats him.
snnner given for the
benefit of the Episcopal cnurcu,
Friday night was a very pleas
ant affair. It was not very
largely attended f o r such
things have about had .their
day herS-yet a neat little sum
was reaiizeu&-'-'"fe -
his is to be usea in
lamps and other things
$22.00.
getting
f$v the
Mrs. Forester Dead.
Mrs. Filmore Forester, of
Reddies River township, died
of consumption last Thursday,
and was buried at the Penuel
graveyard on Fridaj'. She
was about 38 years old and
leaves husband and five chil
dren. She was a sister of Mrs.
John Parlier, of this placfe.
1 he sympathy or tneir many
friends is extended to the be
reaved family.
llHji I fr4 QMMm
Lost His Eye.
Wiley Jarvis, of Hunting
Creek, was felling some trees
last week, when one lodged
upon some saplings' He cut
into one of the saplings: it
kicked back striking him in the
face, and knocking out one of
his eyes, and badly bruising
up his face and nose. He was
not expected to live for several
days, but now is improving.
He is about 40 years old and
has a family.
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Masonic. Installation.
iThe masonic lodge at this
place elected the following offi
cers on last Saturday night at
the regular communication:
W. A. Foster, W. M.
R. N. Hackett, S. W.
C. Call, J. W.
J. G. Hackett, Treasurer.
B. S. Call, Secretary.
The installation of these offi
cers will take place at the hall
on Monday next at 10 o'clock.
The installation will be, public.
All who wish are united to see
the ceremony.
Cheap Wagons.
Wagons of Alexander has got myty
pheap A fellow from Alexander sold
one to S. B. Gentle and II. F. Frazier
of Wilkes Co for fore guineas and ther
was not A'Eooster in the Bunch -and it-
was" a good too l.'orse wagon it hill
np 12 crossties and you know it .was a
good one- . - '
' JKEADEK.
May berry has the best 15
cent coffee in Town.
You can buy nice Ribbon
and Hamburg primming at
Mayberrys cheap.
Reduced prices on over
coat and winter clothing sam
pie shoes going at wholesale
prices at Horton & Abshers,
North Wilkesboro.
Licenses were issued Mon
day for the marriage of Walter
Sink to Martha Myers, J. , W.
Brown to M. N. Wood, J. ' W.
Caudill to Dora Faw, J. A.
Chapman to Manda ueal, and
Edgar Kilby to Mary Bishop.
The public debate at Mo
ravian Falls i s Wednesday
night instead of Thursday
night. The question the boys
propose to expound is: "Re
solved that the men of the 19th
century are superior to the
men of the past . centuries. All
are invited.
Prof. Olin Ader will ar
rive this week, and will open
i school here the 5th of Janua
ry. Let all our people be ready
to patronize the school at the
beginning. It is a wrong idea
to wait till after the school has
i progressed a ..wMkstfce$& start-
P6ut the first step to be1
taii i n christianizing this
country is to give us better
roads. The few little sparks
our people have all go glim
mering when they try to trav
el our roads. The temptation
is more than they can bear,
and from the fulness of the
heart the mouth speaketh, and
it is not always in accord with
the "erolden text" of the Sun
day School lesson, either.
Reduced R. R. Rates.
The railroads have arranged
a one way fare rate for land
seekers from the North and
vVest for those who wish to
visit the South for the purpose
of investing. We hope that
we shall have in Wilkes a good
ly number of these visitors.
Our county has attractions
and inducements, that need
only to be seen to be apprecia
the latcJMp3AM mM
the
r'Premoiiitions and Prisoners.
':' momas IJrvsl. onr mi fr. is
an expert prognosficator. He
can tell two or three days be
forehand when a new prisoner
is coming to board with him
Last Thursday he told some of
his friends that there would be
a new prisoner at his hotel
within 24 hours, and sure
enough within a few hours the
the prisoner was placed under
his care. Crysel says that the
jail goes through a series of
mysterious crackings or pop
pings a day or two before a
prisoner is to come, and that
the sign never fails.
In answer to these mysteri
ous sounds, the prisoner was
brought i n Thursday night.
He lives in Boomer township,
and his name is Elisha Web
ster. He was sent up for steal
ins? a razor. He is a beardless
boy of about 16 years, and it is
an enigma as to .what he want
ed with a razor. He appears
to be a kind of kleptomaniac in
the stealing business; for they
say he has been in Taylorsville
jail twice, for stealing, and
broke jail both times. The of
ficers caught him at an old va
cated hoUse,. where he had a
fire. When he found the offi
cers had hemmed him in,, he
ran out up the chimney, and
got scorched and blackened
pretty thoroughly."
No. 36:
New
IN FALL AND WTNTFT? C1. r yvtttt at n
1 w Ai Its time to Spruce up for the New Season
o
We'VTflnZTfS Td Ver Cat8 aH ready and tbey wiU fit y handsome
BtoImho?n Te'apaita" Mackintoshes hats shoes, arctic and
storm overshoes in Ladies. Misses and Gents sizes. 1 '
linnen d si"; ,00llar-' tkf8' snhlerbraces,
and sxlk hankerchiefs, gloves hosiery etc., always in stock
SUITS MADE TO MEASTTRTC A' spwp t
Wlestjo a selection and LOWEST?
SAMPLE SHOES for men, women and children at wholesale cost
Korth wilbesw: n. c HORTON & ABSHER,
fhe -.Miller .Bui ding
1
Anew line of all linfls of soofls.
Galicoes 5 to 6 cents per yd;.
Per&les 6 to 12 & one half cents per yd.
f A preity line of summer cravats,.
CALL AND SEE THEM
A
IV
anificent Line of
JUST ARRIVING AT
fl'i m M
ilii ClottiM St
ore
-HAVINGr OPENED UP A-
-CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods. Nations. Hats. Shnns RlaQcwar ctn
Jiitc, I take this method of inuiting m frehds to call and' ex
amine my GOODS and PRICES before hnvino- ft1RftwhpW
I am determined n6t 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 trul'v '
Wilkesboro, N. C.
MILTON MCNEIL,
TB
E WILKESBORO FISIITIIBE CO.,
CAFFEY &, PRITCHETT, PROPRIETORS.
.- JNtOETH WILKESBORO, N. O. . .
Are Now Located In Their New Quarters Opposite
McGee4s Establishment With a . Complete Line .
Of Anything Kept In A - :
F iRST-G LA S S FUR NITURE-8 TO RE,
y And are Offering Special Bargains In ' v '
Bewing CiacliirLes, DPianos, and Oraiis
CARTS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, &C r KEROSENE and LUBRICATING a "
OIL hy the BARREL, and STANDARD BEANDS OF GUANO Al'
STARVATION PRICES. :
Pinishing CoffiAs and Caskets a Specialty. - ' .
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