North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 1. ASHEVILLE, n. c, , OCTOBER, 17, 1889, 'O; 2. 4 THURSDAY C. To the People, J Vt trirfi tceekly information from every Kiciou .of Western North Carolina , and Eat 1 iCu esee,ofk n y or all ma nvfactu r infi or mining enterprise established, or im p r&eem en to to thorn existing, impro-teihenU In ayricylivrt'l, especially results of new ex- pet intent in aqricultvre in this, section; of schools, cfu'rehes, AliianVe. and other orders oirusxocuttionxfor the good and vp-bnilding of the people - :$ertd 'v short, 'plain state inehte, as often ax may be.'- THE DEMO CllAT dt sins to be the medium of an nouncing to the uoiid the improve inents in the social and Mtenaltf:et'eiopvient of this section, v 1C 4 slfght ."spit of snow Monday Win- is coming. Overcoats are in demand. . Kead tne advertisements in The Democrat and - go and select a good one. I I A telegram from New York reports the entirely favorable result of the oper ation performed on the Wounded soldier, S. S. Lynch. .' Dr. Y r, L.' Milliard, of this city, lias sold his farm of 86 acres, 3$ miles south of Asheville. to Mr. Vanderbilt. The price paid was f 21,000. ; The, High School at Sand Hill, six miles west of the city, vs in a flourishing condition. Prof. Brock,; the principal, is assisted by" A. II. Feimet. f Hon! Thomas' I) Johnston left for Cherokee court on Monday. I-f he de livers his able address on the country, the (herokeeans wiU be--pleased and leneritteil. . - . . ' Dr. W. P. vVhittington; the able rep resentative of. Yancey coitnty in the Leg islafiire, is in the city. We are pleased to learn he contemplates locating in this. ,citv. ."We welcome ail such, v ; . i i i ' i . O.ur dealers in agricultural implements report larger sales thisi'fall than ever be fore, in1 one season, r An excellent sign of the iint)rovement of our farmers. And 4irey too. are bUVing a better class of goods, Our thanks Ben Newland United States., are inadiv tendered uapt. 4 : t i 1 for ! a nelv map - of the CapUX; is the popular agent for tips section of the great Chicago and Alton route across the continent, with office in the Swannanoa Hotel. Northern visitors are beginning to .en gage rooms at the hotels and boarding houses ih this city for the winter. The indications ar(tnat: Asheville Avill have more visitors this winter than ever-be-fore, and thev will rind better accommo dations than ever before We were informed recently that over t wo car-loads of clover and grass seeds were sold to the farmers of one neigh- I borhood in Haywood county, the past season! The Haywood tarmers are im proving as rapidly as j any in the State, and none deserve to; do so more. The Wilmington; Star savs Rev. Mr. J'earson left for Tarboro vesterday morning. During his short stay here he was the recipient of ;many attentions. Friday; afternoon, in company with sev eral friends, he took a trip over the coast road to the Hammocks." Sea- : - We thank our city cotemporaries, one and all, for the very flattering reception given by them to The Democrat. Asheville has a number1 of papers, re ' lieious .and secular, which do the city great- credit, and alls are earnestly at Work for the gbodt of the community. May all live long and prosper, p ! , jir. Nv . 1L lnloes intorms us that a large, deposit of magnetic iron ore has been discovered Within five miles of this city. According to the specimen fur nished him it is the finest ore he e ver saw. Efforts will soon be made to work the deposit, and utilize it for all it is worth. Mr. I. says that if the deposit is as large as it is thought to be, and as fine as the specimen taken, it will be a mag nificent property. Mr. J. B. Harrington, late of the Sky lands Hotel, has taken a lease from Mr Jno. Baird, of Johnsonville, Miss., of the old Baird Iloniestead oh the Swannanoa road, how known as Forest Hill Park Mr. Harrington Will furnish the house thoroughly, and as it f has lately been greatly improved with; water!, Jieating apparatus, etc., it will be a most 'comfort able and delightful place for both sum rae'f and winter boarders. The Weaverville mass meeting, which .was toj have taken place last Saturday to consider the proposition for an exten sion of the Asheville Electric Railway to that t6wn, was postponed oh account of the non-attendance' of several speakers 1 who were expected. A representative of TitE I) em ecu at drove Uo.n, and though greatly disappointed at the post ponement of the meeting, was yet. amply repaid, by the picturesque country on the roac and the prosperous and thrifty ap- peaance of Weaverville. WITH THE ALLIANCE. ; . " - . ' A Picnic at West's Chapel Speeches by Distinguished, Men. It was a great pleasure to us to meet with our many friends-and their families at the picnic at , West's Chapel, this pounty, last Saturday. A large number of the members of Beaumont, Gap creek, Salem and Bent creek Alliances met with their friends of West Chapel Alli ance, and made an assembly of from one thousand to twelve hundred of the good people of Buncombe. Mr. David S. Roberts is President of the West Chapel Alliance, and performed his duties and the honors of the occasion most satisfac torily. . A stand was erected in a grove near the cnurch, and seats prepared for the multitude. This stand was handsomely ornamented with the products of the section, and good things prepared by the housewives. Of these wle will; speak further on. t The crowd was addressed . during the -day by Col. T. B. Long, State Lecturer Farmers' Alliance; John W. Starnes, Es(p, Supt. Public Schools of tlie county; J. Bj Freeman, Esq., of Henderson, and Hon. Thos. D.SJohnston; The speeches of Messrs. Long and Freeman were pre sentation of the purposes of and the ne cessity for the organization of the farm ers known as the Alliance. They point ed out manv of the glaring evils of the. times which bear directly and heavily upon the agricultural interest and ener gies, and urged with much force the needs of the farmers and the necessity for unity of action in bringing about re lief. ; Mr. Starnes urged the Alliance to a more united interest in educational matters. As one Of the plftciples of the Alliance was to educate the farmers and their children, he hoped that every mem ber would give special attention to this feature, believing it to be fraught with greater results, more lasting; than ! any One thing which might or could en gage their attention. They should insist on good schools, and having them should see that their children attended regularly. . Mr. Johnston reviewed the history of this,1! country, compared its growth in industrial enterprises and wealth with the older countries of the Avorld, showed that the farmers and the workingmen produced this enormous increase of wealth and withal, the wealth was rap idly passing into the hands of the few, the speculators in the labor of others, while the farmer largely in the ascend ant as owners of the wealth had fallen far below thf speculators. He then told the people, that this change, this rapid transfer cf the wealth from the many to the few, was the result o fhe legislation of the past twenty-five years; of legisla tion which was intended to enrich the speculator in other men's, labors, and which had finally created ; and fostered the trusts, the combines, &c, which was sapping the life-blood of the people. He showed that the farmers were taxed to death, while these speculators were pro tected by the legislation. While in the legislature, and in Congress he had fought ejvery measure for and tendency toward this class legislation 'against the farmer. Mr. Johnston's speech was an able one, furnishing the farmers much food for reflection, and made an, impres sion upon all. Every farmer who things andwill carefully reflect upon the argu ment of Mr. Johnston, and other speak ers upon .the j outrageous oppression of the trusts, &c, cannot fail to understand that the tariff laws, as at present arrang ed and maintained by the Republican party contributes more to bring about and sustain these evils than everv other i - agency combined. ! Much disappointment was felt at the absence of Hon. R. B. Vance who was expected to be present, but important business, (Col. Long suggested of a pri vate nature) called him out of the State for a few days. He will soon meet with the lAlliance at West Chapel and address them. ; : 1 V; ' ; :. The farm products and home-made luxuries exhibited on the stand would do credit to any country, and prove'that the farmers of that' section of Old buncombe re abundantly and well supplied with he good things for man and beast. Mr." J. M. Rickman exhibited Irish . potatoes, witn pe statement that from one-six-teenth of an acre he had gathered over 50 bushels, which, was at the rate of 800 bushels to the acre. Mr. Rickman also exhibited some very fine beets, but Mr Alex. VV est exhibited a beet measuring pyer 30. inches in circumference. Mrs Rachel Williams and Mrs. T. Wilson, , mammoth cabbage, Mr. L. rleasman, heavily grained' corn: Mrs ti: fctevens immense bell peppers and parsnips; Jeff Williams large turnips; By Brown, 6$ pound sweet potatoes, enormous ground cherries new variety; J.JA. Gibson, rockey bluff Irish potatoes weighing over a pound each; Wm. Bal law and W. II. Grirgs, verv larsreweet potatoes; the finest pie plant- we ever Williams; preserves saw by Mrs. Robt. by Mrs. Jane Stevens, Mrs. A. W. Wil liams, Mrs. Worley; Mrs. Addie Wilson; j ornamental cakes, fine apples, several choice varieties, Messrs. Worley. Mrs. Williams a Garren and so exhibited a large bunch of second crop strawberries, ripe and 'delicious. ! Altogether it was an exhibit that speaks we! - i I I"-".. 1 for the pro and the char on two long ductiveness of our section; acter of our climate. The dinner was spread tables in the grove, and verily were they laden'ed witli the substantial and luxu ries of a prosperous country, home life. The multitude was . fed, well fed, and manv basketsful left, whieh was a sur prise, considering there were two editors (Bro. Tomlirison of Country Homes and ourself) and several candidates on the ground. But the farmers and the house- wives of this section are equal to all de mands upon them.; The Democrat . was warmly received and congratulated by the farmers of this section, a large number entering their names as subscribers. AVe thank our friends for the - courtesies shown us at West Chapel, and some days ago also at Gap Creek Where we attended a similar meeting, j The Democrat j is in hearty sympathy with the farmers in every ef fort, they; may make to better their con dition, and throw, off the burden which now bears upon them. A marriage license has been granted to M. R. Treadway, of Madison, and An nie Broadman, of Buncombe,' Rev. Samuel H. Hilliard was married in illendersonville Tuesday evening to Miss Mamie Justus, of that place. i ! . i i State Senator E. W. Pou, of Johnston Co., and Miss Annie Walker, of Raleigh, M ere married! last week in the First Pres brterian church of that city. ; .i ! I : : , - At the First j Baptist Church in Ra- leigh, Mr. Rufus Ilorton, ! an engineer on the Raleigh and Gaston railroad, and Miss Lou Crawford, were married. i VI P V T,Ti-YV 11 I f T"i CI1 editor of the WTinst6n Sentinel, was married on Oct 2d, in Reidsville, to Miss Helen! Daisy Murphy. The bride was valedictorian of her class at Salem Academy in 1886 Among the marriage licenses issued by the Register of Deeds last "yee s. were the following : i J. C. Myers and :VIiss s. Mcln- C. Jenkins, of Buncombe ; Sam tosh and Dorcus Fishey, both o Madison county. f H To-day, at Trinity Episcopa Lincoln, 111., Mr. Joseph W; i Church, luder, of this city, and Miss Helen Louise, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrsl James T. Hoblitt, of Lincoln. Mr.lSluder left this city Sun day, accompanied byMessrs. Thomas A. Jones and Lawrence; P. McLoud. The best wishes of The Democrat j attend- the happy coupla. Mr. Sluder is not yet of age but he is armed with a permit from his mothen. THE Y. M. C. A. i- Selection of a Permanent Board Directors. j ' V The members of the Young Men's Christian Association of AsheVille Thet at the First Methodist Church Friday evening, and elected the following board of directors : H. T. Collins, 1. A. Gud ger, 'P. P. Claxton, Dr. T. J. Hargan, J. II. Weaver, J. A. Porter, Capt. T. W. Patton, J. E. Dickerson, W. H. Penland, R. U. Garrett, II. D. Child, J. S. Adams, W. H. Ballard, C; E. Graham, ) E. T. Rhinehart. " ; : ' The Association enters upon its noble work under the most favorable auspice God speed it in all its endeavors Just think of it ! About one-half mil lion dollars' worth of buildings; and oth ier work being done, and contracted for to be done, in j Asheville, this fall and winter. Contractors and builders inform us that the indications are that' the next twelve months will witness most aston-'J ishing building improvements m and near Asneviiie; to a degree not hereto- fore many surpassed in opportunities the South. The offered in this profitable city and section for safe and 'a -a investment is attracting the attention of capital. It is evident to the most casual observer that Western North Carolina haa entered upon a season of industrial prosperity scarcely dreamed of a few years ago. The Varied minerals all valuable the splendid and well-nigh in exhaustible supply of timbers hard woods specially must soon afford abun dant resources for the energetic and shrewd capitalist and intelligent laborer. ' The Democrat intends to give special attention, to agricultural and industrial interests and information. We ask our workingmen and farmers to assist us in this. LETTER FROM SYLVA. Improvements in Jackson J Three i Attractive Towns. j Sylva, N. C, October 12, 1889 Editors Democrat: We trust that a letter from this section may not prove uninteresting to at least a portion of the readers of your paper. I Jackson eounty has only recently, comparatively, been brought under the influences of that great civilizer, the rail- road, and while her progress is decided, we must confess that she has not kept abreast with some of her sister counties in development. Owing to causes un- ' ' 11 i '- necessary to mention here, the railroad was not built by , the county . seat, and haying to build a new court house to re place the Old onej the question of remov ing the site to some point on the railroad has agitated the public mind almost ever since the railroad was completed through the county. Then too,, two depots were established within less than two miles of each other and both about the same dis tance from Wrebster. the countv seat. The consequence is tjiat we have three small towns, neither! of which is more than three and a j half miles apart. Had9 harmony prevailed anongst the people the concentration of capital and;, enter prise at one point would have enabled us to show a much larger town than now exists in the county. Considering the geographical fact' that much the' largest part ofthe country lies south ofthe rarr7 road, and that this is the nearest most accessible point to the largest part of the country,; wisdom would seem to have dictated that the location' of - the princi ple; depot should be here for the best in terests of t hie county at large, j j j H6wever the question was at last tem porarily settled by the building of a splendid new court house on the site of the old one in Webster. j . For beauty of situation and wonderful healthfulness, Webster is not equalled by any town west Of Asheville. As a place of residence and as a desirab e location its advan. for one or more large schools tages are such as will sooner or later, in our opinion, add largely to its tiqr ;;; ' ; 'ij -:. i - f I, . , .: ' I popula- x f?pillsborq, the next station below this and: within two miles, is qiiiie a thrifty littlp town, --containing, perhaps, one hundred arid fifty, inhabitants,) a large hotel with isomething like " forty rooms, several stores, and some excel ent dwell known as mgs; A joint stock company the ! Carolina Manufacturing : ii. i Company having purchased some kaolin properties mostly in the vicinity of Weljster, chose Dillsboro a;S the point for preparing the clay for market and erected there a small building for that purpose. It is said that a disagreement as to the management of of their affairs caused a cessation of op erations, and the capital invested is lying idle, without any apparent prospect of a resumption of work. ; Sylva is; forty-sfeven miles west of Asheville, on the Murphy Branch of the Western North Carolina Railroad. It has about 80 inhabitants, two stores, a steam -saw mill, a wTater-powej corn and wheat mill, a hotel and livery stable, a blacksmith shop, a shoemaker's shop, an excellent school building with a good school now in progress. Here too -is the Equitable J Manufacturing jompany's mammoth factory for washing ; and pre paring kaolin for use by the potteries. Extensive deposits of this clay have been discovered within easy reach of Sylva, and large and costly preparations made' to bring it j into market, j A large factory, 160x60 feet, supplied with all the necessary machinery, 'for; washing and drying: the clay, has been j built, and all will be ready to begin operations be fore! Nov. v 1. The entire cost -of the plant will be $50,000. In addition to the i machineryj; for washing the clay the Equitable (Company design the estab lishment of a pottery here, and other industrial enterprises are also being con templated in connection ; therewith, ; and will; also build a large hotel on a beauti ful site.: Other banks of kaolin than those owned by the Equitable, have been jSCOVered near the lirre of railroad and only a few; miles above here. These are Irvine, of controlled by Capt. J. A Columbia, Tenn., ana the formation of another company and the (consequent establishment of : other large; works is a strong probability of the near future. r Sylvaj has also a good weekly; newspa per, with a steadily growing- patronage, its politics indicated by its name, "The Tuckaseige Democrat." j Wishing your paper the success we are sure it will deserve, we close. 1 j ! ! Four New Cars. Mr. Arthur, the courteous superintend-r ent lof ; pur city street railway, informs us tliat within the next 30 das four new cars! will be added to the equipment of the company, by or about which time he also! hopes to have the cars! running to Camp Patton. " i The Trade of Asheville. ; Never before was the outlook for trade for this city so good as this season, and never before have pur business men, in all lines, so thoroughly prepared for it. The largest and best selected stocks ever brought here are how offered. Special attention has beenj given to selections for the wholesale trade, and our business men are determined to give the mer chants and dealers of Western Carolina and East Tennessee every inducement t trade in this city. They assure us that no place in the South, within easy reach of this section, can offer goods on a closer margin, and they invite the trade with every confidence of pleasing their customers in goods and prices. The manufacturing interests, however, in their infancy though they be, have shown and are showing that Asheville can compete with any city or section. The Graham Cotton .Manufactory, the Graham Shoe Factory, the Asheville Manufacturing (Roller) Mills, the Ashe ville Ice Company, the Asheville Furni ture Company; the Asheville Tobacco Works, E. I. Holmes' Smoking : Tobacco Factory, the Asheville Broom Factory, the several lumber nulls., and others, all are kept busy, even pushed' to' fill orders on hand, are not Some of these manufacturers only findiiig j Southern, but and Western ! Markets, with Northern every assurance of early enlargement. All in sale and ville was all, the outlook for the whole- manufacturing trade of Ashe- never so j bright as at present, and The Democrat earnestly- invites the attention of its readers, in thia and other States, to the very excellent advan tages offered by this 'market. An exam ination of the wares, good's and nianu- factures trade. is all that is asked to insure The French Broad Lumbec Co. We Were pleased to learn from Mr. Wilkinson, of this; company, of the suc cess of the above extensive works. ' Not withstanding some delays in getting their lumber they have succeeded so well that two additional boilers are found neces sary, which are expected daily. These will furnish boiler capacity for oyer 30) horse power. . These mills, situated en the French :Br6ad,! near the mouth of the Swannanoa, are supplied with ..the" best machinery of latest improvements, band saws, etc.!, etc., and- are capable of turn ing out 40,000 feet of lumber daily. The timber for this is obtained, largely, from Transylvania, Hendersolnjand Buncombe and .floated down, the French Broad river ; but a large supply is also, obtained from other sections and brought to the timbers are the mills by railroad. These oaks,--seyeral varieties poplar hem lock (or spruce), jcherry, jwhite and yel low pine, chestnut and ash.' Mr. .W. also says that J the company have determined to add a planer for dressing the lumber, which -will be done at once. When this addition is made, from 75 to 100 hands will be regularlyj employed at the- mills, besides, a large force in the woods cut ting timber. This is one of the many important "infant" industries of our rapidly grow ing section, which already exhibits -won derful precocity for "one so young." is the pleasure of The "Democrat It i to chronicle; all sucii enterprises, and es pecially the success which evidently this one is meeting with. Plain Talk , From Rev. Dr. Keith. Rev. Dr. Keith, bers of Holston J one of the ablest mem- Conference, Methodist Church, South, who has served Broad street church Knoxville, the past two years, was assigned by the recent confer ence to I Cleveland. In his farewell sermon at Knoxville Sundav he used the following language : jJNow 1 must go witnout my knowledge or consent; I have been sent away from this church withoutthe knowl edge or consent of the presiding elder Tne bishop sent me word about my ap pointment, that I need have no fears, there would be no change at Broad street phurch. ii bow to you with grace, but-1 do not see the reason or justice in, it The fault is not inLthis church, but it was influences from another source. Let us hope it is for. the best for you. The itinerant plan I j deem the best, but it sometimes imposes on a preacher some hardships. It can be abused, and is. Sometimes the appointing power is bad When one preacher is removed just to accommodate some one man, an injustice is done, and when a mafi is removed in spite, it is the grossest; in justhj. Some times preachers ought to be removed, but there ought to be wisdom in the appoint ting power. JSow, 1 want to say to my friends who have ; been disappointed, let it not trouble you, but forget it and rer ceive mv successor and support him as you have me." ; H Mr.'GeorV anderbilt is here, accompa nied by an architect and landscape gar dener, to consider the .improvement of his large estate south of Asheville. THE PAGE MURDER. Ed. Brown Tried1 for the Crime and I ' . Acquitted. i 0 The trial at Marion of Edi Browm charged with the murder of Col. Roger Page, ditor of the Times-Register of that town," occupied Friday and Satur day last of the McDowell Co. Superior Court. Nearly the entire bar of Marion, together with Messrs. M. E. Carter and E. D. Carter, of Asheville, were engaged for the defense. Solicitor W. H. Bower prosecuted. . ; Col. Page was charged with criminal Intimacy .with Mrs. Dora Butts, of Mari on, wife of Dr. Butts and sister-of Ed. Brown. He was - shot from behind on the night of the .22d of JulyUast, while walking on the railroad track near the depot at, Marion, by some one who sprang upon him from the darkness, and after- discharging several pistol shots in to Page's body escaped on horseback. At the time of his shooting Col. Page was accompanied by two persons,. both of whom were unable to identify the prisoner, Brown, as the man(who did the shooting. No other witness could Vlen tify Brown, thqugh the shooting and es cape were seen as well as the darkness permitted by quite a number. iTestimony howedfthat Brown had expressed much feeling over the alleged disgrace of his sister, and had declared that Page ought to be shot .ind that Dr. Butts ought to Ho it. Brown Vas absent from the town jsome time after theshootirrgK when he.; returned and surrendered himself. Paire was a native of Virginia, a married manr but separated from his wife. He was a writer of considerable force and an edi tor of ability. He. had lived in Marion less than a year. ' The. jury on -Tue"sday morning re turned a verdict of 4' not guilty which was received with some applause, prompt- j lv checked by Judcre Phillips, presidimr."1 , Organize It at Once. Yesterday an important meeting of a large number of the prominent business,' men of ourcity met at the instance of Capt. Atkinson, in the president's room - Of the First National Bank, for the purr pose oi conferring wiiu .ir. iving oi -Cincinnati, .and Mr. Ciillen of Nashville, upon the feasibility of organizing a Fire Insurance Company in this city, j Mr.. ing has determined to locate perma nently in our city; and having been, for . k number of years, identified with the insurance business in Cincinnati, and recognizing the growing importance of . Asheville, is satisfied that a company could be successfully established here. Mr. Culleleh, one of tlie most prominent Insurance men of- Nashyiller now visit ing this city, fully concurs with Mr. .; King, and presented the advantages of t sucjian -organization to" the meeting. After a full and free discussion, a com mittee composed of Messrs. W. E. Breese President of the First National Bank, J I. Sawyer, directer of the National Bank U Asheville,. W. T. Reynolds, Clerk of jthe court, and W. T. Penniman, ofj W. jr. Penniman & Cjo., - hardware mer chants, was appointed to investigate, further, and ascertain what may be done towards organizing the compaiijr. The capital stock will be $100,000.. The JDeiocr at can see no reason why the company should not be formed, and why it would not be successful. It is the City's Duty. f In reply to the suggestion iri the last issue of The Democrat that the Street Railway Company was required to keep tracks so that vehicles could easily and safely cross them, the Superintendent in forms us that the Company is only re quired to keep the track "between" the rails smooth, and that it is the duty of the city to keep thq ! approaches on the outside right. Let the duty be whose it may, it should be .dbne and at once, or the city will have damages to pay - for broken vehicles if not broken limbs. : At times .when the streets are crowded with vehicles, as is frequently the case, it is a wind back and forth across the track to get along, and at places the crossing is difficult and unpleasant, if not danger ous. Have the difficulty remedied,' .City Fathers. - I ! l f Work is progressing rapidly upon the Asheville and Sulphur Springs Electric Jlailway. The splendid iron bridge across the French Broad is approaching Completion; when this is done work of grading for the track will be pushed vigorously toward the Springs. . What a rnagnificent additional attraction this enterprise will prove to Asheville. VerilyrMr. Carrier, the" owner of the Sulphur Springs,, and the 'principal mover in this' work, will reap his re ward. '- . . ' '. ' -. ft . - -.. ( .- , j The Democrat ackno'wledges with thanks and blushes the very handsome compliments tendered its first issue by a fair and unknown but highly appreci ated correspondent. vi- I:'-