VOL. XVI.
WILKESBORON.C, WEDNESDAY. OCT. 1. 1902.
No.. 12.
The Chronic
JL OCA Jj jarlTTEB$l
Cttinrhl Here anil Tliert.
Oicero Johnson, of
.'Was in town last week.
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A3
ae,
Miss Fisher, of Greensboro,
,is visiting Mrs. C. Call.
A phone has been plaoed
ain the postoffice at this plaee.
-rMiss Maggie Hughey Be
gan a five months school at
Adley Monday. -
tittle Annie Winkler" is
able to be out again after S3V
reral weeks sickness.
The court house roofing
arrived last week and work
has begun putting it on.
Bulo Kennedy and family
Jiave gone to Lincoln count to
visit relatives
Grant Hendren has a !at
4ten.ponnd girl which arrived
last week at liis home.
Mr. "Vance Taylor and fa
m
iv visited relatives here
lkst
week, returning home tiiis
veek.
CJoiirfc will bagin at 2 p. m.
Oct 20th. You will see first
week's calender in another col
iUmn.
The examination of school
teachers will be held bere be-
-ginning Thursday
of next
iveek.
Mrs. G. H. Hamilton
bf
Asuo, visited here last wee
Her son Will lett Monday
.enter school at Oak ftidge.
to
Shade Brown offers $5
r,e
. - A fsn lon iirn a n I rloll
jrtv to the officers of one Dan
v
McGrady.
Noah Brown, of Muiberr
was thrown from a load of fo
der. ran over and his leg brok
e&, one day last week.
Misses Mollis ;Casey ar d
Pitta Olodfelter. of Davie Cc ,
visited relatives here last week
Miss Addio Strieker and
her brother Louis, of Laurel
Springs, visited friends heretiie
first of the week.
Mr. Bob Boldin, of Roar
ing River, was badly burned it
Ponnaha last week. ,He was
painting cross arm3 when the
benzine exploded.
The town must be wanting
n. damac-e suit awtullv oaa, trie
Wav the Harris hill road
in
being neglected. It isallowe
to cout-inued to get worse.
Mr J. VV. Hass, -of Chat-
lotte was here last week. He
has the contract for plastering
-$be c3urt house, and will begi i
work next monday.
Lee Steelman who recently
-entered Boomer school, write 3
that he is very much "pleased
with the school and is gettin j
along splendidly.
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;ine democratic, primaries
;meet to-day at 2 p. M. and the
countv convention meets Sath
urday here to nominate th 3
different candidates. e sure
and attend. -
Mrs, Mattie Shields wh
has been visitiug her brothers
here returned to Charljtte on
Friday, accompanied by Miss
Lola Vannoy who will spend a
week there.
Mr. 'J; Jr Rousseau's fine
blood . hound nad a fit Fri
day and it was thought he had
hydrophobia. ; The dog I was
-ponfiaed so as to watch develop
ments.. . - ,
We see in the Greensboro
paper that miss ura i urner ana
J. E. Ferguson were .married
last week. Miss Turner, is a
lister of Mrs. Bob Castle, and
4ias visited here and has manyj
Misses Maggie Hughey and
Daisy Cowen made a visit to
I'Aoho loof wTooIr Tiocs o rr"5o
Cox returned home with- them
and is spending a few- days
here. !
W. A. Bumgarner, of Mil
lers Creek, bas the largest to
baeco we have heard of. The
leaves measure, as large as
3 feet 2 inches long and 21f
inches wide.
While preaching last Sun
day at Bethel church one of the
most powerful sermons ever
delivered, Rev. Parks Gwalt
ney gave way from exhaustion
and would have fallen-, bu was
caught. He is now in a preca
rious condition.
Secretary of State J Bryan
Grimes and State Treasurer
Bea R Lacy will address
the people here on Tuesday,
October the 14th. These men
are plain country farmers, but
they will have .something o
tell you... Come yourself and
bring your neighbors.
Theregistrars of election-
begin their work to-morrow.. ,
The registration is entirely
new. There are two sets of
registration books, one for, the
regular registration, the other
tor the permanent list under
the "grandfather clause. The
registration boo.5S close Octo
ber 25th. Be sure and regis
ter,
The body of Mr. Bob Rob
erts was brought home last
Wednesday for burial. He
had been killed in a coal mine
in West Va. by a chunk of coal
falling on him. Ho lived near
Straw, was 35 to 40 years old
and leaves a wife and 5 , or 6
children. His wife is the
daughter of Mr Smith Goforth.
The biscuit baking contest
;ast week at L P Housseau's
hardware store was won by
.Vliss Nettie Smoak, of this
place. Forty lit Ae ladies en
tered the contest and all did re
markably well. Ths comm 3 .ee
Mesdames J. T. Peden, C. Call,
C- G. Pilson, J. W White, and
A. R. Sherman awarded to
iiss Smoak the prize, a pretty
little stove. It is encouraging
to know that our little girls are
learning to make good biscuits
It is getting back to the old
iiimes way of raising children,
Forty Years' Torture.
To be relieved from a torturing disease
after 40 years' torture might well cause
the gratitude of anyone. That is what
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve did for C.
Hanney, Geneva, O. He says: "Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured me of piles
after I had suffer 40 years." Cures cuts
burns wounds, skin diseases. Beware of
eounterfits. Dr. Doughton's drug store.
Natural Anxiety.
Mothers regard approaching winter
with uneasiness, children take cold so
easily. No disease cost more little lives
than croup. It's attack is so sudden that
the suffering is Often beyond human
aid before the doctor arrives. Such
cases yield readily to one miu.ute
Ccugh Cure Liquifies the mucus, allays
jnflaimation, removes danger, ' Absolu
tely safe. Acts immediately. Cures
coughs, .colds, grip, bronchitis, all throat
and - lung trouble. F. S.s? McMalion.
Hampton, Oa,.; "A bad cold rendered
me voiceless just before an oratorical
contest. I intended to withdraw but
took One Minute Cough Cure. -It : res
tored my voice ia time to win the
medal. Dr. Doughtoh'siirug stor.
NOTICE. Voting Place Changed.
Notice is hereby given that at a meet
ing the Wilkes County Board of Elec
tions held -on. Tuesday; Sept, 22 nd 1902,
the voting place of Redd ies River town
ship was moved from: Nichols' . school
house to Millers Creek. This Sept 23,
1802: ' F. B. Hendren.
; Sec'y Wilkes Co, B'd of Election.
; -' For Orer Sixty rears "
Mrs. Win slows Sootiiiko Syrup has been us
ed for over sixty years by milltQijs of mothers for
their children while teething With perfect success "
It soothes the child, -joftens the gams, allays all
pain, cures wind colic, aad is the. best remedy for
Diarrhoea..- It will relieve the poor littte sufferer
immediately, r Sold by druggists in every part of
the world - Twenty-five cents a bottle Be sure
and ask for"Mrs ;-Winslow's Sw thins Syrup
and ucsa. jK ,ctijr iciad ' . " C '
AYCOCK'S SPtENDID SPEECH.
He and Patters an' Address a Large
: Audience Jiere Saturday. ?
Gov. Aycock and Hon. S. L.
Patterson addressed a large au
diance here at Ginnings ware
house Saturday afternoon.
Among the audiance were 50 to
75 ladies.
The speakers .were intro
duced by county chairman R.
N. Hacket.
Mr. Patterson spoke -first for
a short time, discussing 'mostly
the working of his office, Com
missioner of Agriculture. He
refuted the charge of extrava
gance and showed that the de
partrnent was doing more effi
cient work for less cost than
uuder fnsioh rule One item of
expense explains the difference
under fusion rule they had 16
fertilizer inspectors on pay roll
whether they were at work or
not. " Under democratic rule
there has not oeen over- 8 ins
pectors and these get pay only
when at work.
Gov. Aycock followed with
one of his best speeches. He
was in fine trim and he eom
pletely vindicated the -demo
cratie administration a&rainst
the republican charge of -ex
travagance. He showed that
the additional democrat expen
ditures were for education, the
care of those afflicted and help
less and the survivers of the old
Confederate veterans. In ev
erything else the expenditure
had been less than those pf the
fusion ists. These additional
expenditures were made with
out increasing the rate of taxa
tion. Be showed that the peo
pie of Wilkes were gainers by
reason of the additional espen
ditures. . Wilkes pays to the
State Treasury less tnan $6000
and gets in return in school
funds and pensions over $8,000,
thus making a cleer prof
it of; over $2,000. Our
State taxs are not -increased,
but our State appropriations
are increased and far exceed
the amount we pay to the
State something never dreamed
of under fusion rule.
His speech was largely on
education and he was proud
that the whole energy of his
administration was centered in
that direction. Four months
schools are established facts,
and -more and better . school
houses have been built than in
any former administration.
He had no apologies for educa
tional expenditures.
His tribute to the old soldiers
was grand and he was proud
that additioh'expenditures had
been made for their care and
comfort. He warned the
republicans tof beware of our
raising the wrath of our good
women on this subject, for they
all loved the old veterans. He
quoted this doggerel of women
that, ;'-. r ' ; ':r::
"In the gladness of her. gladness she is
glad. ; ' .
In the sadness of her sadness she is
ad." -'
But the most awful of it all
le, tnac
"In the madness of her madness she is
and awfully mad, to.
He answered the republican
"charge that mo ney has been
spent, to protect registrars from
Federal prosecution. . This. Was
done by .his recommendation..
He would protect . apy State
office doing his duty against
Fe d o r ai p r o s e c u t i o n , an d w h en
the Legislature turned over the
treasury to him it tookless
than $200 to whip out revenue
doodles. The"diffeence, he
said "between a democrat and
republican is, the democrat will
1 stick to-you ro time 9 f trouble, iV.
and a republican will leave you
.and the devil for it."
It is imposible to give a just
synopsis of the speech. It was
great, and we wish all could
have heard it. "
A LiTelj ConTention.
The republican convention
Monday was no cool affair,
she was sorter sizzling a little
aU the time. There was a large
crowd present, about half be.
ing candidates and the others
a mixture of democrats and re
publicans. -
Dr. Somers was made chair
man and E. M. -Blackburn, sec.
Congressman Blackburn ad
dressed the convention, but we
didn't hear him and dout know,
what he said.
The fun began in earnest
when the North Wilkesboro
contest came up. Director
Henderson moved the adoption.
of the majority report without
having the minority read. C.
Call vigorously protested; it
got warm; things smelt like
warmed-over brimstone; Hen
derson and got . personal; there
was a center rush and some" of
the faithful tried to pull irons.
The sheriff and others inter
fered and the "lily whites''
got quiet after a while Then
by a majority of one the Jones
delegates were seated. This
settled the Clerk question, and
made the nomination of Som
ers certain. There was some
lively contests all the wav.
through, and when the sul-pherous-
smo ke had c I ear e d . a
way the.following ticket show
ed up:
For Legislature J Q. Afc
Bryan, Dr. E. W. S. Pegrarn.
For Clerk C. H. Somers.
For Sheriff J. H. Johnson.
, For Register O. F. Blevins.
For Surveyor L W Myers.
For Coroner J W Dyer.
For County Commissioners
D. R. Edwards, L. C.Jennings
and i . M. Adams. .
The Executive Committee
was organized by electing A
C. Billings chairman, and E l
M. Blackburn, Secy.
Judg-es of Election.
The County Board of Elec
tions met Tuesday afternoon
and appointed the following
judges of election, a certififd
to by the secretary:
Iherepy certify that the following is
a true list of Judges of Election appoin-.J
ted for the Nov. election, 1902:
Antioch H C Douthit, John Staley.
Beajcer Creek W J St. Clair, Vance
McGhinnis.
Brushy Mountain i& B Hendren, H O
Walker. ,
Boomer J S Ferguson, W B Beeves.
Edwards W F Alexander, Jr., R L
Poind exte'r.
Elk S J Barnett, John Triplet.
Jobs Cabins-W M Lee, A J Taylor.
Xewis Fork-Hayes Foster, W H Ed-
minston. .
.Lovelacer.W E Anderson, Rufus Tran-
sou. ,
Moravian Falls C W Carlton, C G
-Gilreath. r
Mulberry M F Absher, B E Faw.
New Castle B C Triplett, W G Chnreh
North WilkesboroJ L Mario w, W M
Absher." '
Reddies River F O Hays, T S McNeil.
Rock Creek W N Alexander, . W A
Bullis. - - ,
Trap Hill rE S Haynes, R N Johnson.
Somers J Sylvester Henderson, D C
Jarvis. - . ,
Union John C Wyatt,:Noah Vannojr. r
Ifalnut Grove G E Blevins, F CHol-
brook. - .
Wilkesbor--A Q Hendren, R M Staley
v And, W H Starr was appointed Eegr
istrar in Wilkesboro " townslifp to fill
vacancy caused by rgignation of R'A
Deal and John Besluears in Jobs Cabin
to fill vacancy caused by resignationof
W S Hall. This Sept ,23; 1902. :
F. B. Hesdbejt, Sec'y to Board. .
NOTICE. I yviirimy; 50c ' cash; per
bushel for corn;-shelled and delivered
at my place until Nov. 1st and after tbaf
I will pay the market price half. csh
ni1 htla nr o in ' rnriH. ' nt. est kH rria
Bring rae your com-and got the money ".
. .Jfylu VM&f Go$heDr X. C,
WES'
We furnish all materials. -September 2S
is the day. . ' . . '
You make, we bake, and the grown ?folks will eat the bis
cult and the baking will be done on a
and. iIenfils lm
North Wilkesboro, March 4th.
perfect in (Sluaht,
Our Fall and Winter
is the best selectd, best
land most attractive on
We cordially invite a!l :to exaixiinetour milli
Iinery goods and prices before purchasing.
Mrs. Jl R. COMBS. .
North Wilkesboro j Sept. 10th. '
P E A CH S E I) .
All you have to sellt the
Highest Prices; Save your
Peach Seed and bring them to us.
This refers to our line of Clothing; we
' have m and offer
,you the best bargains In Clothing to bo
found in this section. Come and seb
U; we can suit you in quality and price.
CALL & COMBS.
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.Theone-price-to-all otor; ;
xw.stsi Will UlCS.X,
handsome : BUCK'S JUNIOi
Range on display at our store
goes to the girl ;that makes ;th
best pan-of , biscuit at our Bakerr
Contest.
& fin bt jll s
J. P. ROUSSEAUc
StIe anb Iprice.
Millery, just received,
quality, up-to-date-
he-markets.
TTR ACTIVE,
inter -oods
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