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VOL- j ' :V; : ASHEVIIXE, X. C, THURSDAY, MARCH ii, 1800. ; XO. 22.
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 to
the good sense ! of purchasers, j
Second, That desirable cus-
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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. j
That our business for 1889
shows an increase over the pre
vious year of 20 per cent., which
is very gratifying, arid for
which we wish to thank our
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many friends in Asheville and
Western Norths Carolina.
Looking
We are encouraged 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, Gram
Flour, etc. Respectfully,
Powell
& Snider.
ASHEVILLE
HARDWARE CO.
Has bought
out the
STOVE AM) CROCKERY STOCK
Formerly owned by J
R. Hill, and
are
selling the goods at
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LOW FIGURES
To change the stock into Hardware.
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not forget the store,
Do
NO. 12 PATTON AVENUE.
Second door from; Powell & Snider's.
T. I. VanGILDEK, Manager.
BON MARCHE
Calls particular attention to the splen
did stock of Ladies' and (JJtildren's wraps,
Ladies' and CMldren'sJInderwear; real
good and real cheap. Infants long
Cloaks and Caps. Art embroidery ma-
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terials and wools of every description a
specialty. P. D., R. & G. Thompson's
Glove Fitting and "Warners Corsets.
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Ladies can find articles here not found
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in any other establishment in the city.
A call solicited by
Forward
ELLICKi
Local Briefs
J. C. Bostic, of Shelby, will locate
Asheville. S . M ;
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in
duucuiuuc superior: court ; convenes
next Monday, Judge Conner presiding.
! j E. J. Lilly, of Fayetteville, lately c e
ceased, J left $5,000 to the Method st
Church.! 1 I I . I '
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: I John and Dennis Lockhart beat and
seriously injured J. J. Ross at Alexan
ders on Sunday.
j Mrs. V. S.jLusk and Miss Mamie Lusk
have returned from a two week's I visit to
their many friends in Greensboro!.
Col. Cameron", of The; Citizen has re
turned from a very delightful visit to t le
Newberae Fair and also to Fayettevil e.
(The Presbyterian General Assemlly
of the South! meets in Asheville on May
16th next. The session will last for tun
days. -. j M
1 1 Winston's new hotel is to be modelled
after the Battery Park of this city. S le
also follows Asheville's I example in t ie
electric street railway. I
I Secretary Andersen, of the Ashevil le
Y. M. C. A., has organized associations
at Rutherford College, in Burke countly,
and Catawba College, in Catawba county.
; Dr. S. "Westray Battle delivered a most
interesting lecture before the Y, M. C.
A., Tuesday
"The Skin
j night, at their rooms, on
and its Treatment' Next
Tuesday night Dr. B. II. Douglass I will
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lecture on 44 The Teeth and their Card."
The public invited. j
Hon. Theo. F. Davidson is in the citv.
Governor Fowle came and we rejoiced ;
Auditor Sanderlin came and we were
happy, but no one is more cordially wel
comed than the distinguished Attorney-
General of this grand old Commo
wealth. New Berne Journal.
j Much enquiry is being made concern
ing the iron deposits of Western Caro
lina. Those owning ore beds vcould clo
well to have good samples selected and
properly labeled and placed on exhibi
tion in Asheville where examination can
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be made. Full particulars of location
should accompany each sample, j
! Capt. Theo. Parker, a graduate of
West Point, but for ten years an em
ployee of the Richmond and Danville
Railway, and late its agent at Salisbury,
has been promoted to the agency at Dan
ville, Ya. He is succeeded at Salisbury
by J. W. Webb, late billing clerk at Dur
ham. A general order from General Mana
ger Peyton Randolph says that in adc i
tion to his duties as General Siiperifi-
.'it
tendent, W. H. Green is appointed As
sistant General Manager of the R. and
D. Railroad Company and is authorized
to act for the General Manager, when
necessary, in j all matters pertaining 1 o
the operations of the road. j
The referee case opened sometime
ago before' Mr. T. H. Cobb, of this cit y,
of Messrs. Lenoir of Tennessee i again it
Mr. Jack Dillard, formerly of Cherokee,
was resumed in this city on Monday.
Messrs. Norvel, of Murphy, and; Sond
ley, of this city, represent Messrs. Le
noir, and Messrs. Jones and Shuford and
G. S. Ferguson Mr. Dillard. j I
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The Carolina Athletic Club held an
annual election of officers Monday nighjt.
L. P. McLoud was elected President,
R. P. Foster Vice-President, B. Mj
Jones
Secretary! and Treasurer. The Execu
tive Committee for the ensuing year is
as follows : A. T. Summey, J. Wj Shar
tle, D. W. Furman, Irving Love, C, E.
Billiard, E. P. Mangum, J A. Conant
i
and C. Sawyer. ;
Marriages.
, Mr. Ernest L. Roberts, son of
Caplj
G. M. Roberts, was married on Monday1,
at Athens, Ga., to Miss Harbinson, o ?
that town. They arrived in the city on
Tuesday evening and have been receiv
ing the congratulations of friends, j j
Miss M. W. Conigland, daughter of
the late Edward Conigland, of Halifax
and a sister; of Mrs. Farinholt, of this
city, was married in Raleigh last week,
to Mr. Alexander Fries, of Jacksonville,
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Miss Annie A. Morris, of Henderson,
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daus:hter of Rev. Thos. A, Morns, was
married in Calvary Church, Henderson
Co.. on Mondav. to Mr. Charles; C-.
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Pinckney. Both parties have many
friends in this city. The ceremony was
performed by the bride's father. ! j-
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I Large Transactions Pending. ,
We learn that several large transac
tions in real estate, for various purposes,
some for industrial enterprises, involv
ing over half a million dollars cash, are
pending, with every reasonable prospect
of success There are a number of jcapi
HcB in the citv who seem much im-
pressd with the superior advantages and
attractions of Asheville and surrounding
T" nrnsnects of this citv i and
entire sectioB are very bright.
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SPLENDID ENTERPRISES.
Three More Hotels; and General
Improvements.
It is learned from one of the leading
physicians of the city that land has-been
purchased and arrrangements far ad
vanced for the earlyj erection in Ashe
ville of a high class hotel with sanitary
features. The site chosen is one com
manding a splendid view, bathed in! sun
shine all the day long and; sheltered on
the North and East from the trying
winds of winter. It is not proposed to
make the place a pure .sanitarium but to
combine these features with j those of a
first class hotel. Liberal offers of Capi
tal have been made for Ithis
enterprise,
and its erection is assured. The electric
road is to run to the doors: j
It is also announced that the Southern
Land Improvement Company which
owns twenty-seven acres near Cjapt.
Cocke's new residence will erect a mag
nificent hotel on this site overlooking
the French Broad and the splendid
western mountain view. The hotel, jit is
said, will have 600 rooms and the grounds
will be surrounded by a high stone wall
with electric lights I at short intervals.
Work has actually been begun upon J the
grounds. I
It should also be remembered that
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work is to be begun on the splendid
Kenil worth Inn in April. The site of
this hostelry is on the heights overlook
ing the Swannanoa fiver
Maj. Breese's residence.
in the rear of
In full view of this last named point is
the Vanderbilt estate to be called, as is
learned from Mr. Chas. I McNamee, Mr.
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Vanderbilt' s agent, "Biltmore" and not
"Bilton" as has been
erroneously stated.
Application has been made to have the
name of
the station Best changed to
Biltmore and the request
will probably
be granted.
The improvements already
begun on the Vanderbilt
estate will be
continued. Thev are on so large a scale
that several years will probably be con
sumed in completing them. ,
In addition to these splendid enter
prises a large addition is to be made this
season to the Carrier ( White Sulphur
Springs Hotel leased by
Dr. Von Ruck
and the electric railway to
to that point. I
be extended
Work on the government building on
Patton avenue is also to be besrun this
spring. So that the promise for Ashe
ville for a very busy j season is assured.
Indeed there has been
no let up in
winter 'and i the
building during the open
many private residences
and business
houses even now going up wift be largely
increased as spring comes on. j J m
Asheville's boom shows no signs of
diminishing. Property is as high as it
ever was in the city, demand is good and
transactions frequent.
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Madison
Court. !
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The
spring term
of Madison court
began
last week and
will continue
through this week. Judge Conner
presiding. Solicitor Mbody was
is
on
hand, but was quite unwell, and vas
confined to his hotel most of the t:me.
The following attorneys
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were in
dance: Messrs. J. S. McElroy,- H.
Gudger, J. M. Gudger, Hon. Thos
A.
d;
Johnston, Hon. W. W. Jones, G. A. Shu
ford, Henry Hardwicke, TV. S. Lusk' of
Asheville; Hon. Kope- Elias, of Macon;
Hon. J. W- Cooper, of Cherokee, and
Messrs. J. M. Gudarer, Jr., and Jeter
Pritchard, ' of Marshall.
The criminal
docket, while a large one,
was mostly of
a trivial character. Two homicide cases
were on the docket. I
The civil docket was taken up on
Monday. Several important cases are
on this docket. j
Judge Conner is one of the best judges
on the bench or the State, impartial, con
siderate, just. He makes
ever he goes.
friends wher-
The Landmark's j Levity.
When the Landmark's levity becomes
so diluted that two as bright men as the
editors of The Asheville Democrat
cannot tell it from gravity, we fee it
time to abandon a role in which itj is
clear that we are not destined to shine.
But if The Democrat
ago that The Landmar
thought a week
really meant to
lay it down as a serioujs proposition that
a pretty woman is abqva the law and
should not be punished for a criminal
offence, it has probably judged since
(and correctly) that it misunderstood jus,
from seeing copied in this paper last
week an editorial fromj its able neighbor,
The Citizen, exactly upon the line of; its
own reflections. The Landmark is gal
lant or nothing; it is probably over-indulgent
in its judgment 'of pretty wo
men; but it knows when they have . car
ried their pleasantries far enough.
SUtesville Landmark.
We offer one dollar reward to any one
who will show us a poor sack of our
Flour. Buy Asheville Milling tCo.'s
Flour and you are sure of getting the
best.
mar6-tf
Death of Mrs. K. A. Reynolds.
The Democrat chronicles with sin
cere regret the death of the above esti
mable lady, which occurred at her home
in this city last Saturday. We copy the
following from the pen of her loved pas
tor, Rev. Dr. Rankin : j !
" Mrs. N. A. Reynolds, a most excel
lent Christian lady, died at her home on
Woodfin ! street, Saturday morning, at
half-past: one o'clock.! She was the
daughter! of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc
Crary and the wife of our city tax col
lector, Mr. N. A. Reynolds.
"'Mrs. Reynolds was born in Carroll
county, Indiana, October 3, 1869r Some
four years ago her health began to fail
and she was brought to this city to get
the benefit of our pure air. She re
mained about one year and returned
home very much improved. While here
she met Mr. Reynolds and they i were
married August 27, 1887. She returned
with her husband immediately to Ashe
ville. The improvement in her; health
turned out to be only temporary. That
fearful disease, consumption, had fas
tened itself permanently in her: system
and her decline was marked and uni
form. Everything that a fond husband,
loving parents and kind friends could do
was done for her, but death had set his
seal upon her, and after months of suffer
ing she quietly fell asleep Marchjl,;1890.
" She had been a consistent member of
the Christian Church from her early girl
hood and her death was one of peaceful
triumph, j Beautiful in person, cheerful
in disposition and j bright in mind, she
was fondly loved by all who knew her.
Her faith, patience and submission dur
ing her last illness were beautiful to wit
ness, and her departure was riot like
death. It was. like the going down of a
cloudless sun whose brilliant dawning is
promised , with the coming morrow.
Peace be to her unbroken repose j'
Her funeral took place Monday after
noon, Dr. Rankin officiating, andj her re
mains were interred in Riversidej Ceme
tery. The sympathies of all go out to
the bereaved husband and family .
Another New Hotel for Asheville.
Elsewhere in The! Democrat Is rioted
the determination of the Southern Im
provement arid Land Company to erect
a mammoth hotel on their magnificent
property in Southwest Asheville, over
looking the French Broad, and compre
hending in itS view the whole mountain
scenery to the west of the city. Since
that was written we learn that work has
been begun clearing up the property and
an able engineer will be on the ground
in a day or so to lay it out in drives,
walks, etc., etc. We also learned that
Geni Alger, of Michigan, is one of the
largest backers of this grand enterprise,
which insures ample capital to riiake it
one of the finest hostelries on the) conti
nent. It will contain six hundred or
more rooms for guests, and be furnished
with every modern luxury, convenience
and comfort. There is room in Ashe
ville' for at least ahaif dozen such hotels,
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as the largely increased number of visi
tors to this city this winter fully indi
cates. ' . ;!!'!
Asheville's building boom is about to
begin in good earnest.
One Response.
In! the last issuejof The Democrat
was
the
inserted an invitation on behalf of
Raleish News-Observer and
The
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Democrat to all ; manufacturers in
North Carolina to send to the two papers
the name of the factory and products of
the same, so they could be noticed, the
notice to be kept standing in the papers,
with a view of letting our people know
what: was being manufactured in the
State; and; where, and to urge home pref
erence and support to home industries.
At this writing we are pleased to ac
knowledge the response from the Ashe
ville Milling Company, of this 'city,
whose product is " Choice Flour and
Meal." We thank this excellent and en
terprising firmf for their promptness in
responding to our offer, and we also
most earnestly commend the products of
this company as all that; is claimed for
them. In quality and price their goods
are not surpassed, and not only Asbe
villians but North Carolinians should
ovtpni a most generous patronage. It
manufacturers
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is worthy of it in all respects.
What the New House Rules Are For
Direct tax! bill.
Blair educational bill,
$20,000,000
77,000,000
350,060,000
200,000,000
Navy and! fortifications,
Service pension bill, j
Certain other pensions,
River and harbor bill,
Steamship subsidy bill
; 100,000,000
Bigger than ever
All the rest
Total,
'God help the surplus.
Write Your Own Application.
Mr. Henry Hardwicke, Census Super
visor for this District, requests us to
state that applicants for the position of
enumerator must make application in
their own handwriting. This is import
ant.
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIPi
i.
Raleigh is trying to have a new opera
house built. 1
The discovery in Granville Co. of
much copper ore is reported
The Burke County Fa
mers' Alliance
will establish a roller flour mill.
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The report that Senator Ransom drew
a prize in the lottery is now authorita
tively denied. ; "
Col. W. H. H. Cowles has .been elected
Secretary of the House De;
locratic Cam-
paign Committee. H ' J j
Haywood county farmers have
this
year received more
their tobacco crop.! i
than $300,000 for
Raleigh will make an effort to secure
the location there of the Davies' Military
School of LagrangeJ ' ! I
Four hundred convicts are at work on
the extension of the CilF. and. Y. V.
above Mt. Airy. Greensboro Patriot.
The Governor's
w.on the military
Guards, of Raleigh
honors
at the! New-
berne Fish, Oyster 'and. Game Fair, as
they did at the Fayettevil
e Uentennial.
The North Carolina Stee
and Iron Co.
has purchased of Mr. J. Van Lindley 180
acres of land, lying southwest of j town.
Price paid, $15 per acre; Greens
boro
North State.
! The Fish, Oyster
and Game
Fair
at
JNewDerne attracted a large
iT- 1 -m J?
crowd i and
was a pronounced success.
ext-Gov. Jarvis, and ! other
gentlemen were present.
...
Gov. Fojwle
distinguished
Boston parties have completed
ar-
rangements and obtained an option ion a
corundum property in Jackson county.
They will now put I miners to work
veloping. North Carolina Heraid,
de-
The trustees of
passed a resolution
the University have
authorizing
the
fac-
ulty to put a stop to the students engag
ing in foot ball games with the 'students
of other colleges. News arid Observer.
The Rutherford j County! Farmers' Al
liance is building a roller j flouring mill
at Forest City. This makes another
new departure in 'Alliance work. ; The
Alliance is operating stores, warehouses
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and tobacco factories and cotton seed oil
mills.
There are 128 saw and planing mills
along the line of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Road. The exportation
of lumber from the port of Wilmington
is already immense, and the completion
of this road promises to largely
increase
it. Greensboro Pa
Last Monday a
not. !
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man namea
i t
Haller,
representing himself as an agent for an
insurance compnyof Nashville, Tenn.,
swindled our people out of various sums,
and getting a' few 1 drafts and, checks
cashed, left on the north-bound traiii for
parts unknown. Charlotte Democrat
John Yancy, Jr., President of, thejOld
North State Land; Co., informs us that
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lie recently sold to capitalists! $50,000
worth of mineral and tiriMer laiids hear
Marion, i hese parties represent i over
$4,000,000 capital, and expect, at an early
date, to develop their purchases. Free
Lance. ; '.-"I j. ; ' j - : r
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Last Thursdav the Grand Jiirv found
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a true bill against J. A:. Hoskinsj Sheriff
of this county, in the matter of trie es
cape of Lige Moore, and he was placed
under a bond of $1,000 lor his
r
appear-
ance at the next term ol
.the
court.-
Greensbdro Patriot,
It is reported that
a new! company) has
been organized to develop the coal fields
in the Dan River section.' jThe supply is
said to - be almost ! inexhaustable. 1 The
Roanoke and Southern Railroad Will
pass directly through this region, and if
it should be extended to Monroe it would
materially cheapen j coal 'at this place -Monroe
Register.; J '
How grandly such men as Julian 3
Carr, of Durham, tower above narrow
sectarainism. Thousrh a Methodist of
the most pronounced type, s he
$17,500 to the Baptist Female College if
it would locate in Durham and has
re
cently sent his check for
$1,000 to the
Students' Aid Fund of
Wake Forest
College, also a Baptist ins
itution. Mr
Carr is, indeed, one of nature's
noble-
men. Reidsville Review
The Winston Daily says
that it
learns
that a new company has been organized
with a view :of developing the coal fields
of Town Fork. ' The coal deposit is im
mense. Its length is about 30 miles and
width about 5 miles, depth of coal vein
from 8 to 12 feet. The 'rein extends
from Walnut Cove to Leaks ville, and is
surely worth working. While none of
the deposits that have yet been j tested
would be suitable for j making coke, yet
for heating furnaces,' for use on engines
and for ordinary purposes it is said to be
excellent. The small portion of sulphur
It contains cause it tptgive intense heai
J. S. Grant, Ph. G.
(Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.)
Apothecary, 24 South Main SU
Bill Nye, iclio ha had La Grippe, sends
Vie following to Grant's Pharmacy:
"Little grains of quinine, -
Little drinks of rye.
Make La Grippe tha fs got you
Drop its hold and fly.
This may quickly help you,
If you'll mdy try;
But don't forget the quinint
When you take the rye."
0
Remejriber the moraVcontained in the last
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 Pharmacy you can positively de
pend upon these 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 experienced Pre-
scriptionist, and third, you will not be
char Bed an exhorbitant price. You will re
ceive the best goods at a very reasonable profit.
Don't forget the place Grant's Pharmacy,
24 South Main street.
Prescriptions filled at aU hours, 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 wiU 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 ogentsfor Humphrey's Homaio-
pathetic Medicines. A full supply of his
goods alwags on hand.
Use Buncombe Liver Pills, the best in the
world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc.
A thoroughly reliable remedy 'for aP
blood diseases is Buncombe Sarsaparilla,
Try a bottle and you will take no otJier.
J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist,
24 S. Main St. Asheville, N. C.
W. A. BLAIR.
J. V. BB0WN.
Furniture
-AN
MeAfa Bloek, OpposBe Blair's Old StaniL
We are now ready, and in-,
Tite our friends and the public
generally to call and examine
our well selected stock of
Furniture,.
"Which we are offering at
Rock-Bottom Prices.
, ftierUkisg A Special Feature.
Calls Attended Day or Night.
Telephone, Day 75, Night 65.
Blair & Brown.
Undertaking.
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