Watauga Democrat. [volume], October 01, 1891, Image 3

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LOCAL NEWS.
Commissioners' court will
session next Monday-.
&-Mr.;T; Fin Coffey was off
to Lenoir this week on a fly
T: Ing business (?) trip!;,
:- - If you are due us qn.sub-
scriptionv (:orae forward and
fettle.; Vf'ATiint to the wise Is
puffimht. f ; ' .
The condition of Mrs;
: Capt." Lbvill feniain8 about
;: the same,as it. has been for
'V some time paat; :. ; . ' '.;'.; ' j ,
Y-.-iT
" a 11 C-' " in thjTMethodiat church next
v I? r B v y Sunday eveninfr at the .usual
V thonr for night services; V;.
Iv- ".'Editor Dougherty is at
;i - .ten'dinar Jefferson -court this
4 ; :? i veek;-so pardi'n ..the shof't
onynRs of this issue or, the
;-The Watauga ; Hotel, - at
V: ' lilo winur . Rock . closed ' la st
-f Monday for the season, the
- -'-Any orie.fshinff to buy
a Sio4 !'-t'teh cow; live, years
r: old,' laro;and "-' . ol Dui ham
; ntockj wl'l please call on I. W.
'' m..:t'! M: ft .: ..v
'-'- 4 f 5 v Klmu Uren was kicked by a
"-K' inule : on thi abdoinep last
of
f ''0: thii county' has just closed
fei-Kon at the Baptist church,
..1-1:"- "j . ...ti . a. -
it.
atfd
phew spent Sun-
in town on their
i n v to Jefferson court. -:
KriH''rrM; Johh F.HardinAvhcr
a, hub .uwu ; yit iiw . ouubiiet it
j'f,,''inart wit h a fine lot of betf
. caitie nai l-erurnen ana re-
jiorts thfit he did fairly well
5 fTue following are the U.
' S. Jurors, who go from- Wa?
tfiuga to the t Federal? Couft
; ; .' ;- ; - iti StatcsviUe ; next: inonth:
-:i;-f " Jerry Harmon f J, C; Cd)in
':A ; cill aod R. H.v Brady. : f r
: ':'vSii. V 'c;nh?T? atejirosneckfortbe
V ' A I V ' openins of a new store - near
: ' 'iyerAcaemys'Xa
? n ' . new house la goinarup iitEu
r-- , -Mr. I'lpley l trtiojk and
: : lady, who haye" been., stop-
.-; ping at theCoujj.ouse for a
. . .f veeks left for their, hoae
, -'"':vin!lit6xville7:TennV"!ireHteN
....... :v.-..:,'.,.u,... ;.v.,.r--.''-.;;..!.'; ,,-rwv-
C Kc3 II. Cr ilarttn's new
r ; :"::J".in Ibis i " He wil
. . 1 ircafter be found ntf.4sVold
: ft ii; Wi:. -ccSs.:.
TI.3 Cdsaty? Superior:
: -: " t w;J. L j at Ris oL.ce c
: ' : t housaV Thursday. O
.7 rth, t1! "tx'aadr.3 teac!,
' -x:s-wi:i La Mr. Thoia
Mr )'t : !Ic c-air; - tion.
an enrollment .of 70 with fine
prospects for 100 or moro
soon. Both principal and as-1
sistant are giving entire sat
ibfaction. . -Who will b appointed as
county commissioner to fill
out the unexpired term of J
E. Finleyj resigned ? It will
be decided here by the magis
trates next Monday. " '
Some" work is Still being
done" at Copper Knob, ou Gap
Creek. :VA new tuunel is being
dug, and il a good vein is
struck, extensive .operations
la re contem platetl ' : : ';
Mrs.' Violet Hodges; of
Brushy Iork,someiaysago,
warped, put in the loom, and
woVe nine yards of carpeting
in one day; and quit ia time
to do her ;own milking and
get supper.
Dr, W. P. Horton passed
thiouch town this Week, and
muu tn it it7in.c, itiiotcii i;i
Baltimore, Md He goes -to
take his swond course of lec
tures at the College of PhysF
ciaus and Surgeons
ffiS'Noice.--l wish to say
that I have the tax-book for
Boone township, . and will
meet the people io receive
taxes on first Monday in Oc-
i)ber at the court house in
Boone. B. J, CocxciLL,Jr.
It is said - that a very
prominent ; young attorney
of Watariga has at last felt
the stiiig )f Cupid's unerring
dart "and -is seriously, trou
bled with heart disease. vIt
is "not WiirXmncill, but 'you
needn't guess any.moie. v ;
-Oar couit convenes, next
Monday week, and we wish to
remiud our delinquent sub
scnbers tnt ve shall expect
hem to settle up :, their sub
8criptiori.td". the Democrat,
uurmir me weeK as we hi:h hi
need pf bur irionfy ;n : .t
.-rMri Councill, Jr.,
and sist.erHr Misses - -Eninia
and Jennit- ha ve gone; saAuhe
county, vwhere they will be
Present at : the marriage of
Mr. Win. Bai ter, of Wilkes
0ro" to. Miss MaryiAnna,
daughter of Dr.i 3. 0, Wilcox,
of Ahe.
The.fi)llowing was handl
ed to us by Dr.: W B Coun
cil!, nndwilllHt consoling to
many mends of v.the ladies
mentioned: 5Miss 5 Jda i Hofr
din is i stilveryy ULwitn nri
acute attack" pfiliver ; and
stomach disease, but is now
much better,? and her pros-
p e c t a ; for recovery are
i: 1 li J .'iff:. ':: x.t? .rTT-'
very gooa,Miss nma t hii-
5f who had; a paraly tic
stroke, is si o wly . reea vetmg
If we have, through mistake
jiven i wrorig rrepurtei of the
cohdi tion of these stim able
ladie8,- .we are, only Hop : glac1
ihA'aZA i a.iV l-rt:
IV Uiiu M uuiii"r, . t': . -. , n." v
A roiv occurred last" Sat
urday evening'atrEu g I n e
BtfygrocferypnNAsl coun-
tyj ompbgBomedozery
men and boys whoLwerethere
drlnkirig; By v the j- Intery en
tion ofome older people a nd
women no damage wasdone
But rocks rweredra wn hnc
the air was filled with oaths
6d1:he occasion was,in3leed
shocklna to refiudf, people.
and especially to ladies pass-..
jug uk jpuunu iiiguvvay ; vre
are informed :: that - many, of
the -youn; nnenand even
boy 8, are almost ruined by
tha evil erfects of. liquor. Oh I
when will people cease to .en
2 r3 in such trafic si m ply for
tL love of. money, when th
U. and evil ejects are
; ;s to good morals?
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From Blowing Rock. .
Editor Democrat: -
s it has been some time
since I ha ve seen anything in
your paKr from this place. 1
I will giveyou n feiv notes.
The health of our village is
good as usual,-only a little
whooping-cough to keep the
babes awake at night -v
- The' Wataugti notel cloHed
a prosperous season yester
day. Perhaps the best it has
ever had. ' The Green - Park
iIosps this week I learn, while
the Blowing Ilock llwtel and
Brady house will remain opeii
a few weeks longer I;The 'sea
son ; h e f e has been " the
lest the place . has ever .en
joyed, and I hear of improve
ments being- made'to increase
the hotel capacity .by - next
season. The Green Park Co.
are already ntwork making
brick and preparing to buikl
to their. splendid hotel. 4''
Our people ell seem well
pleased with . their sum mej's
Work, and a1! t he guests who
haye be?n here have been well
pleased.;, -VV; -J'"r :
Our.boys arelaughingovej
a certain young fellow look
ing for a Mr. Ileese here last
night. The said young fellow
came in about sunset, and
stopped at one of our, favor
ite boarding houses, and wus
quite familiar with all haihet,
md the boys sent a niessen
ger to him saying a Mr, Reese
at the ... Blowing Uock Hotel
wanted to see him. Thenight
was drtik arid the young fel-
ow had ridden hard all day,
89 did not want to go, but
said he recond he would So
faking xld m a n Bayfield
( Yotmce's - nigh t-wa tch man)
they pulled out for the Blowi
ng Rock Hotel, half mile off.
When' they ; got there, Mr
Reese - had gone t&' Greene
Park, two miles further, ' "'and
ft word for niiy one. inquir
ng for hint to .come on out
there. Bo t tie uioresaid young
ellow, and Ray Held "put
flatty'"' in the road, two tniles
further gettingto Green Park
tonnu no lieese. iney re
turned home after a walk o
four miles, and '.'slept without
rocking.?" Rayfiehl thinks
Reese must be crazy, while
the young fellow left for Cove
Creek without : .mentioning
RecseVname to any one.
..Misses Mamie and Bessie
Morris ha v gone to Charles
ton1 to attenC Miss Kelly's
school this winter, and some
oil our jouug merr:wui, wen
long faces nntij next June
guess. 1 Jeorn: that a 'T)eti
tion has gone in asking t ha
Mr. i.iiN. t,:orpening,: of this
place, be appointed justices:
the neace for- this 'towBshio
in place of Nathan Harrison
dee'd. I th in k Mr;..Cor oonins
Lwill make a good J. P.. and
uive BiiiiMicuun u qur i)eoi
pie, We hope he jyill be ap-
pointed. . c'- '-'
,Sept9.:.-.;;:;:v:i
From Keese, K. C,
We looked "f Or y our; eorpu
lence of 240 at ,uthe "Associrr
tion,- If to see a ; large ma
was the gra ti flea ti on ou gh t
it was realizert. m the person
of J. H. ; M ills', . Su perin ten
dant of the- Orphanage, the
largestman on the grounds
We rwerp ;:. agreea,bly disaj)-
pointed to see the well-dress
ed and well-behaved ;t brong
of people,! who gathered ; u
Mt; OileadlChurch )At was
feared that- there would be
a .drunken rabble,, but on the
grounds and in thechurrh
the behavior was never bet
ter. . "Give honor to whom
honor i due." We apply this
quotation to the people but
more especially - to tha rr.eu
down thera who f 'A v.hiiky.
We c j not t!-':-:!c it, VI ';t to
sell liquor for people to . geti
drunk on, and wish our dear
people would decide to quit
but if they .will not, let
them have honor for their
manliness in locking up their
doors ngninst trie tipler dur
ing the Association. ; . :
Our friend and neighbor
Alex "Wilson in his old davs
ias, decided - to build him a
new house. W. bwirt is his
workman. Well, we are plens-
ed to see, the spirit." of im-
firoveraeiit in our-country.
YYe hope to be the last to
have inil envious disposition
gainst the man who labors
o-build,, up his coun try by
the. pro per use of his mon
ey. V o u) d that we ; had
more such men to clear farms,
buildhouses, barnsy school
and . church, houses,- toads,
mill etc, ; There should .ex
ist ' noble em ula tion am ong
neighbors" who enn best work
and best agree." ' '''':
Jones w no m we
mourned as dead, was put at
school aiid prayer;- meeting
yesterday. For months and
months he. vas confined to
bed getting: weaker, and
venker-until reduced to a
skeleton., No one thought
of his recovery. Ilecame forth
is one from the dend and
talked to us about the gootl-
ness of God in flfllicting him.
This talk'-was a feast for us
.George Clark, of this place,
son of the little Englishman,
says that lie has a China
mug aver 200 years old. ; It
wn s used m the Clark fa mily
in England for drinking ale,
and has been from onegener
ation to another kept in the
f a m ily , and brough t to Am er
ica 10th of October.: 1867,
Sept. 24th, ; ' 11
Wfctauga Conntjr AlHinco Meeting.
Vr.Tlie Watauga County-Alii
nce will tuetattheNew Riv-
er Aca demy, "rien r John EI.
rod's, 4 miles cast 'of Boone,
on Thursday, Oct; the 8th
The time was changed f"om
the secrtfid Friday to the sec
ond Thursday at the State
Alliance' at Morhead City
The secretaries of the sub-Al
liancea are all hereby request
ed ti) send m their quarterly
reports by the - Cth of Octo
ber, 1891, so 1 can have the
names' of the delegates enrol
edso that thecouty Alliance
can proceed to business as
soon as it meets. Bret'iren
of the sub-Aljiahces, bo sure
and send delegates to, the
county meeting and as many
of the members who are not
delegates as can .possibly j:at
tend,'.ii8, it is the time for in
stallationvof orricers. It is
said by somethat the - Alii'
h.t-m' ft. ' .- .
ance is ieuo.- uun ihpv are
sadlynijstaken, for the Alii
nncerion a. boom in the t
S.j anthey-iwill see it before
the year 1V)2 has closed. : .
L -Sec;! Cdunty Alliance,
'-'.''' ' ''' ''. XOTICK ,
' Nortli'Gixrolina; WataTtura coun
ty; Superior court. Bell WiHiauiB
vfcAngeline ' william8.r Sait'.fot
divorce -: It ftppeHririg to the
satmfactwn of the court tbt
cause of laction exist in favor of
the plaintiff", and against the-de
fendant,;'.' a.nd if . also apieanng
by the aniaavit' or tno piamtilt
tnatliie uitenaant is a lon-resi
dent Of this State. Ho that the
ordinary process, of the .court
cannot be served. upon hel.Xlt is
therefore ordoral by the court
that publication be made iu ilhe
Watauga DeinQcrat, for six euc
cesive weeks, commanding the
defertdafj.t,;A!(jalina-;.WilIiain8 to
appear at tne nxt term ot-tne
Superiorcourt, to be held for the
uounty ot w atauga, on tne istn
day oi Octolwr, 1801, and pload
answer or- deniurr .to tne com
plaint of t!:e plaintiff to. to filed
in this bfHc or the plaintiff will
be grautod the "relief ' prayed for
in his corn; ' imt. September 2nd,
1S31J Job-'..Todd t).S.U. ;
T;: ;j r. r. ixviu,, Atty; vut
SERE WE ABE I
ON TOP I
We proftose to make it to
our interest to trade with
us, and in so doing, we give
0u some articles that are
contained in our . ;
EiTOMOUf STOCK
on which, we propose to give
you unequalled ,
;:-,BABAiKS.-::V
BOOTS & SHOES.
550 pairs Boots and
; : Shoes. ;
In this line wexan fit and
suit all. The very best val
ues at panic prices. 8ee our
ine before buying'. :
"Dry Goods. -
-. - '
Four thousand, five hun
dred yards of Dhy Goods.
lere you will find the lat-
es
iTTstylesand best qualities
at un-heard-of prices. .
Groceries ! Groceries ! !
In this branch we carry " a
resh ' Stock, both stapk
and fancy at prices, lower
than the bottom notch.
Hats, Hats.
A nice lot at the very low
est prices. . vv e can nt any
ody; . Call and examine our
stock before buying else
where. ' : - . ". :
Jeans! jkans 1 1 JEANS 1 1 1
We have the largest stock in
town, which will be sold at
special low pi ices.
-Clothiaa. .
This department is com
plete. We can fit the tail,
t he short, the" lean , and the
fat, v-.:1 c,T
BOTS CLOTHING r
.4- A nice lot which will be sold
at a very low figure.
-Gent's
Furnishing-
Goods.
Shirts,
''Z'-fr,, Drawers, ;
i-'&XOS-X'-i Cuffs,
UhderVrare.i : ' ; - ;.- ;.
Z 'Y'-'-'A-r: .fi'ovc?, '
i""':. . -. Hose,
Ha ndkerchiefs, ; '. , ;.; ;
?'.;;';'. Cra vats, Sic
;' (,-a n su i t all irf this depart
ment. ;: ',-":.r:.
vin.r connection with : my
other; business I run a
Hotel - - and -STABlE
which, tve think is ;: equal to
any in the county,' arid w
gunranto our-prices as low
as any in thetounty
Thffnking my customers for
past favprs, 1 remain .
.. .;; Very Respectfully, ):
Spring Annotfflcetoent
OF THE
Spot Cash Store,
We Are Head-quarters Fo
1 his Part ol Ihe Earth-
DON'T You be the last to find
out wnere the befit goods are sold
the cheapest. We are uowopen
ing and displaying the largetrt
stock of seasonable goods of the
highest merit ever brought to
this townj which will be sold low
er than ever. t)ur motto is good
goo ls, fair dealings and low pri;
ces.- -' . .- "
O-
Dry Goods.
Cansisting of Gingfiaflis aiid
Prints in all the latest styles Sui-
tings, outer-cloth, Simpson's repti
ers; shirtings and lawns in all
the spring colors, Henrietta
cloth in the spring stripes whicn
is all the go for Bpnng wear;
LARGE STOCK f black
Sattinee; Silk for trimming in all
colors. All kinds of Laces iu Ueni
Stitch and Vandike Points. Let
us call yr'speeial attention td
our 44 Fruit ofthe Loom Bleach"
lomestic at 10 cts per vard. Liu
en Shfiiubries both solid andfitri
ped. Our stock of ribbon is
ua,l to a reumlar milinary de
partmeut.. Jeans, cottonadesi
'laidri, Domestics, Bed-tickinsi
and hundreds of things we can
not mention,
-o-
Shoes.
This department is rerf
omplete, and at tHe prices we
ore offering them they will not
stay long, in fact, we aidn't buy
them td keep, atid oar custom'
ers have found that dut judging
from the way they buy trwes
-o-
Clothing.
Now we hit you. In this
partment our stock is, without
oubt, the choicest that has uv
er been offered to the people of
the mountains. Prince Albertsj
double and single breasted in sol
a mac and fancy colors. Fab
meus, we can fit you in anything
you want In CLOTHiftG; Some
bhmg nice and durable. .
Croceries,
In this department "vou1 will
find nothing but first class goods.
We carry nothing but the best
sugar and coffee. In flour we car'
ry .from a medium to the very
best grades, Corn and meat at
owest prices. Salt, hams Bacon"
and Lard always kept in stocks
-O-
Hardware,
In this line Our Btocfe is lairfft
Nails, Iron, Plows,-Hames Trace
chains, Mattocks, Shovels and
all kinds of shelf-hardware - at
prices that moves tueriu v .
We thank our many custom
ers for raising our sales to thtj
nandsome sum of 125,000
last yeari and for the present
year we have our figures placed
at f iso.uou, ana by low pri
ces, good goods and polite atteif
tion, weexpect to reach the mark.
Ihey all sitig the same song!
' -. '. " . .. 'A::
Weve found the store Where buy!
ers get the very best attention
With great variety- of goods too -
So low in price ftre theV, they ;
' leat the lowest Calculatioa,-
Which makes us, as a family, suiJ
, out like all creation.
And that is the reason we tradW
witli -: - .-;
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