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: ' Ji ; ' -.:.;.- .-,,-:. ... . . - " ..... : O; ;;;f, j W :Mv j: ' : KATES 0FADVEKTI3ING. TERMS OF SUBsbiUFTION. 3m. ; 6m. ) 1 yr. One year Six months,... 4.00 6.00 6.00 J 9.00 7,50 30.00 9.00 CO 20 12.00 Three months......;: 17.51 25M 45.0( Payable in advunce. 10.00 17.00 tWSenda all money by registered let- 28.00 30.00 30.00 150.00 75.0(J er or postal order and address v The Chponiclk, W4 Ikesboro, N.X!. Space ;1 wk.j lm.. j X in. .75 2.00 I 2 in. 1.25 3.00 : m. if.Ua 4.00. 1 no?. J 3;so ft 00 eol. 6.50 f 9.75 l col. ll.lOO" IlS.OO . ' i ; "" .! : . qual Jaxaiion, pirect and Indirect.. -' : ..".f J -r" v ' ::iyyy VOL. XI. The Chronicle.; LOOAti DOTS. : Jjrief Notes of Passiug Efcnts That May or May Not Interest Yon. Esq. Thad CAmpbell, o f Vashti, is in the city. Esq. J. Q. A. Sparks, of Konda, is here this week. Lawyer E. B. Jones, of Winston, came up Monday. Dr. Ring, of Elkin, is at tending court this week. Mrs. J. I. Parlier is visit ing at El kin tbis week. Esq. W. H. Hubbard, of Jloravian Falls, is critically ill. Dr. and Ransom Hickerson, ;of Ronda, are here this week. Night services .at Method ist church will begin at 7:30 jhereafter. Biggest line of clothing at New York Rackett S.tor, a the least prices. Miss Dora Bingham began a private school Monday with a goodly attendance. Mrs. C. H. Somers and children are visiting Tier moth er, Mrs. Bingham, at States ville. - - Rev. John Stanford, o f East Bend, is here assisting Rev. Dawson in the protracted meeting at Eschol. ; Prof. Wellborn, V who was called home last week by the sickness of bis wife, writes that he will begin school at North Wilkesboro on the 13 th. Esq. George Pearson, of Boomer, suffered a stroke of paralysis Saturday. One side was entirelv naralvzed. He was no better when last heard from. i A telegram received Mori .day evening announces the -death of Mrs. Dr. J. B. Trip lett, of Elk. Park, at noon on that day. We have not learn fid particulars. Dr. Triplett is a Wilkes boy. . - The Rev. J. S. Matthews went over to Ashe Tuesday-after his family. They will re turn the latter part of the week and he will conduct commun ion services at the Episcopal church Sunday. Joe McLean was pretty badly bruised up Sunday. His mule ran away with him, turn ed the buggy over on him and dragged him a considera ble distance, but he held on to the lines. The mule got scared at a little negro sliding down the bank of the road. Logan Price, Esq, who 1 -i . i - . j f sign uvea on tne lirusnies, not iar from Kiiky's Gap, died lajt Sundav and was buried M: day at Walnut Grove-with sonic honors. He was a CO years old and died of sumption. He leaves a and three children at ho and several married children." The school at the Wilkes boro Academy opened Monday with a good attendance. Miss Gertrude Johnson, of Raleigh, arrived Monda'y a n d took charge of the primary-' depart- menc. The schoot deserves the support of o u r..' people. There's nothing so beneficial to a place as a good school. W. T. Pennell,- of, this -coun-ty, has won the praise over the entire State of Georgiapon wa termelons. He sent one to' a relativer. invlSbshingtdn City recentl v, ami d received -vwbrd that it vjai'0thVfn.es"t1,lelon that had been on : themarket,. even .beating the . celebrated Georgia melons. - ut XOCAL MATTERS. 4-Jobn Warren, of Elkin, was in the city last week. First class coffey at Call's at pen cents per pound. -I A big line of French harps at Call's, from 5 cents to. $1.00. i-Miss Vetra Turner entered ool at Miss Barber's Mon- Miss Mamie Wallaqe re turned from her visit to Mocks- yille, last week. Solicitor Spainhour of Mor ga iton, was in tbe city last week. Mr. ,P. M. Pearsall and wi Ee, of Newbern, are visiting jng in the county. r-W. P. Turner and wife, of As be, are visiting the family of Thomas Pennell. Rev. W. L. Dawson and family have returned from their extended visit to Stokes county. Mrs. JudgejsJtarbuck joined he husband here Wednesday ani will remain during the res t of court. Tom Smith, of Ashe, killed forty rattlesnakes o.ne day last week. Isn't that good for one day's work. ' -pM iss Carrie Wellborn ac companied her aunt, Mrs. Van nov, to Ashe, last week, to spend a few weeks. J Virgil Forester and sisters,, Misses A&die a.nd Yerdie, visit ed friends up in Caldwell jsoUn ty last week. --Court proceedings and oth er matter crowded out tliis week by the account of the mi.rder trial. --Dr. W. H. Case, of Mississ ippi, was in the city last -week, supplying the drug sttres. He is a rich and interesting character. . --We propose running a North Wilkesboro column of nejvs -items and invite our friends there to give when convenient. us items -MPartee Davis was thrown from a mule near the new Methodist church orie'day last week and bruised up cDiisider- ablyi but not dangerously. --Mrs. al&iferro and little da Jgbter, who have been spen dir g the summer here, :return ed to,their home at Augusta, Georgia, last week. 4-Messrs. L. E. Davis and W C. Meadows are at work up near erecting roller mills Go hen. They expect to , be rfidv for onerations in a coir o f months. -UHort Fox, up near Boomer, i either wants to find but if all- his turnip seed comes up, or wl ether any of the turnips are stolen. He counted the seed cVfully, and sowed exactly 30, 300 seeds. -. --Qaither Nichols, of Millers Croek ;has the longest: bean vine on record so far.1 - The viile is 40 r 50 feet long and is i still .growing. H e ; doesn't knb w how many beans he has and will get from it - 4-The family o f Solomon Kejys, in the Mt. Zion neigh bo hood, is badly afflicted. A shirt time ago. Phineas, one of th boys,'died of feyer Since tliln the "mother and-.'daughter have died-with the same- djs- ease, and the younger, di brother is lot ' expected, to live, j .Two of the ioys-who s have- fbeeri ve -y low,-ire thought to'be.im p'riving. VJame3 Watson ; and 1 child, and the widow Simmons are rery low with lever in sameneighborbiood. the j 1 N. C, WEDNESDAY. SEETo 8, 1897. North Wilkesboro Happenings. ' Mr. Walter Worth, of Cres ton, several days in town last week. Mr. H. B. Dodson left Satur day to visit friends in Mecklen burg county. Mr. yv. p. Menry will :cora mence his cash produce busi ness this week He will run in the basement in the Blair building, and withpay cash for all kinds of produce. A revival jneeting commenc ed on Sunday at the Method ist church and the pastor will be assisted by Rev. W. L. Sher rill, of Elkin, and other . minis ters here. All are earnestly invited to attend. Services from 10 till 1 in the day and commence at 8 at night. Mr. J. L. Hawkins left Fri day to spend some days with his parents at Mocks vill. Glad to see Mr. Andrew Mitchell, of Hunting Creek in town Saturday. Mr. J. O. Smoot arrived from Alexandria Va. Saturday and will remain for some days. The merchants report trade being very good now for the dull season. They all have good .stools: .-of goods and are ready for the fall trada. Prichet & Deans have com menced the livery business, and are getting a very good start in the business. Rev. Q. W. Robinson is at tending the meeting of the Orange Presbytery, which is in session in Orange county this week. Grand Jurjs Report. Clerk's Office. They find the office in good condition; books and papers well kept. They recommend that the office be enlarged and a vault be add ed, for the keeping of valuable papers and dockets. Register's Office. Office found in good conditions books and papers well and neatly kept. Jail. They found the jail in good condition, except a sewer age pipe is needed from the second story at the northwest corner. The jail is kept clean and inmates pr openly cared for. Agep and Infirm. T h e buildings were found in good condition. .The inmates are as cleanly and nicely kept and as well "fed as could be expected. K o a.p Matters. Reports were received from the super visors of all the townships in the county, as the law requires. All the townships except Wilkesboro and North Wilkes boro, report their roads in fair condition. - The grand jury passed upon bills, , and found 127 true bills and 2 0 ignored bills. fey maae 4 presenxments. iB the 127 true bills, 117 are for JSt listing poll and personal property fQt . taxation. 3Iore Snakes and Better ; Snakes. Mr. Canter will have to hunt more snakes. I killed a large J garter snake tne other day and seventy seven- 1 i 1 1 1 e snakes came out of it, and I don't think the all crawled out at that. This is a fact andT"can prove it. . -B. C. Ellis. Elkville Topics.. Fodder pulling is the order among the farmers.-" ; ' ' Andrew ' Qould, of Kendall,., was bruised up c3ide'rably last week by -a saw-log running oyer him;-4- , . " Th.e Caldwell- Baptis t. Association con yijned'at Piney; Grove Jst w.eek-. . i Miss Maggie McDowell, is: visiting her sister, Mrs. Newiand - ' 1 - Wi 1 lis McGee is erect! ng ia "dwelling at this place. . - - ' - ." - v" 5 Rev.' Mr. Tatun?, who Tias lately re turned from China, was in - attendance at Pjpey Grove last week. Horse Fjound Dead. S"ews reaches us .s we go to press that a large .fine white horse was found : dead near Wilbar . post office Monday morning, it was .ooit in the woods about 200 yards.. The tramping on the -ground indi cated that it had been hitched there, but no bridle or saddle was found. There were no signs of foul treatment on the horse. No one in the neigh. borhood knows J,he horse or has an idea how it came there. Further investigations will no doubt disclose the facts. They were trying a. case of larceny. The defendant had gone into the field and cut a few 'vohintaW' oats and wheat The witness for the State was asked what proportion of the amount was oats. He replied: "About three thirds, sir.' 'Everybody began ' t o laugh, even the dignified members of the bar. The Judge quickly rapped for order, and suppos ing the witness had made "a slip of the tongue," asked the witness to repeat the answer. This the witness did in a strong clear voice., heard all over the court house: "about three thirds Oats, your Honor, and the remainder was wheat." The Judge's dignity gave way for a moment and the whole court house laughed. Dots From The Brnshies. Mr. Editor: It has been sometime since I saw anything in your paper from the "Brush ies, please give me. a" 'lit tle space in your next issue and I will try to tell you something about the Brush ies. the bisrgest place at all the biggest mountains and the biggest fruit erops and the biggest springs and the biggest air, in fact the biggest place in the State at all. Crops are the best in "thTeJB rush ies the7 have been for many years . I looks like. a wave of prosperity but not the wave that Mark Hanna has been promising the people, but a wave of ProvidenGW The people seem to have more confidence in Smoot & Co. than they do in McKinley but they have lost what they had in him since he cut the price of tan bark from 5 to 4. So we will have to live in hopes; it's hope that keeps our memories green. Threshing is over; small grain is good this time. H. M. Parlier has beat the the record so far as we have learned yet. He made one hundred and a half bushels of wheat.- Don't tell us that you can't make wheat on the Brushies. Rev. John Foster preaches us a good sermon tbe 3rd Saturday and Sunday of each month at -New Hope church. Rev. Dawson begilns a series of meet ings at Mt. Pisga on the 3rd Sunday in Sept. We are glad to see the good peo ple come among us. Miss Minnie Parleir is visiting her sister Mrs. J. H- Bowles at Elkin. Mr. S. H. Bobbitt has moved his stock of goods to Poors Knob. H. M. Parleir. has bought a steam saw mill and has located it at Gilreath post office a thing that we have been looking for a 'long time. Why can't we have a new church right away? If you need anything in the lumber- line, he will furnish it for you to pale your garden ,and yard in. He will furnish you nice sawed locust post at any time. - .Mountain Boomer. Nice canvassed sale Spainhour's. hams for To WhoBj It May Concern: I have been in the drug business for twelve years, and during that time, have sold nearly all the cough . medi cines manufactured; and from my per sonal knowledge of such remedies, I ay that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, gives better satisfaction than any oth' er on the market. W. M. Terry, Eik inton, Ky. - Sold by White & Winkler. Mr. James E. Fr rell j of B u rut House W. Va., has discarded;-all other diar rhoea rnedicine$.and now handles only Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and diar rhoea Remedy. He has used it in his family and sold it to his customers for years; and has.no hesitation "in saying that it is, the best reined j for colic and diarrhoea he hafiT ever known. 4 ;It not only gives relief, but effects a perma nent cure; It is also pleasant-&nd safe to take, making it an .deal remedy ' fojr bowel complaints. - For sale bjr WWtg Dr. J. W. White. W I T I T F, Dealers 3 JPatent Medicines, -Toilei ' Articles, Ciparjs, cinu. veryznmg Jzept in '.- : : Come and see us. Store ori Wilkesboro, N. C, April 12, 1SD7. Drugs - Buy your tTTl. t . . vv no nave on Hand a full line 9? W-RSf BR s Ethpharmal, au'd Patent Medicines, Druggist Sundries, Cigars. r 1 1 a l- -. r m 1 xuuauco, jrenumes, Toilet Articles in variety, etc., etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Wilkesboro, N. C, April 19, 1897. pecia at HIX CLOTH yv m continue six aays in every, week: until the stock of spring and summer clothing,' shirts, hats, caps, shoes, milli- V nery, etc., is disposed of. Thieutire stock YOUR OWN PRICE, almost, in Fall-and Winter Stock,. If jou are looking for bargains, call and see us. THE. HIX vv liKesooro, i. u. -of- y II GENERAL for- THE FALL AND Is arriving- and we have a complete line of need. We can give you the? best the market, bee. our stock and prices. Highest market prices paid for produce. B. A. "SPAINHOUJi'.& CO , C. B. Webb, tteslioro ttliiiis. . i s - ... -1 f iiWe have all kinds of Granite or Marble; k'nown'fo the trado and of the best quality. ' - ; - " - : r Best Material; First-Glass1 Vfork; Lowest Prices.. r Before buying call or write, ; " ' -" NO. 20 . W. O. Winkler. in- Tobacco 'and Stationery, a Jfirst Clads Drug Store. O- ' . ain St. opposi te court house. TT1 GS, D Drugs from- yf . I of Pure Dhie-s. PrnnrlAt.nrv WINKLER ars:an Days the ING STORE kill be sold at order to gil e place to tKe , CLOTHING STORE, WINTER TRADE anything you goods and best bargains on ' C. Y . MHler, 90G MMCHAmSE
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