qual Taxation, pirect and Indirect
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Ths Chronicle.
ttaujhi WKire ami - There
J. W.. Moore returned
week from Illinois -
ast
. Mr. A. H, Walls, pf Ek
was in town last week;
. Mr J. P Rousseau is
Mill
quite sick.
. . Have you seen the- pre
ty
Xmas pictures at Spaihhouj's?
Mr. C. H. Cowles is home
;fiona Washington for the l.ol
days.
L,-B, Murray has qualified
as-administrator of vVade Dar
nail, deceased.
' For a rarity it rained
all
the day Sunday and the roads
are still good. i
., -Mr. Lee Ferguson is aeiiv
cring some nice enlarged
trait work in the county.
Mrs. Raynor Bulhs
has-been low is" slightly
pbr
J
who
ira
proved.
Miss Fannie Wellborn
visiting Miss Hendrix, at
kin.
is
El
License were issued for the
marriage of Jim Porter and
Alice Felts last week. ;
Our friend En. Winki
and Mies Mollie Stroud are
hp married this week.
er
to
Capt. L. O Ferguson - and
daughter Miss Blanche were
4T .
i'A town last week.
- Miss Blanch Creswell, of
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Keidsville. is visitiner Mrs J.
R. Combs, N. Wilkesboro.
The installation of the offi
"cers of Liberty lodge, wfll take
place Saturday at 10 o'clock at
the hall.
The pension checks are be
ing distributed'to the old sol t
4iara t.hiA wr-flr Tt is a nice
Christmas gift.
v Miss Annie Rogers ass s
tant teacher in the academy
here,Tleft for Oxford yesterday
tospend the holidays.
Prof Boldin, of , Boomer.
High School, was in town last
week, and says his school h is
b een the bes t i n . th e b jsfeory
school. I .
The schools are havii g
holidays this weeTc and the
hearts of the little follows are
throbbing fast with joy,; They
feel free for X,uras.
Miss Egbert gave her
school a genuine old fashioned
cauuv uuiiiukL ; loan j.- cjT ,
when she closed for,' the . ho i
days, arid- the children we: -e
delighted. i;
The papers state that Lieut
C6l. U. D. Cowtes ha3 been ; pxv
dered back torthe Philipp.iney.
TTa 'and Mrs. Oawles visited his
father, ColrCaivin J. i CowIc s
at this place a few weeks ago
I. S. Call, Jrf; Rogan Rou i
seau, Stokes Hunt; . Ira Triple t
and Mr. Ashkettle, who ' have
been at Oak Ridge,' are home
for the holiday s. The boys are
looking well and seem -to- te
getting along splendidly!
Mir-Will HubbartTs - little
two months old boy died last
week, of spasms. This is, .his
third child to die about th
same- a ere in 4b e same manne
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Our deeoest sympathy .' is' e
tended to the bereaved. family;
Misses Rosa and Hellij
McNeilli who have beehratten i
ing the Baptist' Female TThiver
8ity attEaleigh,' have returne
home for the ? holidays,! after
attending the marriage of their
brother R H McNeill at Stated
rillas t- Wed n esd ay .
Miss Frankie Staley is home
from Summit to spend the hoh
days - . " . .5. .
Miss Minnie Garner is .vis
iting Miss Frankie Staley - and
will spend Xmas here.
Mr - A. Felts; of Viands;
says that there is a lot of Scar
Hiram Churchy of Purlear,
is not expected -'to live, vith
i typhoid fever. He is 78 Tyears
olds.
-rH. A Morrison aud family,
of Roaring River, are visiting
Mr R A. Morrison's during
thti holidays, i
M r. Francis EHer,' an u aged
citizen of Lewis Fork Town
ship, died last week. He was
some 75 year&old and a good
citizen. '
Miss Bettie Gray, of Cling
man, died last Saturday at the
agn of about 75 years j ,, She
had cancer and had been.suffer
ing for years, s . . .
The- Baptist Sunday school
exercises and donations will
take p ace at the: church to
niht, (Wednesday) and the
"Jacobs Ladder" Xmas enter
ta,inment at the - Methodist
church will occur to morrow
night. ' T V
Since giving . ah endorse
ment of Bro. Cobb of Morgan
ton for ctiie'f clerk of the House
we learn that Wilkes has a can
didate for the same position in
the person of .Frank 0 Hack
ett, and of course we are for
our home man.
Register Blevins did a big
marriage license business Mon
day, five license isiied J M
Harrald to Julia Porter, An
drew Cornett to Dora Hambv,
Z B. Hamby to,M. J, Spears,
R Chas. -Culler to Mira Clark.
C. C. Caudill to Jennie Bowels.
Dick Hardin was called - to
Ashe last week by a telephone
message announcing the seri
ous illness of his father John
Hardin, who had suffered a
stroke of. : paralysis. He re
turned Saturday and says his
father is recovering rapidly. -1.
Esq S. J. Ginnings informs
us of the death of Mr Thos R.
Martin at Lewisburg Tenn.,
the 12th of this month. He
was a native of Wilkes? and
was the uncle of Mrs. S. J.
G i n n i n gs,' of this place. ; He
was about 84 years old?and was
a prominent citizen and a sue
cessful and extensive farmer
He has hosts of relatives ? and
friends in-Wilkes who wilUiear
.
in . sorro w-' tne news; ot nis
death. He was the fourteenth
of a family of sixteen to j pass '
over the river from whence no
traveler.Teturns.1. -
, Notice. ; , - .
By virtue of an -xecuJion in my hands for
coiJectiou isseingSrom tbe SDperior 'court : of
vVjikea cuuty teturntble. to Jq. tenn of
Wiik- a rp. eoort in favor; f . Anderapa Flier
and against Hays and Milea Stout for the
bun ot $50. 00, intcroat And cost. Lsvy bar
r t t
,
in been raaJe bp me npm the hatne tract of
J. W Havs lu exceea oT hw homestead ad ioin
his honifcHtead the landvf j;,'Biaiiop T. M,
L. Gridt ond others, containing one hundred '
acres morr or lens, also upon his interest in a
certaia store bonc and lands attached thereto
c mtainiog 25 acres, situated at, Millers Creek
post office, a (I joining UuJ iai3tj 6f of. iira- F. J.
B aylock JR.J. Baths B. C McNeil and others;
all ot which is situated ia Buddies River town
bTp. I sell for cash at the ;. court house
door in Wilkebbom N. C on the 26 th l& Jan :
1903 Petweeu the hoars of 2 m,aud 2 p m. The
above described lands tosatisfy salk execution j - -- a 1 W ' -
; This Dec. 23rd 1902. - '.''. NOTICE.- " "
J. H. Johsson, - 'I Having qualified as ndmiiiiatsator of Judge
' . . 8berifF.il'-' F Colvard deceased, late of" Wilkes county,
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Notice to the Pribllc. : ' r .
, The public is hre by notified
to stop using. the road leading
by my residence. Thisvle6rl5
to 1902, . - ; f
J. ; P. Pousse ait. '
I sell more guns and shells than any
body. VV hy? Because I sell a i better ; 30 in. barrel 12 gague, call on me. Price , eve sawing.,- -
grade of guns. J PRoaseau. I $25-00. -Jf Rousseau--. ' j .' " G eokgls-F 0?ilvj -
WILKESBORO . N. O... WEDNESDAY DEC. 24: 1902.
MAYAGUEZ, PORTO EICO.
The White Squadrons Great Victory
in the West Indian-Islands.
On Board the War Ship, Iowa, Dec. 1U
My Dear Parents: flailing from Mon
tevideo we arrived at Rio Janneiro" on
Nov. 8th and went ashore to attend the
inauguration of the newly elected Pres
ident of Brazil and it was a grand af
fair. The dinner was the most Bump
tious I ever saw.- There were two qt.
bottles of Champaign placed at every
plate. Foreign officials from Spain Ita
ly, England. France, Germany Argen
tine and others as well as from the Uni
ted States participated. The ball and
dancing lasted till sunrise: Our Minis
ter, Col. Bryan, was the leader socially
and diplomatically. I greatly enjoyed
the occasion. The ladies : werer very
pretty, I did not see an ugly i face, but
they lacked the intelligence and char
acter of our women. - By invitation I
went out to spend a night with one of
the proprietors of the celebrated Ar
bu'ckles coffee industry who lived across
the By. ' This is their headquarters
and their business is immense, having
large loffee plantations here. ! The next
day we gave a reception on - board 'our,
ship in honor, of the new President who
attended with his cabinet. Our dinner
cost about one thousand dollars, but it
did not compare with , the one above
mentioned. I had the honor of being
master of ceremonies in receiving the
dignitaries on deck and the forms of
etiquette tested-my nerves. - But I got
through very Well. On their departure
we fired a salute of 17 guns, while the
band discoursed sweet music. I reckon
it made the old fellow feel like he was
somebody. We sailed next day for the
port of Spain on the island of Trinidad
wnicn we reacnea arier iu uays. nere
we joined the European rfquadron and
combined with it o engage in the
great "war came" to take place in the
West India Islands. We took the name
ofthe "White Squadron" and our ad
versaries ''The Blue." Our squadron
consisted of the Iowa, Albany, Illinois,
Chicago, Eagle, Atlanta, Nashville snd
8an Francisco, under the commad f
Hear Admirals Sumner and Crowning
shield; while the Blue consisted of the
Kear8age, Alabama. Indiana Texas,
Cincinnati, Newark. Massachusetts,
Raleigh, Olympia, Scorpion, Hist Wasp
Vixon and 8 torpedo boats, under com
mand of Rear Admiral Higginson.
The rules governing the maneuvers are
in brief as follows: The white squad
r n represents an advanced detach
ment of an enemy whose object is to
seiza and secure a base in the Porto
RTcan waters between and including
Mayaqnez oh the west and Great Har
bor,. Culebra, on the east; also to mine
the main ship channel of the port
seiaed before 6 p m. Dec. 10th when
the problem ends. Now if we enter
the port and complete the mining of
the channel before the arrival of the
Blue force double double our own, we
win, but if the Blue force .should inter
cept us at sea with" a superior force or
attack us before we mine the. channel,
they win. We sailed from Trinidad
Dec. 5th and had a race of 1500 miles at
highspeed across' the Carribean sea,
with no lights at night to keep the ene-
my from seeing us, running for 5 days
large and heavy ships into a strage bar-,
bor and outwitted them, and drove
their scouts from the harbor and took
posession 14rhours before they came up
! with us with their large superior force,
and Admiral Higginson sent in one of
his sh!Ps uader a flas of truce and ac-
knowledged his defeat under the rules,
and congratulated our Admiral Sumner
on his victory. It was - an i exciting
scene which I am unable to describe.
The entire fleets will now assemble -at
Culebra island to be re organized by.
lAdmiral Dewey, for stilj greater Naval
display during the winter. - One of the
! nnrinatia oA:n thf trin Urf.hA lalr
nifnk'A . asnliaUnm noip Tri n ? A a A
from which immense quantities are
taken for cement used in paving streets
and roofs of houses, and what is strange
there seems to be no diminution of the
Iake,i.he pitch rising to the surface as
fast as it is taken out.-'
.. Affectionately, your son, s
" ' 5 Percy . -
P. S. Ho w I wfsh I could - be with1
you all during Xmas and shake hands
with ray dear .Wilkes friends.
O. ibis ia to notify -.all persons baviDg claims
against the estate of said deceased - to . exhibit
thein to tho underdiRnefl on ( t befe the 12th f
day of December or ikia notiee. will- be
Pieaiibr bf their .recory All persons
iadbbted to said estoto will please . inake 8et
tlemeuc at once. V
I :. HENBYO.PArwSONSAm,r.-
Any one desiring a first- classdou-
ble barrel shot gun, made by Stephens,
McNeill Bro irni -
The followittg.account of the
marriage of Mr. R. H. M cMeili
and Miss Cora - Brxwn,-' at
S t ates v i 1 1 e 1 as t Wedties d ay, - i s
taken -from - the Mascot, and
will -be of-iriterest to their many
friends here who wish them a
long, happy and - prosperous
life: ,
1 Statesville lost one of its most lovable
young ladies yesterday morning when
Miss Cora Beatrice Brown was joined in
holy wedlock to Mr. Robt. H. McNeill,
of Wilkesboro.
i The ceremony was performed at 10
o'clock in the parlor of the'bride's par
ents on Mulberry street by Rev, Milton
McNeill, father of tne groom, while the
wedding march was rendered, by the
bride's sister, Mrs L. C. Wagner.
i The bride wore an exquisite gown of
white peau de chene silk and carried a
shower boquet of white carnations,
roses and maiden hair ferns. The maid
of honor Miss JosieSigmon, of Hickory
wore white organdie. The groom's
best man was Mr. R. C. Lawrence, of
Raleigh;
A number of friends of the bride and
groom were present, among them were
Misses Mattie, Rose and Nell McNeil,
sisters of the groom," of Wil kesboro,
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Brown and Miss
Alice Brown, of Long Island.- There
was quite an array of presents, some of
them very handsome ones. Mr. and
Mrs. McNeill left yesterday for Wash
ington where Mr. Mcneill is now serv
ing as private secretary to -Senator
Pretchard
porsonality who will prove a treasure to
husbanL
Mr. McNeill is a promi
nent young lawyer and a young man of
splendid traits of character who de
serves the'fair young woman who has
given herself into his keeping
A Teacher Talks to the Teachers
To tJie Members of the County Teachers
Association'. ; '
Having been appointed one of a com
mittee for 'The good of-the- Order". I
fjel it my duty to urge, upon -'every
teacher in the county to be present at
the Jan. meeting. At that meeting,
coming as it dees soon after the meet
ing of our General Assembly, the Asso
ciation will have soerh thing to say ' to
that body relative to the public school
law. There will be resolutions pre
sented to the Association that will re
quire discussion and , much of it, too,
and if accepted, a petition to the As
sembly will necessarily follow to which
we want the names of the 145 teachers
of the county. Why, dear teachers,
every one of the associational meetings
the writer attends makes him a more
willing and efficient teacher. . Do you
not need the encouragement, and ' ad
vice of your co laborers to make you
more proficient? . The writer dot s, and
none have a wider experience than he.
Hence he urges upon every teacher in
the county to be be present at the Jan
meeting, ine writer aesires tne ac-;
quaitauce and encouragement of 'every
teauher. He feels sure we shall have a
Jan, rally and that old Wilkes will aet
her part well in advising the General
Assembly what she thinks ought to be
done to make the the public schools
subserve the purposes for which they
were established. Respectfully,
Geo. W. Haux,
Beaver Creek Academy.
aIBIGDEAL
ABUCKLEfS COFFEE.
2000 pounds to go at 10c a
. pound or 10 pounds for $1.00
Sow do we do it? c
It makes no difference to you-
so long as we do it without
"doing'- you
BEST Granulated Sugar 5c.
. We sell gooda cheaper than any
house in the county VJ
Caffey & CoCr Cash Grocers.
Oak Lumber Wanted.
We are in the market for all the good
Oak Lumber we can get. . Will pay the
cash for it. If you only have one load j
of good oak, bring it to us.- '
. , Forest Furniture Co.
North WilKeabopoSept,;- 15th. , ' '
NOTICE. I want-to-, buy - for Cash
good clean vYhite Pine Logs. Will pay
$12 per thousand feet for good butt logs
from 12 feet and upward in length and i
hot less than ; 15 inches- in diameter
Se meon Saturdays at log yard oppo
site SahdyxMcLean's, N. Wilkesboro or
write me at Oak woods P. (X Bring a-
Ioog your logs and get the money and
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H -j " j: p. mA-i;
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JBest; QJbia,vo, it
Every other kind of Hardware you need
Best Quality; Best Prices.
J- P. ROUSSEAU
North Wilkesboro. March, 4th. -
0a li: DSbttltmter
perfect in uaUt
Our Fall andWihter Millery, just received,
is the best selectd, best quality, up-to-date,
and most attractiye on the markets.
We cordially invite all to examine ourmilli-r
linery goods and prices before purchasings :
Mrs. J. COMBS.
North Wilkesboro, Sept. 10th.. - - ; '
An fliorHmitir
If you want to do well and get you moneyfe
Avorth, we are tbe: peo pie to buy your goocfe-frorr).-
-
We have just receved-bur up-to-date ; Fal3
and Winter goods, and we are able to save;r
you money. Just give us a trial and we" wil:;
let you say for yourself. ,
CI CALL,.
Successor to I. S. Call & Co.
D
rrces
This refers to our line of Clothing; w
have marked down our prices and offerf -you
therbest bargains in. Clothing to -be-
foundlin this section ' Come and seer
ua; wecanu it you in quality and price.
! GAEL &: COMBS.
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