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Cauzht Here anil There
It feel 8 like fall of the year
these mornings,
, Will Fottshee, of Stats
'ville,' Is hare. - , .
Ai Ellerof Ashe, was
-iti town last week:
W. E. Pharr has re entered
-school at Chapel HilL )
The campaign is warmn.g
4ip some so they say.
The bean season is passing
away. 'Tis sad to think about -
-Dr. Albert EUer and E
Li. Ii. : Church were in to w n
Saturday on business
-The anxious candidates are
tmt in droves seeing 'the dear
people.
Ana tne peacn season is
.oer. ' except the Cctobbr
peaches.
Mrs. J. C. , Linney, of
Moravian Falls - is visiting
relatives at Brier Creeks -
Mr. C. Call and wife return
ed last' week from a visit
relatives in Ashe.
v Tyre Holbrook and bride,
of Winston are visiting rel a-
atives about Trap Hill, 'i ,
The republican candidates
Cor sheriff have not finally deci
ded which will 'get there.1'
-There is being no futh
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srouoie at ine convict .camps
tnnce the two colored- convicts
. passed out of existence I-
r Mr. JL D. - tto we and Miss
Carrie Lyons, both! of Trap
Hill; were .married Sunda
- week ago. r
Esqs. J. H. McNeil and An
4erson EUer, of Millers ; Creek
TsrVrfi here Saturday on but -iness.
- Prof a. W. Hahn, of Hick,
ory will begin school at Bea
'er: Creek Academy on Monday
: week. He is a good teacher. ;
Mr. Bark ley is realizing
that it was crime to bare been
-aXinney man: The Chronicle
told the republicans at the tin: e
r and tried to get them not to
vote for him. Now they, see. t
, - .Col. J. A. Lillington J ; of
Yadkin has announced himself
. as an independent candidate
or the State Senate in this dis
' trict. "He is a republicap and
was aepucy collector m ini
county some time ago. t :
The brick work on th
caxkrt -house is comuleete
except a few little places to be
-finished when the roof ; is I put
on. The brick boy 8 leave-this
i 'Week." They- are 'certainly - la
: irenuemamy ciever sec d
fellowsr . ;I ' -
. The post off ce , :- at Nort i
Wilkeaboro, since it is to be i
Presidential; office Oct. 1st.,
seems to be agiating the mindk
of the faithful a little There
ceems to be some anxiety, as - to
who will be the Presidential
appointee, : 4
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v Wilfrea ia ahead on brave an
energetic school- teachers. A
' tale is told on one of onr teachj
ets who recently attended ., a
Teachers' Institute. He .was
: giving' . in; T his experience
ond stated that he had taugh t
lone month last - winter in a
. cactioh; of - the county wher4'
the - roads are not ; very good
: ahd rhat is ail over ihe county
Ho. stated -, that ;: . during: : the
month ; he Had to . Wade the
crcclr 34 times, was,"set over
ion horseback 4 times and; had
to swici across 2 times tu
jcaid he had determioedt
malio out the month or die;
; Guch. determinbd teachers urd,
Mr EdHobbs an wife are
visiting at North Wilkesbofo.
Bring "aiong.V yourwood. -
Thi frosty weather needs fire, j
J. W; McNeil, Esq.r nas
gone to Allegany to make some
campaign speaches.: ; r
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. The summer, tourists from'
nrM . . . - -It
returned Jiome. ' I ..
. Miss . . Hattie Johnson, of
Raleigh, is visiting her; sister
Mrs. J. W. : McNeil.
Rev. E. P. Greene will fill
his appointment at Ad ley; next
Suuday at 3:30 p. m. . . j
What is to bedone abont
the Harris hill road? it is in ,
awfuFshape. Why not- fix it?
J. C. Horton, the Watauga
tick insspector, was here last
week. He reports big: frosts
over the ridge.
" Mr. J. E. Hobbs w ill move
to Summit soon and 'take
charge of the pin factory there,
belonging to Hobbs & Beaty,
All the little girls who want
to enter the cooking cont est at
Rousseau's hardware store the
23rd are requested to send in
there names at once. .
The Teachers county Insti .
tute met here Saturday , with a
fairly good attendance, arid
there- was interest shown in
the meeting.
The first frost of the fall
came along Sunday morning'
It did very little damage,- ; I,t
appeared mostly on buildings
and wood.
Miss Clemmie Blacktmril
who has been visitingi-her
brother here for some time has
returned to her home in Rock
Creek township. i ! c
-Mr8. Dr. Erwin and j two
daughter left yesterday to visit
relatives in "Iredell county.
They will probably be gone; till
Christmas. .r
'Reports from ; . over the
Ridge say that Tarn Bowie and
Mont Welborn are r having a
lively time in their, canvass for
Senator from that district; It
is undbubtly a regular : circus.
r The negro campmeeting is
in progress at St. Home h and
they say things are getting in
weaving"-" way
These
annual carapmeetings are cer
tainly big occasions for the
colored people. ; : r - :
ilr. Jess McNiell tells us
that while returning from , Mr.
Bill Barlow's Sunday he f ou nd
a man's hat in the road near
Beaver Creek church.' : The
owner can call on him and get
it. . " - - - r ' l-
-The' Junior Range contest"
at Rousseau's hardware store
comes off the 23rd. It ' is f f or
little "girls. , between 4 and 14
years old.. - Girls; send in your
nameat once so : that you ' can
be marked as a contestant, j;
" Miss And rews has teturn -
ed from the Northern markets,
where she purchased a - nice
selected line of Millinery Goods
.which are now. arriving and be
open ' for - inspection in a few.
days: Call j and see" -them
at Andrews Bros. ' . r"-
'J. Pastor Greene, " of"; the
Methodist church, -, preached a
sermon Sunday night n on ' Sab
bath desecrations. He poured
hot shot into: Sunday picnics,
straw rides, . steer : driving to
buggies arid Suuday pleasure
drivings m. general. He gave
scriptural reference to back up
his criticisms. , He made, it , in
teresting for ' the -folks- who
habitually engage 7in these
Sunday amusement, fj He did
n 3t mis3 , the mark so very'
Accidentally Shot Himself
f '. Sherman, the thirteen
year
old son of CrC. Winkler; Esq.,
accidentally shot himself, last
Tuesday. He with some other
bo8 we 80016 miles fIom
home quirrol,- hunting One
of the boys had killed a squir-
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rel and Sherman came up, set
his gun by his side and started
to look; at the squirrel . ? tie
slipped, the gun fired and tne
load of hot tore oft the - fleshy
portion of the front side of the
rierht shoulder. , Drs. Turher
and Dbughtotr . dressed, tfie
wound; The boy is i getting
along fine. " " " ' -
Louis My res who was sent
to the reniten i ary ; for t3n
years for r the killing of Mat
Hamby escaped last week from
the roads in Yancy, county.
The Sheriff has been notified to
look out for him.
The little colored girl, three
years old, th at was recently
shot through the head, is able
to walk about again. ' -This
contradicts the idea that shoot
ing through the brain always
kills. . This child was shot
through : the. head and the
brains oozed out at each side.
It was thought for several days
that the child would surely
die but it is about well now.
Mrs. Mary Gentle, wife of
William Gentle,'- died near
Oak woods, Wednesday nighty
from a stroke of paralysis. In
the spring she had a stroke,
and , this - second stroke soon
produced aeatn. one .was a
bout 60 years did. " -
.Mrs. J. ' R- Combs' ?. grand
opening br Fair rand Winter
Millinery, began yesterday and'
continues to day. It is an at
1 1 active display of well select
ed up to date ml Uinery , taster
fully and artistically arranged.
A cordial invitation is extend
"ed to all, and if you failed to
go yesterdays be sure and drop
in today and feast your eyes
on the pretty display and make
your selections for the fait and
winter. f
It is learned with sadness
that Mrs. J. L. Hester died last
week at Bio wing Rock, after a
few days illness She was the
wife of Mr.-'JF Li. Hester, ; the
photographer,of North Wilkes-
boro. ;Mr; Hester with bis wife
and eight year Old girl were
making r a tour through the
mountains where his wife took
sick and died as above stated.
Her maiden name was Busbee
and her home was. in Alabama.
She had been 'married about 9
years. It is a sad death.
, v;i Oik Lnmber .Wanted. .
- ::'.Ware ia the c?arketor all the good
OakXamber we ca.it get. Will pay the
c&sh for it. : If you-onJy have one load
of good oak, bring it to oa.
' -:: FoaasT Fusxxtuxs Co. -North
W ilkesboro, Sept. 15th.
' Clothinjt ClotklBgt Clothing! "
' We are getting 'in the , largest ; and
fullest line of clothing , we have ever";
kept and can supply y on at the very
lowest prices. Big lot of heap goods
ia job lota going Very Zoio. . The finish
and fit of Peck's goods are perfect - and
we can snpply yon at any price from
fo.oo so si5.oo. r : -
. .r-The firm of Mayberry & Myers has
succeeded D. W. Mayberry in the gen
eral line of dry, goods, a notions, shoes,
etc. k Tbis does not include the cloth
ing department which is entirely under
May berry's control.) . A big stock ;wiU
be carried strictly on the pay-down sys
tem. v Best values for the ;'money that
can be bad oa the markeis. , Call .and
see them. " ? " J ': ;
-A few: nioeTwhite plgue skixts going
rery cheap for icaslL; At Spainhours's;
tJU75 skirts redueed to tijo, and f 1 .40
skirts to Cl.f)0. - - - i -
XV: Mavberrvis vet in the cloth-
ins business. A good line at prices x
that cannot be met in this section. Call
That little you owe ns, , we
need it.
See Mrs. Comb's new 'fad''
concerning her fall and. winter '
millinery.
The republicans, report
very good attendance at their
speakings last week.
-rLovera of flowers can"' get
some choice bulbs and plants at
J. E. Spainhour's. J
Willie .Wellborn has . en
tered the medical department
at. Davidson College. ;
i Arthur Dimmette, of Wiles
recently went to ; Chapel; "Hill
to take the second year course
in medicine.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cooper
left this week? for Charlotte,
Johnson City. ' Sorry ; to lose
them.
Quarterly meeting will be
held at the Methodist church
here next Saturday arid Sunday
week, the 4th Sunday. J
Bishop Horner preached a
most excellent and learned ser
mon at St. Paul's church here
Sunday.
They, say the , fight . for
Clerk of the Court ori; the - re
publican side isi between
Somers and Bumgarner, and
each thinks he is ahead.
Col. TomJHail, of Summit
was in town this week, .as jolly
as over.. This - little campaign
business don't disturb Tom's
good nature; and he's right.
The candidates for republi
cans nominations in the county
ate keeping - the tracks : warm
aldtfno w; r'-?Ififlr about concede
ed that some of I them will get
left in tha wind up t - .
Toney , John - FiuleysV fine i
bird dog, one the finest in , the
State, is dead. Some young
negroes shot the dog up above
Haekett's mills, just to try
their marksmanship. - :
The democratic county con
vention convenes here - Satur
day Oct. 4th. The ; primaries
are to be held Wednesday , Oct.
1st. Remember the dates and
attend. - . , . ,
During the colored camp
meeting some of the young
negro bucks have been amus
ing themselves by driving fast
and shooting along the streets
late at night and disturbing
people. If tho police; doesn t
get them; somebody else will,
The county Superintendent
Mr. Wright, . is conducting a
Teachers Institute at Trap Hill
this week. Next week ho will
conduct one at Moravian Falls.
He is very much pleased with
the success of these Institute.
The ' teachers . are being very
much benefited and the people
aroused, JThe people as well
as the, teachers .should attend
:Now'that the court house
is nearin completion, the
principal portion of the toes
should be cut from the grounds
so that the yards can be beau
tified and so the peple can see
their.- splendid, "court; house:
The contracting company will
level , up the grounds, make
walks ect.; provided ; the trees
are cut out "of the way.:. V
; Morgan DeBorde, son' of
Wv.R. DeBorde,, of Trap, ECill,
died recently of : that diseases
consumption. He was. about
20 years bid and' was a most
exemplary youngs man. j He'
was of the kind that the county
needs, but 1 God called , him
awayv.Our deepest sympathies'
are ss-ith the - bereaved parents
i - For sale-second v hand one
horse JSlssen wago n , h eavy
onaai. lor casn.-iM . omitneyd
' Big lot of boys and mens pants just j
It
costs
best pan of
Contest- '
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We furnish all materials. September 23
js5;thea;ii ;:
"You make wo bake, and the grown folks will eat the "bis
cuit and the baking will be done on a ' ' : '
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North Wilkesboro, March 4th.
Mm
perfect fit ualittle ahb Iprfce-
Our fTall ritf Winter M UIei
is the best selectd,;best '-quality? "up-to-date,
knd most attractive on the markets.
1 We cordially invite all to r examine our mill i-
tlinery goods and pricebef ore purchasfntj.
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North Wilkeaboro, Sept lOth.
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AH you have ta seH iat theT, . V t
Highest Prices. . Save your ; v
Peach Seed and bring thereto iibi-
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;This refers to pur line of Clothing; wo
lhave marked iibwn our prices arid .offer
you the best bargains in Clotbirjto bo
.found in this section,, Como and coo
Us; we can suit you in
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The pne-priQc-l-r!!
tit a .free.
nothing to win that
handsome BUCK'S J U N IOR
Range on display at our store. It
'soes to the rirl that makes the
biscuit at our Bakery
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VAlAste ..COLIC,
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