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' LOCAL AXD PEKSOXAL.
Mr. E. 0. Ivcy is away on a
weeks visit to Charlotte and other
, places in the central part of the
State. ; s -;:'-r)
Mr. W. C. Coffey of Boone, was
in Lenoir Wednesday attending a
called meeting of the J. H. Coffey
Wagon Co,
Hardin Taylor of Valle Crucis,
' was in Lenoir Wednesday attend
ing the yearly meeting of the Cald
well & Watauga Turnpike Co.
Eev. W. L. Sherrill, of Greens
boro, was in Lenoir Tuesday and
Wednesday looking after subscrib
ers to the Western X. C. Christian
Advocate.
Rev. John S. Moody will preach
at Chapel of Kest in Yankiu Val
ley next Sunday at 11 a. m. and at
St. James church, Lenoir, at 8 p
m. Men are especially invited to
atted these services.
Frank Smith savs and Frank
knows to break, up a setting hen,
just put an alarm clock under her
and set it to alarm and when it goes
off the hen will go off also, and she
will never go back. Try it.
Quite a number of Lenoir peo
ple attended the commencement
exercises at Rutherford College
last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Among those in attendance were
Mrs. J. P. liabb, and Misses Xau
nanie Steel, Edeth Kincaid and
Pearl Hoover.
Anotuer boy at Mr. M. C. Trip-
lett's, 14th, 1093.
Mrs. C. B. McXairy returned
Tuesday from a visit to relatives
in Salisbury, ' ; " - ' ,'
There will be no preaching at
the Methodist church at il o'clock
Sunday, but will be at 8 p. m. -
Mr. Charley Coffey of North
Wilkesboro, is in Caldwell this
week. He certainly looks natural.
Mr. Jno. K. Moore is attending
the meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Pythians at Hendersonville this
week.
Read the new advertisments of
Lenoir Realty & Insurance Co
Bank of Lenoir and P. O. Grist
in this issue.
Mr. Thos. W. Shell, the popular
barber, has returned from Salis
bury, where he has leen for sev
eral mouths and may le found in
his shop next to the News office.
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xc usive Furniture Store
Therefore a Money Saver.
FINE LINE OF GOODS-LOW PRICES.
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
See our $75.00 Suit for 150.00. Others in proportisn. Car
pets made to fit your room. No charge for making or waste
in matching. See our bargains in Rugs.
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A. V. MILLER & CO.
Cloyd & Johnson Building.
We Will Sell
10 shares Coffey Wagon Company.
82 shares Moore Furniture Company.
1 shares Edgemont Country Club.
We Will Buy
5 shares Lenoir Cotton Mill.
2 shares Lenoir Kealtv & Insurance Co.
Mr. 11. M. Tuttle, while in his
barn loft last Su inlay, from some
miss step, fell to .the tloor below,
or S feet and was painfully hurt,
it is thought there is no serious
damage, still it was a bad shake
up and it may be some time before
he entirely recovers from it.
At a called meeting of the .1. H.
Coffey Wagon Co. held last Wed
nesday, if. T. Newland was re
elected President, Dr. L. II. Cof
lev was elected Secretarv and
Treasurer, Dr. Perry of Watauga,
was elected a Director to fill the
vacancy made by the resignation
of Mr. T. F. Seehorn.
Mrs. Pendley of the Watauga
Hotel, at Hlowing liock, spent hist
Monday and Tuesday in Lenoir.
Mrs. Pendley was hereon business
connected with the Watuuga Hotel.
She says the prospects for a full
season at the Hock this summer is
good. She has thirteen cottages,
with two rooms each, and they
are all engaged but one.
Next Sunday week May 17th
there will lie a prohibtion rally at
Marvin Camp ground. Ex Judge
Honor Roll.
Since our last issue the following
named persons have made pay
ments to the News on subscriptions:
J. 1. Moore. Artie Johnson, H.
S. Crisn. T. II. Parsons. Miss
Mary E. Holick. J. W. Patterson,
Mrs. W. F. Deal, O. H. Deal.
Stockholders Meeting.
The Stockholders of the Cald
well & Watauga Turnpike 'o. met
here last Wednesday and re-elected
all the old directors and ofticers tor
the ensuing year.
A dividend of $.70 per share
was declared and ordered paid.
Some much needed improvements
to the road were decided upon,
among them being the building of
a Itridge over the creek near the
old Dobbins mill site.
List Your Corporation Stocks With Us.
Some very nice homes for
14000.0'-). Farms cheap.
sale from 7x.00 to
Buy your white (,'oods from Watcon i
Closing ut
at Watson's.
prices on everything
Take a nice meal at tha City Cafe.
Everything neat and new.
iood l'ercal
toTo.
at luc
Calicoes at "
The Racket.
See those nice new stylish hats at
Ballew Millinerv Store.
When in town take yonr dinner at
City Cafe. Crisp & Bush, Props.
Kinjr's Creek Items. 3USIN3SS LOCALS.
We have had quite a cool spell
that has leen right trying on the
gardens, though nothing has leen
hurt.
We had a line singing Sunday.
Mr. John Downs came over and
spent the day singing with the K.
C. choir. e enjoyed it very much.
Hope he will come back again.
Mrs. Lurk Ernest has pneumo
nia. We hear she is right sick.
I guess the panic is over by the
rumbling of the lumber wagons.
Mr. Lindsay Ferguson and wife
of Kendall, visited on King's Creek
t t . A 1 . .-I. . 1 1
oauinia) mgiu aim zinnia) . , HOl'SKK KKPERS Buy your
ir H--II x- i i t Bread, Cakes and Pies from Citv
Mr. Will Jiewland. ot Lenou, ,;afe Hll(1 llont bother witll a hjt
and others will speak at King's stove.
Creek Academy Saturday evening
on prohibition.
Mrs. N. H. Beach, of Kaleigh,
N. C. is visiting home folks for a
while.
FOK SALE A good second hand
wind mill, w ith tower and tank. Ap
ply to H. C. Martin.
Koof-tix A cure for roof troubles,
stops leaks, stops rust, preserves
wood, stops decav. For sale lv
W. F. Wakefield. Lenoir N. C
Will lend a Purchaser $400. on town Property.
If those who wish to rent rooms to summer board
ers or take boarders during this summer will let us
know we can supply them as we are making arange
ments to do some advertising along this line just
to get visitors then t get citizens.
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CLOSINU OUT SHOE SALE, 1
am clotting out 111 v entire line of shoes
at cost at i.")0, $2.50 at il.75,
fl.:o at 1.00 im &c. The Racket.
Success to the News.
A FRIKNd.
Mav l.S, l!ns.
I have arranged to handle one ot
the Iwst Hiiarauteud lilies of shoes on
the market and will sell my entire
lot of shoes now on hand at cost.
The Racket.
An Old Paper.
Mr. J. J. Austin, Treasurer of
Caldwell County, has in his poses
sion a copy, or rather a partial
copy, of the 'l ister County Ca
zette, published at Kingston,
l ister county, N. Y., Jan. I, lsoo.
It is a very interesting old docu
ment. One item is headed
Washington entombed." irni"
town Dec. '-'0. On ctbtcsd: ,
last, the mortal part d ..!;i.i
ton, the great, the father of his
countrv and the friend of man.
was consigned to the tomb with
solemn honors and funeral pomp.
A multitude of persons assembled
from many miles round, at Mount
Vernon, the choice abode and last
residence of the illustrious chief
FRESH FRl ITS and Vegetables
, at City Cafe. Crisp i Bush.
Your piano tuned for fa. 00 hy John
W. Russell, of Npartanbnrif, 8. C. All
work Kuaranted. 1 consider Mr.
Russell a first-class tuner. Leave
vour orders with or write me at Ie
iioir, N. C. W. H. Parker,
LOS'l 1 chillis fur cloak between
Lower Creek church and Henrv Wil
son's. A liberal reward will be paid
if returned to J . W. C. McOnll at H
T. Newland's Store.
hand
Koboson, Prof. Avant and others There were the groves, the spaci
will be on hand to talk on prohibi- ous avenues, the beautiful and
tion. A large crowd is expected, sublime scenes, the noble mansion
COine early and bring a full dinner but alas! The August inhabitant
with you. Everybody is invited was now no more. That great
and especially those who are undi- soul was gone," etc. I makes in
cided as to how they will vote.
Mr. Ben Oreen of Plowing Hock,
was in Lenoir Tuesday and Wed
nesday attending a meeting of the
stockholders of the Caldwell and
Watauga Turnpike Co. Mr. Green
is one among the few of the old (il
to 5 boys that are With us yet
He will attend the reunion this
year at Permins'ham, Ala. Mav
he live long and never grow older
' Messrs. J. K. Deal, H. T. New
land, A. A.Craig and J. W. C
McCall left here Tuesday morning
at 00 for Hhodhiss on A lishing
WANTED Hood second
Bran Bags at 2A cents each.
Ienoir Mills.
Show Sympathy to the Heroes of ;
the Lost Cause. '
By Col. H. A. London.
Let us not only strew llowers up
on the graves of our heroic dead
and prepivtnatet heir memory with
marble shafts, but, oh. let us not
forget the no less heroic survivors!
Let us iu our everyday lives sub
stantially and practically show our
sympathy for the soldier who will
soon have "crossed the river" and
joined his comrades with Lee and
Jackson!
Ijet not our ingratitude cause any
Confederate veteran to envy the
fate of his comrades who were slain
in battle. Put let a grateful peo
pie render proper homage to both
the dead and the living fondly
cherishing the memorv of the form
er and rendering all possible honor Sell Snow Flake Flour:
i.i.. m,.. i.-.t,... Kincaid & Co.
anu iieip w n't inw .
BRIN(t Your Bran Bajfs to Lenoir
Mills, ii cents each.
"We Sell The Earth.
Lenoir Realty & Ins. Go.
Office in Cloyd & Johnson Building,
Less Than
One Cent.
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Your photo
in four differ
ent positions
and iS for
25c. Y o u r
photo ou Past
Cards 'A for
25c, for the
next 20 days,
May 17th, l!us. At tent opposite Postolliee.
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WANTED 1") tons Rye Straw.
Heads cut or threashed off. Bundles
kept straight. (iood price. Make
engagement now for July delivery.
Brice-Cline Harness & TannigCo.
LOST A Indies (iold Watch to
which is attached a Waxhaw Insti
tute medal. Finder please return to
News Office and get suitable reward.
Below is a list of merchants that
teresting reading, but too long for
our paper. This copy is mostly
tilled with foreign news and adver
tisements. A lot of the odvertise
medts are signed, : Peter Ten Brock,
sheriff.
We thank Mr. Austiu for the
privilege of looking over this old
relic.
Blowing RocK luems.
Well, we are still having cold
weather in the mountains, lots of
fruit damaged by the cold and hard
winds.
Child Fell Into Old Well.
Charlotte ibserrer.
Morgunton, May 1 1 . hat may
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prove a iaiai accmeni occurred nere
today when little Lhzslieth. the
year old daughter of Mr. Z. T.
Corpening. tell ;! leet to the Irh
tom of an old abandoned well back
of the Corpening residence on West
I'nion street. The child was play
ing on some planks which were
nailed over the mouth of the well,
Harrison & Co.
.1. A. Bush, Jr.
Hollifield &i Son.
Wilson & Harris.
Wilson Lumber i Milling Co.
C. '. I'nderdown.
Lindsev & Curlee.
Jones A Freeman.
John Rftiney. nt Trelaud. N. C.
When von buv flour call for Snow
Fkke. N one better.
Home Milling Co.
Our Policy.
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We are having a nice Sunday
tour, returning the same day on School and singing at Bi-own's
the 1.12 train with 28 fine fish, a Junction acadamy, lots of interest
product of the Catawba river, so taken.
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large ana so neavy were me nsn Thanksfor the iquires of the
that it required two mtm to carry Blowing 1ock COrreponde..t, from
them from the depot up town, toe from Dy8on. e hbpe to see Dy
fish in a sack, t&e sack on a pole son 0ftetimes in the News.
and oaeli And of the noleon a man's
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ohnnUW anas iiocw vwey, on i,au piace,
is getting on niceiy witn ine scnoox
Mrs. Thos. P. WinkUr died at Foscoe. We wish her much sue
Tuesday afternoon at her home in
the Valley last Monday eight and
We want the 'entire Jewelry
Business of this section, we are go-
i ing to get it. We are going to
I make our prices on watches and
Hewelrv so low that it will 1k a dis
when they broke. "Cncle" Jerry j , i" ... ...... ..,, ... tni(i(,,is,,
(lordon. an old darky who was were. Our prices will be cheaper
working near, hastilv seized an old than catalogue or mail order houses
rope and at the great risk of losing i a sample of our prices elsewere
! in fliis nunpi' Thi i tln Stiot, to
his own life descended to the bot
torn, when' he found the child in
an unconscious condition. "Cncle"
Jerry was furnished with a stronger
rope and was drawn safely up with
the child. Luckily there was no
Choice Meats.
1 have just installed a large Refrigerator and
am better prepared than ever Itefore to supply
my customers with
NICE, FRESH, COOL MEATS.
Call and see me or telephone your order if
you want fresh meats kept free from Flies
and Heat.
J. A. BUSH, JR.
in this paper.
trade,
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was burled Tuesday afternoon at
Piney Grove church, Key. D. P.
.McQdaohy of T the Presbyterian
church of" Lenoir, conducting the
fdrierll services. Mrs. Winkler
was a good votoan, a good mother
and good neighbor -She leaves
a fctrsbana' add 8 'children,' who
will miss bery oh, so much. .Two
, infant twin babies were buried
with her. , . i t .
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Rev. 8. tD. Gragg, of SholPs
Mills, adderssed the people at the
academy at Fosco this afternoon.
Success to the News.
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There ia in the heart of a true
woman: ft well of affection o - deep
that the coldest winter of affliction
cannot freeze it. ' ,
This is the Spot to
Dula, The Jeweler.
Lenoir X. C.
water in the well and the soft dirt
prevented instant death. Drs. Kid
dle and Phifer were hastily sum
moned and the last report says the
child is resting well, but grave
fears are entertained for its
recovery. The old darky showed
the hero and a purse is being made
up for him.
Spend it All.
The Duiversallst Leader. ,
Amazed at the brevity of little
four-year-old 't Grace's nap, her
mother' H asked her why . itie
awakened & soW. "Why," "re
plied Grade, looking up in childish
astonishment, "I slept all the sleep
I had."-, 1
She Weif hed 520 Pounds.
The funeral of Lucinia Miller, of
Poughkeepsie,-believed to le the
largest woman in the state of Xew
York, her weigh being 520 pounds,
was held at her home last month
On accout of the casket's size it
was necessary for six porters to
move it through a large front win
dow. Mrs. Miller's twin sister
died several years ago. She weigh
ed 530 pounds. Being so large it
was impossible for Mrs. Miller to
sleep in a bed. The fat had grown
around her heart to such an ex
tent that when she attempted to
lie down the circulation of blood
was affected seriously. So for
maiy years the had sat up, lean
ing over with . her head in - her
hauds, and thus slept.
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