Vol. xxii,.
The Giiuonic le.
A nuraber; of important"
qmatters were crowded outf of
i this week's issue but will ap?
pear next week. .
.- See W. Elliott for godd
jready made JbQ&nossi
Mr. and Mrsr JTrank Hart
ley, of Elkville, Visited here
Monday. . ,
Carry your locust pins to
C. Call; he pays half cash.
Mr. Sid Dula and family,
of Lenoir, are visiting relatives
here. - v
-Col. H. M Wellborn, of
Ashe, is visiting relatives and
friends here.--
Mr. Charlie Lewis, ot Elk
in, visited home folks here last
week.
We hope Congress will put
all the new utyleof hats on the
free list.
Attorney J. R. Henderson
will occupy the house vacated
by Mr, T. P. Bumgarner.
A bright little daughter
arrived at Mr. L B. Dulas
Tuesday of last week.
Miss Myrtle Madison, of
Elkin, visited her friend Miss
Myrtle Pardue last week.
A large number of young
men and ladies, former pupils,
took in the commencement here
last week. '
Mr. Will Lenderman,- of
Washington, will be in thi
week, lie leit there last Sun
day. .
--Mrs. J. M. Phillips, of Russ
postoffice, Surry county was
brought to the sanitarium here
for treatment last Monday.
Mr. Com Triplette and Mr.
Parsons, of Maple Springs,
were among the pleasant call
ers Monday.
The charming and neigh
borly "catty piller" is with us
in abundance and we are given
little time to get lonesome.
Mr. J. D. Moore has pur
chased an interest in the W. C.
Meadows Manufacturing Co.
at Poors Knob. -
Miles Blackburn, caught a
twelve pound carp witha hook
in the Yadkin near Quarry last
Thursday.
Every kind, Equality and
style of dress trimmings the
most fastidious may wish can
be found at A. M. Church &
Sons 8 tore, pall and'ee. . -J
Wanted: AH the 17 inch
and 19 inch locust pins I can
now got. Will pay half cash;
Bring them along at once. C.
Gall. . " " . "
If voU want to set the lat-
est and most fashionable milli
nery directfro
o to A, M( Church& Sous. .
Dr."W; rl. VVaKeueid, 01
Charlotte; wiliibe ih.i W
boro at the' Blueraont, Thurs-
day, May -13th one day only.
His practice is limited to dis
eases of : the C Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat and Fitting Glass
es. ' JJ ; - . T " h . - '
Esqv - .Wesley Pariivr's
daubterj of the Brushy Moun
tain, is quite-sick! ' Dr-; White
was called out ,to;see her rlast
week, t Her mind is badly effect
. ted; -i'J 'x
Mr. Xj? Y. , Miller -of th&
place, moved ;the " corpse - of - a
- lady' w h o had been b u H ed some
time 'I- from Thomasyille
J t o
MocksTille ':rMr, MiUler says
that the corpse-weighed ' not'
less than 1200,pounds and must j
frave been po trifled
h-M iSA Anna Moore.' o f.El kin.
attended the commencement
ere.; V " " ' ..S ;
: p-Ool. ;and Mrs. 1$. D. Hbrton
arid son Willie of Elkville," are
spending a few days here.
: r-M. Glinard Jonesy of ;$Ik-'.
ville.ileft last week fox Wyo
ming; ':.--
h-The door receipts last
Thursday night for the concert
amoUntexLto $70.00;
Mr; Frank Williams and
son; is on a trip-to Banner Elk,
Watauga county,this week.
(Dr. W. A. Berry, we are
glad to note, keeps improving
&&d is thought to he out of dan
ger.
" Misses Mary Ball and Mol
lioKoby, of Elkin, attended the
C( mmencement here, stopping
with W. H. Starr.
Quite a good crowd was in
town Monday attending com
missioners court and the meet
ing: of the Board of Education.
Miss Lou Hail, of BoDmer,
visited her nucle
bard, and took
J.
in
T.
the
Hub
cdm mencement exercises here
last
week.
Mr. T. P. Bumgarner will
occupy Dr. Turner's house and
board Mr. '.and Mrs. R. N.
Hackett this summer.
Misses Madge and Nora
Russell, of Ronda, visited Miss
Ella James last week and at
tended the commencement.
Misses Delia Biovins, Ella
J irae3 afiu Pedie Bumgarner
completed the" course in the
Eigh School this year.
Misses Maggie Hughey, An
nie Frankiin and Mr. J. R. Poin-
dexter, of Elkin, came up for
tpe commencement, stopping
witti JJr. Turner.
Misses Effie and Edna and
Messrs. Fred and Roy Bumgar
ner, of Alexander, visited thier
brother Mr. T. Bumgarner
hlere last week.
J -Several applications are be
ing made to rent houses in
YTilkesboro. Some one re
marked that if we had twenty
vacant houses, they could all
be rented in a short time.
People were so well behav
ed during the exeicises here
last week that policeman" Web
ster was relieved of the un-
Dleasant duty of haviqg to ar
rast anyone.
j Th3 County League met
its first Waterloo of the season
in combat with the Wilkesboro
team, Wednesday afternoon.
he score stood at the regula-
ion ratio of 16 to 1 in favor of
I The many friends of Mr. T.
'3r. Perry; will be sorry to learn
f his sad affliction. He hias.
lad a complete nervous break
down, and has gone to a prU
ate sanitarium for rspecial
treatment. His friends hope
md believe that he - will soon
be himself again. " :- ' 'ff;
At a call meeting of the
school board last Friday Prof.
TCI "1 .. . - -
tcj. vjr, outiiemyre. was, again
elected Superintendent of the
Wilkesboro Graded School and
principal ot the county State
fijgh School for another, "year.
No other teachers, wpre elected-
at this meeting," v 'v ,
-f-Mr. Dean Meadows, . of
Poors: Knob, has purchased
from'Mn R. A Spainhour of
bis plapo, tjie" Mprayjan, Jlls
w ier utMver anur-mm property-
Mr, Spainhour has owned thia.
woll kuown property for-sever-
j "al y ears . ... Wo a y e , uo tlearneot-
what Mr.' Meadowa.-plans- are?
(but suppose he intends to more
fully dovolp the power and ut
in other machinery. -
WILKESBORO NvC.
The Ladies Embroidery
Club met- with- Mrs: Ww Wv
Barber last Thursday. The
occasion was enjojed by- all
present.'- ,
As the ith of July - &omes
ou Sunday this year the "Old
Time fingers Association-' will
meet on Saturday the rd
Mr. W. M. R. Church, of
Adley, left for Salisbury Mon
day were he takes a position !
with the-Carolina Marble - and
Granite Co.
Rev. B. F, Haf gett heldJ
Quarterly Conference for Mr,
Bagby at Roariog River la&t
LSaturday, and Rev. MK Bagby
preached here at night;
Annie Lomax, colored, died
last Thursday night, from heart
trouble and pneumonia. 43he
been sick a couple of days. She
was, about fifteen years old and
was a quiet, good little girl,
having the respect and good
will of all. She was buried
Friday.
As we go to press Tuesday,
the town election, is in progress
but there is very little interest
manifested. There are two
candidates for Mayor, C. G.
Gilreath and H. A Cranor.
There is no regular contes- as
to commissioners and the ticket
put out some time ago, L. Bum
garner, James Hubbard, N. B.
Smithey- and W. W. Barber
will of course be elected.
Prof. N. W. Walker wlb
deliverd the addrtss to the
High School here last Wednes
day nigiit, made a profound
impression upon the larte au
dience, who were fortunate to
hear him. ProT. Walker who
is Inspecter of State High
Schools, was highly pleased
with the work here, and of the
glowing prospects before us
Revenue officer, Gus Aik
en, put a blockade outfit out of
business last Friday near
Clingman and brought Prince
McBride, a negro found operat
ing the still, to jail at this
place.: The outfit captured
consisted of a 100-gallon still
complete, 800 gallons of beer
and a quanity of whiskey and
low wines,
Mrs. Margaret Parks, wid
ow of the late Willis Parks,
died last Friday at her homo 3
Roaring River, and was buried
Sunday at Macedonia Baptist
church. Mrs Parks had been
sick for some time and her
death was not unexpected.
She was a consistant member
of the Methodist- church and
about 65 years of age. She
leaves four sons and two
daughters.
A considerable frost is re
ported from the various sec
tions of the 'county. In tome
places the peaches are killed,
and the' bean crop is about all
gone.- Ice is reported to haye.
been . found in inauy places .
Mr. A. M.; "V annoys- say r tlat
the fruit prop on the Brushies
iri safe. The wheat" crop is
lthogbt to be-, not- seriously
damaged;
A little sonof r Mrs-. W MV
Jones, 0 Champian , happened
to ar very, serious- acciden Sun
day. v Mrsi Jones wat' drivings
to church-with - the:. little- boy
in th buggy, his bat2 blew off'
4nd in getting; out of ' the bug
gy his leg: became 'entangled' in
thewheeli-aur the horses be
came fr.ightened'and moved o.
an dbe f 0 re" tb & : buggy co 4 d I be
stopped the"'- little fellow ; leg
was- torn-off: At last accounts
hewasi n a s e rou s co pfd tioh
Mucb'eympathy is felt for Mrs, j
Jones n ner preBeiiu;:uirt;ir
It was only abolit a year sine
8heiost her husband,..
WEBNESDAY7.il AY 5, 1909.
We are sorry to learn from
the Ulkin Times that Mr. R. L;
Hubbard- is confined toT his
room-there with rheumatism .
' -Mr. JameaDavi8 and Miss
tela Hays - and Mr; William
Barnett and Miss Ua Johnson,
of Brushy- Mountain w.er mar
rifed la Sunday .
- -The- closing, exercises of
the Uorth- Wilksboro Graded
School took place - last Friday
And Saturday. Friday night a
- very' interest! n g r program was
rendered' by the school, with
songs. recilations and dia
Iogues a vjery creditable con
oert, in whih all were delight
fully-entertained . Prof. A. J .
B arwick, Secreth ry to State
Stipt: Joyner, delivered the ad
dress to the school Saturday
night in; the Opera house. The
speaker was Introduced by T.
B Finley Esq. The address
was well received. At tthe
close of the address Prof :. Col-
traue delivered diplomas to
eleven graduates and" certfi
cates of merit to a number of
under graduates. Beautiful
bouquets of flowers were given
by frieodfi to the gradUtes. A
handsome purse was presented
to-' Prof. Coltrane as a token of
esteem and appreciation of his
work as principal of the school.
Madam Rumor Says;
That the "street corner club"
has busted.
- That some of our enterpris
iogjcitiSens took 'em off too
soon. .. .. .
That the shades of old Noah
Webster are, busy these days
trying to figure out what the
baseball writers are talking
about.
That Mr. Clarence Call is not
only a good business man, but
is a first class farmer. -
That the Band Boys in their
new white suits have made a
decided bit, and "Easter hats'
have swunk.
That Messrs. Judge Dula, T.
P. Bumgarner and Renn Pharr
are sawing: wood, etc.
That the daily papers say
that snow fell all day last Sat
urday at Roanoke, Va., and
other places north.
North Wilkesboro Election.
The town-election at North
Wilkesboro was- -lively and
hard fought, resulting in a di
vided victory. The two fac
tions were divided on the ques,
tion of where to get the water
for. the water works o&sl: fav
oring Qeddies River, the- other
Brushy Mountain- .The- Bed
dies liiver adherent8-felected
three 'contuiissiouers and the
Brushy Mountain - side elected
the may 05 andstwg conamis
stoqera The vote1 was- as fol
lows;
(Reddies Jiyer.) Mayor, 1.
yyne.J4i; - Commissioners,,
Finley, lfjv If: His, 157,
J. P. 4;llen, 166 J. D. Moose,
148, A4:X CQmhs,457.
: , (Brishy Mountain ) Mayor,
T. T Jenkins- 154; Commis
Sfioners, O. 4-bsher 103,
Ghas Smoot J60r C. C; QambilJ
ISfy.W. lf Wilson AAt J. E.
ynqoy J?9:
FQr-.SchoQleommittee: - J. Ir
Myers 27Q, WrR Carlton 170,
L. Av Hauser 138. - The two :-
fjrst wer elepted.
Th e qi ty i onciaU o f Ne w
Haven, Conn , .; are wres
nver th ue8tioqra to wheth
er: roller, skates are- vehicles or
persboes ".That's- silly
question. h veii-a common -ev-
eryday routteu-lieaded: wayfar
er- fcnows theya're neither 'one;
they are just ilangeroS--?Ul
Bances. , ' .
Do you ever -stop to
xte of interest p
much c h ea pe r you can ;borrow " monoy noy
ttian you could wfien tthi
ushed? Do you remember that the OoDOsi i
& Savings Bankjvya the -fjrst-
per cent; on sayina i dfpp$its. and that it hao?
been doing this continuosly forei
If this bank has been the cause of bringing:
this sta,te of affairs abojj.t, don't you think it
would be fair and right to keep your" money
in the Deposit Savings Bank? -: - :
It is safe sound and well managexli :iind:
you can get your money back any rday called'
for.' " - r -; 7;--,?'':;;:-i:r-i:: ; '
Always Your Friend. .
Deposit & Savings BankI ; .?
We eep a
For Record
One of the advantages of hav
ingbank account Ja the factvv
that every transaction recorded V
on the books of the bank in coa-
nection with your account is; a
record to which you may have
access if necessary. Such a.
recrord often proves of great
v value- This bank will be pleas-
ed to have your banking busi-
. ness. ... . : N
CAPITAL 50,000.oo! ; ,
J. E. FINLEY, President. R. W.'GWYN4 Cashier.
E. G, FINLEY, Assistant Cashieivt- -:; A ;V;:
Opened for Business 1892. OLDEST. STRONGEST.;'' 1 '
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1909 finds us at our old sta n d b stter pre
pred than ever to furnish our custpmer$r
with substantial bargains--the kirid-thatt
saves money to the parchaser. We. are hot:
giving our goods away, bift pur lovy -priced
wilT surprise you.
In taking our inventory we f j n d vy ycf
some left-over.odds and end which yom
get almost at your own price. Come . and;
get your choice- y -jl
M ay the new year be a prosperous oho?
for aU- Yours
Millar, Harris & Co.
North Wilkesboro, X. 0,
We sfeil th Virginia-Carolina Chemical :
Co. brands of goods, made at Winston, N.
Sleqtric Standard Guano, 8r2-2. Foird;a Speei 9-1-2.
Winner Graiu M:ixtute,.10r4. . Jouo3 Grain Special, 8-4:.. 1
Comet, acid phosphate, 16. Victor igh Grade, 18. .
Old Tar Hee, 12 7 Mammoth wheat and graaa grorr,- 10-2U
All f resh.goods and drills delightfully.
Prices, Rockbottom. ,Cqme and see.us,.
for we can save. yon some money,; 7 1: - -
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