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The Chronicle.
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jCaught MMzre and Thert.
Lawyer L. C. Carter, of
pzarlc, was Aa owa -last week,
r-sq. Lindsay Ferguson, of
'Kendall, was in town on busi
ness this week. ,
Next Monday weJ: apurt
-will convene with. Judge; Coble
presiding.
Our friend W.:C. Myers, of
psbornville, was here on busi
ness last week,
C. H, 'M. Tulbert, of Hunt
ing Creek, s attendiilhe
rand bdge at - JRaleigh this
week.
Mr; Tom Deal bajs i sold lus
farm near ilby's. Gap and will
-nove west soon, so he contemn
plates. v
Two Stajte. -pension checks
only rehan. in the Register of
Deeds' office one, for. J. SM.
Mario w and one" for B.
Marley. : -
jss nSollIe , McG u rie, of
Kiverside, passed through last
week returning to fcofll atv
jthe Normals t-iGreessboro. ?
Mrs. R. P. Cobb, of "Cobb's
Hunter's Retreat", at Moravi
yan Falls, returned flast week
from a visit . to elatwres at !
Taylors ville. -1.
Mr. A.7B. ; Andrews, Jr., of
- Raleigh, was here last -week,
looking after some , business
fconcerni ngthe u ther n rail
road taxes in the ounty, etc.
J. P. Rousseau is opening
up his large and extensive
stock of hardware at North
Wilkesboro. He has any th ing
in the hardware lie that you
may wgtn.t.
- tfyou are wanting first
class job work at very low
prices, send your order to this
.office. Quality of work and
prices guaranteed to give, sat
isf action. , -?
r-Mr. R. N. Hackett left for
Raleigh Monday to atte'nd the
meeting of the Grand Lode of
Masoiis, of which he is an offi
cer, lodge - cpp venes jto :
iday. . y 1
Robert Miller was in to see
us last week. JJtela'jia that
he'and Pan Adams will ' short
;iy open up a wholesale and: re
tail stpre at Keystone, W. iTa.
, The social hop at the- hos
pitable home of Mr. and Mrs.
'Walter McE wen lasf Friday
night was enjoyed by a large
number of Jhe young people of
tqvyns.. Elegant refreshments
were served and all felt; , that
it was 'good to be there. ; 1 '.
Last vyeek at the home of
the bride's parents near Oak
voods, Mi8sv Susan : Smithe y
.and Mr. Goodman . Earp were
narried. -Rev. Er Jv Winkler
performed the ceremony. They
will make their home in Alex
ander county. , ' r j .
y-rhe..Osborn ville .maily: car
briery jone morning last week,
discovered what he . considered
a bear on "the opposite . side of
,the bank," right in the road,' as
Creekl'-" The horse snorted" and
; wouldn't proceed.- In fact, the
. maiioy's jiervous system was
horsed by . mutual agreement
back tracked themselves in
search " Qf assistance The
neighbors attended. the .alarm
and wi th axes, - rocks, gu ns and
pistol? the bearwas soon cap
tured, and -behold it was'.-; an
old, cut up, dilapidated still.
The re v en u es are investigating
as to 'vho was so vile as to
usurp and supplant them in the
business of cutting up stills. : .
Our good old friend J Til -
ford Lowe, of Alexander, has
oved oyer'into Vilkcs. We
are glad to have him on our
side of the mountain.
Miss Wright, who : had
sen at work Jn the Yellow
Jacket office, left for her home
ai independence, Va ; last
jveek. ' '
J Dr, J. W. White, of this
place, and J)r. Albert Eller, u.f
Rady B ranch , lef t Th ii rsday
fur Philadelphia to attend
tiiedieal' lectures They will
Return in a few weeks.
Mr. Greene, the new Meth
pc 1st pastor here, is preaching
some sermons with a whole lot
veryday, old fashion, prac
of e
tical religion Jn them, andthat
is the kind neetfL
UMr. W. J. Campbell, of
VaAhii, who has been on a tri
t J West Vginiaj gave us
pleasant call Thursday on his
return home. ie reports a
very pleasant trip. i
I Clint Shore of New Castle
township was tried before Jus
tice Staley this week, a defen
dant in the celebrated Marshall
house shooting: affair, and he
was Douna to. court.
This IS
eleven persons bound, over
... .
ID
this matter.
i -
J i Thfi Rt.nvA ninincr tntrAtl ftr
with the stove brick chimney
j w r-.t 0 e
arid the overhead ceiling, at
Union school housed fell last
week and produeed a regular
panic.
However, no one was
injured, and
the fire was ex
tinguished before the house
cs tight.
Everybody who writes nec
es 3arily uses stationery, and
ev ery person ought to use'print
ea stationery it is neaier,
ha ndier, has more businesslike
appearance, and don't cost any
m re than plain stationery at
a store when you get The
Chronicle Job Office to do
th'e wor:. y oy
- T-he County Board of Edu
cation is in session this week
and it has a big job on hand
settling with the sheriff,, cor
rejeting and compiling school
census and appropiating the
scnool funds. Besides this the
Bard has several petty district
feuds to settle. The school
ap propriation will probably be
at out 9oc per capita,? - and -the
ni mber of school children ' will
be between 10,000 and 11,000.
y Summerlin, the Champion
m route man, tells us .that
two mad dogs in Lewis ?Fork
township were sent "over the
river to rest under thp shades"
last week one killed at Min
iard Bradley's, the, othej- t
Tim McNeills. ; It's a peculiar
time of the year for jnad dogs,"
bi t in the: free state; of yWilkes
dc gs go mad .whenever ; they
ge t ready. . - -
Mr. John Bently who jqar
nes tne -vviiicesDoro layers-
yifle mail informs us tha1 he
8 kear - old daughter 1 of Mr.
S tack,' (depo t agent at Tay 1 o rs?
ville), .was burnea - fo aeatn
last week. She attended school
at the Academy, and at dinner
time,- when :most of the r pup Us
were awav, her dress cau ght
fire - and burut" , offr, her. he
lived only snort while. " -' ,
pJohri A. McLean's , three
year boy, was bnrned toy death
lajt week at Cricket p.6: Tihe
little fellow was w blowing - up
.the fire and his clothing caught
In! a blaze. His ,clo thing was
burnt before assistance could
be rendered. - He died some
hours later. He.was a - bright,
sweet, precious . little jfello w,
and his prattle and smile will
be sadly missed.
WILKKSBQBO , N. C.
C05IMISNERS' PROCEEDINGS.
Claims Allowed.
Srant- Baagus, provisions furnished
pauper, $3.00
. ' J Brooks, keeper pf aged ,juid in
aqm, 18oj00. ... ' f
t J : F pentryj jstoc&Jaw ?om-6.00. c
Jgl A Bryant, stock law com., 6.00 :
Jacob EHer, proyisioxis .futnished to
paupers, 7.3C. " -
VV R Call, provisions for pauper, 12.00
J O Brewer, " - .3.00
& J) Bflingarner' - " 3.00
R BJJarJow, taking prisoner ; to ? jail,
S.Q0; . , , ,
W. S. Smithey, material for building
q.mith Joine8,hauhng lumber, 3.2o.
tut r i 4
' J M McGlauimerv. nrovisions -frir-
J M McGlammery, provisions 'fur
Jiished nauDer. 3.00.
HJtf and M Joines, provisions fur-
wished Dauners.j6.00. ,
:JohgSon keeping jail and also
Jlpe Ridge - Baptist, printin county
financial exhibit. !15.C0.: -
r fiOjnax, provisions lurnisiiea to
apert 6.00..
Jf&npcrs for l0S.vr. ;
.j, e xpuowing namea paprS are ...
cilia Jartin, Geo. Whitley, Caroliiie
Ha,H I Parker, Elizabeth Crane;
jru v.onoson, onouer onumaie,
Sarah
Parker, Malinda Painter, .-Cornelius
GraeneiM L -SSsgins, P:Yokely, Mary
Bowers, Martha ohipwash, Martha
Roberts, JLaxk Watson, Amanda. Hall,
FrankJIall, ira Gilbert, VV H Haw-
Nancy Byrd, CharlotteBlackburn
Mfcmie Fagett, Lize Byers, W M Ham-
by, L Summerlin, Elizabeth Ball, Julia
Hortons child, Laura Foster, Lucinda
Foster.
T&e following paupers ure allowed
J..50 per month:
Sallie Wiles. John Robinsori, Hix
bs, Pantha Kennedy, Frank Hall,
CaeEIter.
" Poll. Tax Exempt ions, v
The. following persons were exempt
from pU tax:
GW Johnson; Rock Creek township.
W HJLaws, Beaver Creek township.
Ray Pruett, Walnut Grove township.
L D Huffman, Jobs Cabin; townahip.
B.Holbrooks, Walnut Grove,
TQi i Johnson, A ntioch township.
Laider Jaraons,..Reddie8 River, '
J. R. Laws, Reddies River .township.
Mi8cellaneons Matters
JT Peden was refunded 9-91 error in
bank stock tax.
W.r Wyatt, was released from pay-
ooeAt of 6.75 tax erroneously charged.
Susan Crysel was refunded 2.75, error
,jr". ,. . .
lntock law. tax
Mary Adams was released of 46 cents
vtaXj charged by error;
A petition was filed asking for a pub-
lie road near Vance y Whittington's.
A petition was filed asking for a pub
lie road from J M Jones' to the Watau
ga line. yy
vEatelle Call was released of 93. cents
tax erroneously charged.
Milton McNeill. R. A . Spainhour, A .
M. Church, and J. R. Comba were ap
pointed to investigate the wash-out at
north nd of the river bridge between
the towns and report some plan for
improvement at next meeting.
vThe order made at last meeting em
ploying Capt. jit. o. i5iair to, oversee
work on sections of different roads
around the towns was jclpded.
Letter TFjora Indiana.
. Mr. Editors I left. North Carolina,
Nov. 23. 1900, made my home at Liber-j
i . Y a . .:.: T -r t ft - T Jl ' " 1. . 1
T , i : A nt: ' i , f
herenov. It has been 18 below zero
JbvLt-u notso cold at this ,writing. I
would like to see my old friend in 1
Wilkes again but I have npea when J
that will be. I am .glad . your county
oas year with thcrsdiool wprk; hope he
continue to do so. ; We have six to ten
months school here, ssctvooi bmidings i
are just two miles apart. This town-1
ship school is at Liberty Centeir.Tbe
general average is about Jl26 pupils
I will close, hoping to .write again
an early date. . - ,
, JR. A. Stkopd.
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A G.00D recommendation.
"XJave noticed yihat the sale on
jOhamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab- I
lets is almost invariably to those who
have once used them,'! says Sir.- J H
Weber, a nrominent druegist of ; Cas
cade, Iof. What better recommenda-
lon cpuid any njeaicine nave xnan tor
jpectple to call for it when again In need
qf each a -remedy?. Try them , when
yon feel dnll after eating, w.hen you
hava a bad taste in your montii, feel
bilious, ; have no appetite or when
troubled with constipation, and you are
Certain fo be delighted with the prompt
relief which they afford. For jsale by
J)r- J. W, White. - r
WEDNESDAY ; JAN. 15 . 1 802:
" --The county commissione s
tare jn an exceptional big run in
releases from poll tax. The last
t wo o r t h ree meetings has Jbeen
overcrowded with these ex
emptions. We Jiave been in-
formed that some of these men
ara a great deal more able to
pay than this editor is. The
gaps somehow must be down a
little too low. There ought to
be no preparatory election pol
itics in this, businoss
The "Board of Education
h as -Drocil rd an frx p.tA Innf. mnn
-f u- t1 J
or this county, showing all the
. , , J ' . o f w I
different school districts in the
county, lhe map is the work
of our friend K. M AHati nf
North Wilkesboro. The data
uujci cuucui . pnuui-
pallyr The Board has needed
aAnn-fnf inrre? nrhSU , nnA
U AU b certainlv , clone
-He carae,'he sglw jis .with
out woou ana. w& are nis. -ame
more ;elite'7call the olJellow
Boreas" in brder to he classed
along with EJsq. Loaf el low who
used to "stand tt the bridge1
midnight" and got fretted at
Boreas for spitting icicles in
his face and sent Hiawatha to
fasten him in his cave till he
learned, how to act polite. But
we understand that both Xiong 1
fellow and . Hiawatha have
quit business in these parts,
and so old Boreas gotout Sat
urday ahd began his old icicle
p ran ks agai n and by Mond ay;
morning he'd spit icicles into
everybody's face and had plea
ty more left along the Blue.
Ridge. You ask -why they call
him Boreas. We don't know,
but probably because, being-
akin to Bore, he. proceeds in
his own way to bore cold holes
in your hide without "the con :
sent of the governed', or the
permision "of any other na
tion."
Cheif Justice Stal ey and
most of the lawyers attended
a special term of court in JobV
Cabino wnship last Saturday, .
at which the chief justice pre
sided in due and ancient fo?m.
There were three cases and he
convnea two or nign crimes:
and misdemeanors." There
were a few . other .cases "on
deck, but the ountinuance of
the court, stern. and stolid, to
gather with the august splen
dor of the court's long tailed
coat ovrawed the defendants so
that they failed to :' appear.
But to facts: Three .cases were
disposed of-srThomas South, was
acquitted of the" charge of tres ,
pass; r Mart : Hamby admitted
strikihir Odell Parsons
with
fist apd awas let off with the
. .. . f " ......
wvuvr vuuron. was
oouna over to court tor nittmg
Rudy Hamby on the side of the
head with a rock;
The boys tell us they had a
Fpw u.
to tnem, ana ..iney are Tery
tnanKtui o our mena L -M.
McGlammery for taking them
- fpftm thft - H anff OArin o. fnr
(Uiwvi .svrrA. nifwltl1 .- Diw hvam'.
the tannery there js working
vigorously. ' . Contract has j ust
been made for placing a V large
number of new vats. There is
on draw brack ' however and
r u j j -m
that is the bad roads. 2 Thre
ought to be some wakeniag u p
on Uxis road inatter: if there is
not, we need not expect to at
tract jand hold' capital in ; our
county. " . ; '
Qo o the -Ferguson old
store wjth your eggs, chickens,
butter, xjorn, wheat; hay, ete., I
where you can get the 4top
lhe rriarket nd te cash.
I
CL,OraiJVG, WATCHES AND RIN(
ON THE IJTSTALMEWT JPTjAir.
vu.. ocis are jslih crstle, as m fact only the
quality could be sold upon' the $1.00 a week plan.
TERlj -SmlLcash paymentnd $l.K)A week until 1
ance is paid. Call on our local agent or write to1
Mutual Siapplv Co.. 'Eichmonfl; 3CT .1
m We want a live, progressive young man in-each cpm
we require will be you i
hours only, and we oer attractive pay. vVrite .lis. tus
youxj-efeFences.
V
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AWO KEEP eflfJUiG RIGHT .UNTIL YOU GET TO
never you want anvtHino-'Tn ftvfro-d vi
cnttlline;fIourd:ial'firronArlAs. tr ; 'it
lhdrso &fvng along ybur Locust (Pu
Staves and all ypyr Produce.
We pay Jthe highest
you nave to sea us, nd sen! you goods at 1
lowest price. And we always hve the sa "
price to all. ' t
THE! HAVE MTHDffi
get Uhem WLMe Zbey've tHew.
Our new line of Fall and Winter Goods are just in and vi
invito you to call and examine them and sue for yourself th.fi
we have the latest of the late ! JiTotA fhas been';, in j the lo
We are prepared to give ioiigbod goods in the latest styles uj,
lo wesjb ,pHce4. " . .w ' ; : '
' 'Men's Suits from, $2.50 to' $20.
Children's Suj tsy 73c to $6. 00. V
vv invite you 10 examine our unnaren 8 uiotmngyir you
are looking for serviceable goods.' y We have them with doub'
seats and double knees! Nothing bettergood - as "old hont
spun.?' Our line of Shirts Hats. Ties, 5 Underwear, and Uu.
brellas is complete. Qive us ; a trial; we cau jpleasa you. 4.
pleaded customer is our Jbest advertisement.
TV - Call4,Cbmbs.
We Want All Your Locust Pins.
. , U yovpir JYilkesVoy.Os JSZ C,
y
Ture Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet
Tobaceo, .etc. . . "
y; v JOeatters in r School Books and Stationer!
We have much experience in
be assured that you are getting
prices. Call on us when you are
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KDGIHIT
market prices for wl
AT
TO TELL YE
9i
A rticles, y Candies, Cifjar-
the drug business and you ci u
the best
drugs at rczsonaUo
in,tow,n.
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