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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
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 for 1889
shows an increase over the pre
vious year of 20 per cent., which
is very gratifying, and for
which we wish to thank our
many friends in Asheville and
Western North 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
mall profits.
Our stock is now the largest
ever offered in this market and
embraces everything in the line
Forward
) of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
fi Table Delicacies, Fruits, Grain,
Flour, etc. Respectfully,
Powell & Snider.
ASHEVILLE
HARDWARE CO.
Has bought
out the
STOVE AM) CKOCKERY STOCK
Formerly owned by J. II. Hill, and are
- " selling-the' goods at
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. VanGILDER, Manager.
BON MARCHE
Calls particular attention to the splen
did stok Oi 'Ladits' ttnd Children' icmps,
ladies and Children s Underwear; real
good and real cheapt Infants long
Cloaks and Caps. Art embroidery ma
terials and wools of every description a
specialty. P. D., R. & G. Thompson s
Glove Fitting and Warner's Corsets.
Ladies can find articles here not found
s
Q any other establishment in the
k call solicited by j
city.
LIPINSKY & ELLICE.
To Our Readers.
Since! the nrst issue of The Democrat
over five months ago it has been sent
regularly to upward o 1500 persons
A fair proportion of these have either
paid their subcriptions j or given their
personal assurance that they desired the
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paper and would pay for it at an earl
day. Others who did riot wish the pa-i
per have very properly returned; it to
the postmaster whose duty it is to in-j
form the proprietors of its refusal. Of
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those who continue to receive the paper
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and have not paid or personally inti-i
mated to us their intention to pay, we
would respectfully ask that they either
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discontinue the paper by returning it to
the postmaster; intimate to us their de-j
sire for; its continuance by remittance of
the whole or part of their subscription;
or if not prepared to pay immediately,
let us know if they desire it continued
till they are able to pay: The law and
the custom is that those who regularly
receive a paper at the ppstoftiee become,
liable as subscribers, but we are not dis
posed to insist upon this against any of
those who have so received our paper
up to this time and who iwere not thor
oughly! aware of this custom and ac
quiescing therein while they so received it.
As it is impossible for us to see all our
readers personally we ask that thay will
promptly respond to this appeal in one
of the ways indicated.
Remittance may be made by registered
letter postal order, postal note or stamps.
The Asheville Female College Leased
for Ten Years. . j
are gratified to learn that Prof.
We
Ben. E Atkins has leased the Asheville
Female College tor a term of ten years,
and will assume full control at the ex
piration of the present session. 1 Prof.
A. has been connected rvvith the College
for eleven years, and is recognized as
one of the strongest influences which
has given the College its high reputation.
As an! earnest, conscientious, painstak
ing instructor he has no superior. Un-
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der his administration j we are very con
fident of the success of the institution,
and we congratulate our citizens and the
patrons of the school on this
arranffe-
ment
Y. M. C. A.
The State Convention of the Young
Men's Christian Association, in session
last week at Goldsboro, was a most in
teresting one There were 250 delegates
in attendance. Three thousand and
seventy-seven dollars I were raised for
State work. Rev. W. J. Erdman, of
Asheville, gave daily readings, which
proved one of the most interesting fea
tures of the occasion. The reports show
the mjost gratifying progress of the A sso
ciation in the State. Mr. L. A. Coulter,
who for, some time has been employed
as Secretary for North and South Carp
lina, was made State Secretary, and will
devote his whole time to North Carolina.
His headquarters will j be at Charlotte
The State Committee is as follows:
Prof.iThos. Hume, Chapel Hill, Chair
man j Geo. 0. Worth, Chapel Hill, Sec
retary ; E. L. Harris, 1 Winston, Treas
urer ; Committeemen -A. G. Brenizer,
Charlotte; W. A. Blair, Winston ; J. Y
Joyner, Goldsboro ; G. T. Adams, New
Berne; Mr. Andrews, Charlottee.
LAST NOTICE.
Lane
Stork of Mini
AT COST.
dy e give our lnen3s and customers notice
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that we are now closing out our entire stock
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consisting of a, very large ' stock of Clothing.
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Hats, Gents? Furnishings and valises at cost,
w e are anxious to close out the entire stock
by the first of May. Hereafter we shall confine
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ourselves stnctiy to wnoiesale business. All
Alliance Clubs in Western North Carolina
will save money by calling on ius as we will
sell them goods AT COST:
S. BRAFMAN, i
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No. 1C Patton Avenue, Asheville, K. 0.
Local Briefs
Dr. JWells, of Clyde, Haywood county,
was inl the city this week.
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Twenty-five thousand dollars' worth of
Asheville real estate changed hands Sat
urday! ; i
The guests at Battery Park
now rep-
resent
over four hundred
millions of
wealth.
Our
merchants are receiving their
stocks!
stocks
of Spring goods, and beautiful
they are.
Mr. j. I. McRee, traveling correspond
ent of , the Raleigh News-Observer, paid
us a visit last week.
The" past few days of cold weather
nave part a very moving enect on the
clothing and shoe trade.
Ourj people are getting ready for
bpnng gardening." If the Spring time
would 'only come, gentle Annie.
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Mr. Joe Craigmiles, editor j Murphy
Advance, is in the city" on business We
were pleased to have a call from him.
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The cold weather which prevailed on
Saturday and Sunday is said ; to have
killed jpne-third of the tobaccd plants in
beds, j !. .
Messrs. Hamilton & Co., family gro
cers, Big -353, ratton avenue' invite at
tention to their excellent list of goods.
See advertisement.
John Ganoway, colored, cut
the throat
of Lula Covington, on Grove street,
Tuesday morning, with a razor. Th
wound is not fatal. Jealousy was the
cause!
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Messrs. Jenks & Jenks, real estate
dealers, are expecting a number of their
friends from the North down in a short
time on an inspection tour. They have
placed themselves in good hands.
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nrer woum aavise visitors to taxe in
Sunset Drive in their drives and walks,
and, if possible, to walk along the ridge
of the mountain from Campbell's resi
dence: to Hazzard's. They will then get
a truly enchanting view of this! beautiful
French Briad basin.
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One of the most pleasant social events
of the selason was the four oclock tea
given! by Mrs. W. S. P. Bryan on Tues
day, at the Presbyterian parsonage. It
was largely attended and greatly enjoyed
by all who participated. Mrs. Bryan is
a charming hostess.
We expect soon to give some revela
tions j"f rom the record" of the workings
of the Internal Revenue gang put over
the people by Boss Mott and Mr. Ewar
sincejHarrison began his administration,
that Nvill astonish the people. It is the
worsi record for many years!
Mrj Pearson will proceed
at once to
makpi good streets through
his eleven
acresjjust purchased on Eag
e street, im-
mediately in the rear of the old Eagle
Hotel property, and will 'erect on some
of thf lots handsome residences, and sel
otherk to those ; who wish
to improve
them
G
W. Payne and Capt
V
E. McBee
havejtaken a contract to
build thre
M j '
miles! of railroad from Best
to Biltmore
Mr. Manderbilt's place. The
road w
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be three miles long
and is
to oe com
pleted in GO davs at a cost of $15,000. It
is fori use while Mr. Yanderbilt is build
ing his house
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John Evans Brown
s handsome
batt
lemented residence, on the mountain
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east jof the city, is rapidly approaching
completion. Its comfortable appoint
ments and pleasant surroundings will
onlyu be surpassed by the hospitality
which will abound there when the Major
and his family take possession
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An esteemed lady friend, in calling to
pay Her subscription to The! Democrat,
was
kind enough to say,
" I enjoy The
Democrat more than any paper I read,
and i-egard it as the best agency for the
upbuilding of Asheville we have. I have
sent
a number of copies to
friends, and
done by it."
know already of much good
The National Summer Normal School
for Teachers and Superintendents will
meet fin Asheville on July and sit
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two
weeks. A large number of teachers
who
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have won distinction jn their spee
ial departments will be in
attendance.
ye
ent
liope every teacher and superintend
in Western Carolina
will attend
promptly
All the members of the Biincombe Co
Teachers' Council, and teachers gen
erally, are respectfully and earnestly so
licited to attend the next meeting of the
Council, at the office of the County Supt.
of Public Instruction, the first Saturday
in April, at 11 a. m. It is proposed to
enliten the meeting by relating school
room incidents and experiences to have
a genuine social love feast.
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Winston-Salem has agreed to give the
New; York World $2,000 for a series of
eight letters about the twin towns. Mrs.
Marie Wright is the correspondent. We
advise Winston-Salem that she keep a
sharp look-out to get the worth of her
money. Asheville made a very unsatis-
actory deal with the World through
this same correspondent some time since.
A ; distressing accident is reported
rom Madison county, A ftwelve-year-
bld son of Mr. Si D. Chambers, a highly
respected farmer, found a pistol in his
father's valise (and while handling it a
cartridge was discharged. The ball
struck Mrs. Chambers in the breast, and
she died with the exclamation. " Oh.
ord! you have killed me !" j
Mr. W. B.' Wall, formerly of East Ten
nessee, but well known in Asheville and
Buncombe ais a! hog drover in days gone
by when the! old French Broad turnpike
was -the highway for Western porkers,
is in the cityt Mr. Wall lives now in
Lewis county,' Washington, and repre
sents the Northern Pacific Railroad. He
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will return to j Washington next month,
taking with him several families from
Cocke Co., Tenn., and this section. He
says there are a great many North Caro
linians in Washington. i
W. li. Deaver, of the Pinion Detective
Agency in this' city, thinks he has traced
Walter Bingham, the deaf and dumb
murderer o
a school mistress in the
Raleigh ' to Paraguay. The
Asylum at
rewarq oi $ 400 tor Bingham s arrest is
still outstanding and Gov. Fowle thinks
the State would defray the expense of
his arrest, if, indeed, Bingham is still
li vihg.j Bui the Governor is of opinion
that j Bingham is the man who left an
Asylum near New York and going to
Niagara committed suicide by leaping
from the Suspension Bridge. ;
Mrs. W. S.! Van Zandt, a Northern
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lady who has spent the past several
weeks in Asheville, is so pleased with
the placet that she has decided to locate
here, and has leased the Patton house, at
No. :77 Charlotte street, where she will
open a boarding house on ! April 1st.
Mrs! Van Zandt has gone to New York
to attend to some business affairs, and
will return in few days with a first-
class wnite cook me ratton nouse is
pleasantly located, is modern built, and
admirably adapted for a first-class board
ing house,
in a short
It will undoubtedly be filled
ime.
In Quest of His Family.
Mr. Daniel: Coleman, of Logansport,
Indiana., w as in to see us last week. He
left this section in 1865 and went to In-
diana, since which time he has heard
nothing of his father, Charles Coleman,
who was a tailor in this place before and
during the war, or of his mother, or sis
tersl I His sisters were named respective
ly Mary, Louisa, Sarah and Annie. He
finds in the records of the I county that
Mary Coleman married T. I). Rednion
in this countjy in 1881, Rev. B. H. Merri
moii officiating; and that Lou married
Isaac Branck in this county in 1884, Esq.
N. A. Penland officiating. J He would be
glad to know whether or not these were
sisters of his. Any information con
cerning the family will be gratefully re
ceived by Mr. Daniel Coleman, 215 Mar
ket ;St., Logainsport, Indiana.
: Important to Asheville.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad,
extending from Norfolk, Va.,via Peters
burg and Lynchburg to Bristol, Tenn.,
will at onte be extended froth Elk Horn,
W. Va to Ironton, on the Ohio river.
When the proposed road from Asheville
to Bristol is Completed, this extension of
the Norfolk
and Western I will
give
a
short and very direct route from this
section to the Ohio river. It will open
up ja country very rich in minerals,
timbers, etc!, which will afford the
shortest route via Asheville jto the south
ern seaboard. All the short! cuts we can
get bow to the North and Northeast and
Northwest will add greatly to the rapid
development of Western Carolina.
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I An Up ) Town Office Needed.
On Tuesday we noticed a number of
ladies making enquiries as to the time of
arrival and 'departure of trains, others
wishing to Low about the j connections
made by different routes. They were
politely told they must go down to the
depot to get the information. We call
Supt. McBee's attention to this. There
ought to be a place in the city, conven
ient to the hotels and boarding houses
where this information can be had. We
know Capt. McBee will do everything
for the convenience of the ; public, and
we ask his attention to this matter.
Believes in City Property.
Mr. Richmond Pearson bought a few
elegant
lots
on Eagle street last week,
paying $32,000 cash therefor. Mr. Pear
son is very judicious in his investments,
and knows ithat city property is worth
all that is asked for it.
The Demockat is a paper for the
people and is being sustained by the
eople. Every family in Western Caro
ina ought to take and read it.
Meets the "Boys.'f I
It has been' whispered for some days
that as Boss Mott could not get
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his man
for this
.Laves conhrmea as, collector
district thai Mr. Eaves would
pe witn-
drawn and 'Mr. R
tuted in his place.
0. Patterspn substi-
Iia8t Thursday Mr.
Pattersbn turned up
in Asheville, and,
some hOwhor somehow else, "boys" from
all over the district,! those whom Mr.
Eates and ilr. Mott had put in,
turned
up also, and a genera
held. Of course all
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consultation was
danced attendance
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upon Mr, Patterson, and
declared their
readiness to 'fserve him" as "faithfully"
as they had served or! promised to serve
Bosses Mott and Eaves; and we are in
formed a "delegation" went on to Wash
ington to help "boost Bob." - Whether
it be Eaves ior Bob it lis
all the same to
Boss Mott; he will : Mill
be the Boss of
the I party in this State,' and things will
be run to suii him. Those, republicans
not willing jto wear their yoke, and there
are many of them .can stand from! under,
or ,go to thunder" which ever they pre
fer.! Boss Mott and Mr.-Ewart and Mr.
Eaves and Mr. Patterson have gotten
things in a pretty mess in this district.
A "Protracted" Meeting.
or the third time the Superior Court
of Buncombe has tackled the case of
Cornelia C; .Henry vs. L; M. Welch, W
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W.
Rollins, I heirs at law of Pinckney
lins, and Falls of iNeuse Manufactur-
Ro!
ing Company. It is
a suit for the spe
a contract, involv
the old Sulphur
cific performance of
ing; sixty acres of
Springs property, West Asheville, in
cluding the j mill site on Hominy Creek.
The case occupied about ten days of the
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last term
about the
of court,; and has occupied
same time this. Heretofore
mistrials have occurred, owing to failure
of J juries j to agree. Counsel for the
plaintiff were Messrs. Cobb & Merrimon,
Jones & Shuf ord, T.iA. Jones and Henry
Hardwicke ; for the defense 1j
E.i Carter C. A. Moore and P.
essrs. M
A. Cum
mins. The jjury brought in
for the defense. The case
ably managed on both sides.
verdict
nas oeen
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Every Tub Stands pn Its Own
Bottom.
,We suggested to those towns!, Greens
boro, Durham and, Oxford: to use the
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gieat means at their command and which
they have so freely offered to committees,
iri building: up schools! of their own
The 50,000 or .$100,000 which the town
of Durhatn would give to ttes commit
tees, would build up a' great school, and
couhi be, owned by Durham; so of
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Greensboro and Oxford, and we say that
there are
no better places tor schools
and each
future be
one of those places hay e a great
ore them. They (are bound to
be centres of prosperity and intelligence
Floods on the Lower Mississippi.
The lower Mississippi .valley is again
threatened with a disastrous flood. Nu
merous crevasses nave oj;currejl between
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Memphis! and New Orleans. 1 he water
has risen above the high water mark o
1874, and: the streets of New Orleans are
flooded: The Tensas Basin of, Louis
iana, inclluding four parishes, will prob
ably be overflowed. All of t
113 occurs
notwithstanding that the general condi
tion of the levees is better than ever be-
fore. The city of
New
Orleans
has
voted sO.OOO for protecting the front of
the city. I.. The - Louisiana Lottery Com-
i
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nanv hasiiriven the citvthat aniount
Wishes! to Come tdi Asheville.
An elderly ladyi in
N
ew
Yprk
State
some
subscribed (for TiiE
Democrat
weeks ago with a view of qbtaining
in
formation of Asheville aind vicinity. A
few days
isjo we
e received a letter from
her saying she was so well pleased that
she had determined to come to Asheville
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and locate permanentlyand desired for
the present to obtain " good board in a
Protestant family, convenient to
churches for $20 per month." Any one
who can accommodate! the lady will
please notify us, at pnee.
Why the Delay?
Some weeks ago
Congressman Ewart
had published a letter from the govern
meni arcnneci ai
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that the plans and
V ashington, stating
specifications for the
Asheville; Court House and Post Office
being completed, advertisement for bids
would be niade in hlarch and that work
would probably be begun in April. As
yet no advertising has been dohe, and of
cburse no work wjll be done in April ;
aind the lLord and this Republican ad
ministration
only
can know
when it
will be.
Maj.
John A. McDonald.
We are pleased to announce that pur
old friend has come to Asheville to stay.
and has accepted a position with Messrs
Bostic Brosj & Wright, the popular mer
chants on West Court Place. -Mr. McD.
is one of the best salesmen in the State,
and we congratulate this firm on secur
ing his services., r
Sweet sugar-cured
bams
at
Martin's market.
Hi
J. S. Grant, Ph. G.
(Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.)
Apothecary, 24 South Main JSt.
Bill Nye, who kei had- LaGrippe, sends
Vie folloicing to Gran fs Pharmacy :
" Littte grains of quinint,
Little drinks of rye,
Make La Grippe that's got you
Drop its hold and fly.
Thu may qvickly Jielp yon,
If you'll oidy try;
But don't forget the quinine
Y hen you take the rye.
Remetiber the moraeontained 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-
scriptiontst, and third, you will not be
char Bed an exhorbitant price. You will re
ceive the best goods at a very reasonable profit.
T)on't forget the place Grant's Pharmacy ,
34 South Main street.
Prescriptions filled at all 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 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 AsJteviUe. Over 200 shins, all
sizes, at the lowest prices.
We are ogents for Humphrey s Homwo
pathetic Medicines. A full supply of his
goods always on hand.
Use Buncombe Liver Pills, the best in the
world for liver complaint, indigest&n, etc.
A thoroughly reliable remedy for aV
blood diseases is Buncombe Sarsaparilla
Try a bottle and you will take no otJier.
J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist,
24 S. Main St. AsJoemlle, N. C.
W. A. BLAIR.
J. V. BROWN.
AND-
k 22 Patton Avenue,
McAfee Block, Opposite Blair's Old Stand.
We are now ready, and in
vite our friends and the public
generally to call and examine
our well selected stock of
Furniture,
Which we are offering at
Rock-Bottom Prices.
. ; Undertaking A Special feature.
Calls Attended. Day or Night.
Telephone, Bay 75, Night 65.
Blair & Brown.
Furniture
Dndertakin