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V ' - r- i VOL. XXIII. Chronic The Gypsy traders here in full force. are Mr. Fred Michael,, f Wa tauga, visited' friends here last week. iMiss Lura Smith, of Tay. lorsviiie- i&. ' visiting. - relatives here. Mr. itpbert. Qgilvie has gone to Norfolk to spend, the week. Dr Jxa Gambiil, of Ink; spent a few days in town this week. " A farm horse" for sale cheap: terms easy. See C M. Sheets. ' Missr Maggie Perry, who taught in the school at Eden- ton the past year, is at home for YAcation. We -direct ynr to. the new- ?act? attention of a: M. Ohurch Sons. They haye the goods-and are offerin.them at right prices The Baldheadedi' so as,. o& rest have riot mustered, suf ficient amoant- of energy" to keeptheirl organization tdelbrSk Whit-Williams. He re e-r. ar rr . Mr. jj, -iv .uavis came- in. home last-week fromr Virginia where has been for several months. He is in very feeble health. Mrs W. P. Nichols of Par lear, dieariast wees ana- was burried at New Hope. Rev. M McNiell conducted the funeral. Mrs JN lcnols was a little over 73 years of age. -Mr. Frank Michael, of Ashe ville, who has been visiting here several daye, returned home Mondav. His wife will remain here sometime with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carigan. The State Board of Agri culture meets in Raleigh today and among other it will select ten oil inspectors. From re ports, the board has a big number of applicants to select from. Dave Hamby, of Goshen, was showing a large fowl on the street here last Friday that he had killed during the fresh et. He called it a waldoon. It looked something, like the wild goose and its feathers are said to be valued at $15.00. One of our citizens, who has hitherto led a peacable life, was caught in the very act of doing some work in his garden a few daysvagp. When caught he had a-hoe in his hand and had so far exerted himself that he was perspiring freely. As it. was the first offense he was allowed to go in, peace under promise cf good behavior here after. The address of Bishop Clinton, cbL, to tne colored people at the court house last week, was" one of the fiinest ever delivered to the colored people at this place. His sub ject was "Race Building'; and the wholesome advice given them cannot but be of great help to ,the i colored people in working out their own prob The Sunday School Con vention of the Brushy Moun tain Aesociatic-n, which con Vened at Boomer Saturday and Sunday, "waf attend ed by ; a very. large, crowd and it is re ported to bt the best and rnpst interest! tig sessions yet held. The officers ' were re elected pff "ri' n Vpih' Pres.; aiid ' Harvey JqKubnsec'y treas-. -t The next 'meeting and will Moore, Brushies, was in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. JVC. Henson, of Watauga, are visiting their daughter Mrs. S. A. Hollar. Miss Clara Benbow has re- she attende the corrimenoe ment. Lawyer L. . Benbow was up in Jobs yabm last week looking; after law ' mat ters. Mr. C-.H; Ferguson has one to Johns Hopkins hospit- 1 to have; an operation oer- formed. Mrs. Dr. Ay Q. Edwards, of Roanoke, V-ajwith; her two children,; is - visiting her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Pharr, at this place. Mr. J. C Hubbard who bas j - een absent fpt? three months in South Earolina and Georgia in oe nome tnis weec. The mfioji.will:' be in eclipse Thursday evening. It will rise f with the eclipse on. Look to easfcat moon-rise. I Mr.- EjHilin Eowell, of Mpaldwellf isvjsting his sister cent ly retur next. from, a trip- to Cuba. Mr. W: F. Bently, of-Ten- nesee, is visiting his lather, Esq. Johm Bently, aK Poors Knob. They were both in town last week on,hnsiness. Mr. J. T. Hubbard airived home Friday from Richmond here he underwent an opera- ion. ie nas about .recovered rora the operation and is look- ing excellently well. Miss Nannye Wellborn, who recently. graduated in ora tory in Boston, will be home t'oday. Her sister, Mrs. A . V. ac- Foote, of Portsmouth, will comDanv her. home and sDend x - - some time i rents. here with her pa- Mr. Thomas Perry, who has been taking special treat ment at a private sanatorium, has completely recovered aud arrived home Monday. This will be gratifying news to his host of friends. M. C. Call has purchased tpe McGee store property at North Wilkesboro. It compris es the buildings in which Spain- hour & Sydnor and J. W. Shook & Gov are now doing. buisness. The consideration was $8,000. It is - excellent property. Two young men, who first gave their names as Coffey, of Cald well county, were bound oyer to court ? Friday on the charge of breaking into W. G. Church's store at Roaring Riv er and stealing some goods. On trial they gave their names Ed. Woodie and Millard Hart ley, of Caldwell. There seems t be a pretty strong pase a gainst them as - some of the gpods were found in their pos session. They failed to give bond and were put in jail to await August court. Frank Miipton who carries the Elk ville mail from this p ace narrowly escape drown ing at the Elk ville ford; one afternoon last, Week. When a jout pidway'ofthe deep part" o f the river his -horse became e itangledvwith an old wagon tire and fell, throwing Minton and the mail into- the river. In the struggle the horse's foot sjruck him on the buck of the Wr th'e timely he!pof ipartiecj - near th the f Ivk he .woulciihaveiville the last ot tne wee wiMi. Dig: ouv oiu Equal Taxation, WILKESBORO m C.,-WEDNESDAY, TarGardes At the time we go to -ess, Tuesday 10. A. M., a sufficient number of votes have been cas to carry the election for the ad ditiorial tax for the Wilkesboro vxraaea ocnooi, ana a lot more v.ptes. will yet be cast for it. On ly two votes 'have yet been cast agaiDst the tax so far. Fruit Growers' 'Meetings. Mr. Clarence Call, President of the Fruit Growers' Assocja tion, informs us that the fruit growers will haveu two v impor tant and interesting meetings next week. On next Thurs day the 10th, they ?ill 'meet at Mr. Call's orchard near the Iron andLithia Springs. On the next day, Friday-the 11th, they will meet at Kilby's Gap. mi - a . i i j i nese. meetings win oe or es pecial interest to our peoples as 1.1 .... ..Mil mere win De present reptresen- tatives of the Agricultural De- partmenta of both the National and State governments. Mr.' M. W, Scott, a U. S, govern ment fruit expert, will be pres ent;.and lecture and give prac tical suggestions and demon- I stations. He intends while here to visit and. stadv- the needs of a number of1 orchards. The State will have representa tives present: It is a big thing for our section that the fruit producing possibilities of the Brushy Mountains has attract ed the interest of r the U. S. government, and our people should show sufficient interest in their own good and the wel fare of our section to attend these meetings in large num bers. The information to be had at these meetings on fruit growing and other matters is f great interest and value to our people. Let everybody at tend. Hon. T. C. Bowie, of, Ashe, passed through Monday on his way to Raleigh. Robert Bobitt and T. S. Jolly ha re purchased the tim ber on Z; T. Fletchers lands on the Brushies and 'have put in a saw mill to cut it up. W. W. Ferguson left Mon day to join his brother, C. H. Fergurson at Washington, and will accompany him to Balti more, where he (C H. Fergu son) will undergo an operation. Governor. Kitchin has ap pointed F. B. Hendren, of this place, one of the delegates to the anual session of the Nation al Conference on Charities and Corrections which Convenes at Charlotte June the 9th. The rural mail carriers' as sociation met here Monday. The old officers were re-elected. J. P. Elledge and,G. W. Brack ley were named as delegates 10 the-State association which meets at Charlotte July 4th. The next county meeting is to 6e held Sept. 5th. The man who will discover a genuine and easy way. to- kill out the aggravating growth.: called by plain folks "sheep: sorrel" will bedoing the far: :mers cjenerally a great - good. It is almost absolutely s taking some spots in this i country vand? the more you "kii it xut- the worse it gets. ,. v . Mr . and Mrs. W. M Rled soe, 6f Ashe, came oyer-rSun- day . Mr, Bledsoe jwent to Raleiffh Mondav to attend the4 me6ting"of the Boafrfof "Agri culture. Mrp. edsbe is srfinflincr . fovv-days at Dv r ' " xurners ami wmy pirect and: Indirect. Mr A.. J.. Foster, - of l&ea dall, wais in town, last week. B: Smith ey and ;S, Webster made a trip to Alle ghany last week. - Our friend R. F. Church, of Lwis Fork, was. among our pleasant visitors last week. Mr; "J. S. Russel, ;'.q Ronda, was here last week. Ee - wnt from here to Boomer- oik busi ness. Rev. C. Blevins, of Walnut Grower' township, vjsite; his son," Mr. O.. F- Blevins;. here last week. Mr. Chap Ferguson and4 sister; Miss Zpra, of- Beaver Creek township,- were. in. town shopping.last week. Capt. J. E. Howell, of Boomer, was here last week, and was of the opinion-that the ground in his section was good and -wet. Mre. T. J. James is spend ing a couple of weeks up in, Beeyer Creek, at - Ml Jame's farm, and among relatives up there. ' Capt. A. M. Vannoy, of the Brushies, was in town this week, and-says the Fourthrlof July Singing, will be - well at tended. Work has been commenced on tne lower bridge, below North Wilkesboro. The Oswe ga Bridge Co. has the coi Uact.and 120 feet of the trestle will be-'built of steel. Esq. M. F. Mitchell, of Spurgeonwa8 in town on busi niss last week. He says the freshet down on Hunting Creek did considerable damage at many, places Mr. --WiwQri3f4 Elkin, was in town last week. He recently purchased from Mr. J. S. Russell the old Albert Hendrix place near Ronda. He intends moving there next spring. Mr. H. E. Holderfield, of Rockford, passed through hgre ast Thursday, in his wagon, on his way to Oklahoma. He says he can make the' trip in about five weeks. Several yeaas ago he came all the way from Texas in his wagon. Col. A H. Berry, of the Brushies, spent a few-days with friends here last veek. He reports plenty of apples and peaches on the mountain this season, but says the cherry erop will be short. He intends to run a cannery this season. Mr. G. H. Ha'ys, of Hunt ing Creek, who recently com pleted one of the best country dwellings in the - county, has just had it painted. Will Har-, ris did th9f job in the best style Mr. Hays is one of our best and most progressive-citizens. ---Mr. John Parker, of Brushy Mountain, was-in town -Thurs-day and told us of the:. death of Mr, Adolphus Nance which occurredthe firstjOlast week. Mr. Nabcewas-about 60 years" old and died of flux. - He "was buried at -the- Younger grave y ard. . . " x we see- rrom. tne-' psapers that cl?srges have been : pre feredibefore the department of JuStic at Washington r against M.'Ij ."Mo tt Esq. , former solic itor; of ' this dtstriqt. MoJt is attorneyvfor the .iseek Indians and is asss$tan1f gov ernment attorneys in the land cases against,Governor Haskell of Cklahom and bthr promi. nent citizens there. "The cbarT ges against M6tt seeui 'to be that he is in. a .connpiracy with black SXr .r e prominent Oklahoma men. JUNE 2, 1909, lllememiberl ' We haye the merchandise you want and at the prrejs that will pteajse you. Com pur complete line in every department. Ladies dress goods, wash fabricsf siks, prints, ginghams, hosiery, underwear, gloves, lacoa, embroideries, trimmiuga, etcr Mens wear from head to foojt, hats, shoe " shirts, underwear, etc., the-xqbbiest line out. Oarshoe departmenj is complete with the latest and beat en; the market. M.en, boys, women and'chiidreni can find what, the v want. i i. CHURCH JFlrstfr M&mM to TP&J 41 JPir (Deimtt. V Do you ever stop to consider the present: rate of interest paid on deposits, and how ' much cheaper-you can borrow money now 7 "than you could whn this bank was estab lished? Do you remember that the Deposit. & Savings. Bank was the first bank to pay 4 percent, on savings deposits, and that it has : been doing this, continuosly for six years? If thiSvbahk has been the; cause of bringing; this state of affairs about, dbntyou think It would be fair and right to keepr' your monoy in the Deposit & Savings Bank? It is safe, sound- and weU managed, ancfc you can get your m.oney back any day callec for. Always Your Friend. D.EgeSIT & Wa eep a r Record Fd GTner6ftheaavantaBotTtav ing a lank account is the fac that eery transaction recorded on the books ofctjie ban k m con-:, nection with your account is d? record to which you may have access if necessary. Such record ofterfe proves of- gceat value This bank will be pleas ed to haye your banking busi ness; IBank 't ortln Willseftorc v CAPITAL 50i000;oot J. E. FINLEY, President: R. Vf.v GWYN, CaBhier. , E. On FINLEY, Assistant Caehier. Onfinfid for Business 1892. OLDEST STRONGEST. r Q) 0) AT J; I. MYERS &: SON, Beginrring June 1 stand lasting sijc dayjBv Prices below that suffocate you. Figures on left show what; yptfy have been paying; figures on right are onr sale price: vtS ladi-s eklrta $l.Jr$1.2S under skirt 98c; $100 undeft kirjl. 79c; fl.00 79c; X. Slats 39c; 35c Japolcasllk 29c; $1 25 silk W.V, M Tafet SOehlna silk 3c-r SOs- Araolds silk 29c: 16c lawns 12c; 7c lawns c; 8ctnghima 6c, c;fii'ams 5o; toe glnghmaj 10c.percal,s8o;8cprclto;6ccalico5c;5ccc4c;5()cb while rrev llnea3c: 85c white dressinen 29; 2Sc whit, dress llaen 21; $1 5) counterpane. $1.19; counterpanes 89c; $1.00 mens hlrt79; 50c mens shirts 3c; 50c mens wof,skirte 37; T.0O , Rue's 7236 $2 29; $2.00 gs 28x4 $1.J; t3.2Sumbr-l?a 2.; 125 uinl.rellas.9a; 75c umbrel 49c-10 parasols 1 00; 15c embroidery 10c; 10c embroidery flc: 20c c?tiny lace 10c; TOc lace ic: 6c i'ace 4Ci75c hand bags 49c; 50c hand bags 29c; 28c hand bags lap, f-jiandkerchlefs 2H; .. )o(- M ILL! NERY Not a point mijsed in bur up-tohe-minute,. Hajo . of MHHnry.. For the net o-days we will seU all goods at a very low price. ' K , trimmed hats at cost. The following prices wiauceresv you:. Utrlmmert Shapes. $t50 bats at $1.98; $2.00 hate at fi.ey; fi.o Lata at $129: $1.50 hats as yc;i.za n 79c; $1.00 bats at. 49c 75c. hats at 88c. Caps and Baby Caps. $1.25 caps at 79c; 1.00 caps at 49c; 75c caps at 39c; 50o capiat 22c; 25c caps at 19c; ' Flowers.. 1 00 bunch flowers at 79c; 75c bunch flowers at 39c; 50c bunch fowcra at 35c; 25S buacb flowers at I9c; 15. bunch, wers at l2Jcf . 25rhat Dins llc;1.75 plaiSes for 1.26y 1 50 plames for 98c; 2 50 3 in btinch for 1,98; 5-SHOE DEPARTIWENT. You will see fTjpm the figures below the rediicGd ;rice we- iave o Stippersi: . - - . " lien's Slippers i 4.00 slippers to- 33S;,2JX) sllppersojr Z2S; X5pat-,at leathrr Upprs L9S; . . S.dOgenuLne gna m-tl sHppers Z.p. Toadies SI I p per i 350 slippers (or, 2-95; 3.00 slippers iter 2S X.S'i Rlippsrsfor 1.23; 125 slippers fov. 1.13; 1.00 'fie. ' . Remember the a ate, Jane 1st, continuing six days J. 1. ' Myer5': So r N ). '4. . . - k SONS CIJ. SAyiKGS - BAK; . . Yol jft- rv.. 11 CREATIONS, ;. 75o Persian ribbons at 49c; '60c Tafeta , ribbon 8 in wide SLe vd; 80c all Talta ribbon 4 in. wide 21s-yd: all Tafeta riW?ou Zi lo wide I9c yd; 20c ai yd; 20c alt iareta djoh in. wwe 12ic d; 15c all TafH a nbben z in, wide loo 2ic td: l5oallTa rdr Zc stin rti)lwnat,4l ydTafota it 43 ydj- 3c satiu at 2a yd; w iuw ribou S 3 y-U tor 2c: 25c ribbou belting k' kt I9cyd, l5o ribboj oil ba-ting ' at 10c yd:-, T5BjIIiiall Colers. 30c reiling at 21o ydr V5c Telling, at 19e ydr-. Mourning Yeils: j 3 50 TtilTrows . Jrille 2.29 2 00 reil 3 vows of ritic 1 9s 1.00, veil 79: v pfobabiyibeen drowhed, spend the summer V': y t -. . , J: 1 .'""fs-;"' . CTf.-
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