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THKEE OF A KIND. DILIiSBORO, WEBSTER AND SYL VA, IN JACKSON. A Trio of Western North Carolina Towns that are Coming to the - Front Something About Their Growth and Resources, Institu- tions, Industries, Etc. Leaving Bryson City and coming this way the railway passenger rushes by many smal ler stations on the Murphy di vision ! of the Western North Cjarolina road, none of which, however, are more interesting or important than Webster, Dillsboro and Sylva, in the county of Jackson. These three towns, are only three. miles dis tant from each other, and yet each is as separate and distinct in its own individuality, muni cipal management, etc., as if a hundred miles intervened be tween the boundary lines. At Webster, the county-seat of Jackson, we find a live and growing town of nearly 400 in habitants, with good schools and churches, a weekly news paper, extensive business houses in all branches of trade, com fortable and inviting homes, and a people as hospitable and kind as one would wish to meet. Webster lies on the east side of the Tuckaseegee river in the midst of a fine agricultural sec tion. The products of the farms are corn, wheat, oats, rye, small grain, grasses, etc. Stock rais ing is also carried on to a con siderable extent, and the lum ber industry is assuming vast proportions. A telephone line connects Webster with Sylva, Dillsboro and Franklin, in Ma con, and j saw mills grist mills and other local j industries are numerous. This side of Webster and just above Sylva is Dillsboro (or Webster Station), as some of the natives term it j a sprightly village of about two hundred people. Dillsboro is 49 miles west of Asheville, and like Webster lis surrounded by fine farming lands. The roller mills of Dills & Snyder, kaolin works of the Carolina Clay Co., and the general merchandise firms of Enloe '& Earlv, Cunningham & Trotter, Wm. " McCoy and J. C. Watkins, are the leading in stitutions of the place. The Al leghany f House, kept by Mr. J. H. Bryson, is a first-class hotel, and is headquarters! for all tra velers to Dillsboro, j The steam saw-mills of F. Merrick manu facture large quantities of lum ber, and many carloads of rough logs walnut, poplar, ash, oak, etc. are- shipped to Northern markets every week. Dillsboro has a superior Academy build ing, in which a mixed school is taught by Mrs. Wm. McCoy. A hack line is operated daily from Dillsboro to Franklin by Mr. D. C. Cunningham, of the latter place. Dillsboro has street lamps, good streets and walks, and a literary society, of which the citizens are very proud. There is no church edifice in the town but religious services are held j in the academy build ing twice a month bv Rev. J. O. Shelly, of the Methodist Church, South, and by Rev. O. B. Thomas, of the j Baptist de nomination. Wheelwright and blacksmith shops,! etc., also abound in Dillsboro, and the only drug store in j the place is presided over by j Dr. J. M. Candler. The products of the farming lands are corn, wheat, oats, small grains, fruits,! pota toes and vegetables of almost every variety. Sylva, the last of the trio, is not unlike its sisters in arrange ment and its possessions. The kaolin works, in charge of Mr. J. S. Jarrett, is a big industry recently developed, and one that has been a source of great revenue to the Owners of the property. A steam saw mill run by Mr. Thos. Hastings, the merchant mills of Gen.: E. R. Hampton, the general stores of Enloe &Allison and L. C. Hall, a -weekly newspaper, a good ho tel kept by Mr. J. W. Divelbiss, sum up the business institutions of Sylva. The lumber trade is the leading industry at this place and thousands of rough logs are shipped abroad annual ly. A Farmers Alliance, with a large membership, has been organized at Sylva, and much good has resulted to the farmers of that section therefrom. Re ligious services are held at Syl va twice a month by the Rev. Messrs. Shelley and Thomas. , Sylva has many handsome and elegant private residences with in 'its confines, and the people are progressive and enterprising to a degree. An Old Song. Some ideas are by frequency and strength of association so closely combined that they can not be separated ; if one exists the other exists along with it in spite of whatever effort we make to disjoin them." (Analy sis of the Human Mind.) And there is nothing that possesses this subtle power of binding to gether fact and fancy like mus ic. There is an old church tune, whose notes possess this power in a peculiar strength from its association with my home life. I cannot recall the fiist time jl heard it, but it was at home, for I! have only heard it a few times away from there. My mother and father would sing it togeth er ; a clear sweet soprano, and a full, round baritone. The last time I heard it at home was just before I left for an absence of several years. It possessed a peculiar pathos for me then, and its echoes sounded in my ear f or many days after. j! t It was five or six years before I heard it again. Every circum stance surrounding it is recalled vividly as I looked back, for the force of its ; impression on me jwas intense at the time. I was visiting an old plantation, the home of a friend. It was an evening in August, just at sun set, and the streaming banners of the departing hosts of the king of day were flaunting their brilliant colors in the western sky. The murmuring hum of insect life was rising as the day died. That gray monotone of color brought by the closing day 'to mourn the departing sun, filled the air ; all the sharpness of detail was gone from familiar objects, dim suggestiveness alone remained : a fitting time for reverie. Then smoothly glid ing into harmony with the song of nature, the notes of ah organ fell on my ear crooning that old hymn. How instantly I was at home. Carried on wings that disdained time and distance, I was among my own people, sit ting by my own fireside, and gazing on faces dear and famil iar to me. Everyi note of that music was a heart-throb to me, and evory chord a loving bene diction. Home voices sang, home echoes repeated, and home scenes presented) themselves. I remember how distinctly clear it all seemed to me, the great mastiff lay before the fire place, my brother at the organ, the family seated around the room, all as it was in the days gone by. When the organ closed, the scene disappeared, only to return to me with the return of the same music, j Several years passed before I heard it again. I was lying in a hospital close to a church in a large city. I had been very sick with ! an attack of fever and was just ! convalescent. Every one is familiar with that keenness of faculty and precep tion incident to physical weak ness. It seems that with the balance between the physical and mental being destroyed by bodily illness, the mental force gains in intensity i at moments and gives its possessor almost clairvoyant powers. It was Sunday evening and the ward was unusually quiet.- My thoughts were naturally with my absent friends. I was half asleep and half awake. Soon I heard indistinctly, the singing in the church, its murmerous monotone quickly sending nie to dreamland. Then the music of that old song fell on my ears, but I was at home. Yes, there was my brother playing, father mother singing, but the voices seemed changed. 1 It seemed as if a half -sob filled the place of a note now and then. An intense depression took hold of me. I could not define its nature. It seemed as if the sorrow pi these at home, whom I could see and hear, though many miles awajy , permeated me. The music con tinued for a time, then suddenly ceased. The scene changed. I I was still at home but how diff erent things looked, so black and gloomy. The sound of weep ing came from my sister's room, the door opened and I saw sur rounding a bed my father, moth er, brother and older sister. She, the dying one, was trying to speak between her gasping cough. Some one bent down to listen to her voice. "Sing," she said, "Savior, Breath an Even ing Blessing." Then with an intense effort to suppress the sobs, my mother started the sweet old hymn, but before it ceased, the hands were limp, the face smiling and the spirit gone. It had found the repose and was at home. When I woke, the last notes of the church organ riear by could still be heard, and they were the notes of that same church tune. I was weak and depressed for weeks after. The doctor said it was nervous depression. A month after I received a letter from home telling me of the extreme illness of my hurried home and sister. I witnessed there the same scene exactly as I looked on in my dream in the hospital. 1 1 offer no explanation, simply tell the facts in the case. While sitting in lonely reverie a few nights ago, those same pleading j notes floated in iriv window. It was the first time that I had since my sister's death heard it. I: Each note in my im agination seemed an individual personality, imbued with life, and as they vibrated in air they took the face arid form of tliofee dear to me. Small wonder thkt it calls me home to hear it. As I listened to its tremuloustone all tenderly subdued and softly mournful, it seemed attuned to my thoughts of home. It has been my compaction through, all my wanderings, - following irie like a harmonious spirit', singing the love and affection of a hoirie to me when far from their training influences. S res- The Farming Interests. In the last number of that excellent journal, the Southern Planter, there j is published an interesting letter from Hon. J. Hoge Tyler, now Lieutenant Governor of the State!, m which he gives his views as to the needs of our farmers. ! He attri butes the depressed condition jof this important class to two causes: First, to the want of a currency circulation, and sec ondly, to too great taxation in proportion" to the income de rived from the business. "In my judgment," he says, "the people ought not to be forced to get along jwith jiist enough for their bare crying needs, thus lowering jthe values of all properties, but should have it f reelv enouarli to stimu- late a healthy and active busi ness, even if not on a strict nie talic basis. The government should, of course, put silver and gold on an equal footing." j With reference to taxation he declaresj that "our 1 State arid county taxation is niore than one per cent on assessments, and take, as they please (thdse who are not identified withj lis) agriculture is not paying two per centi How can we stand it? Impossible. i ! "My recent canvass through a greater part of this! State ena bled me to see even niore clearly than before the distressed jand distressing condition j of our I ru ral population; much! of the land is virtually abandoned, and is becoming the abode of the wild deer and the fox, and this seems to be rapidly on the increase, except in a few arid favored sections; and the disastrous sea sons and low prices are demor alizing the most favored. We had better tell the truth and let wise legislation check this state of things if possible' These are ; candid expressions of opinion which derive addi tional importance from the fact that the ! writer is a man I of prominence and influence in the btate. LiVnchburg Advance. . Our River Improvements. Capt. Bixby, of the engineers. who has been in charge of the River and Harbor Improvement of this I State for ai number of years, is fof the Opinion that omitting the work ori Beaufort Harbor and below Wilmington, work lias been done costing about $575,000, which has re duced freight charges about 30 per cent, and has caused a de velopment of annua commerce equal to about $30,000,000. ! Of Beaufort Harbor, he says that the bar was rapidly j deteriorat ing, but! now the erosion has been stopped and a fine harbor made permanent. ; ! j The benefits to Wilmington have been incalculable. In 1873 he says, there was ion the bar about nine feet of water; 'now there are seventeen feet,' and the commerce of Wilmington, already $20,000,000 a year, is Wherever rapidly increasing, inland streams have been made navigable, population has thick ened along their route and the country, has become prosperous. The saving in freight is very considerable. News-Observer. When the day comes that you sit down broken, without one human creature to whom you cling ; with your loves, the dead and the liviner-dead : when the very thirst for knowledge, through long continued thwart ing, has grown dull ; when in the present there is no craving and in the future no hope then, oh with beneficent tenderness, nature i enfolds you. Olive Snreiner. E. BAlRD. J. B. BAIRD. Baird and Brother. Leaders in Family Groceries. : 1 I : I The Best 'grades at lowest prices. Every thing a family Ivants kept. Country Produce S ; ! - ! and Good Butter specialties. Give us a call l i -. i i Will sell in quantities to suit purchasers. octlO-Gm I; .1 I HOW TO SECURE . A Good Tin Roof Send to X. Si Q. TaytjOK Co., for a copy of their book on j ROOFING TIN.! "5.000 Refer ences; and 50 Million Spuare Feet Used With out a Single Complaint," is its abbreviated title. It giveSjfull particulars about roofling tin. paint, felt etc., and how to protect your self against the use of inferior materials. It is a book of some 250 pages, profusely illus trated. N. & 0. Taylor Co. are the originators oi tne ! ;!i o- TAYiiOrt "OLD STYLE"! Brand O Extra Heavy Coated Roofing Tin O o This fine, old brand of tin. has been found to be just as good after forty years wear as when first put on. Samples and book j mailed free. N. & G. TAYLOR CO- Established .1810 80th year. Chicago. i Philadelphia, i j : Liverpool. f Jesse R. Starnes, Undertaker AND ! - ' 1 Arterial - Embalmer, Office: No. 27 North Main St., ASHEVILLE, N. C. All calls promptly answered day or night, t: : ; Nov. 28, 1 y. A Just Decision That has been reached by our many customers that we have the completes! stock and sell at the lowest prices. Our Stock of BOOKS IS VERY LARGE AND COMPLETE. Fancy Goods! of A 1 Kinds, Especially in Albums and Writing Desks. : i" ; , ! ! Toys I and Dolls, H i ! - ! I ! No end to them. The rapidity at which they are going is a proof of their Cheapness. I -: j I- ;! Pictures on Easels ! Handsome for the Price. Bicycles, Toy Wagons Drums and Sleds For the Boys, j BUILDING BLOCKS and A, B, C BLOCKS For the Children!. BOY'S POPULAR BOOKS By Uncle Law rence, Ker, Alden, Alger, EUis, Fitts, ; Etc., Also Zig-Zag Journeys. See our Stock and get prices before you buy. J. N. Morgan1 & Co. NO. 3 BARNARD BLOCK. PAINT! PAINT AD Y.L1 PAPER HOUSE. The largest stock ever offered in Asheville. We carry a well assorted stock of Mixed Paints, White Lead Oils and Turpentine. The best make.of Varnishes and Hard Oils. FLOOR AND FIMITURS POLISHES, - Hard enamel paints. ! Best thing out. Col ors in oil from one to twenty-five pound cans. Venetian Red, Yellow Ocare. Umber, Sienna Vermillion, Red Lead. Uultamarine Blue and Tuscan Ked. i THE FAMOUS BRICK RED WINDOW CLASS AND PUTTY. ALABASTJNE, Beautilui i Wali Finish. Wall Paper AND Decorations. We have in stock 7.000 rolls I of Wall Paper which we will sell cheap to make room for our large stock just ordered for Fall and Spring trade. , I House Painting and Decorating a Specialty Paints mixed to order. , Call on FITZPATRICK BROS. (ROBERTSON. NO. 30 NORTH MAIN ST. ASHEVILLE. N. C : i ; i - Paint ! Paint ! ! SPECIAL j 1 4 r v J . . , t The leading SoutneTOScnooi oi Du of bnsiness life. Full corps of well t- r' pares young men and ;yourg 5wi ne. Diploma on graduation. CatalnS teachers. " vacations. Student may eater at any yjjg, Principal, KnoxTlUe t.4 free. Address, .j ''t. : ; . M! ' ' ieaH, F. N CARRINGTON, (SUCCESSOR TO ATKINS Si CARRINGTON.) WHOLESALE AND SET AIL DEALER IN - . HARD AND '') i (foam; Bran and Shorts, Hay OFFICE : NO. 8 NORTH COURT SQUARE, ASHEVILLE, N. C oct 10-lia -THE W I N E AN IN THE Fine Sample 43 S. MAIN ST. i 'fTlliE NO. THE "HICKORY INN." HICKORY, N. C An all the Year Resort. ELECTRIC LIGHTS. HOT AND ON EACH FLOOR. Special Attractions for Families. Cuisine and Appointments Unsurpassed. FRANK J. Mi SMITH. ;;:'-;;:':;;')the ' . I: " I .'.ill ASHEVILLE, X. C. - r I - ; i . . j - . Headquarters for Bright TobaccoJ hm. p Sf nt seleted11byitli? Farmers' Alliance of Madison county as the Ware Jnv this opportunity to thank our Jty e t fhnag gave U3 last season- We with confidence W InnTU'oMU,; s riatir,Wa r-a filt iT ii ."".s o-uu. omerwise renuea ana our accommo- Snnfpr th Jl ii 1 f 7 W?ular. We are glad to say to our friends and customers that tne ontlnnV fnr tnA,. : J , .m..j customers that r,Q i1. s ir--- ItltJ OUIIOOK IOr tOhaPfn are in! demand, and thpv mnrp f nrTt 7i : ' inem anQ are rePrpsented on our market, and they pay more for it here than elsewhere. Offerings are large and 'prices good. ill .manufacturers ; need them and are represented on our market, ore tor it. npro tVi. vi.-,t so?-- - . ; fi '. Place Wes Asheville is the: ij "-ii ' ' ' m North Carolina and housYfnS fi6at expense m?d? the Farmers' Warehse the leading Ware in a few dlls YO at.wnd ?6 Sale.Sf 'our own to, or have it sold Manaer E R nJu w hTa VT wrtV8 this year John R. Baird, Floor SMITH & ROLLINS, Propr's. - nin,r. Thorough and complete course of stn a SOFT COAL, JELLICO COAL BONANZA," LEADING - D; LIQUOR STORE STATE. and Billiard Boom. ASHEVILLE, N. C. J. A. MARQTJARDT, Manager. COLD WATER BATHS AND TOILETS L0UGHRAN, Prop. W. .W. ROLLINS. WAREHOUSE :o: mem mis cassou man ever uc- V ' exayi LJ aixy iu our menus aau la rorv flott - - . to Sell Tobaccos Raised iu East Tenn. V i:
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