VOL., XV.
.Caught Here ami iThere
J. D. Smith is home from
-tony Fork for a few days. '
Mrs. Dr. Doughton, Nprtii
-Wilkesboro, is visiting .-at Win--fifcODr
" " - . "
Lawyer T,. B.lFlnley, vrent
jtd Greensboro on 'business last
week i . - i- -i 1
""John Wellborn is with
Earner & White, learning "the
Kdrug business.
. ; Ned Glenn's son, col;, lied
".of consumption last week at
North Wilkesboro. . ; ; ,
Miss Florence- Corpenmg,
of Asheville,, who has been sickr
at the hotel here; is improving.
Miss Viola Carlton, Be om
er, leaves this week f Or Lex
ington, Ky., ,to attead a , b usi
ness college., .' .
Esq James Sparks, of ap.
Hill, died last week. He - was
75 years old and -was the father
,of,Mr. Calloway Sparks.
M rs.! W. W. Barber and
little daughter Elizabeth, who.
.fcave been visiting at Elkinj and
Mocksville will return
this week v
nome
Mrs. Lura Cowles, daugh
ter Essie and. son William went
to Statesville last "week to visit
relatives.. They will re
this week. J.
urn
It wont be lone till
time
for political .conventions. Let
eevje.ryvbody raise s o met h i n gv? to.
pat first,, then all these poli leal
'sociables' can be easily added
iFrank-Bakerand-wiio whK
Irave been liere for Mrs. Baker
to be treated by Dr. White,
returned to their Home on
the
Brushies last weeki : She
very much improved. , p
Mr.-Junie James5 wehlJ
is
up.
Go
to his farm Sunday near
shen and had lively experience
with muskrats. He discovjered
a muskrat hole in- the - creek
bank and ram a- stick into
it.
Out came a big rat. He
Blled
it. He tried the hole a
and out came4 another. "
experiment .we s kept up
?ajn
pis
till
fifteen were killed, all
$mes.-
- Thirty three Convicts
guards came up Friday
have gone towork qdj the
ferson turnpike. Other
large
wiljlc
and
victs will be brought in later.
Th encamps are located;; nearr
Artliur Forester's place, in the
'Klondike": region. The camps
svere a very, popular resort for
pur people Sunday.i The pik
will be one of the best things,
in the county. ;
The latest political news is
that DrYork Maj. Foot e and
others will organize and la inch
forth anew " 'party - here next
Monday!. The pbec?t ass we
understand it is- tb do s.way;
with the court house'and taxa
tion. , How tneset,gentle;men
will harmonize their,-ant
doctrine iwith their- speeches
made i favor of tte high frail
road .tax will of course be
plained Monday., ' " ,
movement is on foe
ex'
t to
establish a rural ;freej: delivery
maif rnute .between! , Boomer
connecting
wl t.K thfl ; roil t ft f r
from Lenoir.
Tf, is toTtifl "hed that the move
inentwlcceed; And.,
tVuBiiS'oKnM'll ha'a rnntA hftt,
& w lrkesooro .ana. uoomer
ifie hole line v" would be
' plete. An", inspector . wil
: here the last of thist;montli
in-vesticrate the matter: 1 let
pnen
ween
and
jcom-
t. .
l be
to
-us
aiLtaifcfor ine rouieai
Coni Triplett was iix to - see
us last week
- P. 1$: Oerman, . Kendall,
has 50 sheep for sale.
The brick work at the Bap
tist church is progressing. -
-rMr. T. A. Carltou arkLwife
of Boomer, were in town- Sat
urday. ---Elza Roberts,- of Jarvis,
was among our visitors last
week. - i
--Mrs. E. ! Beaty is home
-from a visit to her people in
Catawba. '
, Gentry Jennings, Esq , has
returned home last week, from
Asheville.
50c from no w till jaext Jan ,
is all The Chroniclb will cost
you, if you settle backj dues.
. Mrs. W. C. Winkler and
children have returned fro in
oheir visit .to-Cald well county..
The potato bug and bean
bug are putting in their work
along now, and t4era plenty
joi themr too.
One of Sewell Wellborn's
bayhorses died Sunday after
noon, of pneumonia. It is a;
very severe loss.
Lawyer H. L. Greene has?
moved with his family to his,
country home on tbe Gray
farm, for the summer.
--Did you know next week
is court? Come in and. settle
Up, and give us 50s in- advance
for the balance of the year.
Our friend J. C. Parsons,,
of Stanton, was in Saturday; to
renew his allegiance to The
Chronicle for another year.
- Miss Minnie- Chatham, of
Elkin, and Miss-Bess McNeely
of Mooresville, are visiting at
W. R. Hubbard's, at Moravian
Falls,-
Esq. Caily Lowe, who died
recently at Poors Knob, leaves
45 grand children and 5$ great
grandchildren living' n. this
county. ; ; : '
The Child rens Day exer
cises at the Methodist church
were enjoyed by a large con
gregation. They were excel
lent all the way through;
W. R. Hendren Will Ellis
and Milas Stout, who went. to.
Illinois recently, are well pleasi
ed out there. They are work
ing on a canal in western, I1H
E. Wallace is traveling in
behalf ef the Masonic Mutual
Life Insurance Co. Its plan is
an improvement on the regu
lar companies. None but Ma.
sons are insured ' '
Prof. J. A. Boldi. ppinci
DaVof Boomer Hicrh School, is
spending sometime with -.x his
parents at Roaring RIvcf He
will travel in behalf of his
school during the summer.
It is. only a sfew:? dars till
court 19th. Are . you,-, ready?
Courtwill be held ,in the old
Cooper and -Miller store houser
Come in arid'see us, when you
come to court, , x J
Mfss Berta Mclvin;.the ef - f
ficient assistant of Boomer
High School , 1 eft Thursday f&x
her home in' Bladen" county.
She is a favorite among those
whom she taught. " Let us hope
she will return 'and' assist" , in
the next session which will4 be
gin August 10th; .tS'y' ' '
. ; - . ' f '''
' xne Jaymg or tne corner
-I
stone y of : the court house : for
Alexander; ; 1 eouuty- Satuiv
day waa attended by. many, of
onr people. The exercises were
' ..." .1 1 a. fj ;l . If - -i - J '
conauuieu uv tuo iuasuus auu
Wefe Very interesting. Let Ua i
v. " , unTJ VT,
arransre to nave .tne ; corner
stone of our court house4placed
lthe Masons, : . 1-
Equal Taxation,
WILKESBORO . IN. , C;
BOOMER C0MMENCE3WENT.
It was ourgood f fortune to
have pleasure of attending the
commencement- exercises of
Boomer High School,' ia com
pany with State Superintend
ent Joy ner, County Superin
tendent Wright and Lawyer
Frank B. Hendren.
Hxcepting the interruption
by , the rain . storm of Prof,
Joyner's elegant address, it
was one of the - most pleasant
commencement occasions- we
ever attended Those- people
know how to treatf visitors and
they fairly surpassed them
sely.es, in generous hospitality..
The exercises were well proportioned,-
not too l6ng nor too
short j and one of the most re
markable features was the fact
that there was not" a hitch,
balk or prompting during the,
entire exercise, both day and
night. The declamations, rec
itations, etc., were tastefully
selected and well; rendered,
showing excellent training on
the part of the teachers.
The annual address was de
livered by our efficient State
Superintendent J. Y. Joyner
It was a. literary, gem.and. was
full of progressive - educational
suggestions. The frequent in
terruptions by the rains how
ever marred the effect of the
speech
. At n-ight there was a concert t
wMch was enjoyed by a well
filled house. The dialogues,
plays, comic speeches, etc.,
kept the crowded audience in
excellent humor, and often - in
convulsions of laughter.
The North Wilkesboro Cor
net band enlivenedthe interims
during the-day with music.
Prof. Boldin and his excel
lent assistant Miss Melvin, as
well as the neighborhood, are
to.be congratulated upon such
a pleasant- ending of such a
successful school?
The school will open again
the 10th of August. Let the
neighborhood heartily; support
the school.
COMMISSIONERS. PROCEEDINGS.
Claims allowed.
Continued from. last week.
W. F. Barlow, services as commis-
siqpp.r for 2nd quarter $20.
J. S. Holbrgok, services as commisj
sioner for 2nd quarter 1902, $21.20.
JPofetR -Davidson, services as com mis
sioner for 2nd quarter 1902, $14.0.
Other Matters.
The folio wingpe?soie . were declared
paupers and allsvyed ft per month ;
Amanda J. Stone, M. L. Jarvis agent.
Mary Queen, E. C. Moore agent.
John, Hollo way, T' P. Parlier agent. .
The Teacher's Iitatitnte.
The Teacher's Institute held one of
its mbst profitable and interesting meet
ings Saturday. The first topic, Best
fetiiod : of teaching history, hcoug4it
out some, interesting argument and
much benefit must feay been, derived
from the discussion of this topic. An
other, topic that was discussed at length
waithe tim.e of beginnings the schools.
It appeared that a'maprityv of those
present approved Ihe action of - the
Board of Education in hat matter.
But the crowning achievement of Sat
urday's meeting was the step taken to
increase the salaries of teachers. The
following resolutions will explain:
"Resolved that it is the sense -of the
Teachers-Institute of Wilkes - county
that teachers holding first grade certif
icates should not teach for: less, than $25
per month -and those holding second
grade certificates should not teach for
less than $20 per month." t
" Every . teacher . present signed
pledge that they would hot teach for
less than the amounts stated in. the res
olutions,, and all thq o,ther. teachers ia
the county- are urged- to ' send -tbei?
names to the secrjBiarhJFghji - Crouch,
TTTil 1 1 XT' Irt -r 1 lO, : 1.
W ilkesboro, -N
i to affix' their names
ames to the pledge? x
' - The next meeting, will be hetd pifthe
second Saturday icr Septemberj't'and a
in o uon uarxieu uuaiuuiouHjy requesting
the. female members to prepare -essays
on the topics for-discussion - at-that
topics for ' discussion
meeting." Here aro "two of the topics? i
- 1. What is theTbest mothod of teach
ing spelling, and sh.ould the sounds, of
pirect and" Indirect.
WEDNESDAY .- MAY 14;. '1902:
letters be taught in connection , there
with. - - . . : . ' " s , 1
2. What ia the Uae object of the pub
lic school? - '
We are expecting State- - Superintend
ent Joyner to bewithins in September,
therefore the program is short. Should
he fail to come another :r topic will he
addei.5-- -
rSatudays meeting' concluded the
work of the Institute for the present
school yar.; It is indeed gratifying to
note the progress 'medtinngihey 'ear,
and the prospects are promising for
evenietterresults'Wxt:year'Wilkes
is coming to the front , and the Teach
er's Institute is doing its part in putting
her. there..' i .
Mr. EL D." By r4 and bride,
accompanied by Miss Hgu. Is
belli went down to Ronda last
week to spend a few days with
relatives. They returned to
Elkvyie the first of jthe week.
Dr. Tait Butler, State vet
erinarian, whb has been in the
county several days investiga
ting the cattle for ticks, gave
this office a pleasant call last
Frid ay. He is working up an
organization of farmers who
raise cattle, so as to enlist all
the county in the effort to de
stroy the ticks and . thus get
Wilkes out of ,the quarantine
territory; This is the proper
thing to do. By a united, co
operation of all our people, the
tick business can easily be
eliminated in a short while
The thing to- do is for all the
cattle raisers to organize a
gainst the tick; .
-We keep constantly on Land a large
asortment of spectacles and eye glasses.
Smithey Opticle Co.- '
-Child's tool set-hoe, shovel and
ralce-T-at Sp&i nhour's for 10c.
The largest and most complete iine
of hard ware irt the county will be f ouad
at J. p.. Koussean.
--Ladies linen patterns--for shift
waist sets at Spainhour's, also a new lot
of stamped collar and tie patterns.
The times change and the people
change with the times. Everybody
now seems to want a Chattanooga plow
and I .- can see where the people ar
right. J. P. Rousseau.
Nicest line of umbrellas at D. W.
Mayberry's you hava seen. Prices from
40c to $2 50. Best values he has ever
carried.'
; The hundreds of satisfied' custom
ers proves that jar spectacles and eye
glasses are aH that' we claim them to be
Smithey Optical Co.: N
Don't you want a new suit for your
boy? Some pretty blouse and Norfolk
suits of Peck's manufacture at" Spaing
houjr's.
1 Bereene wire and scseen wire-doer
at J. ;P Rousseau's. Come right- along;
prices right. - ,
100 men's light colored suits of
clothes at D. W: Mayberry's going at 25
per-cent less than first cost. Just come
and see.
It is nottoo.lato to get your dresa
ready for the Sam Jpnes meeting. We1
hy some pretty gpods yet. Some new
galoons and tf imming.for, white goods
this week. Spainhour & Co.- - ;
It will pay ypu to visit my store if
you contemplate .buying . hardware.
Machinery of all kinds; binders, mow
ers, rakes, harrows .. J. P. Rousseau.
The second pxinitpg of : The teop
ard's 3 pots" ia now oa.t: Call at: Spain
hour's and get a copyl v
Ashes for Sale, or will ex i
change for Gorn or Hay,
- : CO Smoot & Sons Co.
. Timber for Sale.
Over 70? acres of the finest timber
in Wilkes eo., situatad from 2 to 3milesfc
from depot belonging to- the -estate, of
Col. "WVH. HjCowles fpr sal at pub
lic auction at court house-in Wilkesboro
on Tuesday May 15th 1902. Terms i cash'
t iifsix. ma 1 ia 12 mo'? with ;goodB?
curity. . For further particulars see
2t W, WBarber or T. B. Finley Com
' V Je. - Ice. Icb.;' , :
I will seli and deliver ice a&
usual this season Those want
ing ice before ! get a car load,
canhone'tblNo-.' 3S or leav
orders, at Reed!i . barber j shop.:
See my, .price .before making
contract; ..Thanking you-for
past patronage, I am. :; ;
, 7 y yery respectfully, -I
ABOR ON, LABOR ON!
BUT Remember thatwe can all .lirrht
f " r b urtfens by sete ct? xyq s u r too 1 g : to
- Our hoes are the best f dr. the money;
pur axes are warranteecLandare stand
ing the i, test-, Our plows' arebeyond
doubt. Unexcelled. D6rit thinlc of
ouyingr anytning -ftut a Chattanooga
when you go to buy a plow. T , f
y For all kinds of Hardware ?be -certainand
see me before you buy. i
North Wilkesboro, March 4th.
P
QOME TO THE
Tf vrtn nawai Iisva V-x..
Come to th ft f r n n t - t. bis anrmrr
- f
ISE&wk cam isaaSte
out of 'most any kind of cloth but you can't mate a!stylisli
and up to date dress unless
We have nothing but trm
- .
The
T
1.
2.
Because we carryla Iaiistock!
We g ve y o u 2 1 pe 1 1 ;c en $c, d is
co u n t on everyt $1 Op U i$&pe hefc
We can sell you ookis as c K eap aoz
you can get them any where,2 dpctj
we are groingr to do it. '
Yours for business.
3,
GALJti
To feel good you must be well dressed. What is the reason:;
we can't furnish you. that suit? rln a few days wewill have ia
our new stock and a prettier line has never been shown in thic
old town. 1 We invito all,who like to, be, well . dressed to coxaci
.and examine our stock.
Youra very
Ca
Mgrth Wilkesboro? W. C.
; ,Pure Iru.C!mica Cigars
Tobaccbetc;,, r , - -: . . ' -f-'v
- , ' Jjeaders in School JZooUs and 'Stationeryp'-:
We have much experience in .the drug business and you cci
be "assured that you are getting the best , . drugs at re2.soi:",tI
prtees Call on us when-you are in tawn. .r . '
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