12 IfidVIC
sjocMfr ii ir ran V,
John, MuElweeJ ot ! States
Ville, was in towir last week '
Dr Charles Bryan,! of Trap
. JH11, was in tovh-lhis Wtek ;
MrW Jini.McLain Js -'-v ry
sick with lung trouble.,
Esq John- Boshars, , of-
S u m rn i t , w as i h X own last wetk.
Mr. Rdgan Rousseau
ca
me
home , Wed nesday -from : Oak
Ittdge. . . ; ' ; j ' , .
..A pretty little girl arrived
at Mr; VV . a Winkler's Sunday
night. ' ' f : !' ' P '
John CrcMich,' editor of the
State RepUblieau publLihed at
Moravian Falls was in rtovr'n
Friday on business" f :
W S. Welborn has gone to
Ekis t Tennessee to jT piirchii ?6
same horses for use at his five ry
stable.' . l i . - , r
Col T. C. Land,- who h
S 4
been visiting ; at ; .i r.-C.
c.
Wright's, returned to Mt. Zipn
last week ' . . - J f '
-Tiie " Scout " says I 'fBi'll
Barnes and'fatnily have' ret ui n :
edto theiirv home in HVilkes
Coiuity'.V
Dr. J I. Alessick, Wishes
Ft Ue to his, customers that
to
ie
will be here on Alondav and
Tuesday -of'next court. . .
It istime the towu was pic k
Ing ourits ollieers tor the neptr
two vears The election is nnar
et hahtt.; ": '
At e see our tnena Air; utihs
H Armfield, of Statesville, v it
be married May 0th, Miss Ma
Ly on- Fa: wibett; of t Airy .
William Rtllings and A.
Whittiug have bechboaud over
t Federal Court for ? irregular-
lsies concerning "sowpiW."
Mr.Vili Djla an'l. vv;ter6f .
Charlotte, spent several da
linre last week visiting Mr D j.;;
lars parents, Col. and .Mrs' T J
Dula. fc ' ;
A big fro3t and aplenty
ice the 21th of April f put
pf
a
coin chili" on the spring tup
and distributed plenty of death
to vegetation. ' "."
" Now is the time to look ;
ter the sanitary(corfriiU'on of.t
f
ie
town. It is the most importa
hi
m itter for tn j consideration
the town authorities. ; -
bf
Mr. Joe Combs', wife died
Id st week-at her home on Hiiii
t .
iag Creek. She leaves a; hu
band and two children. 5 ' : .
-We-have received a copy
t h e s i x tee n a, n n 11 al r e p o r t 0 f . t
C?f
ie
bureau ot laoor and friouDg
: riiroujii ine : cuui itsj ui . our
i i 1. - ii.' 2.
f ciend H. B. Varner. . : H
rTiie catalogue of-the Uiji
vyrsity just recei vedr slip ws tin
: a t t e h d a t rc e b f G O S 's t u d e n t s 1 a
yvaiv" This is the largest in its
history. v Seventeen States a e
represented in the lists, f " . ;
5 ' - r ' ' i 3 --'
..... ;V 1C illUlV l U I , 1 U U 1 tji C
to West Va , arid " we'Ih- .be in
good shape. in this section: prd
vided ttiey don!t come this fa U
and put in th$ wirlter'beatir g
on.' the, ones who work arid
make an honest living: ;
- '-This office has recei ved No
ii voi. 1 ot ine ocate ittpuo 1
can published, at Moravia n
Fairs Dy John Crouch: : - It jis
8t r i ctly a po I i ti cal paper! o f ' the
radical sort'and starts out weal
i to i ts rn is s i o n -a b usi n g ! d e m 0 -crats.
'I L. - :" ' i-"-" hh
The- Henkle -Ltve StoVk
Conipany is cleaning- out I th s
f5ectioh of- horses and- mules,
V uen the people have to : buy
thern back at double prices;
Tii s
they'll want to, kick; but it w
11
j It is supposed that the few
; remaining peaches ,took - their
e v e r 1 ast i n g fi i g h t on C he f ros ty .
wings of. Friday morningl 'y
William. - West, of - Ready
Branch waV hereFriday , and
Fays the people in his neighbor:
hood are getting akmg spleri
didly,with,their corn planting.
v The Board ot Directors for
the graded school organized
last week by electing F. B ;Hep '
dren chairman.s and L". Biim-
garner, secretary; " - "
Talk about "winter linger
ing in the lap of spring', ;there
is no doubt but that he has been
caught doing ,that very thing
this year and he likes the posi
tion so well, he don't caro who
knows it." ' . :
The next court here begins
the fi rs t l onday in T u he. It is
f o r c i v i 1 cas e s " o n 1 y and . is for
on e week It will probably not
hold but two or three days, as
it conflicts with. Rockingham;
court, and the Judge Will ..no
tloubt divide the time
The decision in Jthe VViikes
Co u n ty; b o n d "ca s e w i 1 1 p fo b a b i y
not be handed; do wn till some
time this falL - The U. 3i Su
preme Court has a way of ! its
own of conducting its business,
and it generally waits 6 months
or more afxer hearing a case;be
f jre handing down its opinion:
The concert at the tobacco
varehouse Friday night y was
quite a success,; some $10 being
realized for the benen;t of the
Haptist church. Wecongratu
late those who worked so faith
fully in the matter upon the
success of the concert.-
Miss Mattie Gilreatli died
near. Moravian Falls Tuesday
night of last week.;" Slie'wasoo
y earmold and had been sick for
sevc ral vveks. The burial took
.place at Moravian Fulla Thurs
day, conducted by: R,e,v. T, E
WeavprjTliere was a,- large
crowd, present, , - '
Lawyer John S.' Cranor who
returned from Jefferson court.
Thursday says, the- hills and
vah;s were covered with sno'w.
andthe weather had Decern oer.
icicles in ' every - breath:. lie
says he 'was cr-ad to get back
to Wilkes again. - " . .(
, In tan other column the boar 1
of graded school directors calls
a meeting of the citizens of t he
town at the court house on next
M on d ay s nigh t , th e 4th, to con -sider
the matter of a house for
the graded school. It is a mat
ter that interests - every citizen
and all should' attend and dis
cuss the m a t te r f reel v . ' Le t
everybody interested in rth.e
school attendithe meetingsnext
Monday; night. ' ' -
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-yc, - "r:-"- ' J'",3-'-
A' -delightful "Progressive
flinch i. arty" was given at' M r
A lex a n d e r sj a t M o ra v i a n Fal 1 s
Tuesday evening of la3t week,
in lit) nor. of M iss Wright, of Vtr
ginia, who i4 visiting there.' . A
large number ot r "bonny . lads
and winsome lassies" gathered
and made the evening blithe
and merry, with-, mirth, " imisic
and othei "pleasant pass time's
Elegant , refreshments were
served. ' ; . :
Robert S ; Hunt died - last
Tuesday at the home of his mo'
ther Mrs: Fannie Hunt at North
Wilkfrsboro. He vvas;Bome-thing-over
25 years bid, and had
been in-" declining Jiealth for
some time. He-had a strokeof
paralysis several months ago
H e w as a memb a r of t h e M e t h o
dist church and was a devout
christian. He leaves a .mother
and one brother. 'His father
James H u n t d i ed so me y ears . a
WILKESBORO; N. C, WEDNESDAY: APRIL 29, 1903.
Child Tonnd Dead. - l . ,
Last Sunday out on the --Bra
shy o u n t a ins, i n t h e j Barnett
neighborhood, a young child
was found dead and concealed.
The matter is. beihg.f investiga .
tedand there avIU probably. be
some indictments to folldw;
IlfsOwn Surgeon. '
Old Uncle John Davis;. ,t who
is about 94 years eld an d lives
out on the Brushies, , has for
some tim been troubled with
something like a "mushroom"
cancer as they are called, It
is situated over one eye and
had gotten so large that it fell
down o ver li is eye ; completely
obscuring the sight One day
last week, , he - took his knife
and -cut it off by himself
smobthe to the surface.? It bled
profusely; running nearly, a
washjpah full of blood. It is
said that. he is nowr very much
better: Sometime ago ? he ap plied
to a doctor to have it : re
moved, but the doctor thought
best not;to cut it off and refus;
ed to do. so. And; so, Uncle
John decided to become his
own surgeon. . 1 "
" Teachers 3Iectiuff.'r
The? next meeting of thii
Teachers Association will be
held here at thecouct house ou
the second Saturday- in May,
which is the Oth. The teacher
are all requested to be present
The ; questions for discussion
are : ' -
1 How can we prevent whisr
pering in school, and to what
extent can it be done?'7
2 What should bo the man
object in studying History? fc...
3 What can be done to bet
ter the public schools in North
Carolina? - .
" " itia pi i.
-Ifr is ainouhced that Mr..J.
Henderson and Miss; Maud
R
Caudill, of Dockery, will be
married Thursday.
; W,. C. W inkier and. Xwp lit
tie daughters visited in Cald
wel 1 S u u day , r e t u r u i n g horn e
'Monday.
. Services for the. first time
will b conducted at th e new
Bap t i s t ;Chu r oh next S u n day
Byn 1 arrangement between
the pastors, there, will not be
services at the Presbyterian
church Su nday ; the pastor Mr.
tlbinson will attend - the ser
vices at the tJaptist church, aug.
will preach at that church Sun:
day night, v ; Mr Bradshaw will
preach at 11. o'clock
'Laundry for. the Statesjil e
or Cha rlo tteS tea m Lau n d ri es
sh o u Id be left at; &lo r r iso n s
store not" later than Monday, so
that the goods can he raturued
by Saturday. Work-: guaran
teed to give satisfaction ;
Robert Starr, "Agent,
May berry & Myers lave all : kifuls
of umbrellas and straw hats, trenks etc.
;y Spectacles and eyeglass guaranteed
to fit aiid please,' at. Smithey Optical Co.
For $1 you get Sibs 'meat at Dan
can's. . J
- Engine and boiler and .complete
sawmill outfit for sale on easy terms,
see Alayberry and Myers. ' - - J ;
Good greri coffee 7c and best
greeit colJis'e at lt)c per ponnd at SnMthej'M
store, the cheopest placj hi towa to buy
coHees. - . , ;
9 packages Arbuckles coffee for 1
at Floyd Duncair"& Co. :
' Mateiial of all kinds for repairing
glasses at Smithey Optical Co. Work
done, at reasonable prices and guarau
teed to give-sat is.f action.. '
Bring $1.00 to Floyd Doincan & Co.
and get f2 worth of goods. -
,.: -Timber Land For Sale.
: 210 acres of well timbered
1 a n d s .n e a r W i tb a r 4 U n i o n t o w n ;
ship, 14"miles fromW jikesboro,
for sale, or will sell -timber on
same. See J: II. Penaeil or K.
If. VVyatt, Executors of H. C.
Ttie town financial state
ment is in this issue.
Majv J.- H. Foote was - in
town this week
. y e learn that -Esq.; Jacob
Staley, otDdckery, died Satur
day and was buried Monday.
He , was 80 years old and died of
grtp'A.' v-
-Mr Jj P.i'Eiledge; was, in
town this week.- IleJsays ;the
Rural Free Delivery Route ;in
hii neighborhood is . having a
splendid effect. People are
working out the roads better
and building bridges across the
s t reams. Real es tate is ad van
cing in value.;. "
vr-Judge Boyd has stated that
hq will not organize a Federal
Court at this:, place until the
County Commissioners make
an order and duly record it. giv
I him the use and C3nfcrol of
those portions, of the court
house necessary for conducting
the court; during the term3 of
court. He Wants a written or
der of permission for himself
The Commissioners should not
forget this atithe next meeting
About 30 or 35 negroes left
Monday for; the coal J fields of
West Virginia. The majority
of them were" - women?; - One
Henry Horace Hampton, a col
ored brother who was raised
here and has been out therefor f
several years, came in ; last
week and got up the crowd to
go with him. The coal compa
ny.paid the expenses which the
emigrants ;will? refund in work.
The conduct of jsome of the
boys hienas-at the concert Fri
day-night is a disgrace to therm
selves and those who are re
sponsible for their raising. ' If
parents can not or will not - see
after such matters, the law will,
fc has. -got to bi too-,oommon,
and this matter vvill'end no
doubt in the Superior court."
T hen a'mes of most o t the boys
are known and the next grand
jury will pass bu the matter.
Such rowdyism will have to
stop.. . " . -
1 T, e Supreme Court has ren
dered decisi(ns v in the case.-.
from Wilkes" as follow:
. Robiuettvs. Hamby, affirmed
(In'favor.of Hamby )
'. Bell vs. Crouch, no error. (In
favor of Bell.)
i Lo we vs; Harris affirmed. (In
favo 6i the. Harris heirs).
- V i c k e r s v s . Vi c k e r s . affirmed.
(This gives absolute divorce .to
J. W.-Vickers ) l , - -
Those who heard Judge
Lonsr's charge at Jefferson say
that, he unmerci ftfr?5soredv,threi
co u n ty : cp m m i ss t o n e rs about
the count - h ouso ." : lie . t ol rl t h e
com fnissioners . i f . l h ey did not
p ro v i d e a 4 decent ; . co unto r t a bl e
and safecourt house, he would
ha e them indicted.'; Ashe cer
t a i n 1 y n ee d s a co u-f t h o u s e 6. n d
needs it b a d I v If those people -
will come over and sea bur court
he u se . t h ey w ill lynch the com v
missioners if ihey don 't proct ed
to erect a good court house at
once, . .
:P.rties who haye- ret rirreeiJ
from Jefferson say tha,t all the
civil cases were continued $x
i cept the oase.ot L$a:iou vu i
lou,' will occupy v this entire
week. This case involves .the
title to large mineral lands in i
Ashe" and a considerable a
mount is at stake. number
f t h e 1 e ad i n g 1 a wy e r s i u ' the
State are employed among-thera
are Hon? C ,B. Watson, Ex
Jud ger James II. Mer ri m an , , R
Z Linney. R A. Doughton, W.
CvFields, W4v Uf Bower and
others. It is an interesting case,;
represented on both sides by
the ' best legal talon t - in the
X Ye rigid ploughmen; bear in mind, your labor is for f uture hours, .
Advance, spare not, not look behind ;, plough deep and straight
with all your powers".', " ' ' '
HE SEASON for PLOWING
want the Best plow, on the
r pare thoroughly vour land
Or
gy where 'the ploughman homeward plods his weary way.V
. , , Our plows plow witliout worry and do well their work;
A t T ;kinds of -Farming Utensils, just what you need. . '
XJuijl-Jkinds of Hard ware Stoves, Cutlery and ; anything'-; yon
' - .want.,... Come and see rriy stock and prices.' ,
J. P. ROUSSEAU.
North Wilkesboro..
DRUGS ;
We carry a full line of the Purest
, and Best Drugs to be found in this part
of the State, including all . the leading patent
medicines, tobacco, cigars, fancy and
toilet articles, lamps, colognes, etc. .
Hrs, burner & WLbite;, '
Hotel Building. . - '
SPECIAL
FO R TfTE N RXT 30 DAYS . ,
I am closing out at Cost a
: left over, among these being some of .the prottiest . Flannel
" ettes you ever laid eje3 on, worth 10c. go in at 8p ; a- few.
pieces of nice outings' worth 8c only 6c ; : a few,v' nice.' waist ,
' patterns worth 2.00 for 1.35, some worth 1.00 going at 7oo; r
one peicfe of broad cloth left 'worth 1.00 poing at 75c J - nice .
': . lining worth 16c at" only 8c ; nice ' canton flannels- reduced
. 10c to 7c; a few 8.25 laprobes.for 2.25, and a few 1.75 for
1.25 ; rugs reduced from 2.50 to 1.85, from 1.00 to 75c ; un
der wear at cost; Coffee at 5c to 12$c.
Come along and get a' bargain while yoij
have.the. opportunity. Respectfully,
CJarence Call.;
AlMhe Latest
TAT
t. h Most Attractive line
VV this section . ' s ' 1
TVurJiine i3 complete and'tSfrVrices the Lowest. If you or your,,
U- boy need a suit; we can save,you money if you buy from ua. .
TvTow, remember we are always glod to see you and,will give you
IN our mo3t prompt attention. ' 1 -
Head -' Quarters For'
IS
C..F; MORRiSON.'S Hardware Store.
Eveaything from a-Carpet Tack to a, reapen
and binder ajways on hand, and vyechallangc
a comparison of the. :
Iiality Of Our Goods Otir Prices. -
With any hardvare. stores in this section
We have Stoves, rang:es and heaters fro:
Buck's Best to.ahy other kind and can pier.
vou in quality and prices. ;
When you, need hardware of any
Come to See tis; we have what ypu want ;.;
Our Prices are the lowest, ' . ' '
i C. F. M,ORRIS0r.'.
. v -42;-
is here. "Ye rigid ploughmen?'
market so that vou . mav pre-
for an abundant cron. without
1 1 .
BARGAINS.
few of my fall and winter gooda
oi viouuug eer ...wwuguu
Hard
A'
Styles
I Pcnlie 11. deceased. , - '