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VOL. XVI.
Thej Chronic iIe.
&au$ht tlerc anfl KTh,re.
-s-Esq. R. F. Wystt was in
town this weak.
' -Sfrs. Charlie le&fterpian is
able to be up again,
-How is the Harpis Hill road?
Why ot,3o 8omethiQg to it?
. Mr. R. L. Carltoa has gone
to Baltimore o attead medical
dectures. -
-We were glad e -see old
uncle John Davis in to-wfl this
vsveok. ,
fcsg. H. S. Vannoy has re-
'turned from Ashe where he
was looking after his farmj
Esq.. S. Y. Cox, of Ashe,
was here last week. We are
always glad to see him.
Mrs. Zeb Deatonand child
ren have pfooe dowfl to Ronda
on a visit to friends. .
The Hun tins: Greek mail
route has been awarded to I H
O. M4ntop as carrier.
Mrs. J.. R. Combs invites
you .to see her new. milHnery,
ejtore you purchase elsewhere
Itjs reported here .that Mr.
Sreenwoott has bargainea nis
waterpower at Roaring River,
Esq. B. P. Foster is in a
w:ery critical condition. There
is little Jjopes that he will live
loa ;
.vt cSTeill, Esq., who lias
teen ontiBsd with erysipelas
tt lUs!ieg5 is alble, to be
afuV:,f . pm- n
ltny will tell
out
Lhe
ate bf:some of the repblicaii
county candidates for omina
tious.
you want xbe chronicle
. xm jNeiv Jl ear sena is zoc- win
.... fc'r. . f . !
take it in the "repudiated free j
silver."
People have got most
of
their roughness saved, and
there's a good quantity
;too. .
of
it,
-Ay cock., the -"Educational
Governor,V will speak here
it he 27th next Saturday. Com
out and here liira.
During ' the election times
excitement, don' t forget to pay
up and? reri e w your su beriptibn
to Tse'CbronjcIiE.
Miss lUsteiie mcaarasqn,
of Ashe, came over last week
and went down to Ronda
enter school there.
Mr. T. P. Bumgaraer,
to
Alexander, who formerly clerk
d with Call & Co, visited felt
Mr. J. L. Webster's last week.
There has been 500 . land
gantries made in tnis county
fiince Jan. 1st 1902. There is a
ort of land enry epedemic.
The new line of fall and
Avinter millinery Jat Andrews
Bros, is arriving this week.
They invite you to come in add I
see the selections.
- -E? M Blackburn has with-
Ahsixvii as a candidate for - the
republican nomination; for
.sheriff, his means that Sher
Johnson ?will he reromina
;ed. ' - r " u
? JXrEGl' Der; cf 1(Tep
erlled FridayHfo visit hfs
rti:r near Ready Branchy
WBbasbeen verygic;; 9h
iconsJderably better, at pres.-.
:;eot: - ;; 1 : '.j!"
v,Dis'co , Chandler a blind
oy Of Ashe, went to sEtaleigiiL
ja$t week to enter thej deaf
4uiab and blind rasyjum. X-
' vounjr Yates boy,, also " from
.shp. nud aPicted the samp
vay; came over the safcie time, I
lnt refused to r.$ any further
l. N. W&rd was in town las
week and reported thaY people
wepe pretty well along - with
saving their fodder and tops
in -the Rearing River, section
See Sheriff Johnson's tax
solace. Come out, pay yor
taxes and be edified with the
diecu8skwa of -"the issues of the
day" by the candidates.
The 29th is the republican
ootunty convention. October
the 4th is the democratic coun
ty convention. After these
dates the fight for the election
will begin in earnest.
Mr. W. E. Harris will move
his family to this plaee about
15th of r next month . He is
traveling for the Watkins,
Cottrell Co one of the largest
hardware firms in he in tbe
South.
Ed. Foster tells us that: he
and another boy. went possom
hunting one niht last week
and treed 20 and caught 15. It
is too early for the possums to
be ripe, too. SText.
If Ashe, Alleghany, Watau ,
ga and other connties will
eomc over and see our court 1
house when it is completed
1 they will all follow in our foot
J steps.
1 Esqr J. T. Alexnder, oft
i Walnut Grove was here
last
J week. He is expecting to be a
j candidate for the Xjegislature
j on the republican ticket, so we
understand.
The plastering and tin work
on the court house will be com
menced this week. It will not
be long till the work is com
pleted, and we'll have the best
court house in the State for
the price.
Rev. L. Parks Gwaltney
has resigned the pastorship of
all his churches, on-account of
his feeble health. . This news
will be recieved with regret by
his many admirers. He has
few equals as a preacher
Clerk Bumgarner it s eems
has fallen from grace in the
eyes of the drummer boy; and
his lieutenants. Although in
but one term and has made a
good officer, he has been
slated for defeat next Monday.
Mr. John Combs tells ns that
John Holler hilled a rattlqr
near the Rock House last week
that had 19 rattles and was 4
feet tnd 9 inehes long. That
was down on Hunting Creek:.
Some negroes were seen
Monday morning going thro'
L. Bumgarner4 corn field,
hacking off -the corn with
knives Biumgarner says if they
do not come to him and make
satisfactory explication at once
indictments , will be made
against thern
We understand that Mrs.
Reeves of Ashe died last week.
She was the mother of Mrs. J.
E. MeEwen4 and Mrs. Arthur
McEwea and was one of the
best of women, and that is put
ting the highest ulogium given
mortals. We sympathize deep
ly with the bereaved.
Our i riend ;Wely Joints of
Trap Hill township, and Mrs.
Caudjll) widow of ; the ! late
Jesse Caudill of Alleghny,
were marrieof . last week : fie
is one-of -the best men in tbs
county and, he has taken to
himself a good .women. ' '. -
; The fellows who have been
rocking and shooting off r the
insulators along ..the; Boone
Phone: lineiare f ixfpr7to get
in serious troubled Rewards are
offered f otlf the conicti
any one foundoiug sUcl
viction of,
1 " j
any one lounajaoiug ucn uirty
business; Vlt
had : better bo
f
JSqual Taratica,
WILKESBORO ; IS. C.A WW$NESA., SEPT; 24, 1902T
HOTEL UTUIA IX ASHES. '
: r - - - at a. su comb's.
Baraed ap TTetfjiesar Ninglit. Loss wvu A - . -0
rer nlth C2C0,0C0 ose interested are re
Iassranee.
Hotel khiar the poptUa
fiumtner resort, was rfent refer
destroyed by fire lass Wdnes-
day night. All iwas? lost ex
eept the trunks and clothing;of
she cruests. The provisions.
furniture and all were lost.
The fire was discovered Just
pefore 10 o'clock in the garret
or lumber eom and was be-
yna control, it rapidly spread
and soon enveloped the whol
building. A few of the guests
were rescued with difiSculty.
xuouugtu u buo ure i a
taistery. No one, so far as is
known, had been in that part
of the building this summer.
The building belonged to Mc
j. ii.. in ley ana tne loss is
some $6,000, with $3,000 insu
ranee. The loss of Mr. W. A,
Sydhor, the proprietor, is some
$500, with no insurance.
The notel was filled with
guests and has had a ' splendid
run all the season. It has be
come a very popular and at
tractive resort and should be
rebuilt at once.
Ayeock In Wilkes.
uov, ivycocK win deliver an
address here next Saturday,
the 27th. Our People know
the "Educational Governor,'
They have heard him before.
He is easily one of the- most
gifted speakers in the United
States. Every man, women
and child in the county, who
loves his home and county and
believes in education and ad
vance raent, should come out
Saturday and hear our beloved
Govnor. -Let
everybody come out
To Bebnild Hotel Llthia.
- A movement is on t foot
organize a company and
tq
q
build Hotel Lithia on a much
larger scale. It should be done
In advantages of climate, min
erat water, scenery, accessi bill-
ty, etc., the situation is unsur
passed in the U. S. We hope
the fiotcl may be speedily re -
built. ,
Seglstratlon Dajs.
Alw,uoJ uwiwumuBr,iiw
ri.:. t-.rJ rt
cicuiituu lair ir(uiiiu u ujo
for - registration means Q
working days" and that the
books must be opened pet. 2nd
and closed Oct. 25th. To this
construction of the law Chair
men Simmons and Pritchard
agree, do that there b no con
troversy as to this point books
are to be opened Oct. 2nd and
closed Oct. 25th. Remember
too that there is an entirely
new registration this year, the
first under the amendment.
Our (arse stock of el o thing is in and
open for inspection. Mens, boys, f and
children's clothing at all - prices. Be
Rnra to Red .oar line before bwridur else-
where. Our prices and goods all right-
The republican speakers are 1
criticising the v democrats .:. for
borrowing $200,000. for state ex
penditure. ' It is true this has
been done, but it is attributable
to the ''fusion" administrtion.
The Democratic administration
turned over to the fusion: fel
lows $300,000, and the fusion
fellows instead of v turning
back to the Democrat adminis
t ration $300,000 ; cash, u rned
over a deficiency . of,: half a
million A dollars. It1; required
the democratic , surplus of
0300000 and t200,CQ0, borro wed
money to pay up the fusion
expence. Lieut. Gov. Turner's
recent speech linoc!i3 the
props from tho radical figure
ii!""rlin7 on thl3 r;ciVt
JUrcst and Indirect,
I A fine boy arrived Monday
quested to cpeet Saturday in
mora d clean ff the
wccry, uacjt oi ioe
e8bten8n churcd.
- 1 Mr Joe Perry got aehicken
I bone lodged in-his throat Sun
I day, from whic h sufferd
j until the ' doctor extacted it
(Monday.
Esq. L, I. Church was in
town this week Inn Vino-
j repairs on t bo phone line and
other matters. He has qualified
1 as administrator of the late
A. Wm. Walsh.
we are now ready to show and
4 price our stylish line of Fail and Win
ter Milliners, and wonld be pleased to
have our friends call and examine our
stock.
Miftus Andrxw& McCuekkih.
Lawyer Lyons and Judge
Henderson are both' expecting
the republican nomination for
the Legislature at theconven
tion,next Monday. The differ
ence, between their expections
is tuav i uuge is simply in 4
the hands of his friends" whild
Lyon has suspicions that some
of bis ''friends" are "wolves
in sheeps' clothing," and are
stealing the livery of Lyons
to serve Henderson in."
Mr. J. R. Bell, of Walnut
Grove township who was here
this week, says that there are a
number of ceses of scarlet fe
ver in his section. Three chil
dren Susie Henderson, Joseph
Blevins, and Joseph Caudill's
died of it recently. He says
that just 20 years ago the scar
let fever scourged that same
section.
Mr. E. D. Byrd, of Elk ville
was here this week and tells us
his, brother William has moved
to Elkville, He brought his
j mother, who Jas been ' visiting
I llim anil ' aka tutk 4Va timin
i cw ouo wa uo vtaiu
Tuesday for her home at
Ronda.
The Peldmont Advent
Christian Conference will hold :
its annual session with the
(German Chapel church
near
i Blackstone, Caldwell county.
commencing ; on Thursday
before the first Sunday in
1 October and hold over Sundav.
fr R J PVAtfA will 1
haveher opening of HaU and
Winter Millinery next Friday
and Saturday. She will dis
play some of the prettiest, most
stylish and most . attractive
selections ever : exhibited in
this section. Be sure and call
and see for yourself.
: Just rscieved at D. W. Majbery's a
nice line of men's' and boya winter
pants. . "
Nice line of mens pants of the cele
brated Becks lot&ig at 8painhear.
May berry A Myers is bead quarters
for me a' 8 women's A children's nnder
ware and losery. Best valaes for the
money that can be had.
Indies, our large line of dress goods
srrvicg this week, and we want yon
Uto .come ana Bee uem.- uur line ox
Spainhour.
A big line of shoes just recieved at
Spainbours", Our line is so well known
it needs no recommendation. When
in eed4f shoes you know where to
get the best.
M 7- Laundry for the States ville
8team 5 Laundry one , of . the
best in - the x State-should be
left atJVT Hubbard's store on
.llpday8. , S '?- - r"-
, Lingering Summcr.Colds.
: Don.t let. a cold run at this season.
Summer colJs are the hardest ki&d to
care and if neglected may linger along
for fcaontbs. A. long siege this Hill jmll
down the strjngett constitution.. One
lUute Cousii Cure win break,' sp the
attack at ence.' Safe, surej-acts at oacc.
Curc3-ccu-!:3, colds, croup, brosnchitis,
z.: thrc-t cr.d lur tr : ' :sjr-;lir.cn
. We furnish-aTFwaterials. September 2S
is the day. - ' : -; v '
You make, we bake, and the grown folks will eat the bis
cuit and tbeibaking will be done
(Hurls TUcfiLti
anndl ifiriteiadls Hini
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North Wiltesboro, Ilanch 4th.
Ipetfect in uaKlSStJie anb rice.
Our Fall and Winter
is the best selectcU lest qtaality, up-to-dht
and most attractive on
We cordially invite all to exarnjne our mjlll
linery goods and prices before purdhaoin- '
Noscth WSIkes1x)ro; Sept. 10th.
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All you have to sell at the
Highest Prices. Save. your
Peach Seed and bring them to usu
JL 'SL (DJULJL do,
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rices
": This refers to our line of Clothinc; vc .
have marked down bur prices and offer
you the beet bargains in Clothing to be
found in this section. Come and see
us; we can suit you in quality and price.
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goes to the girl that rYtnUo tl
best pan of biscuit at our Bakei &
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