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VOL. XXI. The Chronicle. JLOC&Tj MATTERS Mr. E. P. Webster who has a position at Lexington, is spending a few days here. Joe and Hobart James . visited their Grandfather at Boomer last week. Mrs. E. Wallace is spent several days at Esq. J. A. Fos ter's, at Kendall, recently. Mr. Phillip Powell, of Le noir, visited at Mr. Whit Wil liams' this week. Miss Maude Perkins, of Greensboro 'is visiting the Misses M-cEwen at Adley. Mr.E.G.Maston has a good position at Marytown, West Va where he went several weeks ago. Mrs. Frank Roby' and two children, of Knoxville, visited her uncle, Mr. C. F. Morrison, last week. Court comes week after next. Bring your subcription for The Chronicle along with you when you come to court Mr. F. L. Lockwood, an in surance man from Baltimore, came up last to see Gwyn and Horton, on bussiness. J. B. Horton aud. Dan , Chatham, of Elkin, and Misses Susie Gwyn and Lola Burton, of Troy, N. C. visited North Wilkesboro last week. Mr. Martin Reid died in North Iredell last week. He was about Go years old and died of heart trouble. He was the father of Parks Reid, of Spurgeon. Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Hubbard went to Independence, Va., last week on a visit. They will re turn today, Mrs. James Hub bard and children returning borne with them. Mr. John Price, of Alexan der county, died last Friday of fever. He was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and six or seven children. He has many relatives and friends in Wilkes. Miss Frankie Staley is at Goshen where she began in- mstructions in lustrumental music, Monday, to a class of young ladies. Miss Staley is one of the most efficient music instructors in the State. Miss Annie Yates, daugh1 ter of Melvin Yates, of Union township, died Saturday of typhoid fever. She was about 50 years old. There are four other severe cases of fever in the same familv. The House Prty at the Springs broke up last week, after a jolly, happy stay on. the summit of the Brushies, where the water puts iron in the blood and the breezes kiss roses on the cheeks. . Last week, down in Geor gia,'our countyman, Mr. W. S Surratt was seriously hurt in a runaway. He has since been oonfined to his room. The horse was so injured that he has since died. The shafts of the buggy were broken and pierced through the horse, in therunaway. Mr.'L. E. Davis went to Greensboro to take treatment -under Dr. C. W. Moselev tor severe stomach trouble, Mon day.; Mr. Davis looks , like a very sick man. From a robust ; man. of 175 pounds, he has "dwindled to a lean, slender Iform of 120 pounds. He does -'-.''. 1-1 1 1 j -W . vnot looK : iiKe nimseir. it is tioped that his treatment under .DrMoseley will prove benefi cial. , Esq W. L. Hendrix, of Stony Fork, was in town last we 3k-. Mrs. Albert Gaitber, of Ne vton, is visiting her sister MrL T, B. Finley. sold Mr. L. A. Jarvis has his store building in North VVi kesboro to Brame &Jo. Mrs. Cabell and. daughter, Miss'Corrie, of Greensboro, are visiting: Mrs. .C. F. Morrison. Mrs. Avery Hobbs, of Da vidson, visited at Esq. J. A. Forester's last week. Mr. F. D. Forester has purchased the Mott property in this place, the price bein $7,0(1)0.00. S ?e Jarvis Bros, for Missee and children shoes at cost. 'jThe Giant Lumber Co. has begun work on the flume from J. L Whittington's to North Wilk esboro. It will follow the turnpike most of the way. The State Board ef Edu cation has granted the loans for school buildings in Wilkes applied for by our;ounty board at its last meeting amounting to $7S!5. Ja -vis Bros, are selling the line best line of shoes ever ofiered in this section at actual cost. Call onde and get what 1 you wnt. Prof. Suttlemyre and Miss es MdNeely, Luun and Schaef- fer have agreed to fill their forme 6choo r positions in the Graded 1 here for the next term Our school is to be congratu lated. Mr. W. C. Lewis who has been in Ashe for quite a while directing the work on the turn- pike h as returned home, the work having been completed last W3ek. The State convicts which had been working on the pike were sent to Raleigh, Friday. J Miss Ina Davis, of Yadkin Country spent Thursday night with' her uncle here, Mr. C U Davis. on her way to Mt. Zion, she began school, where Monday. She taught at Maple Springs last year and is de servedly popular with those good people. It is well to begin thinking about the Masonic picnic here, which will be the third Thurs day in August, loth. It is of iraportauce that the picnic and concert be made a success in every rpspect. Begin to ar range and prepare for the pic nic, brethren. The Farmers Institute for this county will be held Wilk esboro, Saturday August 10th. Every farmer should remember the date and attend. Farmers are not always making as much corn ana other other grains as they should from the land tend ed and the work done. It is the purpose of the institute to liscuss fihese matters in a prac tical way that will do erood and h elp the- farmers. Let every body attend. Mr. Jhas. A. Henderson, of Woodlawn, North Wilkes boro, was married last week i for the third time, two of his wives having: died. Last week, onje day, Mr. Henderson came to the Register of Deecls and procured license for one f of woodlawn, named Kate Martin. But that nigfet he and Kjate fell out and Kate broke up' the engagement, dauated, Henderso.ii Nothing came next day, returned the license he had purchased anil got another license for anotber girl, Ida Moore, another Wood . f land belle and was happily married, hey say. You can't widower when bb head off a wants to marry J3qual Taxation, WILKESBORO , N. C, Ics Cream sapper. Next Tuesday evening, an ice cream supper will be given here for the purpose of securing funds to make needed repairs on the graded school building, ! These repairs are necessary in ! preparation for the grades I added by the establishment of the county high grade school here. The sghool board met last week and requested the following ladies to take charge of the supper in behalf of the school: Mesdames W. W. Bar ber, J. M. Kunkle, R. M. Staley, C. U. Davis, C. F. Morrison, J. W.White, B. S. Call, Clara Shore, R. A- Deal, ana Misses Ruby Spainhour Jettie Miller, Eulala Blevins, Sallie Tulbert, Jessie Smoak, Lina Turner. It is intended to make the occasion pleasant as well as profitable to all. All are cor dially invited to attend. Opportunity for former Moravian Falls Students. Rev: Geo. W. Greene, who for about 15 years of its most prosperous history was principal of Moravian Falls Acade my and who for the past ten years has been a missionary in China, writes Mr. R. A. Spainhour that the Graves Theo logical at Canton, will be ready to open this fall, and that he will be one of the teachars in this school, and that he will in all probability spend the rest of his life in the work of training native Chi nese for the work of the ministry. Prof. Green is anxious to raise funds with which to equip his own class room with chairs and other furniture. All of the old Moravian boys, that have been spared, are now met; in the prime of life- Most of them have done reasonably well. None of them will ever forget the high respect they felt for Prof. Greene in those pleasants years that never be recalled except in memory. Wovlditnotbe a graceful token of our appreciation of what Prof. Greene did for us and this section of North Carolina, for us, the old students to contribute a fund of $100 and for ward same to him with which to equip his class room in far away China? Would it not, as the - evening shadows begin to fall around him in a strange and far away land, be a pleasant , re minder to him of the work of his early manhood among his native hills? If you are an old Moravian boy or girl and would like to contribute a dol lar or so for this purpose, forward it to Mr. R. A. Spainhour, Wilkasboro. F. B. HENDREN. July 22, 1907. Mrs. Ada-Royal, of Golds boro, is visiting her parents, Mr. rnd Mrs. Tom Pennell. Miss Dessie Morrison ele gantly entertained a number of her friends Tuesday even ing. A.. M. Church & Sons have genuine Lancaster ginghams at 9c per yard. -A very severe storm swept this section last Thursday afternoon, which did much damage. The rain came down in torrents accompanied with hail and high wind, and the play of electricity was contin ous and violent. It struck a phone pole in front of C. U Davis' house and shocked some of those in the vicinity. It struck Andrew Grintons house in the eastern part of town and did some damage to the roof. One of the large oaks at Mrs. Rousseau's was struck. Mr. J A. Forester's crib was blo.wn over and the two large apple trees and, some smaller trees 'we re uprooted. Reports from every direction tell great damage to the oorn. It is bad ly blown down and broken off. The streams rapidly swelled and washed the lands consid erably. Such severe storms are not frequent here. A. M. Church & Sens are closing out all summer gdods at and below cost. k Get 5roar share ef th-e bargains. ' Mr. Sara Spaeh, of Win ston, was here this week. The Chronicle and Progres sive Farmer for $1.50 a year. pirect and Indirect. WEDNESDAY. Mr. Abner Davis, of Winston, visited his sister, Mrs. Will Edwards last week. Mrs O. P. Blevins and child ren are visiting her people in Walnut Grove township. Rev. Ephraim iJoller died at his home down on Hunting Creek last week. He was some 65 or 70 years of age and a good man. Col. Lei and Martin, of . this county, is very sick at Asheville where he is now making his home. Judge Ward will arrive on the noon train Monday of court and will open court after dinner. Shoes are going fast and cheap at Jarvis Bros. While out on the 'street the other morning looking for news, we ran across our good friend Esq. John 3. Cranor showing the bovs how to jump up and crack their heels together three times before striking the ground, and showing them, too, the old fashioned step of "cutting the pigeon wing." Glad to see our friend's health so greatly restored. 'See Jarvis Bros for boy shoes ut actual cost. Mr. Brud Yates, of Pulear, was accidentally killed at Gar vey, Va., last week. His body was sent home and buried Sun day at New Hope church. He was an employee of the railway repair shops and was under a car tightening some bolts, when a train backed ageinst the car, running it over him and severing his body. He was about 55 years old. He was a son of the late Robert Yate, a cousin by marriage of the of the celebrated Siamese twins and a relative of ex President Grover Cleveland. The report is that a large number of the healers' con verts about Boomer have been failing from grace in an awful bad way a way that will ; cause the healers to go off in ! contortions and pronounce in- tolerable curses in plain tongues. A big number of those converted "benighted heathen" of the "blind leaders of the blind" variety have fall en so low that they have been actually putting soda pop bot tie caps in the collection hats when the "fundamentals" re quire cold cash in large chunks with the eagle on it. The Elkin Times says that Mrs. Emma Holbrook and five children, of Alberta, Canada, arrived last week to visit her father, Mr. Calloway Sparks, of Trap Hill. Mrs. Holorooks has lived in that northwest section a number of years and likes it. The winter days are short and nights long, hut it is not so cold as is generally supposed. In summer, they' have very little nignt, . there btjing about 18 hours of sun shine in the 24 hours, close dark not coming till abont 11 o'clock at night. Tom Marshall, of Surry ounty, who was under sen tence of 20 years for murder in the second degree, and who lias eerved 5 years and was on the Jefferson turnpike, was pardoned Wednesday by Gov. Oleno. He received notice of the pardon when he reached North Wilkesboro., Thursday evening and he was given & new suit of clothes and releas ed. It was no doubt a proper pardon. The killing was in a drunken row, and the de ceased's father furnished the blockade liquor to get them drunk and start the row, and deceased followed Marshall for some distance before the kill ing occurred- JULY 24", -11907. TOWN, tum iogoosefhe0 Bargain Elephant at our store, and everybody should be on hand for SPECIAL BArGAI NS in Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Trunks and every thing you wear, from the bottom of your head to the top of your foot. Yours for business, J. T. PREVETTET& CO, . W V - nil tin n 1 . jzss ca iBfa i caj zjm r.:t . u vjm j j j n fhoi, t&- j m k a -sm m r-a vm i.-t rn ni i ,1 m mm iahi VUHBHlilUI WBVUfl-UHBUlf We have been in business for 10 years and our busi ness has grown so that we have had to add another fltore building. The summer season in nearing the close and in order to close out our summer stock with the season we are offering Special JBavffaius in all summer goods, Lawns, Organdies, Batiste, Mulls, Voiles, etc., Millinery going at reduced prices, and straw goods at 25 per cent below wholesale price. Low cut shoes "at re duced prices. Come and get your share of tJiese Splendid Har gains. ah NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. 0S. 9 HaSathe sortfof you need and want. THE NORTH tsKMs- Hr v' (a State final aM lEteffial Colfe J Regular nrss leading to degrees of Uachelor of I'cdagogy, Bachr-lor of AtmJ' RAelielor of Science, and a now course leading to tSic degree of Raclielor of Music , ., xioa.ru, inunary, tuition, ana ices tor uso or text Dooks, cic, $170 a year. For freetnitk)K.. students, 8125. . , . ' - . The Normal Dxfartment tjives thorough instruction in th subjects tanfflit in the scfamil and colleffos, and special pcdatroical traiuitig for tho prCe wjon of t.'.acli:i!c. Teachers and Ciraduates t.f other coliees ars offered a one-year special coarse in Pedagogy and allied sub jects. .' - ; 1 he Commeecial Depaktment oirer.s practical instrue-"3 in Stenography, Typewriting. Sook-keepiag and other business snbje-cts. '. . ' The Departments of Manual Arts and Domestic science provide instruction ia jLAanuu aim in o Hull iijjcvti.'l .1 CLlliJ The Music Department, in addition to the degree course, o.TiT a ceriific-.tweourso in-rveaf v and instrumental music. 7 To secure board in tlie dormitories, all free-tuitioa apli-alionfe shon-ld be inridc before July ' ) 15. The fall term open September 18, 1907. ' ' For catalopuc and other -information, address. ' f : J. I. FOUST, PRESIDENT, ; 1UKEN8BQttO, N. C. - DRIJQ 8T0RE. )o(- ' . Nice line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Tobacco, Toilet Articles, and Sta tionerya at r WHIT B'SJD 2?Corner-Store atIIotell)uildmg. PHONE No. 51 NO. 9 tn IIIb ' . Cirurci Sons Call and see. C. F. MORRIS OH. CAROLIN A UliCtllV U JlOmC tillCi l.'Llll;! V. , 1
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