VOL. XVI.
The OauNicx,E.
Cawrht II aji t There.
-. Mrs, Joe Mitchell . is iverV
-sick. - - : -
; J? Our wood subscribers seem
"stuck in the mud.'
Misses Rosa and Nell Mc
Neil l have returned to schoo
at Raleigh. -
Esq. John Lowe's fine marj
died last week, near Moravian
Falls.
; ' - Mrs Lowry Dula, of I Elk
-ville. visited here durinar the
holidays.
Sewell and Felix Webster
spent the holidays in Alexan
er county.
, Misses Maggie Hughey and
Minnie MnEwen visited Elkfd
during the yule:tide.
Miss TTannie Wellborn hasi
returned from her visit to El
kin and other .points.
Mr. Ed. Harris., left yester4
vdav for Tavlorsville and other!
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-points. .
- Our friend Wash Lonsford,
of Lovelace, smiled in on us
this week.
R. N. Garner was in towii
this week shaking hands witbi
-his numerous frieuds here.
Mrs. Moore, of .Guilford
- . county, is visiting her daugh
ter Mrs. J. R. Caffey.
. W. J. Dula and family, ofl
Winston, visited Mr Ed Har
ris's family here last week
Uharles Deaton. Jisq., was
there during the holidays, visit
'4ng his son Zeb Deaton.
Miss Bertha Henderson
visited her sister in South.Oar-
olina during the holidays.
v - New Year came in witn a
'pietty good sized freshet, and
mud without computation
Charlie Hix, of Moravian
Falls, has been very sick at
Concord. He is improving.
' .- Ben Colvard, of Virginia,
visited his old home and friends
in Wilkes during the holidays.
: Dr. J. T. Burrus, of Jones
ville, came up Friday to see his
Tbrother ride the masonic goat
' Charles 'Co wles went to
Washington to-day to attend
.-.the remainder of this session of
'.Congress. -
Wellnorn Pharr. who snent
lthe holidays at home here, re -turned
to Chapel Hill last week
where he is attending school
John Miichell s little child
was badly scalded one morn
ing last week by turning over
a coffee pot.
Fine young team of .mules
for sale two years old inr the
spring call on or address W.
T? WarH ftrav. N". G.
.v The:anti liquor league has
r a. word for your consideration
-in this issue. Read it, stop.
ponder ana consiqer.
Miss v Ulaudie Jones rwon
ln1;ke for the , prettiest girl
oV entertainment ' at Oak
bds d u ring t he h ol id ay s t
Read Sheriff Johnson's no
t i c A and go ver n y o u r se 1 v es ac
'Cordingly, if you"" wish to avoid
trouble..
The littfe orphans at 1 our
home' are thankful to.; Miss
Mamie Barber for remember
ing them with some del icons
-cakes for Cnristmas . ;
W. M. Johnson; deputy
sheriff of Mulberry,- was in
town Monday. rje ays : tlie
but that he, will pr.ceVdxlxJday behuvio
levying at once. -
Mr. l. W . May berry went
rt Qfofooiritla loaf TODot tn GOA
ahnnt rmrchasinff a brick ma-
. chine. : - '-- - - , - t
z T r a v elers. are having to
spend most of their itime now t
.1 inking for the bottom .of the
- roads and they find them hot.
Bud Call, Rogan Rousseau,
Stokes Hunt, Ira and May
Triplett and Mr. Asqkettle i re
turned to Oak Ridsre school
this week
-Mr F- G Holman and fam
j. have movedto Wilkesboro
Land occupy their ne w residence.
We welcome them among us.
M. McNmll has been se
lected mayor in place of John
S. Crahor, resigned. John
-Mitbell is policeman instead of
Bruce. )
Mr. R. N. Hackett. assist -
ant Secretary of Stat, went to
Raleigh Saturday to be present
at the opening of the : Legisla
ture to day. : ;
Mr. F D Backett, candi
date for . hief Clerk of the
House of Representatives,
went down to Raleigh Saturday
to present his claims. -
'Eli Anderson's children
have the thanks of our little
folks for some nice walnuts,
and a big old fashioned ash
cake for the pig '
T. B Fin ley and H.v L
Greene, lavy-rs. have disoived
copartnership by .mutual .con
seat. F. B Hendren aud T. B
Finley have formed a copart
nership. W. . Meadows & Sons
have their new roller mills i-in
operation They claim to be
making as good flour as wheat
can produce, and they ask for
trial to prove it to you.
Our ood f rieud J. T. Fer
guson made us feel rich during
the holidays by donating us a
nice bunch of goose quill tooth
picks we've sit on .the porch
and picked our teeth' in plain
view f ihe public, ever since.
just to fool jera, you know
Mrs. FI
tcher Bobbitt ami
child ren . o f B ry so u City , are
visitincr vlr . Bobbitt's people at
Poors Knob. Mrs. Bobbitt
came to Elkin several days iigo
on account of the serious ill
ness of her father, F. A Har
ri, Esq -he died soon after
her arrival'
- Hon H M Wellborn, the
Senator f rom Ashe passed here
this week on his way to Ral
eigh He will probably be the
leader of the. republican minor
ity in .the Senate jtxhere are
three other. members of Mont's
same faith and order.
Dr. M. V. Burrus who
spent List summer here "and
who is now attending medical
lectures -at Chatanooga, was in
town last week, Hejcame up
Friday in order to rid nie Ma
sonic goat Friday night. He
was well pleased that the goat j
ieft him alive, ' I
. The holidavs Dassed ouiet
ly and orderly as a general rule
around here. The Suuday;S
entertainments were successful
and pleasant and Santa Klaus x
remembered all his little- Sun
day School children and helped J
to make their hearts glad. I
There were a number of home
dinners, entertainments, social;
gatherings, etc v all enjoyed in j
a decent, decorous way. Very
little drunkenness or boistrous i
conduct was seen, and most 'of .
what there was of bad con I
duct was among the ciararette"
brigade,, the more's the pity.
But as a general rule the boli
was unusually
j'good
; J2qual Taxation,
WTLKESBO RO N, C. WEDNESDAY. JAN. 7, 1903.
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THE DEATH ANGEL'S YISIT.
!" These Hare
Celebrated Their Last
Holidays on Earth.
' Mrs. Arthur Fo res t e r w ho
lived near ;Nofth Wilkesboro
died last week from a stroke of
paralysis. She was an aged
lady andrhad a stroke .a week
or so before.
Esq. Fletcher A. Harris of
Edwards township died Tues
day, before Xmas and was laid
to Test on Xmas day. He was
about 85 years old and was one
of the most prominent citizens
of the county. He was county
commissioner at one time and
also county surveyor. He was
a man of more :than ordinary
ability and in his prime did
more business of a legal nature
than any man who ever lived
in the .county . Another good
man has been called away.
A Mr Fletcher's little child
was buried at Walnut Grove
last week. -' - '
Prof. John D Johnson of
Yadkin county died just befo re
Xmas. He was up in years
and at one, time taught school
at this place.
Mr and Mrs Tom Crysel's
infant child died the last day
of the year 1902. -It was but
f one week old and God called its
little spirit to his own bosom.
Esq. Francis Eller, aged 76,
passed away with old year
Hiram Church, one of the
oldest citizens of the county,
died of t3Tphoid fever last week
near Purlear post office.
He was over 80 years old and
died of typhoid fever, some
thing remarkably for that age
Cleveland Eller, age about
40 years, died in Lewis Fork
township last week, of fever.
Franklin Parks, colored, died
last week of consumption, at
the.home of bis father Alfred
Parks He was 44 years old
and had taught school around
Statesville for 27 years old.
Aunt Dillie Evans, one "f-the
oldest and most respected col
ored women of the county,
died with th - second day of the
new year at the age of 80 years
She was one of the few suryi
vors of the good old time darky
thatwas loved and respected
by all , -
Ina Blackburn, 10. year old
daughter of Pboeba Blackburn
of Elk was accidentally burned
so badly that we understand
she died since.
John F. Gambiil's wife, of
Trap Hill township, died last
week
Oliver Ahsher's wife died
near1 VIcGrady pOsSt office last
week
The commissioners are
in
.session yet. They have a
lot
i of work this meeting There
' is some trouble over the con
tract for burnishing the court
I house. The commissioners
1 hatfi -rvrdp.red . t.lm.ft the nrice
- . . . . w Ooot)er
. K:.
anH that nnlv a reasonahle" '.
price will he paid It is also
provided that said company,
may reeiud ihe contract within
the next ten days.
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BIG DEAL
ABUCKLE'S COFFEE-
2000 pounds to go at 10 a
pound or 10 pounds for $1.00.
Ho w do we do it?
It makes no difference to you
so Ions aa we do -it without
i. 'doing" you.
BEST Granulated Sugar 5c. ., .
We sell goods cheaper than any
house in tlie county. ,
Caffey & Co. , Cash Grocers.
wtiiiiinirwiin .j. naif i n nr i 't ' i i I'm mm "mmtmm will , r- wamm,mim'm'' ''' '
pirect and Indirect.
: BThose owing us subscrip
tion or for. other work 'will do
us a favor by settling at once.
We will revise the book soon
and want everything even.
The county Board of ; Edu
cation meets next Monday;
Willie R. , Wellborn and
Burt Ed wards returned to Da
vidson ; College: to day where
they are taking a medical
course.
Bruce, the town tax collec
tor, says he must have the
town tax at onceor he will ,be
compelled to levy and sell the
property liable for tax.
The ; Methodist ' Sunday
School at this place has v select
ed Mr. W. S. Surratt as super .
intendent for -this year good
selection. Mr. Hubbard, the
retiring superintendent, had
for two years most efficiently,
faithfully and acceptably per
formed the duties of the office,
and the children regretted the
necessity of giving him up.
The marriage of Mr. Ed.
Winkler to Miss Mollie Stroud
at Straw on Xma3 day was a
delightful occasion. The cere
mony was performed by T . B.
James, Esq A big infair sup
per was given at the homo of
the groom's parents at Straw
and a large number of relatives
and friends enioved the de
lightful occasion.
The rogues who have been
operating around Moravian
Falls met with a few disap
pointments last week. They
visited two or three places and
were greeted with bullets, .At
Joe Hubbard's, Tom Hubbard
discovered them back of the
house and fired on them four
or five times. It wont, be long
till the. rascals land in jail.
W. F Ward, of Gray, has
a hat that beleives in migration
and "rapid transit,"' The oth
er day, while the wind was
whistling -swift winter songs,
this hat. without warning, left
Mr. Ward's head, absconded
from Ashe county, skipped: a
cross . Auegnany county
and landed in the mountain
fastnesses of Wilkes before the
pursuing possy captured it a
good race for a hat.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wallace
attended a big Masonic oyster
supper at Jonesville Saturday
night after Christmas. It is
reported here that Mr. Wallace
made the speech of the ces
sion. It was in poetry style
I and ran along, like this:
You scarce expect one of my siza
To eat any more lest insurance rise; -But
though, I fear it'll cause the croup,
"Just gimme a little more oyster soup."
If I should die before I close
And aint filled up above the nose,
My latest breath will be wih a whoop,
1' Gimme a little more oyster soup. '
S They report -a ielihtf ul trip
among those good people
During the holidays Dr. J.
I. Messick and Ant Dula, in
!Xe wis Fork township, became
in volyed in a difficulty. From
information Tecieved ; Messick
was feeding his hogs some dis
tance from the house when
Dula attacked" him with a
knife Messick in protecting ,
himself shot Dula, the shot
taking effect in the left should-
er- The wound is not very e
rious. -It is thought that the
trouble arose over the fact that
Messick and Dula's . brother
had a fiiss a few; days . before.
Dula is of unsavory reputations
He has figured in '-lthe court
records extensively and has
been out of the State sometime
on" account of an indictment
for bigamy in.vVataugA coun .
'4 1v! ip- imrir,.
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aaeed si stoves JHJeaelk9 il tltrs
Every, other kind of Hardware you neei
Best Quality; Best Prices.
J- P. ROUSSEf i.
North Wilkesboro, March 4th, : r
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We carry a full line of the Purest;.
and Best Drugs to be found in this part -of
the State, including all the lead ing; patera
medicinesji tobacco, cigars, fancy and-;;
toilet articles, lamps, colognes, etc, f "
Brs burner dTMbite V "
Hotel Building. , ' ' ,
An Oiortnnity
If you want to do well
wonn. we are ine neonie to nuv vour e"onr.
. r -- t
from . A- " ' :.
We have just received our up-to-date' ;Ff
and Wi n te r go ods, and we a re a b I e to savv
you money- Just give us a trial and we - wj
let you say for yourself- . f
c. call, . ;
Successor to I.- S. Call fc Co. . ,
j Prices
This refers to our line of Clothingj ;VC'
have marked down'our prices and offeV
you the best bargains in Clothing to
found in this section- Come and seV
us; we can suit you in quality and price. " '
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