FUNERAL OF MISS RAINEY.

Christmas Passed Off Quietly at Ger-manton A Business Change -

Items and Personals.

Gerinanton, Jan. 1.t hristmas is over and a very

quiet one, it was. We had onlyone small ball during the holi-days.

The New Year was ushered inbright and fair. Many no doubt,havo turned over new leaves, andformed good resolutions.

Dr. Wade Bynum went to Char-lotte, N. C. to visit his Uncle,Judge Bynum, and was accom-panied home by his brother, JudgeW. P. Bynum, and wife, ofGreensboro, who spent the happyNew Year.

Mr. Aurelius Tuttle has sold hishalf of the store to Mr. Robt. Tut-tle, and has bought a farm nearfriendship, where he expects tomove in the spring.

Miss Laura Crews is visiting hermother.

Dr. L. H. Hill's whole familyspent the Christmas at home.

Our people were made sad lastednesday when the news of the

death of Miss Grace Rainey reach-ed us. Her death was not at allft surprise, slu* had been vory illfor about a week. She passed herlast days in Danville with hersister, Mrs. Herudon. The Horaldisplay was beautiful and expen-sive.

Ihe funeral services were heldin the Methodist church, of whichshe had a member fifty vears. byRev. Mr. Clark, the I'astor. MissRainey was seventy-two years ofage.

Dr. Wade Bynum and Mr. K. J.Styers were very much surprisedby receiving handsome Morrischairs as Christmas gifts.

ELIZABETH.

A Quiet Christmas At Franciscto.

Francisco, Jan. 2.Christmas has been quiet in

this section.Mr. James A. Leak has gone to

Raleigh on business.J. M. Dearmin. of Big Creek,

has gone to Elk Park, N. C., tomake that his future home. Wewish him success.

Mr. \\ alter Flippin and MissMyrtle Lawson were united in theholy bonds of matrimony lastWednesday evening at the homeof the bride about 14 miles aboveMt. Airy. The ceremony was per-formed by Martin Jarvis, Esq.We wish them much joy and hap-piness and a long and useful life.Mr. Flippin is a son of J. C. Flip-pin, ex-county commissioner.

Mr. Ed Smith is to start toBoonville school this morning.

Mr. Jesse Beasiey killed 4 pork-ers during Christmas weighing10">0 pounds.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hutchereon,ol Walnut Cove, visited Mrs.Hutcherson's father, Mr. JoshuaSmith last week.

Preaching at Big Creek yester-day. Large crowd in attendance.Elders Collins, Pyrtle. Wright andMickey addressed the people.

Mr. Terry .Smith visited hisfather in Rockingham countyduring Christmas.

R. E. L. FRANCIS.

SCHAUB'S MILL.

Schaub's Mill, Dec. 27.We have had a very quiet Christ-

mas with plenty of rain and mud;wedding bells have been ringingin the Jit. Pleasant neighborhood.

Mr. Charlie Kiger, of HighPoint, is visiting his father, Mr. J.W. Kiger, this week.

Mr. John J. Grabbs butcheredthree fine hogs two of them weigh-ed 3<io each while the large onetipped the beam at 570. Who canbeat that.

J. W. Kiger. another one ofStokes' good farmers, butcheredtwo hogs, which weighed 816.

Mr. C. E. K. gave Miss M. M.S. a pleasant call Sunday.

T. F. C.

Mr. Ray Martin and sister, MissMary, returned from a visit torelatives at Pilot Mt. Monday.

GIDEON.

Jan. 3. l(JO">.As I havn't seen anything in

your paper from hero in sometime, I willwrite a little.

We are having some awful roughweather now.

L. B. Hester, representingVaughn & Co.. of Winston, washere today.

It was the dullest time aroundhere Christmas we ever saw.

A. S. Mitchell and family, ofWalnut Cove, visited relatives atDillard last week.

W. E. Lasley and family, ofPine Hall, visited relatives hereand at Dillard last week.

The Mitchell hoys are havingthem a nice store house built atDillard.

The Sunday School at Dillardwas suspended on the last Sundayin December until the first Sun-day in April.

There were several people mar-ried in and around this neighbor-hood during the holidays.

Messrs. Nick and Wilson Mitch-ell spent the latter part of Xiuasweek in the upper part of thecounty. They report a nice time.

We are expecting a weddingnear Dillard about Thursday.

Wishing the readers of yourvaluable paper a happy and pros-perous New Year, I close.

TRIMBLETOE.i

ROCK HOUSE. 1

Rock House, Jan. 4.

As it has been sometime sinceI saw anything in your valuablepaper from this section. 1 willgive yon a few sketches.

Mrs. Presley Palmer has beenvery sick, but is improving, we are

glad to know.Joseph Thore returned to Boon-

ville after a week's visit with rel-atives and friends near RockHouse. Joseph is an intelligentyonug man and we wish him suc-cess.

A party of young people com-posed of Misses. Rosa Slaughter,Mary Lee Venable, Messrs. JohnSlaughter, Reid Johnson spentSaturday night at Mr. Wm. Mar-tin's. They report a nice time.

Christmas passed off quietly inthis section.

Mr. Joe Tilley and sister, MissMinnie, spent Friday night at Mr.Tom Lawson's.

< >LD MAN.

Consumption?J There is no specific forconsumption. Fresh air, ex-ercise, nourishing food andScott's Emulsion will come

pretty near curing it, if thereis anything to build on. Mil-lions of people throughout theworld are living and in goodhealth on one lung.

From time immemorial thedoctors prescribed cod liveroil for consumption. Ofcourse the patient could nottake it in its old form, henceit did very little good. Theycan take

SCOTT'SEMULSIONand tolerate it for a longtime. There is no oil, not

excepting butter, so easilydigested and absorbed by thesystem as cod liver oil in theform of Scott's Emulsion,and that is the reason it is sohelpful in consumption whereits use must be continuous,

tj We will send you asample free.

Be sure that thi* flk

picture in the form ofa label i» on the wrap-per of every bottle ofhmulsion you buy. (A

Scott & Bowne ( F

*io9 Pearl Street -Jjf ! i fcjfNew York

foe. an J 5 1* 1,1 druggi»t«.

A Pleasant Trip.

Germatiton, Jan. 4.

jMr. Editor :Will you please allow ine space

' in your valuable paper to give anI account of a Christmas trip fourjStokes people took last week.

Miss Maggie Petree. of Ger-| inanton, and Miss Pearl Samuel,| of Walnut Cove, with T. S. Petree,of Danbury, and O. N. Petree, of

i Germanton. They left on the 3:28train for Martinsville, Ya., Thurs-day afternoon and passed throughthe flourishing little towns < iPine Hall. Madison, Mayodan amiStoneville and arrived at Martins-ville about 7 o'clock. They weremet at the station by Miss MyrtleSamuel, of Martinsville, and Mr.Oscar Taylor, of Spartanburg, S.

C. Then commenced one con-,tinuous refund of g>odtimes. The home of Mr. P.W. Stultz is only a! nil o(J yardsfrom the station, so tli.ey walkedup. They were received by Mis.Stultz with one of her mist gr-i-

--cious smiles. After exchangim/compliments they were ush viiinto the dining room WIITJ M

bountiful supper wasspn ad. Alter,

supper they had quite a nice timeeating fruits, confectionei ie;. eU .

The next day they took in tlucity. Martinsville is a very | Vty

town and it seems to be on I"forward move. A magnificentstone block is being erected in the icenter of the town. A beautifulpublic building in which the postoffice is kept is very worthy imention. The court house is :

modern building and a credit to jHenry county. A beautiful (' in-

federate monument stands it: tinsquare and as we looked at it ourminds were carried back to the(>o's.

The happy party couldn't remain jtogether long. Mr. Taylor was call-ed home. They missed his jovialcompany, and whilehim up verywas Christmas and they made themost of it. They watched the Oh!Year out and welcomed the New'Year in; merrily saying:"No sleep till morn when youth I

and pleasure meet.To chase the glowing hours

with tlying feet."New Year day dawned bright

and clear, "one of the most beauti-ful it has ever been the writer'sprivilege to see and wje left the 1hospitable home of Mr. Stultz with 1many regrets: but all good times

must come to an end sooner orlater aud so ours ended. Mr.editor, and readers we aro not aUusscl Snge by any means; we

think a day oil" n. w and then is.or should be. "reslizwj by thewisest men."

If you ever heard of four peoplehaving a good time w \u25a0 tin ?.

"It."

»~STUART. VA.~~Stuart. Va.. Jan. 2nd.

Work on the new jail is pro-

gressing nicely.E. W. Wade, of Richmond, and

T. C. Barksdale, of Strasbury,spent Christinas in Stuart.

A. L. Williams, Editor of theEnterprise, made a business tripto Danville Thursday.

Miss Lelia Mcintosh is \isitingin Mt. Airy this week.

John (). Soyars and J. B.Smithmade a busim -3 trip to Martins-ville last week.

Mrs. G. S. Hannah, (uee) MissMargaret Range'ey, daughter if

Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. iiangeley, whohas been critically ill in St. Louis,

has sufficiently recovered as to beable to return to Stuart.

W. E. Tnlnm, of Nettle Ridge,was in town Sunday.

Misses Edith Sartford and Car-rie Staples spent Sunday at Net-tle Ridge.

Misses Elva and Ethel Shock-ley entertained quite a number oftheir young friends Friday night.

As news is scarce, will ring otFanil come again soon.

"RAILROADER"

N. A. Martin killed a hog yes-terday weighing o.jS pounds. Thisis the finest porker we have heardof being killed in this section.

KING.

King, Jan. 2. |Miss Flora Styers, of Rural

llall, visited the Misses NewsomSaturday, Sunday and Monday.

Miss Martha Newsom, thesales-' lady, of the J. W. Hester, & Co.,who has been spending a few dayswith her parents at King, return-

ed to Winston this afternoon.Mr. Ernest Boyles, of King,

spent Sunday with friends near(junker,

Mr. Wesley Petree and daugh-, it-r. Miss Daisy, spent Saturday

.. ith Miss Martha Newsom. Comegain, Mr. Petree, Miss Martha is

\u25a0!1 smiles and reports quite apleasant time.

S. P, Kiser lias been seen in'ivitig quite often of late. Guess

!d coals are easy kindled and heand Miss Martha are going again.

Mr. Ed Caudle returned toWinston tins afternoon, after

\u25a0 ending a few days with hisa rents, of Tobaccoville R. F. D.;0.2.

Guess Miss Ella is wearing ai >:ig face. Cheer up Ella, he'll

?c iiv.' hack again.\u inquiry has been made as

i Mr. C. K.'s whereabouts. He? as not seen pass through KingSunday. How about it MissFa-

n Fannie Newsom spent Sat-dny and Sunday with Mr. and 1

Mrs. Lutn Boyles.Mr. A. Caudle, of Winston, whois been spending a few days with

I iends and relatives near King,?turned home this afternoon.-Mr. C. O. Boyles will leave on

: 'morrow's train for Raleigh.BOBBY BAKER.

SCHAUB'S MILL.

Schaub's Mill, Jan. 3.We are happy to say that the

i Smallpox has died out at Schaub'si Mill.i Messrs. George and DanielRichardson, of Walnut Cove,.spent Friday evening aud Satur-

day with their sister, Mrs. EllenHarris.

Mr. and Mrs. John Wall and1 laughter, of King, spent Sunday!.t Mr. Geo. Vest's.

Miss Floridn Westmorelandand little ones are spending a few

!days with Mrs. Westmoreland's1 mother, Mrs, T. M. Vest.

Mrs. Ellen Harris and littlegirls spent Sunday with Mrs. TiseCalaway. i

S.

A TRIPLET WEDDING.

Esquire I. 6. Rois Ties Three KnotsAt Once.

Walnut Povo, R. F. D. No. 1.Jan. 1.

A very brilliant and rare occur-rence in the way of a

triplet wedding happened at thehospitable home of Mr. Win. Rut-ledge on the 28th of December.The parties that were united wereMr. Charlie B. Rutledge aud MissElla M. Shore; Mr. Titos. Shoreand Miss Sallie A. Rutledge; Mr.W. A. Boles and Miss Nellie A.Rutledge. The ceremony was per-

formed by Mr. I. G. Ross, Esq., ofLocust Hill Farm, in the presenceof a large number of friends andrelatives. After the ceremony next

came dinner. We all were invitedinto the dining room where wefound a table loaded with a most

delicious wedding dinner whichyour humble servant enjoyed bet-ter than any part. After dinnerwe left leaving all full of merri-ment and wishing that anotherhappy meeting might be near.

W.

The finishing of the new court

house is being pushed rapidly miiv

in order to have it ready for courton the 23rd of this. The carpen-ters have almost finished theirwork and the inside painting wasbegun Tuesday. All of the workcould have been completed sometime since had it not been for anunavoidable delay in getting thenecessary material.

Mrs. R. P. Joyce and MissMary Joyce left today for a visitto Winston.

BEWARE OF OINTMENTSFOR CATARRH THAT CON-TAINS MERCURY.

As mercury will surely destroythe sense of smell and completelyderange the whole system whenentering it through the mtaoussurfaces. Such articles shouldnever be used except on prescrip-tions from reputable physicians,as the damage they will do is tenfold to the good you can possiblyderive from them. Hall's CatarrhCure, manufactured by F. J.Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., con-tains no mercury, and is taken in-ternally, acting directly upon theblood and mucous surfaces of thesystem. In buying Hall's CatarrhCure be sure you get the genuine.It is taken internally and made inToledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &

Co. Testimonials free.Sold by Druggists, Price 75c

I per Iwttle. ?Hall's Family Pills are the best.

: ;SK£aEHBSH nBOBnaMHMmMHMH

SOIOULER'S

I A Happy /New Year |TO OUR MANY FRIENDSAND CUSTOMERS IN

STOKES COUNTY. |1

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IiSchouler's

LANDSALE.By virtue of a decree ofthe Mipiiior

Court of Sokes county, N. rendered by

M. I'. Chilton A I" the special pro-

ceedlncs entitled "John It. Jackson ariin'rof Joel ,J. Moil" <lec'<l. v» Marv A. Jacksonet al" eppolt ti's: the iiiidersienetl a <?? m-missi"i»>r to m;il.e sale of the IHIICIKof iliesaid .ti«. I .). St in ,? il.v'il f..r the pur|iose "fmilk in; assists with '.vhlch to pay « II thedeb's nml ens'- of a liiiinls'ratiuu Uponslid t'xiaie, 1 will <>ii "lie premises on the14th ilav of .l.niuiiy, llWfi (the sine

being .Sdurtluv) oll'r for wile at public| auction lo the hiuhest bidder for cash the> I'iilli.witL'des Milled Imils to «'lr ; A certain[tract or parcel of land situate, Ivintf a'lil

I btdn« in Mokes countv, V. '' ami ne.reparti-ularlv illscrilied and detif cd as Id-

low *to nit: I edniiiiic at a I dark oat; on

the westslde ol I lie I.lttle Yadkin, run*

north 12(1 poles In a post oal.. north 'l->(leyrei*s east a road IS poles to astake cast In poles to a wlii'e oak, south .'ioilesjrees cast II pules lo a black i, r iitn oak,north 81) degrees eaat poles to a p- stoak. soulll IMI ileerees east 111 poles lo ahickory, south 1)0 dej iii**.e*ist illpoles to apost oak hush, south IIP decrees east 18

poles to a rock, south --can "»5 (Miles to a

slake ea»t Crosslin, the /.ittle ) adkiu at

the his; rock rouniiiti up a branch 84 polesto a post oak in the fork of said branch,south <lO notes to a red oak, thence 210poles lo the heiiiuiiiu:; containing 1510 acresmote or less. /l|go one other tract of landadjoining the above tiameil tract on theeii>! side thereof and it also adj >i lis tl.elands of Mastiu Wall, L'hillipWail anpKolierl Taylor. The sale will BE madesubject to ilie cnnlirnrition of LLIE court.

LAND will be sold ill lots of convenientsize in order to suit purchasers.

This 7th ilnv of Decern'*! -, 1004../NO. 11. JACKSON.

Adni'r. of Joel J. .Stone, dee'd. coin.

J. I) Humphreys, ATL-V.

LAND SALE.U\ virtue of the |iower 01 sale contained

in a certain in trust executed on tin*26th day of iVov , 100:i, l»v Arch Fry anlhis wife, Alpha Fry. to the undersigned.Walter L Mc'sules?, ? rtis*ee, to seente thepayment «»f a certain bond due ti» Joint J).Humphreys i i the sunt of S7B7.'W and de-fanli ti>i«*injj '.»eeii made in lite payment ofstill ho I al lh« request of (he slid J no. I),//nmplnevs and in aero*dance with tlioteitiis. stipulations and conditions contained in >aid deed in trust 1 willsell at publicauction to lhehiwhe«t bidder for cash at thecot.ll ho itst* i oor in Ilie town of Onitbury.N. on .Saturday tin* 4th day of Feb-ruary. IJM».*> ilie lands conveyed in said deedin trii"t v Mi lt an 4 oem-ribed there'll as fol-low*, to-wit: Ceit itin tracts of land lyim;and Iteing iu the cnuutv of Stokes afore-said and note parti« ul;irl> described an ldefined as follows, to-wii : Ist tract begin-ning ata Iteeeh iu Hall's line and runs S.10-12 chains to a white <»,:k stump iu ArchFry's line, thence S. 40 deg.een \v". 7-12chains t -a willow on the hank of Peter's('reek, thence up the creek as it iiieandeis(15 chains to a beech, thence H". h-12 chainsto a stake, thence N. 25 12 chains to a pinrin Prlildy's line, thence H'. 24 chains tothe beginning cott'aining I'M*and one tenthacres IIIOP*or less. It beitrj a portion oflot No. 1 iu the division of the lauds ofArch Fry, llenrv Fry, Harriet Huiger,St iry A. Laws »n. For record of said di vis-

/IU, iel«»reni*e is hereunto made to l»ook No.42, pace :J7O in the oilier of the /feeblerofDeeds of s'toA'es county. .V. (J. .Secondtmct which is lot No. 2 in said divisionbegitilting at a maple iu the line of lot No.1, \V 20chains to a hickory on bank of DAW

river, thence down the river as it meanders40 chains to the nioiuli of Peter's Creek,thei ce up the creek as it. meanders 28chains to the mouth of //all's branch,ilience N. 47 decrees K. 7 1-2 chains to awhite oak stump, ihence N. 5 1-4 chains tothe containing (»."> 1-2 acres20 a« rcs Sold off to W. (i. Tucker.

This Dec. the 27th, 1904.W. L. MCVAXLK*S,

7rustee.

LAND SALE.By vhtue ol a decree of the Superior

Court of Stokes County rendered bv M. T.Chilton, ' . iu th*' sjHM'ial proceeu-ings entitled "Dr. .1. II Ellington, admr. of//. (i A'IIIK. lined , vs Divto i Amos et al"author xim the udersicned i*? make sale o'the lands iH'lmigiiig to the <st.it*4 of «aidinfstate to*-the p»irjM»s4» of raising assets

, with IVllielt p'»V nil' the dnhts j|j4rtii«

jsiid i sta eand tl> ? cost* of administrationupon tin same, 1 w!ll «*i» the premises «»ti

the 21sf dav ?»f Januaiy, 1003, sell at puh-jlie Muciioti io the highest bidder tor cash

! the l.indM to the estate of the| said intestate subject to the dower of Nancy'i. Amos. wid'»w of the said /»'. (i. Amos,

! deed., which 1 nnfc* are descilhe»l as followsIto-w it: A wilaln tract oi parcel of laudsituate, lying and Itei i* in ilie county ofStoke* and state of North Carolina and

I more particularly d a*scrilied and detiued as

I follows o-wit : On the noith by the Sam)/| road, ou the east i»v the lands ofCaleb Hinl K. 11. Autos, ou the south by the

Ilan sof will aud />n Ziglar, on the westIby the U'.ds of ./ohu T. H'ilson. Theiwhole tract said fo contain 70 acres moreor less. Nale subject to the con filiationof the court.

This the 15th dsy of Dec.. 1004.J. lis ELUNUTOJf, j

adinr. of H, (4. Amos, deed. IJ. D. Humphreys, Attv.

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