'Wo sell cux Groceries cheaper
y than any house in Wilkes county
.Bring us your cash and we will
r-jproy it. Caffey & Co.
: Cssh Grocers
N, Wilkesboro.
VOL. XVI.
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Jo
Beat Granulated Suqax Cc'.
10c size good luck powdera 71c.
Other things fu9t as ohean rt
Cajtet A Co.,Nprth Wilkesbort .
jpqual Taxation, pirect and Indirect.
WILKESBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY . NOT. 12, L9f)2.
no. m.
The Chronicle.
sCftutrht Here nd TJie
'ii
Mr., Byrd, of Elkville,
in the city last week. '
Let the wood corne a long
with the prosperity wave.
Mr John Dula returned to
'Washington Monday.
I. S. Call has returnee! te
X)ak Ridge to finish the business
course.
Mrs. John Foster and son
Albert, of Kendall, visited in
town Saturday,
Sorrow to learn that Mrl B.
F. Foster is not imnro vine: but
is perhaps getting worse.
The republican boodle sent
to Boomer didn't bear much
.fruit.
The price of cabbage makes
it in the reach of everybody to
away a keg of kraut.
J. G. Hubbard went- to
Eikin and down the line on
business, Friday
Mr. Jack Growson and
his sister Miss Daisy, of
Wadesboro are visiting at Maj.
. W. W, Vannoy's. "
'jack burn's "stunning"
campaign secretary of Winston
was conducted home Saturc ay
by his chief
The several campaign sub
Bcrlbers are invited to contin
ue taking the paper. Send us
qut subscription at once.
The new court house will
be completed or nearly so by
..the time the new officers ts ke
charge.
Mr. and Mrs. t rank Camp
ell ofVashti, Alexander coun
ty are visiting relatives in this
tcouuty.
The report here is that
vote between Lyon and Porter
is a tie. But as the report
cotues from a republican source
we -can't vouch -for it.
They say that ex-constable
Lowe wants to know why
Sheriff Johnson went back on
him and refused to declare him
elected.
Blf ckburn, -the defeated
candidate for Cougress, h is
gone to Washington, presume
ably to look after his contest,
and perhaps other matters.
Lcwe the republican can ii
date for constable in this town
ship, is thinking seriously
contesting: the election.
claims that his vote and Andor
son's together elected him.
The plastering at the cou rt
house was completed Friday
The carpentering work is pro
gressing and the inside of the
uiiding is beginning to look
rigt. ?
. The next thing is Thanhs
giving day. Then Congress
meets; then Xmas; then the
the
of
He
meeting "" of tfce4 Legislature .
Wilkes will be represented by
proxy the other fellows will
draw the pay. r ;
The election returns in this
county show that a large nam
bei "disfranchised" themselves
by staying away from the pb
and not voting. A
tion of them "were
Is
good pof-
democrats.
too. - The vote iu the coun y
was light.
-I The, wave of 4)rosperi ,j
struck this neigh borohoc id
lection day.when the republic
10 Tor votes r ana tnrowea " in
ajs for the old women extr,
But the wave "only struck
Vfcw to tliat extent." V;. -; ? . J
' : ..-Same pretty rugs at Spainhbury
-V
Mrs. Cooeran has -returned
from her visit to Caldwell
county. .
Bud Foster is' improving and
is expected home the last of
this week.
E. Wallace left Monday for
Mt Airy to look after the in
surance business
The. 8 months old child of
R. A. Crysel, little Robert,
died the 7th at Cricket.
Mr. Ed Hobbs, of Iredel
will move to North Wilkesbore
this week.
Read $he Governor's
Thanksgi vig Proclamation and
govern yourselves accordingly.
It is rumored that we are
to have another furniture
tfaetory soon. We need facto
ries.
L. W. Cooper, Esq., of
Charlott, the contractor for the
court house, is here tora few
days.
A good river farm to let for
term of years to some good
responsible man. Call at or
write The Chronicle office.
Mr. R. H. McNiell was in
town Saturday on his way to
Washington where he is acting
as Senator Pritchards private
Secretary.
A .colored convict escaped
from the turnpike Friday after
noon about quitting time. His
name is Bell, from Wilmington
and he was in for 1 5 years for
burglary
Up in Elk last week,
George Bradly and some of the
McNiells got in to a fuss and
Bradly was pretty badly used
up. we ao not Know wnat
the trouble was about
The new county officers
will take charge the first Mon
day of December. As the old
ones retire the new ones will
come forward. Here's our best
wishes to all.
The teachers meeting hore
Saturday was well attended
and much interest was raaai
esf.ed. These meetings are
doing good work in the educa
tional cause in Wilkes.
Mr. Ed Coffey of Boone,
was here the first of the week
attending the sale of personal
property at the Curtis place.
Mr. Coffey was defeated by a
small majority for Solicitor.
Mr. S. A. Dula died at
Cooleemee, Davie county, last
week. He had been sick some
tima. He was a brother of Col.
Tom Dula of this place and was
about 50 or 55 years old.
Boomer township is jentit
ed to the democratic banner.
Those democrats up there work
a4 vote. rOnly about ten
straight republican votes cat
in the township. Boomer you
know has one of the best
schools in the State and people
are educating themselves.
Mrs Nancy German, of Ken-1
dal, died last week. She was
about 80 years old and was the
mother ofJSsq, John German.
She was buried at the old If am-
iiy graveyard. She had ;been
a faithful member of the Bap
tist Church at Beaver XJreek
jfor many yeai-s and was a most
excellent women. -
hey tell , it . that Dr.
Pegram.got so mad at the coun
ty board of canvassers "for
saying he was not eligible for,
the Legislature that he would
hereafter . oreyer ;clase .his
doors against any and all dem
ocrats That is like; some of
the ur'sther campaign state
ments not true. 7 . The . Dr.
would take in democrats and
feed them and treat them right,
The Election in Wilkes
The official returns ahow the
following total votes and -ma
jorities in this county:
State ticket.
Chief Justice Hill, rep., 223a
Clark, dera., 1465, majority Z&.
Judge Superior Court it H
McNeill 2237, W B Councill
145, .majority 787. The other
candidates run about the same.
Congress.
Blackburn 2346, Klutz 1434,
majority 912. ,
Solicitor.
J W McNeill 2287, Graves
1466, majority 821.
Senatorial.
Holton 2297, Smith 1471, jpaa
jority 826. ,
Legislature.
Bryant 2015, Pcgram 2003,
York 1577, Hackett 1604. The
majorities are, Bryant joy&r
York 438, Pegram over Hackett
399. The canvassing board
declared that aeeerding to the
State constitution Dr. Pegram
is not eligible to.be a member
of the Legislature, because he
was holding a .Federal position
at the time of his -election. It
is not known how it will re
suit.
County Ticket
Clerk Somers 1894, Mastin
1570, majority 324.
Register of Deeds O. F.
Blevins 2340, Bulks 1396, ma
jority 944.
Surveyor L. B. Myers 2081,
McGhinnis 1453, majority 629.
Coroner J. W. Dyer 2318, Hall
1436, majority 882.
Sheriff Johnson 288.9,
ant 1S6, majority 2703.
Cojinty Commissioners D R
Edwards 2370, L C Jennings
2335, F M Adams 2380, Wesley
Joines 1403, J E Burch 1453.
See the notice of -the .Forest I
Furniture Company.
The county commissioners
are in session.
Turner & Wfeite have a
large lot of the Jfeest perf um
eries. See them.
Miss Nellie Cowles has re
turned from her visit to Clover
Hill in Caldwellcouuty.
W. S. Wellborn, propietor
of the Wilkesboro hotel, cut
his f.GQt severely Monday.
Thy say that Col Liber
tine Harshaw, republican, is
elected Solicitor in the Cald
well district.
Mr. J, L Sydnor of North
Wilkesboro is very low with
neuralgia of the heart. He is
improving slowly.
We have an interesting
communication jfrera Brazil
from our friend Percv Footo
which will appear next week.
W. S. Hall delivered an
educational address at Map'e
Springs last Friday which i
spoken of very highly. Sam
can talk well when he tries
Prof. A W. Hawks, the
laughing philosopher, will, lec
ture at New Era Hall Nov. 14th
at 8 P. M. Admission Oc, re
served seats 75c, children 25c 1
Tickets on sale at Dr. Horton's
drag store and North Wilkes
boro Clothing Co. store.
The republican chairman
in Wilkes in a card in the Cur
few thanks 'the registrars for
their hospitality" and de
ootunces the courtesy of all boi
lers ana independents. " tsut
Wilkes always takes the lead.
The North Wilkesboro
AntULipuor League will meet
at 2 o'clock 4 n New Era Hall,
Rousseau '0 '
Wliatteur I siltooifflt!; Eaeire, yoa
imeedl a oitove; IBBicEi ils tide
IBestf; II Jhisie It ait -lowest'' ppficcw
Every other kind of Hardware you need
Best Quality; Best Prices.
J. P. ROUSSEAU.
North Wilkesboro, March 4th.
The three republicans are elec- Friday afternoon Nov. 21st and
ted. all the Leagues in the county
Constables. are requested to send delegates.
The following constables are Ajb half past seven, there will
jelesctei hi the different town be a rc election of officers. An
shiifS4 According to the returns
from the townships: -
JKock ureefc w A Adams, r.
Wilkesboro W P Shew, d
walnut virove J u uook. r.
Union John D. Wyatt, r.
Trap Hill ' .Joe Blackburn, r.
Somers J E Go forth, r.
Reddies River S N Bum gar
ner, r.
North Wilkesboro E. Par-
due, d.
New Castle Adolphus N.
Martin r.
Mulberry L O Elledge, r.
Moravian Falls J T Lane, d
Lovelace R L Combs, r.
Lewis FQfk S M Shepherd d
Jobs Cabin T A Beshears, d
Elk William J Jones, d.
Edwards B L Tharp, r.
Brushy Mt. B L Hubbard, r
Boomer W G Minton, d.
Beaver Creek T F Jones, d.
interesting program is being
prepared. All members are
requested to be present.
The operation performed
en Mrs. Dr. W. C.Greene, at
Baltimore, Thursday was
entirely satisfacter-y and she is
improving rapidly. The tumor
and fluid removed from her
weighed from 50 to 60 pounds.
We hope she will soon be able
to retnrn home again
The Forest IJ'uraiture Com
pany shipped a car load o fur
niture to New York Satujday.
It was the first shipment, and
the company nsw has some
thing like six months orders
ahead. The Company is manu
facturing the best of goods and
we are glad tneir sales are so
prompt.
Hon. Hoct Bower was heie
perfect in (Slualit Ste anb Iprice
Our Fall and Winter Millery, just received,
is the best selectd, best quality, up-to-date,
and most attractive on the markets.
We cordially invite all to examine our milli
linery goods and prices before purchasing.
Mrs. J. R. COMBS.
Nerth Wilkesboro, Sept. 10th.
Ai
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rtiity lo Save Qiey.
Antioch Robert L Staley Monday and Mrs. W. C. Wi nk-
tooand he knows it.
and Robert Stagey recieved the
same umber of votes.
Shot His Hand Badly.
While out hunting: last-
Thursday, Andre w J ar vis, son
of Joe Jarvig, accidently shot
his left hand very badly He
came to town Friday- and Drs.
Turner and Doujchton per
formed the necessary surgical week w4th & drove of horses
wnrir romvino- f 10 fhnmh nnH tor tuo uaariotte marset. - tie
three fingers. The hand was says tnat tue canvassing .noara
badly mutilated. The accident Ashe threw out Lauraitown
mA u us ship because tnere was some
-. J . 1- . .;. --.WW-
ler and family returned home
with him Tuesday to spend ja
month or so. Mr. Bower telle
us that every democrat in Cald
well was elected except the
Sheriff. The republican was
elected by a small majority.
Wiliam Bledsoe, of Ashe
passed through the first of the
ai j um vvaiii. fcw uu wcu auu gci yuu IllUIlcy
worth, we are the people to buy your goods
from.
We have just received our up-to-date Fatl
and Winter goods, and we are able to save
you money. Just give us a trial. and .we will
let you sy fpr yourself.
-C CALL,
Successor to S Call & Co.
.educed
rices
This refers to our line of Clothing; wo
tiave rxjsicked tlown our prices arid offer
you thbest bargain 4n Clothing to be
found in this section. Corhe and see
us; we can sujt you in quality .and price.
CALL & COMBS.
IJWiRIHT, irALEAN, Oi
n IT a Af r
Vr all "d v
TTRACTIVE-
I from under bin while walking
over a rock. He fell and the
hammer struck against the
jrock, the gun' fired and the
whole load landed in the - boys,
hand. ' He is. about 16 years
old. The accident is to be
gretted. " : .
. Oar fleece lined underre ia . nice
and cheap, our slfbes for mtfa, women
aud children ;an not be beat -
20 more .votes, cast than there
were registered voters. He
says that some fello ws from
Tennessee just stepped across
the line and put in the votes.
The township is almost solid re
publican .and :the a effect of
throwing put the township is
to give the democrats a majori
ty ,in :the county, and elect
Tarn Bowie to the. Senate oyer
H. M; Wellborn,
inteii-oods
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