TO HIS EXCELLENCY,
Hon. Locke Craig,
Governor of North Carolina,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
WE, the undersigned citizens of Wilkes County, North Carolina, do most respectfully petition your excellency to give favorable consideration to the difficulties the people of Northwestern North Carolina have labored under in the past on account of no transportation fecilities, and that now the Watauga & Yadkin River Railroad is pushing the construction of a railroad right into the heart of this rich and undeveloped section, therefore we ask that you give this company its full quota of convicts at the earliest possible moment, and if it is impossible for you to give them their full quota now, that you endeavor to increase their present force to at least 50 men.
In view of the fact that the citizens personally have been liberal in financing this developement in order that this naturally rich section may have a showing, we believe you will give us this as well as any other support within your power.
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North Wilkesboro Drug Co., T. S. Barnes, Sec & Treas. |
E P. Robinson |
| J. W. Elms | S. V. Tomlinson |
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Wilson Lumber & Milling Co W R Martin Supt |
Leonard Vyne |
| Reins Bros. By J. C. Reins | J. W. Garvey |
| E. B. Barkley, Mayor |
Brame Drug Co. (Inc.) By R M Brame |
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WC Meadows Mill Co. |
R. F. Eller |
| Carswell & Kreger Lbr Co, Inc | W. R. Wilkins |
| R. E. Caudill & Co | Emmett C. Willis |
| A. F. Phillips | J E Duncan MD |
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Shell Chair Co By W A Shell Managr |
D. J. Brookshire |
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Gwyn & Colvard Co By W E Colvard Secy & Treas |
Citizens Loan & Trust Co., H W Horton President. |
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United Fruit Growers of W.N.C. By E P. Robinson Acct Mgr. |
J W Usher |
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Henry Miller Shoe Co. By J. C. Henry |
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Horton Telephone Co. H W Horton Pres. & Treas. |
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| W. A. Rousseau | Frank. D. Hackett Atty |
| Wilkes Realty & Ins Co. | C. L. Horton |
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C. C. Smoot & Sons Co. C P Burchette Cashier. |
Bank of North Wilkesboro By J. E. Finley Pres. |
| D. J. Carter | R. R. Price |
| W. P. Horton MD | J L Hemphill & Co |
| W. C. Lane | N Ingram |
| C. A. Jordan | F. H. Gilreath MD |
| C. S. Sink M.D. | Smoak Bros |
| J. J. Rogers— | Edward Long— |
| T B Finley | D. E. Elledge |
| J G Hackett | J H Kilby |
| W. A. Vannoy |
F. D. Forester & Co., Inc. Per F D Forester Pres |
| U A. Miller. | Joseph White |
| C G. Horton | W H H Waugh |
| M C Smithey | W. V. Williams & Son |
| M. C. Jones | |
| John R. Jones, atty | J. F. Rhodes |
| N A Lasley chief of Police | C. A. McGlamery |
| J. R. Rousseau | F P Blair |
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A.M. Church & Sons Co by W. H. Church |
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WH Waugh & Co By W H Waugh |
Vaughn, Hemphill & Co. J R Hix secy & Tres |
| J. W. Nichols | R A Spainhour & Co |
| A. O. Bray |
The Peoples Clo. Store U B W Mgr. |
| E M Blackburn |
The Hardware Store Per E. L Hart Pres |
| W. R Absher | H O Absher |
| C. S. Hudson |
Red Top Bottling Co., Inc. T S Mcneil President |
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Miller Grocery Co., Inc. By C H Miller Sec'y & Treas. |
J W Jones |
| Claudi[us] Y Miller |
F. & F. Bottling & Ice CO., Inc. N S Forester President. |
| S L Pardue | W B Hays |
| W. W. Call |
J C Steele Co By E. T. Steele |
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Allen & Ulrich Co., Inc. W. J. Allen, Sec'y & Treas. |
E M Long |
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Deposit & Savings Bank, Per Clem Wrenn Cashier. |
Spainhour Sydnor [illegible] Co |
| Louis Ulrich | J. B. Williams |
| W A Sydnor | |
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Blair Harrington Co. Per W. E. Harrington sec & Treas. |
J. F. Moore |
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Blair Co By H. T. Blair |
JC Wallace & Co |
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J R Marlow S & Tr |
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| S A Holler | |
| R H Maynard |
