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i . VOL. 1. ASHEVILLE, K. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1890. NO. 21. P- 'v 7 : - i :'!' 7 ! ' ; t - - . T, 7' 7 - - . . . 4 . . Looking Backward Over the past eight years of our successful business life in Ashe ville has demonstrated to us the fact that our determination to sell only pure goods, guarantee ing ' weights and quality, and asking a small profit on every- thing sold, commends itself o the good sense of purchasers. Second, That desirable cus tomers cannot be gained by the oft-tried practice of some deal ers in cutting! prices) on a few leading articles, hoping to make it up on something else. That hard work and close ap plication to business is the price of success. ; That our business i for 1889 I j ' j ! i shows an increase over the pre vious year of 20 per cent., which is very gratifying, which we wish to t and for i ; i . hank our many friends in Asheville and Western North Carolina. We are encouraged j to enter up on the year before us with re newed energy and a determina tion to give our customers the benefit of our increased facili ties for buying and selling the very finest goods to be had, at small profits. ; j Our stock is now the largest ever offered in this market and embraces everything! in the line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Table Delicacies, Fruits, Grain, Flour, etc. Respectfully, Powell & Snider. ASHEVILLE HARDWARE CO Has bought out the STOVE AND CROCKERY STO : r i "A Formerly owned by J. R. Hill, and selling the goods at K are LOW FIGURES To change the stock into Hardware. Do not forget the store, no. 12 patton Avenue. I"- '. . i-!L I .'" Ill" " Second door from Powell & Snider's. T. I. VanGILDER, Manager. BON MARCHE i ! : 1 i Calls particular attention to the splen did tock of Ladie and Children's wraps Ladies' -and Children's Underwear; rea good and real cheap. Infants long N N Cloaks and Caps. Art embroidery ma i terials and wools o specialty. P. D., every description a R. & Q Thompson's i Glove Fitting and Warner's Corsets ! : ! I j Ladies can find articles here not found in any other establishment ; in the city A call solicited by LIPINSKY & ELLIOK ' '"! . ' ''! . ! I - ' ! ! Looking! " : . i I i Forward THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. Every Democrat j and Every Seeker -alter Political Truth Should j Read It. Club Rates: We will send the Na tional Democrat and The Democrat to any address; within the United States for 2,00 a year, strictly in advance. lhe regular subscription price of the N ational Democrat is $1.50 per year. and it is well worth it. Tt is rmhiicwi j - eekly in the city j of Washington, and each issue contains eight seven-column pages of reading matter. Send to this office for sample copies. It has the endorsement of leading: Democrats; it contains all the Washing ton and National j news; its record of Congressional proceedings will be full and complete, and it is in j every way a worthy exponent of sound Democratic doctrine. Subscribe now and secure this staunch! organ of the party of the people. The Asheville Democrat and The National Democrat for $2.00 per year in advance. Local Briefs Supt. and Mrs. McBee have gone to New Orleans to enioy Mardi Gras this week. The . Graham . Shoe Company has be come the Asheville Shoe Company ; the capital is increased to $50,000 and the capacity to 300 pairs of shoes a day. Miss Rosa! Baker formerly of Natchez, Miss., late of Asheville, died at the resi dence, on Grove St., of her mother, on Tuesday morning, j She had a wide circle of friends in Asheville. ; I ...-! . ; Plant good seed and get the best by buying Landreth's garden and field seed. Landreth is the only man who burns all old seed. Sold by W. E. Pelham, 24 Patton ave,, opposite Grand Central Hotel. .1 ! I i 7. ' : ' . j - Rev. J. F. Austin, editor of The Ashe ville Methodist, has been conducting a very interesting revival meeting in Mur phy, much to the pleasure of the good people of that community. He gives a pleasant account of his visit in the last Methodist 'j 1 r - " ' j 'f " i' ' ' ;" The capital of the Graham Cotton Manufacturing Company will be in creased from $150,000 to $175,000, and looms and spindles increased in propor tion. H. M. Cone is President, J. E Dickerson Vice-President, and C. E. Gra ham Treasurer. : I .. . j -. 7 7 We were pleased to have a call from out old friend Dr. Washburn, of Chero- i - 1 kee. Dr. W. and family have been spending several years at St. Joseph, Mo., but still claims North Carolina as his home. He was enroute to Cherokee, looking after his estates in that county. Mr. D. A. Putnam has established him- self at J. II. Woody's, on Willow street, with a complete - outfit of new wood working machinery, for the manufacture of fine wood work, etc., and asks a share of natronasre. Mr. Putnam is a master mechanic, and will do excellent work, promptly, and at reasonable prices. i I " i -: Spring is getting in its work right on the Blue Ridge. A friend, whose letter we'oublish elsewhere from Bat Cave, x. . Henderson county, just below the beau tiful Hickory Nut Gap, sends us youm oak sprouts two feet long and a wild vine over three feet long. This growth is certainly two to three month ahead of time. We hope "Rim" will write again and often. 1 Capt. Cocke returned from Spartan burg last week. He says that his French Broad Valley Road Company are hasten ing matters! all they can, and will be "throwing dirt" literally, I "very soon. MrL "Ramseur, chief engineer informs us that a mortsrasre covering the line has been registered in Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania, and will be ready for nrtivR work before verv loner. So I mote it be. r : t ! ; ; - - f ; Some of the finest timber lands in the world are in Yancey, Madison, Transyl vania, Haywood, Macon, Swain and Gra ham nmin tie's which can now be bought at reasonable prices. The timbers, con sisting of the hard and fine woods of all kind are riot only abundant, but after taken off the lands are equal to any for vegetables, grains, grasses, fruits, to bacco, etc. (What a superb country this Western North Carolina is, to be sure. . I 7 r- ' I . '7- French Broad Valley Road. The French Broad Valley liailroact has given a mortgage deed to the Central Trust Company, of New York, to secure the loan of one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), to be used in I the construction and equipment of iJ vonrh Broad Vallev Railroad. The deed is recorded in the counties of Bun combe. Henderson and Transylvania Arrangements have also been made to open an office in Hendersonville, and to put the entire line under construction. The Park Question. A progressive- citizen of one of our suburban ! towns heartily endorses the proposition of The Democret that the city authorities purchase now a site for a city park, and also endorses the splen did Murdock property as a most suitable place, j If a good park site could be pur chased: in Northeast Asheville, accessi ble to toe extension of the street car line, and another in Northwest Asheville, over-looking the river and also accessi ble to the ! extension of the street car line, it would prove a great advantage and attraction to our city. Another in South Asheville should also be selected. Some years ago the writer of this urged he city to buy suitable property for park purposes when it could have been bought for from ten to twenty percent what suitable property can now be bought! for. Our advice was not taken, greatly to the loss of the city. The time rapidly coming when our city must have parks of easy access to our citizens and visitors, and to wait until then to buy the property simply means paying out a great deal more for it. Now is the time to strike. The A., A. j and B. Road. Capt. Natt. Atkinson has received news irom Atlanta of the successful consolidation of the Pittsburg and Vir ginia Railroad, underj the Presidency of Gov. Fitzhugh Lee ; the Bedford and James River Road,' under the Presidencv of Hon. W. W. Berry; the Atlanta, Asheville ; and Baltimore Road across North Carolina, under the Presidency of Capt. Atkinson. The Georgia Division is under the Presidency of a prominent attorney of Atlanta, with whom Capt. J. M. Brosins, the inventor, is largely in terested. Capt. Brosins and Col. Berry visited; Asheville some time ago and had a conference with Capt. Atkinson, with the result as above stated. It is thought that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will be made President of the entire line. Capt. At kinson has already put a Surveyor to work on the line through this country. I ' ' ' - j Iron Ores. Teere are gentlemen from various sec tions of the North now in the South representing many millions of dollars, seeking good iron deposits, i Southeast Virginia, East Tennessee and Alabama seem to be attracting the attention of these gentlemen more than any other sections. In the immediate vicinity of Asheville, and in Leicester, French Broad and Lower Hominy townships, and in Madison, not far from the rail road, are immense deposits of j iron pro nouncea by experts to be as nne as can be found in the South; much of the same character as the j celebrated Cranberry ores. The Democrat invites the atten tion of capitalists to these ores. There is everything here to make furnaces ; . ! i j I r profitable; Let our I people, however, take steps to show what they have Dr. Eugene I Grissom. We Copy and endorse the following in reference I to the j above distinguished gentleman from the Raleigh Christian Advocate : ! "We are glad to see.from our city daily papers .that Dr. Eugene Grissom is get ting quite a good "consultation prac tice. f Physicians, There ana tnere over the State, recognizing his eminent abili- tief are calling him in consultation, espe cially in mental and nervous disorders We trust ths tthis demand for his skill in North Carol ina is so great that even the temDtine: offer he has i in St. Louis will not over-balance it: and take him from us. We would like to keep a man of such unques loned ability in our own Dr. Wardlaw Pelham. Mr. ;Sain . Pelham who is with his brother, Dr. Pelham, at Blockley Hospi tal, Philadelphia, writes that while Dr P. showed signs of relapse the early part of last week, on the 20th he had rallied and was better. Dr. P. has been suffer inn- from blood poisoning contracted 0 . - while performing a surgical operation and has been seriously ill for quite four months. Mr. Sam j Pelham has been with him during his illness. It is stncerely wished by the many friends of both gen- tlfimen that Dr. P. may soon recover He has been at death's door se vera times, but close ana j constant nuismg have saved him so far. We trust both may soon be in Asheville. j Gold in Concord. The dispovery of rich gold mines has become epidemic in j North Carolina Concord comes to the front with some rich discoveries within the corporation limits of the tovrii. A very rich vein has been found on the premises of Judge Mnntiromerv. The ore is said to be worth $30 a ton. j Hair Brashes, i Pelham, the Patton avenue druggist, has just received the largest tod best stock of hair, tooth, coat and flesh brushes ever seen in Asheville. ; I I .. : n r 1 1 4 1 , . News Notes. Jiacon, Ua., has subscribed 30,000 to the Davis Land Fund. 1 1 : i ; : - : - Revenue officer Kirkpatrick was shot near Hillsboro while raiding a distillery. A distillery near Salisbury was blown up a few days ago causing the death of our persons. - I j " ! The Mardi Gras at New Orleans last week was one of the most brilliant: which has ever occurred. J. J. Corbett, of San Francisco, de- eated Jake Kilrain at New Orleans in a six round contest for scientific points. John Jacob I Astor, grandson of the 0i Ti.. 1 t- k t ' " li ! . the family's fortune, died in New! York on Feb. 22d. I !' The Egypt coal mine is being -vyorked at the rate of 40 tons per day. Its" own ers say it is not for sale as their property is considered very valuable. Winston is to have the the electric railway. , Four miles are to be built soon. A new &50.000 court house lis also to be built and it is said the town deavoring to build a great hotel is en- i for a summer and winter resort. Most horrible accounts of the! treat- ment of political prisoners in Siberia, come by way of Paris and London. So brutal was the treatment of some female prisoners tnat j tnev determined to com mit suicide by abstaining from! food. They did so for fourteen days and then were forced to eat " by violence and li centious outrage, une ot tnem . was flogged to death and three of her com panions poisoned themselves in despair. In Cherokee. From the Murphy Advance we learn: The present terminus of the W. N. C. road is near Valleytown, 18 miles from Murphhy. By spring the entire distance to Murphy will be ready for the iron. A party from Atlanta has been I inves tigating valuable mineral lands, with which Cherokee abounds. We learn that Watson property, near Culberson was sold last week to a com pany for a good round figure. There is a large bed of marble on this property and it will ' no doubt be opened at an early day. !; ' Tne site for the new town of Andrews, 16 miles from Murphy, has been located, and the road bed has been graded! for a station and switch here. 1 1 This would be a most available point for the manufacture of brick. The clay near by is well suited for this purpose, and it has a good sprinkling of mangan ese in it, that when being burned I in the kiln, will melt and run through the brick thereby aeding much to their val ve. Then wood and water is convenient Which is quite an: item in brick making. j Chicago Wins. The long agitated subject of the loca tion of the Wdrld's Fair of 1802 com memorating the 4th I centennial of the I i I ! ; I .... discovery of America by Columbus has been at length' settled and to the surprise and dismay of the great metropolis of the country, New York, it has been secured by the enterprising giant of the ' West Chicago. The result of the first ballot was Chicago 115, New York 72, St. Louis 61, Washington 56, Cumberland Gap 1. Both New York and Chicago gained considerably on the following ballots. The total vote of the sixth ballot was Chicago 149, New York 116, Stl Louis 28 and Washington 19. On the eighth and last ballot Chicago got 157, New York 107, St. Louis 25 j and Washington 18, giving the first named a majority j of the whole vote. I j To Our Readers. Our people in "Western Carolina and East Tennessee who want goods of any kind should come to Asheville and buy. Our merchants have the finest stocks they ever carried, and desire to dispose of them before ordering tneir i spring stocks. Bargains can i be had now for cash. Now is the time to buy before the stocks are picked over.; How Asheville Grows. Some four years ago a piece of proper ty in this citv consisting of quite 100 J -J i i acres was offered for $100 but could find no taker. Now; the owners refuse to t Vp an offer of 75.000 for about 80 acres of the same tract. This shows real estate is ad how rapidly Asheville ; vancing. j The Greensboro Patriot Has been revived ' by Messrs. Bethel and Scales, and we welcome our old friend again. Its new managers show admirable adaptability for this work, and are making a verv excellent and useful paper. We heartily wish it success. Fine Tobacco Seed. If you want a good crop of bright leaf tobacco go to Pelham's, 24 Patton ave. opposite Grand Central, and buy Lan- j dreth's fresh tobacco seeds. AN ACT To Enable the Townships of Guilford County to Adopt the Mecklenburg Road Lav. The General Assembly of North Caro- lina do enact : j 1 I Section I, That chapter one hundred and thirty-fouit of the laws of one ithous ana eigm nunarea ana eignt-nye an act entitled "an act relating to being roads and highways," together with; i all acts amendatory thereof , shall apply to each and any of the townships of Guilford county as soon as the said road law shall titled and adopted b a majority, of lucjusuces uipauuui aiiyoi am town ships: Provided however; that, nothing contained in the above kamed chapter shall compel any person in the county of Guilford between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years to work over two days in any one year :Sec.,2 That the justices of each or any of said townships shall, upon the application of ten tax-payers of their township, meet and: determine whether they shall adopt said . road law for their individual township or townships; and shall immediately notify the board of county commissioners ofj said county of the fact of such application and their ac tion thereon. I I 1 - 1 ' V Sec. 3. That the justices of i each or any of said tojwnships shall, upon the adoption by them of j said road law, rec ommend to . the board of county commis sioners of said county a rate of taxation necessary, in their opinion, to carry said road law into; practical joperation, and thereupon the board of county ; commis sioners and iustices of the peace of said county of Guilford shall, annually, at their June session, levy upon the taxable property of such township, within the limits prescribed in said act acts; amen datory thereof, annual taxes at the rate recommended Iby the trustees of said township, and cause the same tcbe col lected as in said act provided. All taxes heretofore collected by the commission ers for the benefit of said public; roads shall be used and employed for said roads under the provisions of and in :accor dance with this act. ' Sec. 4. That all taxes levied and col- lected in each townshsp shall be expend ed exclusively in said township under the direction of the trustees thereof. Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repeaiea. ; Sec. 5. That this act shall be iri force 4 from and after its ratification 4i ' Ratified the 11th. day qf March, A. D. 1889. -7 !- ." Valuable Mine Sold. It is stated, on what appears to be H . . .. J authority, that Capt H. F." McCarty has effected the sale of the Eureka mine near Thomasville, and they say that the cap tain made thirty thousand dollars on the trade. The mining interests of this sec tion are not monopolizing- the attention of investors however, for it is reported that several moneyed men are talking business about building k railroad from Thomasville through the heart jof the mining region. Other reports current ore to the effect that the Silver iValley mine will resume operations on a large scale and that other mines in the immedi ate vicinity of the Valley will be started nn. Thft fact the Baltimore Gold and Silver Mining and Smelting Company will have a stockholders meeting at Mond Thomasville next ay may mean something else m the way oi mining op; erations. Of course, there wouldn t be so much talking about raining matters unless there were some solid basis for it. It is safe therefore to assume that the outlook is more favorable than pt has been in years' Lexingto:i Dispatch. A Dead Soldier's Sister Wanted. -. i Archie Brinkley was a! soldier in the North Carolina State troops, in the late war. He died recently in California, leaving a small estate. Brinkley has a sister living somewhere fin North Car olina, but unless she cans be found, his estate will escheat to the! State of Cali fornia. The News can give this, sister information which will enable hei to get her brother's property, aiid we hppe the State papers will help us to find her. Charlotte News. (The leister has been found at Magnolia, N. CI) 1 ; Kaolin Works. i We learn that the Carolina Manufactu ring Co. has been reorganized and will resume the preparation' of kaoli n for 7 : j -, j market at their factory at Dillsboro at once. We are glad this is so. It is an other important step forward in the de- veloDment of our country's resources. Tuckaseige Democrat Rich Specimens. Some fine specimens of gold were tak en from the Hearne andj Hathcock mine last week. One of the handstoia;us tna the mine was getting just I rich enougrj. A force of 28 hands are now at work a this mine. J. S. Grant, Ph. a. (Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.) Apothecary, 24 South Main St. Bill Nyey who has Md LtiGrippe, sends the following to Grant's Pharmacy: " Little grains of quinine, Little drinks of rye, Make La Grippe tJtafs got you Drop its hold and fly. This may quickly help y wt, Lf you'll only try; But don't forget the quinine ' When you take tlie rye.,J Remember the moraVcontained in the Vxst two lines that is don't forget to get the qui nine, and get it at Grant's Pharmacy. If your prescriptions are prepared at Grant's Pluirmacy you can positively de pend upon tliese facts: First, that only the purest and best drugs and chemicals will be used; second, they will be compounded care fully and accurately by an e'xperiene Pre- scriptionist, and third, you will not be char Bed an exlwrbitant price. You will re ceive the best goods a t a very reasonable profit. Don t forget the place Grant's Pliarmacy, 24. South Main street. ' Prescriptions filled at all Jiours, night or day, and delivered free of charge to any part of the city'. The night bell will be answered Promptly. Grant's Pharmacy, 24 South Main street. At Grant's Pharmacy you can buy any Patent Medicine at the lowest price quoted by any other drug house in the city. We are determened to sell as low as the lowest. We will sell all Patent Medicines at first cost, and below that if necessary, to meet the price of any competitor. We have the largest assortment of Chamois Skins in Asheville. Over 200 skins, all sizes, at the lowest prices. We are ogents for Humphrey's Honmo pathetic Medicines. A full supply of his good alieagn on hand. Use Buncombe Liver Pills, the best in tits world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc. A thoroughly reliable remedy for all blood diseases is Buncombe Sarsaparilla. Try a bottle and yon wiU lake no other. J. S. GRANT - Ph. G., Pharmacist, ' 24 S. Main St. AsUcille, JS C. K. K. K. Keep a Klear Konscicnce By trading with Bostic Bros. & Wright. For this week vou will find them making a special drive in Ladies Dress Goods and Trimmings, All grades. Having an unusually pretty stock of dry goods, cordially in vite the ladies to call and look at our goods, feeling sure we can suit your tastes Xactly. Henriettas in .all colors; Flannels and Serges in solid colors and stripes. Bostic Bros. Wrist's 11 NORTH COURT SQUARE. LEADING DRY GOODS AND SHOE HOUSE IN ASHEVILLE. f aniAaHsv rjodra-Bio apiViy -i3Ag: -aninnao aq. pnB Qxng 06"! S3JJOJ 06T v. aiqx t 'suoodg box -xa p4dx scua bj art off pw jwns m ? paBjqaiao aqj joj siuY log osB aiB ajA. i 3avax AvanoH saxoKvm a 'saooo H3A1IS 9S11H3IS W (1109 (I110S jo Jioojg aqj euransia pay J.YTIVO OI aaaiAin aav noi 7;7i t