VOL. XV.
The Chronicle.
-Caught ttere.an& There
, A hop at the Hotel was en
joyed by a number of young
people Friday night. ,
Mr. Elijah Hartzoer, of
Moravian Falls, is very sick
.with grip.
skiff of snowf ell Sunday
A nierht and the mountians were
white next morning.
Rev. S. F. Conrad, agent
for the North Carolina Baptist,
preached at the Baptist church
here Sunday.
- Mr. J. P. McLain has sold
his farm at Oak woods to Mr.
R. L. Ellis, and has bought a
- farm near Buck postoffice.
Miss Emma Johnson, of
Raleitrh. is visiting her sister
Mrs. James W. McNeill. She
has visited here before, and
she has a host of friends here.
Easter comes early this
year. It is the 30th of March.
This is earlier than usual, and
if the old hens don't do better
there'll be a scarcity of easter
Our Friend Mr. R. H.
McNeill has been appointed as
private secretary to Senator
Pritchard. We congratulate
our friend on his good luck.
-Mr. H. O, Parsons who
was ia town this week brought
a sample of ore containing gold
and siiver, which was taken
from a mine near Wilbar. l
Mr, W . K. Triplett's scnooi
near Champion closes the 12th
instant. Rer. G. H. Haroby
and others will address the
people. - All are invited.
. -Mr. J. L. Carlton informs
us that Rev. T. C. Hodgin, a
Quaker evangelist, will con
duct a protracted meeting at
Little Rock church in Boomer
township, beginning the 21st
of March.
Reddies River township
has got the head mark on the
dog trading , question. Last
week, over there, one citizen
traded his dogto another citi
zen and got ia return a wagon,
a pup and 25 cents in cold cash.
The Curfew says; "Wilkes
is always iu the fight and she
comes up this time with a gold
mine near Springfield. A com
pany $125,000 capital will ope
rate it. : They are all good bus
iness men. Success to you,
gentlemen.
The Taylorsville Scout says
that R. P. Yates was there re
cently closing a trade for two
town lots. Mr. Yates was ; a
counfy commissioner. ,of this
county a few-years since and
is almost excellent citizen. It
will be regretted if he intends
moving from the county, i
,It is a very. important mat
ter for our people to look after
the paying of poll tax. This
poll tax must- be paid .before
the first day of May in order to
be entitled to vote in the No
vember election. There is not
hardly two months yet to at
tend to this matter, . -
" Mrs: Jessef McGlammery
died last Thursday -night jat
her home near . New Hope
fihp had a stroke of
paralysis nine dayn before her
death. ; She- was something
'over 70 years old and leaves' a
husband and seven children
' t Vi roo art ii a ATI d four daughters.
all grown ana iiamcu. uuo
was buried at : New Hope.
She was a memoer ot me rap
iist church and a most excel
ien& woman. , . .
M.
?arlier have gone to Ashe. :
Charlie McGee and Effie
Carlton were married last Sun
day near Meadow Hill at the
esidence of the bride's 'father
Hilton Carlton. Rev. S. D.
Barnes performed the ceremony
fter which an elegant repast
as served and all felt that it
was good to be there.
- Mrs. Alec Jennings died
Sunday at North Wiikesboro,
and was buried Monday after
noon at Xroads church, the fu
neral being conducted by Revs.
W. R. Bradshaw and J. W.
Stike. She leaves a husband
and four children. She was a
member of the Baptist church.
I Mr John Neal died at his
home in Jefferson last week, of
consumption. He leaves a wife
and six children. He was a
bout 45 years old. He has
many relatives and friends in
this county who mourn his
death. His mother was the
sister of the late Addison an4
id olphus .Rousseau, of this
place. An excellent man has
passed from us.
"It's waxing hot and wax
ing hotter." Last week Mr.
James W. McNiell published
a several column grape and
canister fusillade against the
Call faction, in reply to a letter
published the week before by
Mr. C. Call. McNiell endear-
ibgly designates Call, Mastin
nd others, as "timeseryers,
place-hunters, disturbers and.
traitors", besides being sneaks
ljars and other such nice things.
MciN leli -boasts largely , upon
ijis eternal "loyalty to the par
tly." There will probably be
more talk.' '
The jail birds flew away
last Wednesday night and left
the sheriff without a boarder
at the county hotel for a few
hours. All five of the prison
ers escaped Moses Prevette,
Ed McBride, Wes. Hanes, Pies.
egraves and W. A. Shumate.
Shumate, it seems, didn't want
to leave but the other fellows
made him go out with them.
He sent back next morning and
gave good bond for his appear
ance at court. They made
t(ieir escape by picking a hole
through the brick add. swing
ing down the wall bjr tieing
blankets together. It might be
food idea to fix the jail and
e commissioners perhaps will
ok axier inis matter. ,r:
February in her dying mo
ments "stole a march'? . on the
real month of March,; and on
ijbursday night gave jus one of
the most severe wind, rain and
hail storms that ever visited
this section. Old waeoners
who have been on the road for
oyer a quarter of a century tell
us that in all their experience
in. camping out Thursday,
night's storm eclipsed anything
they ever witnessed. The
whole heavens werejivid with"
fghtning flashes and th e . roar
of the thunder was continuous,
now in murmuring monotones
followed by ponderous , peals
tnat palpitated and. shook the
efirth, as if it were ,t)ie heart
throbs of Him who saved the
sinking Peter and! calmed , the
l' it. ' - mi . " . .
eeimng sea. xoe winus were
fierce and wild, and whistled I
sad reqiems at every "convuK
si ve breath, and the; rain and
hail in wierd melodv vied with
each other.. The streams were
much swollen and considerable
damage was done. The Yad
kin was so much out of banks
t at there could be no travel to
or from the depot all day Fri-
ifv.'
I H. S. Vannoy and H.
JSqual Jaxation,
WILKESBQRO N.C. .WEDNESDAY mKBWh
PROBABLY MURDER.
Sam Yrinnoy Beats his Wife till
She
will Die. He is in Jail.
Sam. Vannoy, colored, was
put in jail Monday evening on
the charge ef beating his wife
so brutally that she will die.
They lived a couple of miles 1
from Wiikesboro. The woman
was almost ready to he confined
and she was beaten' unmerci
fully and her skull fractured
at one place. There is no ex
cuse for the horrible act ex
cept the brutishness of negro
brute. The woman is proba
bly dead by the time we go to
press. .
There is considerable excite
ment among the colored folks,
but it will probably quiet down
soon. The negro bute is safe
in jail.
Miss Carrie Transou arriv-r
ed here Tuesday on hor way
home from Richmond.
J. P. Rousseau, the hard
ware man, has an "ad" in this
issue. He has the good?, the
kind you want and he is selling
them at right prices.
The commissioners did the
proper thing in passing an or
der instructing the court house
committee to go to wprk and
procure plans for repairs and
improvements on our court
.house. They could do nothing
legThe mandatory act of
the last Legislature made this
AP.tiah rr.mnnlftorv. And this ao
tiontooisin accordance with
thfecomirnendatiou&.ofgrattd
juries tor tne last u years
There is a reversionary deed
covering the court house and
jail property and in fact the
entire original 50 acres within
the town limits is included in
the reversionary deed arid will
revert to the heirs of the gran
tors if it ceases to be the coun
ty site. This ought to stop the
useless agitation of the court
house removal question. The
commissioners request that the
order and substance of facts be
published by, the county papers
and the Union Republican.
- Concert.
U. A- Miller's school at Mountain View
school house clotted on tbe J?eb. 22nd
with a grand concert at nigbt. It con
sisted of songs, recitations, declama
tions, dialogues, monologues, soliloqui
es, burlesques, and music. The short
and eloquent addaress by Rev. W. T.
Comer was considered fine. X large
crowd was present.. The children
showed that they had been carefully
and well grained and they certainly all
did well. , Their teacher had not spar
ed either or trouble. Mr. Miller de
serves special mention as a teacher;
he is tireless and his patience seems
never to1 be exhausted in the school
room. To say we all enjoyed the occa
sion would be treating it cool, but we
hope td be able to repeat the dose some
time. ' - " '
.Green born.
p. W. Mayberry represents
two of the best known tailor
ing companies. Style, fit and
price guaranteed.
' . New shoes just in at May
brrry's ladies from. 75c to
$3.25, childrens from 50c to
$1 50, mens from $1 00 to $3.00.
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Give us an order for 'your
Job Work.
When you . need anything
in the way of job printing' go
to the Chronicle office.
Ashes for Sale, or 'will. ex
change for Corn or Hay. ; .
- C.C Smoot & Soks Co.
For The Compexion.
The complexion always suffers: from
biliousness or constipation. Unless ther
bowels are kept open the ijnpuriti.es
from the, body appear -in the form of
unsightly.eruptions. . DeWjg Little
Early Risers keep the liyer and bowels
in healthy condition and remove the
cause of such' troubles. C E. Hooper,
Alhanv. Ga.i savs: "I tooV DeWitt's
I Little Early ' Risers for biliousness
lliey were just wtiat i neeaea. acn
feeling . better - now tnan in years.
Never gripe or distress. Safe th
.and gentle. ,The very best pills.
thorou'h
pirect and Indirect.
; COMMISSIONERS PROCPEDmGS.
Claims Allowed.
A. M. Church & Sons, lumber, $21.11.
J. A. Rhodes, for carrying prisoners
to jail, 2.25.
J D. A. Reece, boarding jrors, 975,
. Dr. Yf. P. Horton, county physician,
$18.25.
A, Loma?, provisions furnished
and burial expenses of pauper $5.49.
. v.aii, clothing for paupers 1.94
Poll Tax. Exemptions.
m. l uilreath, J. N. Revis, E. D.
Ball, T M. Wood, J. B. Dula's widow.
miBba. Mathis, L,. Parker, Sam StateyL
-.1 Roads and Other Matters.
Hp. P. Walters was released from pay
ment of $4.06 erroneously charged as
taxes.
F. D. Hackeett was refunded 1.00 tax
es erroneously charged.
A petition was filed asking for a road
jum near jee it oitxington s across
Sheets Gap into Ash County.
Isaac Mikel, N. H. Robinett. G. F.
Hendrix, J. C. Land, and G. W. Walsh
were appointed to lay off a road" from
JilH. Jones to the Watauga lin,e.
Tile Roftrd mad A an rtrAr annrnnvia
Hon of $500.00 for an iron bridge at Hoi
man's ford. W. C. Winkler, A. M.
Church and Dr. W. P. Uortou were ap
pointed to see the stqgk holders con
cerning the purchase of a bridge in- the
lower part of North Wiikesboro, and if
purchased, then instead of appropriat
ing $500,00 the county gives its interest
in said bridge.
The Board appointed R. N. Hackett,
Jonn Davidson and J. R. Combs to
make such changes in the road at the
north end of the bridge and other
changes as may be necessary to protect
.the bride.
They are authorized to spend whatever
money may be necessary to accomplish
this.
The Board authorized lawyer JT. W.
McNeill to make a demand on the
Ronda and Riverside stilling companies
firTm lr:.- i . Tt-.
land if they refuse to pay, he is to bring
smt-inrthe name of the" county; "Mr.
McNeill is to get one fourth of what he 4
collects. This appears to be a rather
an unusual proceeding.
The Court Honsel
It is ordered by the Board that the
Committee hencefore appointed by this
Board on repaires on the county Court
house be authorized and are hereby di
rected to procure plans and specifica
tions for repairs and impro vements on
the said Court house and to ' adopt one
of said plans subject to the approval of
this Hoard and take bids for the com
pletion of said repairs and improve
ments and report the same to the next
meeting of this Board.
Prosperity Scrlkes Bearer Creek;
Roosevelt prosperity has at
last struck our place and we
hope it will spread. Dr. Ellis
brought us a fine boy and hisi
pedegree being good we readi
ly adopted him.
We have 14 Burkshire pigs,
20 Shropshire lambs and sevn
Devon calves, and in a few
days will get a thorough bread
Shorthorn bull from Tennessee.
We are selling hay, corn, flour
and bacon . to our neighbors.
; Phin H. German.
The mumps and measles
are abroad in the land.
Mr. Tom Armstrong is in
town-
Now is the best time to
have the mumps .or ; measles
if you can't help it.
TO CCBBACOMI I if OKB DAT .
Take Laxative Brbmo Quinine 0
lets. All Druggists refund the ft oney
if it fails to Cure. 25c
Can t Keep It Secret. ; ,
The splendid work of. Dr. King's New
Life pills is daily coming b light. No
such grand remedy for Liver and Bow
el troubles:-was over known before.
Thousands bless them for curing Con
stipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness,
Jaundice and iAdigestion. ' Try them.
25c at White's drug store. ' '
A Printer Greatly Snrpriged.
; t peyer was so much surprised in
my Life as I was with the results of us
ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm,' Bays
Henry T. Crook, pressman of Asheviile
N. C. Gazette "I contracted a severe
case of reumatjsm early last winter by
getting my feet wet. L. tried several
things for it without benefit. One day
white looking over the Gazette, I notic
ed that Pain Balm was positively gaur
anteed to care rhumatism, so bought a
bottle of it and before using two tliirds
of it my reumatism'had taken its flight
and I have not' had a rhumatic pain
Sold by DpVVhite.
IHlardwarei - . Jardvvart
Chatanooga Plows by all odds the best, -
Chatanooga Cane Mills outstrip all the rest.
I carry all kinds of plow supplies and farr--mg
topis, the famous Dixie the best on
market for money, Harpers hoes, Diston saws, files, farm X - v
and in fact everything to be found in a first class stock or
ware. Come and see me. - .
North Wiikesboro, March 4th
AND -KEEP COMING RIGHT UNTIL YOU GET TO
SPAINHOUR'S,
Whenever y ou. ma nt anything in thei Genoi
Mercantile line, flour, meal, groceries, et
- And also bring albng ypiir JLacust F ,:
Staves and all your Produce. . r "
We pay the higliiest market prices for v
you have to sell us, and sell you goods at
lo west price. And we alwaysShaeSthe s;
price to all. :
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We have on hand a larjg
1pt of. Syracuse, Oliver
Chilled and Lynchburg
one and two horse plows,
for saJe'f and now is your
time to buy. .
ALL
(Set tCbem TOlblle Sfceg'ce THew..
Our new line of Fall and Winter Goods are just in and
invite you to call and .examine
we have the latest of the late.
We are prepared to give you good goods in the latest styles
owest prices. .-." ( '' "
Men's Suits from $2.50 to S20. ,
Childreo'je S.uixs 75c to$o.oo. T, .
We invite you to examine our Children's Clothing if -;.v-
are looking for serviceable goods. 1 vye have them with.,doii ';"
seats and double knees. Nothing better good as : "old h
spun." uur line of Bhirts, Hats, Ties, Underwear, and i
brelias is complete,;; Give .us
pleased customer is our bqst advertisement. . r
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We Want All Your I-ocust Pins..
ft o rton
- Pure Drugs, Chemicals, -Toilet Articles, Candies, ' Cigor
Tobacco, etc. , V" ' " - - -
. Leaders in ScJiool JBooks and Stationery.
; We have much experience in the drug business and you, c
be assured that you are getting the best drugs at rersoru..
m V ".Li "V . -n ' '. 1 "...: t T- - :'.' - '. .; -
pneesr van on us wnen you are
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Hot a.has been",,, in !the. ,
a rtrial; we can please you.,
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