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' ' ' I . ;: !!'.-: i j I ! ! -: . ' ' ''"-.- ; VOL. 1. ASHEVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1890. NO. 28. jooking Backward )ver the past eight years of our uccessful business; life in Ashe ville has demonstrated to us the fact that our determination to cell only pure goods, guarantee ing weights and quality, and asking a small profit on every thing sold, commands itself to tlie good sense of purchasers. Second, That desirable cus tomers cannot be gained by the eft-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 bur business for 1889 f hows 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 Forward We are encouraged to enter up on the year before I us with re riewed energy and a determina tion to give our customers the benefit of our increased facili ties for buying and very finest goods to email profits. Our stock is now selling the be had, at the largest ever offered in this market and embraces everything in. the line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Table Delicacies, Fruits, Grain, I lour, etc. Kespectmlly, Powell & Snider. HOLD ON! Here I Am Again. With the best stock o Drv Goods Notions, Dress Goods, Ginghams, Do- mestics, Jeans, Flannels. BI ankets, -Shoes, Boots, Hats, many of them! bought for Making. Less Than Cost Of Agent for some of the la In the South, and cait se jeans, all wool filled, for can get them at any store gest factories I home-made less than you in the State. Hraham's home-made shoes, all styles, as 'rsv as can be bought in the State: . !very pair guaranteed. j A" great many goods were bought at auction, late in season, and hence can be f old lower than any other! house in the State can offer them. Call and. see. Prices store. made in the ASHEVILLE DRY GOODS CO., J. O. HOWELL. Manager. No. IT North Main Streei I FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY OF C. T. RAVLS. i To. 5 Patton Avenue, (Down Stairs.) - ' j WEST CHESTER FIRE INSUR NCE CO., MERCHANTS FIRE IN URANCE CO., KNOXVtLLE FIRE INSURANCE CO., AETNA LIFE IN- r TJRANCE CO. Intelligence, :: Employment ' -AXD- Real Estate Office. I CALL AND SEE tTS If you want Information of any kind ; I I f you want to Employ Help of any kind ; I If you want good lioard at from $4 to $8 per I j i llf you want to Rent or Let a House or Rooms, 1 ell or Purchase Real Estate. Uf you take up any Stray AnimaL or lose anv. Kegister it nere. 1 Office No. 16 Hendry Block P-Stairs, Next Door to Post Office. H. C. HUNT, J. H. McCONNELL. Local Briefs Two more large hotels. Garden seeds are the order of the day now. Now as the time to buy Asheville city property. ; f i - The circulation of The Democrat in creases levery day nowi 1 1 All drop letters require two cents post age. ; JVlake a note ot tnis. J. F. Isbell, of Asheville, is now ex press messenger on the Winston branch roadj The ri ew Ashsville Opera House is now a t hing of beauty, and will soon be a joy foj-ever we hope. Mr. I eston has opened his popular ice cream parlor for the season at his stote in the Eagle Block. The railroad companies are contem- plating he establishment of their freight and pas lenger depots near the centre of the city The Hickory Inn, Mr. Frank Loughran proprietor, has won a na ional reputation managed in the all the time. as being one of the best South, lit is full nearly Our visitors say they have enjoyed our winter climate more than that of any place they ever visited, but they think surpasses that. our spring weather even . ' i i : Mr. Pejarson's improvements on Eagle street and vicinity have enhanced the value of property in that section al ready bv ;r one hundred thousand dollars. s i i j A syndicate of wealthy citizens has been formed for the. purpose of con structing! a railroad through North Ashevilll. It will develop some mag nificent property. Mr. i J.I Harvey Wilson and i wife of Charlotte! have determined to locate in Buncombe, and will make their home at Biltmore.! We cordially welcome Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The; stocks of spring goods for the wholesale! as well as retail trade, now in Ashevillelare the largest and most at tractive ever brought' to Asheville: And the stores fare crowded dailv with fair customers! In altering and repairing sidewalks on a street w)uld it not be as well to finish one side before tearing hp and working upon the other? People! ought to have one side free for use and not be com pelled to "ttake the street." We deerily regret to leirn of the death of Dr. G. D. S. Allen, which occurred at his home in Waynesville a few days ago, after a lingering illness. He had been one of the most useful Citizens of that town and 1 missed. county, and will be greatly The Market House Again. The Cit jl Aldermen having declined to accept (the proposition first submitted by Mr! Pearsojh, to give to the city a lot on Eagle street and $10,000 in cash for the city propel ty on the Sqtiare. for a mar ket house, fcity Hall, etc., 'that gentleman raised his bid $10,000, ani offers the lot and $20,000 in exchange for the said city property. The city authorities decided, after an examination, that the location on Earle street was not a suitable one for the purposes of the city, and Mayor Blantoh properly remarked, in answer to Mr. Pearson's last proposition, that if the location was not suitable, and he did not think iit was, no money considera tion should be an inducement to locate the market house, city offices and fire departmenljj there. The more we think of !this matter the more we arl satisfied that the city should not embark in the market house enter prise. It would either require an imj mense house, or three, at least, very good sized ones,! to accommodate the present requirements of the city. This is clearly beyond the present purpose of the city to undertake. Another view : A num ber of ourl market men Shave eone to much; expanse in having constructed cold storagje rooms, which, in this day, are essenti l to a good market. These could not be arranged in a market house of the dimensions proposed, and hence these dealelrs would remain where they are, as met would have a ri?ht to do bo we j-say house, and dispense with the market build good city offices and fcre apartments on the property, the best for the: pu chased for pose, now owned and pur- mat purpose. After this is done, and market houses are deemed es sential, and there are any jfunds to spare from street hvork, buy lots; in good loca tions in thej several sections of the city, and erect enough to answer the purposes and conveniences of the whole people: In one light Mr. Pearson's proposition is a liberal pne, as a simple transaction of the exchange of properties; but this is completely overshadowed in the pur poses for which the property is wanted. ASHEV'TlVrE'S OPPOBTUNTTT. Let Us Make a Bid for the Davis School. One of the greatest educational success es of the State is the Davis Military School of La Grange on the Atlantic and North Carolina road. Within a very few years its enterprising principal. Col. Da- s, succeeded in gathering together 200 students, representing 15 States. A threatened epidemic of meningitis a few months ago caused a suspension of this school and since that time overtures have been made to Col. Davis to remove the school to some larger place t$an La Grange Raleigh, Salisbury and Winston are all looking in this direction. Col. Davis has said that he would consider propositions as to removal. I i Now here is an opportunity for Ashe ville. Our business and real estate I men could make no better investment than a liberal offer which would bring the school to Asheville. This city is the ideal place for such an institution. Its! climate, its natural beauties, its social attractions and easy access from all points of the South point it out as an educational centre. ; The example of Raleigh, Charlotte, Durham and other towns of the State in making liberal bids for educational institutions should incite Asheville to secure similar advantages. It would increase the num ber of our visitors wonderfully by drawing to this resort the parents and friends of the pupils,, while the presence of the ca dets would be a source of great edification and pleasure. J Let some enterprising real estate man lead off with the offer of a site. Our bus iness men, no doubt, would follow with a bid "which Col. Davis could not refuse. A Brutal Murder. A most brutal murder was committed in West Asheville on Saturday night. A colored woman named Harriet Williams, well known for a laborious and worthy person, was chopped to death with an axe, seven wounds being counted upon her head, body and limbs. She was found on Sunday morning not quite dead but speechless. The room showed signs of a desperate struggle. Two axes lay upon the floor of the. woman's cabin, the door and staircase were hacked up. The wo man had evidently fought in defense ef her money, which was the object of the murder. The pocket of her dress was slit open but a search discovered her purse containing $8 or $9 under the mattress of her bed. j Death of Cadet Cowles. The 1 sympathies ' of everybody in the State are enlisted for the gallant Col Billy Cowles in the misfortune! which has I 11 ' 1 T I I 1 Deianen mm. ii e naa a very ; promising son in whom he took great pride, He was the orderly Sergeant of the Horner Mili tary School at Oxford and stood high i in the esteem of his comrades and his teach ers. Monday a week ago he was found dead in his bed with a bullet hole through his head and a pistol by fhis side. The first announcement, was to the effect that death was accidental, but later reports indicate suicide. It is said i the young man was subject to fits of depression brought on by disappointment j in a love affair i A Beautiful Visiorj.. The Manufacturer's Record's interview with Chauncey Depew contains the follow ing pleasant bit of reference to j Asheville: With Asheville and the mountain region of North Carolina and Tennessee! Mr. De pew was delighted. "They have a coiner on the atmosphere there which no one can take from them," he said. In his judg ment Asheville is the forerunner of what is to be; he thinks the time is coming when all the beautiful and health-restoring loca tions of the Unaka, the Ulue Ridge and their various ranges and spurs will be dotted over with health and pleasure re sorts, with the villas of the wealthy and the homes of a thrifty and well-to-do peo ple. " Two at a Time. Mr. A. A. Banks, formerly of Asheville and Hendersonville, and Mr. Sj P. Brit- tain, formerly ot rienaersonville and Franklin, have formed a copartnership for the management of hotels, and Mr. Banks announces he will have charge of the hotel Robinson at Tallulah Falls, Ga., while Mr. Brittain conducts the Mountain View Hotel at Clarksville, Ga. Both are experienced hotel managers, and will de serve success, which we trust they wil fully enjoy. j Mr. Inman's HoteL Mr. John H. Inman, President of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, in an interview here last week,: said (that he would recommend to the directors of the road an expenditure f $250,000 for I a hotel in Asheville. He said that Ashe ville was growing to be very popular with New Yorkers, and more hotel accommo dations were imperativsly demanded. More Fine Iron Ore. ( Our countryman W H. Curtis, Esq., has, brought to ; Thi Democrat office some fine speciineiii ot magnetic iron ore, taken from his lands in Upper Hominy township. He informed lis that years ago the late j CoL Jack Candler, grand-father of Col. W. G., Mr. Tom Candler, and Mrs. Luskj established a forge on the vein, from -which3 MrJ Curtis obtained these specimens and about three miles from it, and worked it successfully for a number of years. So satisfactory and beneficial was this enterprise of Col. Candler to this then thinly populated j section, the State, in recognition thereof, granted him a very large 'body of land in j this and now ad joining counties. The very best iron, for all farm purposes was made at this forge. The site of the old forge is yet easily seen. It is about one-fourth mile from the pres ent W. N. C. Road, and is now owned by the heirs of the j late SoL Luther. The deposit from which Mr; Curtis brings his specimens is about one mile from the rail road, and easily j accessible. Here is a fortune for somebody, and liberal arrange ments will be made with anyone desiring to work the same, i Give Them Protection. In that portion of East Asheville occu pied by our colored citizens much com plaint is made of almost j nightly disturb ances and assaults upon persons and prop erty, made by throwing stones at cither the individual or his house. People have been assaulted while going peacefully to their homes, and their I houses rocked afterwards, and we are informed that some of these assaults have been made by white people. As they occur at night they can easily elude recognition. jThis is an out rage, and the good people of that section ask and demand, as they have a right to do, protection, and it ought to be afforded. A very large majority of the residents of this section are orderly, peaceful citizens, and are entitled to be protected from such disturbances. If the city will not afford it, a double-barrelled shot-gun handled skillfully by thj-'r o the premises being rockedj , come into plav. We do not advise vjR neglect on the part of the authorities may lead jto this. We ad vise the citizens of that place to organize a local police and arrest any violator of the law they may be able to apprehend, and bring them in. Splendid Transylvania Cattle. Mr. J. E. Duckworth, sold last week to Messrs. of Transylvania Mclntyre, of this :ed Transylvania city, 35 splendid, corn- county beeves, each onei averaging icore than ;I200 pounds. Some of this good beef will be at Mclntyrej's market, Court Square, to-day '(Thursday). Mr. Duck worth is one of the oldest and most sue cessful cattle raisers in Jthis section, and will not put a beef or mutton on the mar ket until it is in prime condition. And i . : I i more than this, Mr. Diickworth, among others recently mentioned in The Demo crat, demonstrates that Western Caro lina; can produce rs finebeef and mutton as Kansas or any other country, whenever ! i ! I ! - our I farmers go at it in the right way. There' has been very Considerable im provement of late in this section, in this respect. 1 1 1 ': By the way, our friend A. J. Osborne, of Haywood, recently .delivered in this city a superb Haywood i raised beef which weighed over 1700 pounds on the city scales.: Our people can equal the world in general, and beat it in many respects, when they try. Let us al try. Hot Springs. This popular resort has entered upon a e rr TT -r new me. ine riot springs notei prop- i ; ! erty has just passed into the hands of The Mountain Park Improvement Company, who propose large additions to the hotel, and handsome improvement of the beau tiful) surrounding elevations. The hotei has been crowded all winter, and every room is engaged until after May. The town is improving. A number of good buildings wiU be built this year, for business and residence purposes. In the town there is one of the finest chalybeate springs which can be found anywhere, and is proving very Beneficial to all who use it. It has been nicely fixed up and is free to all. j Dougherty Brothers are operating baryta mill on an extensive scale. This is situated on Spring Creek, in the town, and the capacity is 5,000 tons,! ground, ptr an num. This is shipped td New York city. The supply is inexhaustib e and very purs. A short distance this i side of Hot Springs,! at -.Sandy Bottom, art the very extensive lumber mills ot Messrs. Fugate & Co. These are among the largest in Western North Carolina. Thtir ship ments are very heavy, and go to New York and Boston. j Ths whols ; section has caught the im provement fever, and, to its attractions as a health and pleasure resort, Hot Springs is destined to add all the advantages of a thriving, prosperous, business community. FINE CLAY. A Discovery on the Spartanburg Boad. . ili- Messrs. Editors :- I have for a number of years desired to fend a number one brick and tile clay in North Carolina. In the last few days I havs realized that desire, and that, too, far beyond, my most san guine hopes. There is on the Mud Creek farm of P F. Patton, Esq., 15 miles south of Asheville. in Henderson county, the most remarkable bed of clay which it has ever been my lot to see. I The bed crops out along the track of the Spartanburg Railroad for something like a mile. It shows on either! side of the track, and ex tending off towards the creek underlies about 300 acres, as shown by the drain ditches. Its depth is unknown. It shows, s - i . . v .' . . i. : however, in some gullies, a depth of from 6 to 8 feet, but the' bottom has not been reached. The grounds along the railroad are admirably situated for brick and tile yards, with every! advantage for side tracks. The clay is f different colors I and is of fine plastic quality. Under pressure it will bring out sharp and well defined edges, as sharp, indeed,! as well dressed lumber, and for the manufacture of superior finish ing bricks there; has not been found its equal in the State, or elsewhere for that matter. I place -samples of it in your of fice for the inspection of any one inter ested in such an enterprise. C. D. "Smith. Haywood Court Convened Monday of last week, Judge Conner presiding, and notwithstanding the term calls for two weeks, the Judge, officers and attorneys worked so well that i ' t . the docket was cleared by last Saturday and court adjourned. if' . . U We were pleased to learn that the fa- mous White Sulphur Springs Hotel would soon be improved by the addition of mod era improvements, and prepared for sum mer business on 1 the best scale. . It is one of the finest properties in the- South, most - ' ! beautifully situated, in one ot the most attractive sections of this grand country. A fine, large hotel in the town (Waynes ville) proper is spoken of ; besides, Mr. A. J. Reevei, who already keeps an excel lent hotel, will add largely to his building this season, including steam heating and all modern improvements. The Waynesville Bank is ont of the successful institutions of Western Caro- lina. Its management is excellent, and its success is not a surprise. ' The woolen and the lumber mills at this point are doing an excellent business, in deed all that their capacity will justify. Wagon, spoke, and handle factories are wanted, and enterprising citizens are ready to unite in their establishment. ;' Waynesville's future is a bright one. Its citizens are hospitable and progressive,, and with the natural advantages and at tractions of their town and surroundings, have every cause; to be hopeful, and en couragement to be enterprising. 1 j We heard good reports from .'the coun try, the farmers being, generally, well up with their work, and -having enough of supplies from last year s crop, are in a comfortable position. Married! in Charlotte. Mr. John BixbyL son of Capt. John Bix- by, Chief of the I City Fire Department was married to-day to Miss Florence Jami son. Theceremcjny was performed at the residence of Robert Jamison,; Esq., 'by Rev. C. E. Todd; of the Associate Re formed Church, j The groom has been a resident of Ashejville for some time past and will take his bride to his home in that i 1 place. The good wishes of their Char lotte friends will accompany them. Char lotte News. 1" Mr. Bixby has made many frisnds since he has lived in Asheville, who welcome his wife to his new home'.; Mr. Bixby is Superintendent of the change. . .-(..'' Telephone Ex- A Just Complaint. Editors Democrat : I see in your last issue a paragraph that I would like to have our City Fathers consider. You say: "If the iproperty owners of the city would plant shade trees j along would receive the thanks the streets they of the pedestri ans. i etc Well, how about cutting down those that not only shaded the streets but made the home desirable j, for its shade and jeaving an unsightly bank to climb up into the yardr is; it just to tnus mutilate one person's piivate property for the good of the city without a cent's remuneration, not even leaving the premises in comfort i i ! - able order, and assess the .individual "benefitted."' - ': . : :'.;' -!'':'- - j-- One ot the Sufferers. The Temperance Herald Is a new candidate for public favor, just issued in this city by Rev. "Mrs Austin, editor. It is a handsome paper, ably ed ited,1 and God grant it success in its ef forts; to inculcate temperaace, sobriety, Christianity, The field is white unto the harvest, and, alas t the laborers are few. J. S. Grant, Ph. GL (Of the Philadelphia. College of Pharmacy.) C; r Apothecary, 24 South Main St. BiU Nye, mho has had LaGrippe, send tfui foUoutijig to Grants Pharmacy: "Little grains of quiuiru,, Little drinks of rye, Make La Grippe thafs got you Drop its hold and fly. This may quicklyjoelp you, " r " If you'll only try; - ; But don't forget the quinine When you take the rye." Remember the moralcontained in tlce last tvoo lints that is don't forget to get the qui nine, and get it at Granfs Pharmacy. If your prescriptions- are prepared at Granfs Phartnacv vou can nofAtimeht h. j v w j pend upon these facts: First, that only the purestand best drugs and chemicals toiU be used; second, they will be compounded care fully and accurately by an experienced Pre- seriptionist, and third, you will not be char Bed an exhorbitant price. You wiU re ceive the best goods at a very reasonable profit. Don't forget the place Grants Pharmacy, 24 South Main street. . , Prescriptions fUed at all hours, night or day, and delivered free of charge to any part of the city. The night bell will be answered Promptly. Granfs Pharmacy, 24 South Main street, ' ' At Granfs Pharmacy you can buy any Patent Medicine at the lowest price quoted by any other drug house in die city. W are determened to sell as low as the lowest. We will sell aU 1 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 Homcso pathetic Medicines. A full supply t of hit goods alwags on hand. Use Buncombe Liver PiUs, the best in the world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc. A thoroughly reliable remedy for alT blodd diseases is Buncombe SarsapariUa. Try a bottle and you will lake no other. J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist, 24 S. Main St. Aslieville, N. C. W. A. BLAIE. J. V. BROWN. Furniture -AND Undertaking. h 32 PatiDn -Avenue, MeAfeo 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. 1 Und&rtakiu A Spscial Feature. Calls Attended Day or Night. Telephone, ODar 75, Hisht 65' Blair & Brown.
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