VOL. 1. ASIIEVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1890. NO 25.
Looking
'5.1
Backward
jver the past eight years of our
niCCesSIUl uusnie&f mc ill -feiie-
ille has: demonstrated to us the
!act that our determination to
ell only! pure goods, guarantee
ing weights and quality, 'and
Isking a! small profit on evry-
Ithing sold, commends itself to
I the good sense of purchasers.
I Second, That desirable cus
tomers cannot be gained by the
ft-triedj 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-
lication to business is the price
f success.
That bur business for 1889
r hows an increase over the pre-
r ?. ! p r. j. i-: "U
fiousyear oi zv per cent., w men
s very I gratifying, and
fhich we wish to thank
for
our
Liany friends in Asheville
'and
Western North Carolina.
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Looking
Forward
Ve are encouraged to enter jup
n the year before us with re
i Iwed energy and a determma
lion to give our customers
the
benefit of our increased facili
ties for buying and selling the
Tjery finest goods to be had, at
fiiall profits.
j Our stock is how the largest
ever offered in this market jand
Embraces everything in the line
of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
jTable Delicacies, Fruits, Grain,
Flour, etc. Respectfully,
I I Powell & Snideis
ASHEVILLE
HARDWARE CO.
las bought out the
iTOVE AND CROCKERY STOCK
. r )rmerly Owned by j. R. Hill, and are
? ' rllig the .goods -at
LOW FIGURES
I To change
the stock into Hardware.
Do
'not forget the store,
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PATTON AVENUE.
Cecond door from Powell & Snider's.
i
. I. VanGILDER, Manager
iBON MARCHE
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j Calls particular attention to the splen
iCid stock of Ladies
and CMldreri s itraps,
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real
f - ! !
tood and real cheap. Infants
long
loaksand Caps. Art embroider ma-
rials and wools of every description a
ecialty. P. D., R. & G. Thompson's
love Fitting and Warner's Corsets.
adies can find articles here not found
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&ny other establishment in the
city.
call solicited by
IPINsky
& ELLICK.
Local Briefs
Rev. Sam Jones will conduct a series
of meetings in Charlotte, beginning in
April. "
The Spring term of Transylvania
Court begins next Monday, Judge
Conner presiding il
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Miss Mary M. Pleasant, of this city,
has! been visiting the family of State
Auditor Sanderlin, at Raleigh.J
Mrs. Dr. Woodcock and daughter,
Miss 3Iary, of this city, have returned
from a very pleasant visit to friends in
Charlotte. J
Capt. T. D. Johnston will build a two-
. j 1 I !i
story brick building on the site now oc-
cupied by Strauss!
restaurant, on South
Main street.
The contract price for the Vanderbilt
railroad, from Best to Biltmore, is said
to be $77,000, instead of $15,000 as er
roneously published. i
Charlotte will celebrate on the 20th of
May the first Declaration of Independ
ence. The occasion promises to be a
grand affair. The "Hornets' Nest" al
ways does things well. 1
Mr. J. J.i Bruner, editor of the Salis-
i i
bury Watchman, died at his home in
Salisbury on Sunday morning;, at the age
of 73 years. He was the oldest editor in
the State, having
been in continual ser
vice for over 50 years. !
Dr. Walter C. Browning of Philadel-
! i
phia, projector of jthe Kenilworth Inn is
in town with some friends. He says
work will be begun on the hotel in about
a month. The plans for the hotel have
been enlarged to 400 rooms. M
Mr. John Reynolds, of Beaver Dam,
was: severely hurt on Tuesday by the
falling limb of a
tree. His j scalp was
severely cut and torn but there was no
fracture of the skull and the injuries are
not 'so dangerous ias was at first feared.
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Rev. R. G. Pearson, evangelist, who
was! taken sick in Baltimore, has re-
Covered sufficiently to return- to his
home in this city. We are. pleased to
learn tli&t lie continues to improve, and
trust he mav soonlbe able to resume his
useful labors.
Abram S. HeWitt, of New
York and
Jno C. Culhtuiii,
Southern Society
ex-President of the
of New York, passed
through Asheville Thursday: night for
Hoi Springs. They could i not find ac
conimodations in Asheville. After
spending a day at Hot Springs they
went on South in their private car.
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Col. Frank Coxe, of Asheville, yas
one of the syndicate of purchasers from
the State of Georgia of the Okefenokee
Swamp. There are 400,000 acres in the
swamp and the purchase price was 26
cents per acre, lne vame ot tne lana
will; be immensely increased! by drain
ing,! which will be done at once.
Mr. J. M. Campbell sold his "MMule-
ton'j place in South Asheville, toa north
ern gentleman for $12,000 cash. Mr. I).
C. Waddell has sold his property, corner
Chestnut street and Merrimon avenue to
Mr.lSharpless, of Philadelphia for $15,
000 leash. There are a number of other
important transactions pending, which
we hope to announce next week.
cjol. David Blackwell, owner of the
famous Blackwell Sulphur Springs near
Alexanders, also owns a large deposit of
iron ore said to i be very rich. He has
promised to have the beds thoroughly
opened soon, and will have ' good sam
ples of the ore at The Democrat office
for inspection. This is the right course
If bur people will expend a little labor
and energy in showing what they have,
they will soon realize handsomely di
rectly, as well as stimulate enterprise in
our! midst. The mineral resources of
this section are enormous, in quantity
and value, and must be developed sooner
or later. Let us all work
to have it
" sooner."
Send It to Friends.
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Reader, so soon as you are through
The Asheville Democrat, provided
you do not wish to file it- send your
copy to some friend 'in other sections.
A number have been doing; this, and a
number of names have been furnished
us fqr such purpose, and we are told of
several families who have been induced
to come to Asheville byreading it. The
Democrat now goes to subscribers in a
majority of the States and Territories of
the Union, and our list is still increas
1 i
ing. : In nearly every instance it goes to
those who wTish information of this see
tiony and The Democrat gives more,
and better, than any other: publication
Send it to your friends.
! Damage by Cold.
A friend on Ivy Creek, this county,
writes The Democrat that! the recent
cold snap kilted :all -the peaches, and
damaged wheat. He adds uthis Harrison
administration a8 made money very
scarce in these jsarts." ;
SOCIETY FOB THE PREVENTION
OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
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Notice to Corporators.
sAeville,! N. C, March 25, 1890.
! The corporators and their associates
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of the North Carolina Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, are
hereby notified to meet at the office of
Mr. C. T. Rawls; (Patton avenue), Tues-
day afternoon,
o'clock,! for the
April 1st,
1890, 1 at 5
purpose
of organizing:
under the charter. I
J. E. Rankin, J. Li Carroll, W. Talbot
Penniman, W. H. Inloes,
J. P. Sawyer,
C. M McLoud, T. Wl
Pattpn, Richmond
Pearson.
Important Real Estate Trans;
ers.
Mr E. C. Carrier has
purchased of
Maj. J. G-. Martin, that beautiful
prop
miles erty " Bungalow," situated three
trom the city near the Sulphur Springs
property, containing 100 acres, for Which
he paid $17,500. j
Mr Geo. Heck, of Raleigh, has pur
chased a part of the "Strawberry Hill"
property, in the same -locality, and has
commenced the j erection I
residence, whichl is to be!
of an elegant
finished this
summer. ;
Mr Houghteling, of Chicago, has pur
chased the Strawberry Hill! Cottage, with
13 acres of land, and will proceed to
make an elegant home on it. 1
These properties are among the;
finest
near the citjr, being on the French Broad
River, and commanding extensive views
of the whole valley. The 'street railway
from the city to the Sulphur Springs
will go by these I places. The new iron
bridge connecting -this city with
West
Asheville is nearing completion
and
The
will be ready for
use in a few days
street from the
bridge to
the hotelr one
y graded, and
hundred feet wide, is nice
as sdon as the
earth dries sufficiently
will be one of the handsomest and most
pleasant drives in this section. 'Great
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improvements are going on in that sec
tion, and soon it will be one of the most
attractive of our whole country.
Reducej 6 Interest. I
At
the last meeting of the city Alder-
men that body appointed a1 committee to
issue $20,000 of city bonds and take the
necessftry steps to have erected a market
nouse ana city nan ana onices. ! j
W& object to issuing any more bonds
bearing G per cent, interest. Chatta
nooga recently floated promptly $500,000
of bonds bearing 5 per pent, interest,
selling them above par. New York city,
with a debt of $98,000,000, floated a lare-e
amount recently bearing
only 21 per
cent intel'est, above par
Asheville
bonds are as good as New York bonds,
and the tendency how is to lessen inter
est on public securities. Our State 4 per
cents; how rapidly at par, and none
to bfeih&d at that price. Asheville ought J
to pay exceeding 5 per; cent. and we
believe the new: bonds can be placed at
4 perl cent. It has been intimated that
the hew building, from rents, etc., will
not jcmlv pay interest, but will raise
revenue enough; to pay the debt. If so,
its erection will not cost! the city any
tnmg. it tins is so, we minis tne move
a good one ; if jnot, however, we think
all revenues now obtainable should be
used in the improvement of streets and
sidewalks. These are more needed just
now,lfor the permanent good of bur city,
than ianvthing else.
A Change of Policy. '
The City Aldermen, at their last meet
ing, Jagreed to allow Mr. jPearson $400
on his work of opening new streets
through the property recently purchased
by him in Eagle j street, to be deducted
from his taxes. We presume the city
will make similar allowances for any or
all others who may open streets through
their property. In opening the streets
heretofore, or even in widening them,
the policy of the city has been to not
onlyUake the land for such streets, but,
in most cases assess adjoining property
'benefits" enough to cover the cost of
the Improvements. This allowance to
Mr. Pearson is a change of policy, and
if followed throughout the city, would
curtail city revenues, though it might
rp.snlt in securing improvements the
city cannot now! make in the streets.
I The Democrat Cabinet. !
Messrs. W. B. Smith and D. A. Black
well have placed in The Democrat of
fice splendid specimens of magnetic iron
ores, taken from their lands near Alex
anders, this county. We cordially invite
those interested to call and examine. !
Mr. W. H. Curtis, who resides on Up
per (Hominy, has promised to ! send us
some ores from deposits
on his
lands.
He also informed us that many years be
fore Ithe war the! elder Candler erected a
forge on Hominy, and ores from his
lands were worked up and proved to be
of the finest quality.
We ask any one having good ores to
bring us in good specimens and leave at
Thk'Dkmocbat office
: Mrs. Harrison's Party.
Mrs. Harrison's party, consisting of
Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.! Wannamaker, R. B.
Harrison and wife, Miss Wannamaker,
Miss Robinson of New York, Mrs. Wil
son of Philadelphia and L. T. Hannum
of Troy, N. Y., spent yesterday in Ashe
ville. j They came up yesterday morning
from Hot Springs, where they stopped
for awhile on their return from Florida.
It was not known that thej- were coming
to Asheville at the time and the car with
the party lay at the jdepot some time be
fore a citizens' committee could equip
themselves with vehicles to give the
party an airing j through the town and
suburbs. After being entertained dur
ing the day as the circumstances best
permitted, the party left last night for
Washington.
Mr. Pearson's Purchase. 1
The Democrat alluded last week to
the purchase, by Mr. PearsOn, of nine
acres on Eagle street, in the rear of the
old Eagle Hotel, and of two acres ad
joining, on the samel street, the first pur
chased from Mr. Clemmons, the other
from Mr. Barnard.j Mr. Pearson will
have the cabins removed at once, new
and nice streets opened, which will open
up this property to business as well as
residence purposes. Lots will be offered
for sale at an early date, and we wish
especially to call attention to the loca
tion as admirable j for manufacturing
purposes. The convenience of this
property for such purposes i is not sur
passed in the city. Thb ; Democrat
would like to see a wagon, spoke and
handle, a tub, and other factories estab
lished here. Tobacco prize '! houses and
factories, shoe factories, starch works
(to utilize the heavy potato crops which
can be raised here), land many other in
dustries whichgive labor to people need
ing it, and go to make up the sum total
of thrifty communities. A canning fac
tory for putting up fruit and vegetables
would certainly pay if properly man
aged. We ask attention to these mat
ters. : !
Death of Mrs. J. R. Patterson.
We sincerely regret to chronicle the
death of Mrs. J. Reece Patterson, which
occurred in Philadelphia, whither she
had recently gone tor treatment. Her
remains were "Drought home Monday,
and her pastor, Di. Nelson, preached
her funeral at 10 a. m., and the burial
followed immediately at Riverside Cem
etery. A very large number of friends
attended! the funeral, a,n(! followed the
remains to j the graVe Mrs, Patterson
was a strict member of the Baptist
Church, j arid was a most estimable lady
in all respects. Her sorrowing husband
and family have thej sincere sympathy of
all in this sad hour. !
Industrial Improvement.
Never before was the outlook so good
for' a great impetus in industrial enter
prises and improvements in Asheville
and Western Carolina. Asheville and
suburban property for various purposes,
was never in such demand as now, and
scarcely a day passes that purchases, for
immediate improverrient are not made.
The Democrat endeavors to keep up
with these investments, but is aston
ished every week to j ascertain that it has
failed to record all that has ! been done.
This year will be a grand one for im
provements in and around this growing
City. .;.;!. -I
A Pleasant Home for Visitors.
At Turnpike, fifteen miles west of
Asheville, on the Murphy line of the W.
N. C. RJ R., is the Turnpike Hotel, one
of the most popular in all this western
section.J Heretofore it has only been
kept as a summer hotel, but j the demand
this winter has caused its clever and at
tentive host, Mr. Smathers, to keep it
open, and now it is under ' full swing.
A few nice rooms can be had, at reason
able prices, and the! accommodations are
good. We call the attention of the tra
veling public to this very pleasant, home
like place, ! . !
I Who Reads It.
The Farmers of Western Carolina and
East Tennessee read The Asheville
Democrat. 1
The Merchants read it. j;
The Ladies of thej house read it.
The Working Men read it.
The Christian Ministers read it.
The Strangers within our gates read it.
Manufacturers read it.
Miners read it. j
Business Men generally read it.
And all commend it as the best paper
published in Western Carolina.
Raleigh doesn't exactly boom, but she
moves, i There is never a month that
something j permanently substantial is
not effected. There is talk now of a
furniture factory. Two gentlemen from
Tennessee : have offered to put eleven
thousand dollars into a twenty thousand
dollar nlant. That settles it. The fac
tory will come. It will arrive on sched
ule time next fall. State Chronicle.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Winston is to have a
arge fertilizer
factory.
Another cotton factory
' in Salisbury.
A roller flour, mill is
.atesville.
is being talked
spoken of for
A $300,000 saw mill is to be erected at
Morehead City. j -1
jW. II. Smith & Co., p
Wilmington,
are opening up brown stone quarries in
Monroe county.
$125,000 liave been invested
at Fay
in small
etteville within, the past month
manufactories
A cotton factory is being built at Har
den, a point on the Narrow Gauge be
tween Lincolnton and Dallas.
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It is reportecl that the capacity of the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley ! shops at
Fayetteville are to be doubled. ' i 1
iThe High Point Canning Company
has been; reorganized with increased
capital. They propose to put out twenty
acres in tomatoes. i
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(The Tate Brothers and JW. P. Bynum,
Jr., have incorporated the Greensboro
Land and Security Company." The
capital is $250,000. '
$11,000,000 of the old debt of North
Carolina has been funded! into new four
per cent bonds. There only remain now
about $1,600,000 outstanding, j
R. T. Gray, T. C. Worth, E. P. Whar
ton and others have organized the South
Piedmont Land and Improvement Co.
in Greensboro. Capital $25,000.
.The Hendersonville Land and Im
provement Company has been incorpor
ated by G. H. P. Cole, J Williams, J.
Toms and: others. Capital $50,000.
Mr. Frank Fries, of Salem, N. C, con
templates erecting a large cotton factory
at: Madison, N. C, this being the present
terminus of the Madison
branch of the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad.
jit is rumored that a ; la;mge deposit of
phosphate rock has; been; discovered in
Cumberland county near Fayetteville.
Specimens of the "find" have been sent
tq the State Geological Department for
examination. !
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J. H. and R. L. ! Holt,
managers
of
of
Glencoe and Carolina Cotton
Mills,
Alamance; county, j have; purchased a
site for a one hundred thousand dollar
factory arid will erect the same at Bur
lington, N. C.
Among j the principal industries in
North Carolina, is- ithe Tyson & Jones
Buggy Co., located at Carthage. The
company paid a dividend last year of fif
teen per cent., and have more orders
ahead than they cari possibly filL' They
ship goods to all the Southern and most
ofj the Western States. The ; business
has been established for . over twenty
life years, and is as; well known as any
manufacturing institution of its kind in
the country. The J company's business
is! greatly retarded tor want of more cap
ital. They can use j one hundred thou
sand dollars and eniploy three hundred
additional hands nOw if the money can
be raised.! With all the capital in Ahier-
ica seeking investment,
lower rate of 'interest
even at a much
than fifteen per
cent., it does seem that it'should find its
way in this direction. State Chronicle.
News! Notes. J
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Jacksonville, Flai, had a $125,000 fire
on Thursday night j last.
Pmnprnr "William nf fiprmanv : marlf
Bismarck a Duke, and gave him his pict
ufe upon his retirement, j j !
A large number of New England cap
italists are in Alabama inspecting the
iron and Other industries! -
Gen. Von Caprivi has been appointed
to succeed Prince Bismarck as Chancel
ldr of the German Empire.
Farmers at CynthianaJ
lynched a scoundrel who
Ky., recently
bought stock
of them, and paid them in bogus checks
and then skipped. He returned the
other day and got his deserts.
American manufacturers are now sell
ing steel rails in Mexico eheaper than
England can do it, j and J doubtless they
are selling them cheaper in Mexico than
they do to home consumers.
The southern representatives of the
National Alliance in session at Atlanta
last week, passed a resolution opposing
the passage of the compound lard bill.
Further resolutions favoring the cotton
bagging as opposed to. jute were also
adopted. I Gov. Gordon addressed the
body and there were reports from al
states showing excellent condition of the
order, its growth and prospects.
An additional force of : hands will
toon be put on the Yadkin Railroad and
the work' will be pushed rapidly. Salis
bury Herald. i ,
J. S. Grant, Ph. G.
(Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.)
Apothecary, 24 South Main St.
Bill Nyey who has had La Grippe, sen d
thefoll&tcing to Grant's Pharmacy:
"Little gr aim of quinine y
Little drinks of rye, '
Make La Grippe that's got you
Drop its hold and fly.
This may quickly help you,
If you'll only try;
But don't forget the quinine
When you take the rye:J
Jtemeniber the moraVcontained in the last
two lines that is danyt 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 '
puresand best drugs and chenticals will be
used; second, they wiU be comvound. m.
fully and accurately by an experienced Pre-
riptwnisi, ana third, yow will not be
char Bed an ezhorUant price. You wiU re
ceive the best goods at a very reasonable profit.
Don't forget the place Grant's Pluvrmacyt
24 South Main street. -
Prescriptions JUied 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 determenedto sell as low as the lowest.
We will sell alTpateW'Medms'at'firs
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, aU
sizes, at the lowest prices. . ' '
We are ogents for Humphrey's Hovkbo
patUtic Medicines. A full supply ofhh
goods alwags on hand.
Use Buwombe Liver Pills, Vie best in the
icorldfor liver complaint, indigestion, etc.
A thoroughly reliable remedy for aP .
blood diseases is Buncvmbe SarmpariUa...
Try a bottle and you will lake no other
J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist,
4 b. Main St. AsJieville, N. G.
W. A. BLAIR.
J. V. BROWN.
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Meifee Block, Opposite Blair's Old Stand.
We are now readyj 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, Day 75, Eight 65
Blair & Brown,
Furniture
undertaking.