VOL. XV.
The Chronic le.
Can gilt IKsre anil There.
Mr. R. L. Doughton, of
Laurel Springs, was here this
week.
Miss Bessie McNeill
is
visiting at Will Hubbard's, at
Moravian Falls.
The mud has one thing, to
its credit it curtailed the
hdrse swopping nuisance.
We want your job work,
and can give you what yoj
need at the lowest figures.
J. H; Church's- school s t
Parsonviile will close next Sau
urday. Rev. .W. R. Bradshaw
will deliver an educational ad
dress.
J. T. Wy-att, Faith N. C,
has a small corn mill for sale,
cheap for cash; old st3'Ie, in
good running order; can ship
it right away;
Mr. T. P. Bumgarner, of
i : m. i . fc
Ale a. aimer county, uas a posi
tion witn jau oc uombs. lie is
the son of Rev. Jeff Bumgar
ner and is a fine yOung man.
Mr. Gentry Jennings le
Monday for Oak Ridge wheje
lie enters school for a business
course"; Gentry is an excellent
boy and we wish him success ,
This is the muddiest time
for coxirt ever known here a
4:
that is saying a great deal
Reports from other places nojw
having court are to the same
effect.
Esq. J. Frank Davis, wljtp
has lived at Goshen for some
time, has moved his family lio
town temporarily. We under
stand he intends to move
West in a short while.
o
Ut
Eli Baker. Esq , of Jobs
Cabin township, died last week
at tire age. of 80 years. He was
j . i j i j. i - k 1 1
a goou oiu man, auu wuutis
of life had run their course add
stopped short forever.
Quite a number of our good
friends have cmne in during
court and financially and ot
erwise given' us ericouragi
ment. There is room tor otp
ers and we will be glad to "see
them;
J. P. Rousseau. has opened
up his hardware business in
North 'Wilkesboro and it is
running in tun uiusi). iic in
vites all who need hard ware to
see! his stock and get prices
before buying elsewhere.
Mr. J. U, Fobbs has re
ceived newspapers from S. C.
published in the county wh6re
the late T. L. Stover lived jhe
died while boarding at Mr.
Hobbs' and the accounts of
the sad death give him a raost;
exemplary character.
Dr. Tyre York, the origi
nal and only, was here last
week, siiaking .hands and
cheering us all with his Jokes.
He was here to answer the So
licitor's charge that he Y ad
been giving pills without get
ting license the 3 1st o f Majf
before theiaws were out. The
Dr. however vv as not inearcer
ated and will continue to gjye
5ills when his people are in ndad
of them; , ....
The Hustler makes an un
answerable point when it .says
iCLB are doing good job work
as cheap as such work 4 can be
d o n o an v w ti e re. a n d w hen dbo-
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plc persist in pg tronizing ;fke
fellows avay off some; whtie;,
lib' wonder they get' cheat 3d. si
Moral Get your work done
and do your trading withlypur
'Bomo-folks whom you know;
The Marshall shooting cas
is now up before court.
We learn that Mart Hani
by at Parsonviile is very sick.
The court calendar got
smashed to smithereens they
haven't reached it yet.
The grand -jury is still at
work. The county can pre
pare to make an assignment by
next court.
Cape. Bob Glenn is here
this week, but it's too cold to
talk Senatorship. But he's in
the race to win.
Old aunt Bertha Hackett
colored, has theddest chicken
in United States. It is a hen
and will be 22 years old in May.
W. S. Smithey lost a little
black pocket book containing
$120 about the court house
Monday. Finder will please
return it
Riley Turner aged about
GO years was found dead one
day last week by the roadside
in Yadkin near the Wilkes
line. He had taken dinner
with his daughter and dropped
dead on his way home.
There are a number of your
neighbors who ought to be
readers of The Chronicle and
get the county news. By a
few words you could get up a
club of subscribers in your
neighborhood; Write us for
ter?s, and then get up a club.
The 150 license tax cases
"nol pros with leave' tells a
big tale of costs against' the
county, and nobody ""benefit
ed" but the county officers.
One single solitary, case would
have tested the matter and the
cost to the taxpayers would
have been very little;
The mystery is to how old
man Bussell -got hold of that
piece of iron with which he
got out of jail, is very reasona
bly explained by Dr. York. A
few days previous to the escape
Busseil's friends brought him
a large sweet bread cake, and
Dr. says that there's no doubt
but that the iron was cooked
in the cake as "flavoring".
The Sheriff will have to watch
out for these donated ginger
cake3.
James Pilkinton, repud
ated merchant, made some sort
of a combination agreement
with the Solicitor by which he
sends a case to the Supreme
Court about the merchant li
cense tax. Pilkinton bad at
torneys employed to fight his
case, but he agreed to this pro
eeedure with the Solicitor with
out the knowledge or consent
of his lawyers; The other real
merchants do not consider this
a test case and will fight their
cases to the finish.
Masonic Picuic.
At the spe6ial meeting of
the masons last Wednesday
night, the different committees
for the Masonic Picuic to be
had here August 2lst were ap
pointed, as follows: ,
Arrangements H. N. Hackett,
W. M. Atsher, D. V. Nichols,
Dr. Ii W. S Pegram, G: W.
Sale, J. O: Hoots, J. S. Hol
hrook, J. I. Handy C. LaWs,
C. H. M. Tulbert.1
Refresh ments 0. . Oal 1, T. S.
Miller, B. S. Call, H. S. Yan
noy, Dr. J. M. Turner, T. M.
Crysel, J. E. CafFey, .Dr. A. J.
Eller,1 CV C. Wright, T. M.
Armstrong, J. WV .Dimmette,
J. S. Kilby, J. H. Joines, Dr. J.
Hi Ellis, L. W. LutoSford.
- It is requested-thatThe Hus
tier, Curfew and, the I other
county papers puu.i&ii wuC v,uixM
mittees at - their convenience,
and thus' assist in this work of
charity. . ;
Let us all .work together for
a splendid picnic. ; , i .
jSqual Taxation,
W-ILKE8BQ RQ , N. C.,
COUKT PROCEEDINGS.
Criminal Cases. -
S. S.,, Anderson, bigamy, Judgment
.suspended.
Melvin Anderson, assault, noi pros.
Joe Wyatt, o c w, not guilty. -
Jj B. Robinson, failing to serve war
rant, pleads guilty.
George Kelly, larceny, guilty, judg
ment suspended.
James Roberts, trespass, fined $10 and
cost. -
G. T. McNeill, a with d w, guilty.
E. F. Anderson, c e w, not guilty.
Mont Parlier, retailing, 5 cases, guilty
Jim St John and Liz Pendergrass, f
and a, judgment suspended.
Wm Felts and Babe Eller, f and a,
bill quashed, defendents dismissed.
G. W. Byrd. a with d w, guilty.
"Ab Forester, a with d w, not guilty.
Bob Church, a with d w, judgment
suspend d.""
R. C. Lowe, Mary and Lizzie Adams,
disorderly house,-not guilty as to Lowe,
guilty as to f he others.
Quince Adams and Jane Waddell, f
and a, nol pros.
Tobias Ham by and Celia Garcbill, f !
and a, nol pros.
L. V. Hutchinson, a with d w, fine.d
?5 and cost.
P. E. Daney and Sarah Woods, nol
pros. -
W. H. Baugus, a with d w, fined - $5
and cost.
Will Barnett, failing, to list
poll, nol pros.
C. U. Davis, failing to take
out , merchant's license, not
guilty, other 150 cases nol
prosed with leave.
Wm Phelps, abandonment,
nol pros.
G. W. By id, c c "w and a with
d w, guilty.
Alonzo and Rom Carlton, as
sault, judgment suspended.
J. V. Baugus and J S. For
ester, affray, dismissed until
next court.
Floyd Dula, forcible trespass
nol pros.
Moses Speaks, releasing im
pounded stock, not guilty.
Larkin Spicer, a with d w.
not guilty.
J. R. Johnson, cruelty to an
imals, imprisoned 30 days and
fined $10. Appealed.
Arthur Ros, larceny, nol
pros.
VV. R. Shepherd and John B.
Byrd; appeal from J. P. court,
appeal dismissed;
Lothe Lovett, assault, c c w,
pleads guilty in both cases.
Hort Wiles; forcible trespass,
guilty.
Commissioners' Proceeding's.
CLAIMS ALLOWED.
H. D. Privette, tax lister,
$S; J. L. Turner, coflSn furnish
ed pauper, $1.75; G. C. Gentry,
goods furnished pauper, $3; J.
H. Johnson, as jailor, $54.60,
summoning jurors, $21.45.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
License were granted to the
Roaring. River Liquor Co. and
the Riverside Liquor Co.
Aaron Glick was granted li
cense to peddle goods in the
county.
W. H. Absher was released
from the payment of A. H. Ab
sher's poll tax".
A. T. Joines was released
from 60c tax erroneously char
ged.
Scott Alexander, of Edwards,
Was released of poll tax.
C. U. Davis was appointed
standard keeper for the couuty.
Jacob Sheets, Wiley Wink
ier, J, B. Miller, E. C. Severt,
W. M.Ashley were appointed
to lay off a road from Vance
Whittington's up middle prong
of Reddies Ri ver to a point in
tersecting with the public road
on the Blue Ridge.
G. A. Crysel, C. P. Crysel,
Filmore Forester, Dan McLain
a n d B : . F . G a m bi H w re r el e as
ed from stock tax.
t?i. stock of hosiery at
Mayberry?s of the best1 values
ever o ffe red i n W j 1 e s .
Ashs" for Sale, or will ex
change for Corn or Hay.
5 C. C. Smoot & Sons Co.
pirect and Indirect.
WEDNESDA Y .- FEB. 5 , 19027
. About Bridges.
The condition of the fords
and the roads too but espeei
ally the fdrds at Goshen and
Elkviile, ought to convince the
towns and everybody else that
no trade can reasonably be ex;
pected to come from that sec
tion of the county and from
Watauga. That trade is all
tending toward Lenoir, when
naturally it: ought to come
here. But how can it come
here when there's no road to
travel and no way to cross the
river? By all means there
should be, a bridge at Holman's
ford across the Yadkin, and
let this mountain trade come
to our towns where it naturally
would come if our people would
make roads and bridges.- Le
noir and Caldwell county are
alive to this fact and the au
thorities there are making
roads and building bridges,
and the trade is. going to Le
noir which would otherwise
come here. This a question in
which the two towns and ever
ybody else in the county are
interested.
By the way, why can't the
"good roads' delegates w.ho
are to meet at Raleigh the 13th
and 14th get enthused enough
at least to bring the importance
of the matter before the Coun
ty Commissioners? Among the
delegates are C. Call, Col. T. J.
Dula, H. L Greene, E. S. Blair
and others, and they ought to
have some influence before the
Board of Commissioners. It's
a matter of serious importance.
Poors Knob Items.
Francis Lowe's wife died
Thursday and was buried Sat
urday at Walnut Grove, the
fuuorai services being cenduct
ed by Rev. W. C. Meadows.
She leaves a husband and four
small children.
Garfield Jennings of this
place and Ernest Bumgarner of
Swanner, have gone into the
mercantile .business at Boomer.
Tom Bumgarner who has
been teaching school at- the
Brock school house has accept
ed a position with Call & Co.
R, C. Meadows is erecting a
telephone line from Moravian
Falls to Meadows' mills. The
line will probably be extended
to Taylors ville.
Eugene Jenniugs who attend
ing. school at Boomer spent
Saturdav and Sunday at home.
G. W. C.
Brer Linney in his disserta
tion on ."election frauds and
anarchy" somehow forgot to
mention the methods of the
Philadelphia Republicans the
' home of honest republican -ism"
in elections Uu-re; how
that they roted the hired "re
peaters" from New Jersey from
25 to 3L times on the same day,
as sworn to by the repeaters
themselves. Nor did he con
demn Mr. Black burn's endorse
ment of Geobel's assassination,
and he paid nothing against
the chairman of the meetins:
who publicly advised negroes
to hang registrars; nor did he
administer a rebuke to Hon. J.
R. Henderson, U. S. Com., for
threatening a registrar in Alle
ghany county with indictment
in his high Federal court, if he
failed to register a little negro
whose teeth-were examined' by
Henderson and pronounced to
be the right age. These mat,
ters ought to make Brer Lin
ney a text for a few brilliant
declamations.
The cold 4 wave struck us
and the wihd cuts clear thro'.
X). Wi May bery has just
,j-eo3ived"a nice fresh stock Nof.
Jmen's sitsr and iesth, ...
CLOTHING- IVATGHES AND R&NGS
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ar Goods are Hih Grade, as in fact only the best
aTl170could be sold upon the $1.00 a week: plan.; '
TERMS; -Sm&ll cash payment and $1.00 a week until bal
ance is paid. Call on our local agent or write to
Mutual Supply Co., Eichmond, Va.
We want a live, progressive young man in each commu
mty to represent us. The time we require wiil be your odd
hours only, and we offer attractive pay. . vVj-ite us, - giyW
your references.. .?.
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SPAINHOUR'S;
Whenever you want anything.in the gGenerai
a t I " tiwwi, meal, gruuenes, etc.
And also bring along your Locust sPins,
Staves and all your Produce. ; ;
We pay the highest market prices for what
you have, to sell us, and sell you goods at the
lowest price. And we always have the same
price to all. .
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Waiting to hear what yuo
have to say; the fact is we
have been so busy that we
have not had time to do
anytning but wrap up goods
and shove them over the
counter. But come to us
when you need anything; we
can always save you money.
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We are prepared to give you good goods in, the latest, styles at
lowest prices. : -: , . ,
Men's Suits from $2.50 tcf $20;.
Children's Suits, 75c to $6.00.
We invite you to examine
are looking for serviceable goods. We have them with double
seats and double knees. Nothing bettergood- as "old home
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brellas is complete. Give us a trial; we can please you. A.
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I Tobacco, etc. - - i '
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