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VOL; XIV. The, Chronicle. TAILOR-MADE XJp-to-Dato matter fpr Home Weav; Quar v, anteed to fit or; miss. - s Martha Shea", near. Delia: 4lane, died Saturday. , , Eeseryed seats for Joh$s,; Jecture are goitjg fast, - , Application has beep to tjae asylum for the admission: of Andrew Walsh's wife of Elk township.,. , - . . "r Miss Mamie v-McEl wee, of cStatesville, has jcome up o .spend the summer at the Lith ia Springs. " ,WV '. - Esq. J.BHolqaan. of Ire-" dell county, , visited his son t F. -G. Holman, at Morayian Falls, last week. - , r - v ; Prof. W,S. Surratt and family, of Moravian Falls, are visiting in Davidson qpunty, Mr. Surratt's, father has been very sick. - . , ; ' ' l S -- - V -yi; ;"v - K- i- f :: '--" J i The Misses Hampton, who have been: visiting at Moravian Ells since the bommencernent,'; have returned to their home in "West -Virginia. , . , : . Frank Par due,; Boyal and JBabe Prevette, rwenfc to Ashe last week oh a visit and also to get sppae River se'ed-corn o plant in , waste places , in thB bottoms. : t ' t?tT. R Fd wards and - wife and Mrs. E. M Blackburn, left ' Friday to visit relatives-, at Roaring Kier and . Ronda; W hen they reached the Gjeen wood -ferry they found- it irn possible to cross, and returned tome Sunday. 1 , ' -The horse , swoppers- and "ypsia traders' : were here t hi s week wi th near a' hu nd fed head of trading stock, ' expect ing to meetf the court, but the .court was .not here. As rainy as Monday ' wasf the swoppers found a few suckers , and ; did -some business, r ' Esq. "D. F. Shepherd, : of Union- township was in town Friday. He vtell us that the lans in his section have been more badly washed within;the -last 3 months than .theyTwjsre for 50 years before,' He knows asjie has lived in Wilkes 6r 70 yaars ,,nd has observed . these mat ters. - ..'- Dr and Mrs. W. C.: Greene H. L; Greehfi and family .went t o Vashti y ester d ay to v i si t D r ; -Greene,s mother, who to day celebrate her 90th birthday, with a family re union. ,Of . her five chiaren, four will ; be present, Dr.' W. OMjreene, Mr J udson Creene,: Mrs,-Sharp a5d Mrs. Mint.; : Her oth er dauh ter Mrs. Martint lives in Arkan sas and Till not be present. ; A number of grand children : an4 jgreat grand-children will ; be present. v -. ' ' The opening entertainment iven at Hotel Caledonia last Friday - evening ' was a most pleasantVand. delightful occa sion. About 50 persons were present and enjoy ell the pleas-; antries and hospitalities of; the, hotel.' Music, mirth ahddanc ing, together with elegant re-, f resbments made one feel that after all it is mighty pleasant to live. A number from a dis tance: were presept, among $hem being Misses :bieids,' Weir, Gwyn and. Mr. Chatham, of Elkin, Misses Trahsou, Asne Miss Stimson, of Iredell, Miss Cowles," of Caldwell;, Messrs. Craig, of Ohio, Hurt, of Colp: rado, Brooker, of South Caro lina, Price, of Tenn., Lathrop, Pf Georgia, Lillington, of Yad-- . - - feud Call , went." to Elkville Thursday on business. Ifohn Tom Finiey, Esq, is ited .Charlotte last week. ' Bro. Johnson, of The Elkin ,Tim 3S, was in town Saturday Etuf us J Horton; of ?Elk v ille , was iji ,to wn last week. t-; -Miss Sallie Cowles has re turned from GuiVford College. Mr. R. F. Canter, of Ire dell county was inttown .this wee s. 4 ' - : . Ssq: Lee ' Horpn, " of Elk villa; is very sick. ; He isj 84 yearjs old.- ' " J - Miss' Jennie. -Haakett re turned "from the Greensboro Normal last weakv -"". . , ' -Because court failed, , yoii rieec eel no.delecacy, in squar ing up, at this office - , : Esq. H.C. Sebastian, form erly (Register of Deeds of this epunty, was in town last.week, JEsq. Joe Mitchell has beat record on musk rats: He ; has. Jjjaught lr in" the last month: Remejqader , the data and place Opera Hall; No. Wijkes bprd, June i3th; 8:30 . M. . Sans Jones does the talking. - t may.be your onjy oppor tunity to hear the famous Sam Jones at the Opera House, on the night of June 13th. t-- , rt The Band - boys and, the others who attended . the, Tay- lorsy ille comQencemenJi report a ploasant occasion. -The Misses Myers returned to their home at Osbdrnville last week.' They werVstudenis at Aiss Barber's school. . Sam Vannoy and Mamie Gilrtatti citizeps of color, were joined in marriage Friday -b? Esq r Somers, r ; -" - - - -' ' m . Miss , Cornelia Carter, of Marshall, who has been teach; ing in Mrs.?C G. Pilsons fami-. ly, returned home Friday. ; li p- Vance MpQrhinnis, Monroe Ger nan' and Edgar German of Bob merwere araeg our yisi tors last week. ' ; Miss Louise-: Daniels; who has been attending Miss' Bar ber's school, returned, to her home in Forsyth last week. . klrs. L. H. (Woods moves to Elkin-"this week, where her boys, Willie and Charles are in buisjness: Her farm is damaged hadly by the freshets. , The . town authorities should take vigorous steps look ing jai ter the Sanitary. conditijon Oft! te town;. and now is the time to -'begin.- : ; Uames -Wellborn, Esq, went to Boonuille last week 'to attend t the &v -commencemen,. He brought borne bis daughter and so...; ' '' t ; r ' v ! '. Mr. W. ,A. Sydnorv propri etor of Hotel . Qordon,- has "leas ed Hotel Lithia for the season,;. and Will run the two ' Pe ;wir': open Hotel jithia the .first of June. ' ' . v v -4T he town is doing some needed vsrork on the , fitreetsi Some of the recent washouts have been filled in. .The. -terra cotta piping will be put in, at an early date. . ' , Miss Katherine, daughter of l:'ev. C. W.T Robinson, wjll, be married to Mry J. C. McDair mid; the 5th . of June, at the Prespyterian phurch at North Willtesbord. Our -best . wishes to them. , ; - , Esq. Enoa AIoore,v-,of the Brushy Mountains, tells us that last! week's freshet in that sec tion did a . Jot more damage than the freshet a month' ago. The creeks were higher and washed worethan tyefore, WILKESBOEQ N . C -t Notice to Pensioners ; The County Board of. Pen sion, Examiners for State pen sions have requested us to state that they will be in ' ses sipn Jiine 25th; 26th 27th. All applicants for pensions I will tke notice und make their ap plication as early 4ririg..'this time :as possible. All appli cant s; w he t h er dr a w ing pen sion now or not, mustbe -'examined by the board; unless he i unable to , attfend and '; thei a.certificate of a doctor is re quired to accompany the ap plication. Widows of soldiers who jnarried said soldiers after April 1, 1865; are debarred , un der jthe law. -Deserters5 need notaj)ply Remember the 4ate: 12 Tear Old Uoj Drowned. Iitttle Roscoe, son of Jack Hamby," near Brown's ford, was drowned last Thursday He was fishing at a washout bole near the bank of the river when the sand bank gave w a y sliding Him into the hole which twas ten feet deep The , boys with him;' little fellows, ran and told the news, but the boy drowned before help' could ar rive. " He was about 12 years of age. : , . f War hp In Elk Township. , f Last Friday, morning up in 4;he At k ins shop neigh borhood, in Elk township,' the . two At kins factioias had a sort of a pitched battle, - concerning a little peice of ' worthless land. The Andrew Atkins faction represented by himself, wife and two daushters, and the Alfred Atkins . faction repre sented by -Bob and ; Fate At kins, met in battle array with pistols :andpitcb forks-. After the battle and the inventory, taken, it was ; found; that the Aft red faction had been 'victo ripus Bob and Fate unharmed while on the-side of the An drew faction, the old man him ' self has a bullet wound" in his thigh,one daughter has a bul let wound,. his-wife and other daxisrhter carry wounds fronrf the pitchfork. Next comes .he lawsuit epidemic. - . , cBeWngrs to the ScholFand. The Supreme Court in- a ease carried. up from Asheville hag decided a'Trquestion of impor tance to town officials; This is the decision: . : "The entire aoiount of all fines and penalties collected by a municipal cor- tporation or through a , Justice of the Peace for violation of town , ordinances and the criminal laws of the State, be long to the public school fund . of ; the county wherein such fines and penal ties are collected," v i . ' 'In an action by a county board of school directors o recover ' such fines and penalties collected by a municipal corporation the paintifTcan recover no greatertamount than may .be-found due to it for three years next preceding the com nen cement of the action. . vp Suits have been brought so far in twbtowns only Ashe ville and Henderson. Town ofiScials and magistrates sblould carefullv follbWf this decision, It?s a little hard on the towns but it helps the school fund,. 1 - Gold Given Away. ;;Ten an Twenty Dollar Pre miums given away for sub scriptions to -"Southern Fire-, Side. , Write at once for.;a ; list. Address Southern Fireside,. ' , Winston, N. O. Leave your laundry to be sent to-the Statesyille-Laj3nJry Cov t M. McNiel s store every Monday so as to be sent off Tuesday; ' People at Ncrth Wilkesboro - will leave their laundry at Doughton's drug store. Mr. C.L. Shore is agent. This company does excellent wotk and gives satisfaction. WDISPESDA; MAY 29,' 1901. LOCAL MATTERS. Best home-flonr at $2 00 at mayberry's Mavbfirrv has AT waists fnr j , cnuaren, 4 to a years, ; ' 1 5 c ; to ,25c each, v Warn for health and durability, , . , --Col. J. SA.. liillingteng, of Yadkinxounty, and eapt. J: V. Ryan, af Columbia, are here this week, representing . the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York This -is one of the best companies in America. Miss Barber's home school closed last Wednesday, apd the students have gone to their homes. The session has, been a successful one, as s is f always the -ease. It is probably the best home school in the.State. VMr. C. F. Caffey, North Vilkesboro, and CMiss Emma Johnson of South Carolinajwere married last (wek;They,arrived in 'North Wilkesboro ; Thursday and were given a supper, at Fsq; J.; R. Caff ey's, brother of the groom, that night. In making up '. .the forms hurriedly last week,?the notice of Bi shop Horner's ;visi t to this parish was inadvertantly left out. His visit was very much enjoyed by our peqple, and; his sermons were .of the I highest intellectual -and spiritual order. He was the guest of Mrs. MT.C. Call while h ere. ... P. y-Iientz, of , Gaston County, .and J. M. Arndt and C. E, Smyre,' of Catawba County passed' through, town Friday on their way h pme from a Virginia trip. They: told us that they had found consider able trouble in crossing the. streams since the freshet. jThey ; found the roads badly washed. - '; ? . --Misses Bessie and Ellie Transou and Miss Maua Stim son, who have been : attending; Miss . barber's school,-. spent Thursday and Friday with Miss Chattie Prevette. Miss Stim son; accompanied the; Misses Transou to their boTme in she Saturday to spend .a week or two, before returni ng to horn e in Iredell. " , , r Mr, Zeb Deaton- and Prof, Beaty . wen t squirrel hunting for an hour or so next day af ter the" freshet and brought back three 'possums and a few small squirrels. ; Zeb Fery gen ? erously donated a 'possum to thisoffice. ' We put it a . .box and jthen surrounded the box with a barbed wire fence.; cov ered, with hickory slabq... Next morning the 'possum-had van ished, leaving a fewx souvenirs of hair at places h (The y: swell dinner - we " . intended - giving was . indefinitely postpone ed.) The 'possum left home grinning. V If you meet one with a smile on his" face that's our 'possum.' Uring him back home and we'll see to t. that you are remembered kindly as soon as you die. ' - vA , Wilson Lewis at Horton's drug store has' the agency for the Charlotte Laundry Co. and would be glad to have; your laupdry Satisf action?guaran' teed j- Persons in v Wilkesboro 1 r , - J- will leave their, laundry1- at I: S. Call & Co' s onMohdays.) : : NOTICE. : f By virtue of a decree of the Superior " Court nude in the casa of F. B. Hendre, an'r 'of Jacob Huffinaii, dec4 Vf- Calloway Buffman and others, pending in Wilkes Superior coart I will sell for cash at pnb lie auction at the' eottrt house dkxnr hi Wilkesborsy N", 0.f oh v JtfUY THE ' 1st, 1901, . ; the following real est a ted, gitu,ated in Willfes and containing in all 260 ajres more or less and being the land that Jacob Huffman died seized and possessed of, and lying and being in Wilnes couuty. J This May 27tb, 1901. - - THE DEER1NG I DEAL STEEL-PLATFORM ; 3INDER Saves all Wheat. . It has all the Latest Improvements;.- "BUY ONLY THE BEST." it Iw&l Means Mncl to Us ani Yon." - ilp.the Spring a livelier iris changes on the bmrnished -dove." . " P- ' ; - N The Spring Tinie is here . arid Nature is changing her sombre winter wardrobe, to the livelier,! lovelier brighter one of spring time. PeopJej toqchangeiheir wardrobes with 'the seasons; and. knowing the wants of people for the easpn and wishing to supply jthem, we erefjully seLectedv.arj' ex tensive and attractive line of , aV , Spring: and Summer Qobds x which are now open tor inspection. , We cordially in vite yo-u to inspect our goods before you purchase elsewhere. , ''" : : ' - z. jwt- -tr Hotel Caledonia, Wilkesboro, N; p , ; V; s May8th, J9Q1. M essrs. L S. Call & Co. : : JHe A. L. , Ricev Po wd rpaj n t w h i c h I .pure hase d through you has given entire satis faction; I find it very economical both in price and quantity on a house k fof, this. size. You have an open ad vertisement here although one that ;does not bear your name f will be pleased to answer any inquiries re guarding this paint you may v have, ; vand will be pleased to showfJbeJio.use to any of your customed Wit "Ml We Sow We want the' MEN interested in good clothinjg toA call and see our COMPLETE line of - MENS, BOY'S and CHILDREN'S .CLOTHING, ranging from $ J ,00 to $ 1 8.00 per suit. . V A complete line of Overcoats, Mackintosh' in all sizes and : jrees. The , FINEST XINE OF TIES to he ound i town.' If you want good gooOs, call and examine our stock-. i- -', " , 4 - m IJ ill Save lTou From l.OO to 5.00 on a Suit. ) j If you want a bargain, conatf and see' us., TTe can please yoa ia style and price. We will .take your loetsX pus and sell you goods at cash prices. - - v: Call Z CJoixtbs. Dr.'J. M. Tuenpb. 'ni -O : Drpgsi Medicines, Fancy Toilet iArLicIoc, Cigars, Tobacco, etc. Fresh Garden Seeds of AH Variotioc o:: Hand. ' , ' ". . NO. 48. f r ."-3 -"t - " M 1 Yours Truly, ; ; : A. R. Mac Lac h Ian , Prop'. 1 --rtjrr Inspection . AND BOYS who r.rc i
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