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w e sen our groceries ; cheaper
Best Granulated Sugar &v
.luuii auy Bouse in wiiKea county.
Bring us your ash and e will
10c size gbod luck powders 1
prove it. apfey & Co.,
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N Wilkesboro.
5c " 4n
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Cafpby & Co., Nortfc Wilkesboro
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VOL. XVI.
The Chronicle
fauzrht WWere and There
The grip is prevalent at
this season
The places of business will
be closed generally to-morrow.
Call on Bruce and get your
oysters and fisn to-day and ,o
morrow.
Lawyer Hendren's family
spent several days at Moravian
Falls last week.
xMrs, Rebecca Horton of
Watauga is visiting her sou
at North Wilkesboro.
The oyster supper by the
Jr. O. U. A. M to-niorr jvf
night. At Wilkesboro Hotel.
'Possums are having very
little time to grin along now.
The boys are after 'em every
night.
Corn shredders are being
considerably introduced in the
county quite a number ol
them in operation.
Robert and Miss Hatiie
Scroggs, of Moravian Fall, wii
spend Thanksgiving with rela
. lives at States ville.
IT " 1 ' Tfc 1
irarKS rxav. wno nas uet-i
in West "Virginia for sometime
has returned to Wilkes to spend
the winter.
Revs. Phillips, of Charlotte
and Bumgarner, of Alexander
conducted a protracted meet-J
lag at Boomer last week.
The cook question is agi
tating this section a little a
long now. The eaung qu
tion will bother some of the
cooks next spring.
Mrs. Eliza Kincaid, of Mor
gahton, who has been pend
iagsome time vvich her m-ptitsw
J. L. Hemphill, returned home
last week.
Th vacant lots from tiu
bridge to Esq Staley's ought
to be dotted with factories ot
some kind, and no w is a good
time to. agitate the matter.
Miss Cora McNeill is hav
ing a very successful scho.il at
Poors Knob. The attendance
is quite large and the pupils a e
showing a great deal of inter
est.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. wd
give their oyster supper tc mor
row night. Be sure to attend
and thereby hel$ iu a good
cause and also enjoy yourself.
We see io the Lenoir pa
pers an account of the death of
Mrs. Jones Powell which occur
red last week. She was the
mother of Mrs. Whit Williams
of this place.
The ladies will give a Box
Supper" to morrow at 3 o'clock
at Walnut Grove church,
Poors Knob, for the benefit of
the church. All are invited to
come. .
Misses Jessie and Beufah
Ferguson were visiting here
last week. Miss Jessie will
leave for Washington in a few
days ta spend the winter with
the family of Mr. H. T. Holmes.
James Gordon Hackett has
gone down to the State farm to
see how things are getting on
and to hunt a few days. He
has been re appointed a direc
tor of -the penitentiary. 1
H. M. Wellborn, ' of: Ashe,
was in town the first of the
week. He said he was not on
his way to-the-"Halls of Ral
:veigh" at present 'but had just
come over to -fill his bond and
employ a boat in which to sail
to Raleigh." He returned ;to'
he, Tuesday. -
4
oeverai turteys are prac
ticing their funeral gobble to
day
--J. P. McLain took a nice
load of tobacco to Statesville
: last week
J. H. Hall and daughter
Miss Lou, jf Boomer, were in
town last week.
Dr Turner tells us that
Lafayette Swanson, who was
injured in a run away, is slow
ly improving.
The removal of the trees
from the court house yard will
I begin in a few days. J. T.
Huhbardhas the contract.
The song of the corn shred
der attracted much attention
here last . week It does its
work well and is a "curiosity
shop"' to a lot of our people.
Woe unto the birds and
rabbit- to morrow the bigger
part of the male portion of the
"rising generation" is prepared
to try their marksmanship.
The Sheriff starts around
after your taxes again 0ec. 3rd
and this is his last round It
will be a deputy with a levy
and cost to pay next time. It
would be hetter to settle now,
PostofTice' Inspector Frye
is up in this section investiga
ting tne postornce matters in
regcird to the recent frauds in
stiyrated bv T. J. Bryant, of
A lleghany
Rev H. H. Phelps, former
r f'tor of th'- Episcopal church
at this plaoe will conduct ser
vices here next Sunday, the 5th
Sunday He is an attractive
speaker and we hope our peo
pie wi'l attend and hear him.
- Ann still our. rations come
in. Esq. D. A Reece present
d this office last week with
two rurnips that weighed 9
pounds. Let the good work
proceed -al ways leave the sam
ples at this office.
The biggest turnip Drought
to this office so far was
ffiven
us by Mr. A. T. Jones, of Qak
woods It. 7 pounds and 6
ounces. It was raised by IV r.
Abe Jones, a Wilkes ite who
lives in Alexander now.
If our people here would
wake up, we would soon have
furniture factories and other
kinds of factories Our folks
Iseem to he more inclined to
work asrainst than for the
town
A new furniture factorv
hf been organized at. North
Wilkesboro, The factorv will
jilt- H!'rl
be located at th Caffey livery I
buildiner place The work
work preparing the butldings.
etc . will besrin at once
Congressman Blackburn
came in from 'ashinerton last.
ii Mirsrrav i ne papers state
that he will locate at Greens-
poro soon after his marriaere 1
which takes place the 20th of
tVcember at Washington He
moves to Greensboro for the
purpose of practicing law
Mr and Mrs A T Jones,
nf OaVwoo?s vfsitpd relatives
near Vasht.i lat weelr He
tells' us that a Salishnrv Oo. is
rapidlv moviner the eranite
rom Rocky Fare" mountain
The face of the mountain is
considerably disfigured.
; -tn the eastern end of Trap
TJilV township las week, one
pf ; Rpfcer knocked : Lewis
fjarks in'the head with a piece
of iron and seriously injured
hjira. There is donht aVout his
recovery. Spicer has been in
several revenue troubles and'
is not "bashful when it comes
Ito a racicet. vve ao not Know
what the trouble was about. :
JSqual Jaxation,
WILKESBORO N. C., WEDNESDAY. NOY.'26, 1902.
MeELWEE CRANOR.
A Prettj Church Wedding which Oc
curred Wednesday at 11
Mr W. H. McEl wee and Miss
Bessie Cranor were married in
the Presbyterian church Wed.
morning at 11 o'clock. It was
hone of the most impressive and
beautiful church weddings ev
er witnessed in this section.
The church decorations were
under the supervision of Mr.
Edgar Spainhonr and were ar
tistically and attractively ar
ranged.
Miss McNeill presided at the
organ. As the ushers T. J.
Robertson, J. G. Hackett, W.
S. Wellborn and W T Cranor
followed by the contracting1
parties, marched slowly up the
aisle, the .choir sang Lohen
grin's Wedding Chorus. The !
ceremony was impressively
performed by Rev. C. W. Rob
inson. The organist softly
rendered "Call Me Thine Own"
while the ceremony was in
progress As the solemn cere
mony was completed, the or
ganist played Mendlesson's
Wedding March, the grandest
the world has produced, and
the bride and groom followed
by the ushers marched out of
the church and were conducted
to the residence of the bride's
father, where a sumptuous re
past was served to a number
of special friends.
The bride and groom left at
1 o'clock for Statesville, taking
the train at Taylorsville. They
willlocate at Ronda when the
wedding tour is over.
May the blessings of heaven
abundantly abide with them
while life lasts.
A fine new girl at Ex
Sheriff McEwen's.
Several friends have re
membered us with wood. We
have no objection to cash eith
er.
There will be services at
the Baptist church to morrow.
Thankscivinc. conducted bv
the pastor Rev. W. R. Brad-
shaw. He will also conduct
services at Moravian Falls in
the afternoon. No services at
the other churches.
Miss Minnie Badgett, a cou
sin to Mr. W. S. Surra! t pf this
place, was married last Sunday
to Dr. H. J. D-jarborn, at lt
Sterling, 111. Miss Badgett has
visited our co-unty twice and
made a host of friends who
send her their best wishes and
congratulations She is a
charming and intelligent lady
and has no doubt chosen a wor-
thy companion.
Mr James Call
died near
Straw ppstoffice last week at
the ripe" old age of 7a years
He died of no special disease;
he succumbed under the weight
of burden of years. tie was
the brother of the late Isaac
(Jail of this place, tie was a
member of the Baptist church
at Fishing Creek Arbor. He
was laid to rest at the old Call
graveyard.
Mr J. E. Garner, of Wa
tauga, gave us a pleasant call
Monday. He had been over
visiting his relatives in this
county and
was on his way
back home. He brought over
with him Mr. I. N. Garner, his
uncle, of Nebraska, who is now
visiting relatives in this county,
and- will probably stay ouring
the winter months before re
inrning to his western home.
We were glad to meet again
with our good W atau ga f He nd.
We have'oeen friendS'Mnce we
began the paper here (he pays
promptly and is an- all around
300 pounds good fellow and
"one of the boys.)
pirect and Indirect
Gen. Gordon's Lecture.
Gen. John B. Gordon, the
old hero of ,the Confederacy,
lectured at liew Era Hall, Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The house was well filled but
not crowed.
The lecture was from the
subject "The Last Days of the
Confederacy" and it was a
magnificent production. The
General is a stately command
ing personage and has an easy
and attractive manner upon
the stage.
It would be impossible in so
short a space to anything like
a synopsis of the grand old he
ro's great lecture. He told
mostly of the deeds of the boys
in the ranks, the boys that did
the shooting. The pictures of
heroism and devotion, taken
from actual facts he was
there should be fixed and fes
tered in every heart, both
north and south. He told
many amusing occurrences
that came within his knowl
edge, and how friendly the
"Yanks and Johnny Rebs"
were when not in battle; how
they used to wade the Rapadan
and trade tobacco for coffee,
and many similar incidents.
There were many old soldiers
present who remembered these
pleasing incidents, as well as
the many privations and hor
rors of the war We younger
set cannot realize these things
as they really were, and what
is more discouraging many of
the "smart set" don t seem to
care enough about these things
to learn and remember and
cherish the deeds of fathers,
uncles and brothers.
Gen. Gordon was here among
a host of relatives and riends.
He was not born here himself,
but his father lived here many
years, was one of the pioneers.
He was born in Georgia and
represented that State many
years in the United States 3en
ate. He is a grand old man, a
bout the last of the old Confed
erate Generals, tie led the
last charge of Appomattox and
was first in leading the strug
gle to rebuild the wasted for
tunes of the South, and he is
about the last of the old Veter
ans wno nave so aarniraoiy
done their work in rebuilding
an industrial South where blood
and ashes and ruins were left,
to whom the summons tkas not
come to "cross over tne river
and rest under the shade."
It was inspiring to hear the
grand old Southern General.
Our fiiend L L. Walker,
of Boomer, says he hasn't the
largest pumpkin in the land
but he has a real purm.kin cu
riosity. It is of medium size
and appeared perfectly sound
on the outside. When cut open
about 20 seeds had sprouted
and vines had run 8 to 10 in.
long and there were leaves
as large as your thumb
nail. This is something "new
under the sun."
Among the numberpardon
ed by the goyenor last week is
Samuel ,Hayden, of Rowan
county, who was working on
the rurnpike. He was in for
larfiftnv for 3 Nveara and had
anpnnd.nknnt T TT rn 1 e Irt-o O 1
consumption and his friends
will send him to New Mexico
to prolong fits life. He is an
intelligent young fellow, and of
good family. He was at one
time a trusted telegraphy oper
ator on the Southern. - -
D. W. My berry has a nicer:: line of
mens and Voyaf pants from JCcta to $5.00
also men andoys medium, priced suits;
rice3 the toasU
'irsseca wca
Rousseau
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B
iraeeaD a sitove;
Every other kind of Hardware you need.
Best Quality; Best Prices.
J- P, ROUSSEAU,
North Wilkesboro, Marcb- 4th- A
perfect in "Quality, Srgle anb Iprice.
Our Falf and Winter Mil lery. Just received,,
is the best electd, best quality, uprtb-dater
and most attractive on the markets.
We cordially invite all to examine our milli-r
linery goods and prices before purchasing1.
Mrs. JP R; COMBS,
North Wilkesboro, Sept. 10th.
An Oiortnflity to Save Money.
If you want to do well and get you money's
worth, we are the people to buy your gooda
from.
We have just received our up-tondate Falf
and Winter goods, and
you money. Just give
let you say for yourself .
C. CALU
gucooft&or to. 1 S. Call & Go,
rices
This refers to our line of Clothing; wo
have marked down our prices and offer
you the best bargains in; Clothing to bet
found in this section. Come and seq
we can suit you in quality and price.
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