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VOL. 1. ASirEVTLLE, X. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1890. NO. 29. ft I .- - 5 1 ! ' I . r Looking ! Backward Over the past eight years of our successful business life in Ashe ille has demonstrated to us the fact that our determination to ;ell onlv pure goods, guarantee ng weights and quality, and asking a small profit on every -hing sold, commends Itself to he good sense of purchasers. I Second, That desirable cus omers cannot be gained! by the eft-tried practice of some deal ers in cutting prices on a few 1 jading articles, hoping tb make U up on something else. That hard work and close ap- lication! to business is the price i i i' : success. j That our business for 1889 hows an increase overjthe pre vious year of 20 per cent. ,! which is very gratifying, and fox which we wish to thank our manv friends in Asheville and Western North Carolina. Looking We are encouraged to enter up ln the year before us with re tewed energy and a determinat ion to give our customers the enefit of our increased facili es for buying and selling the 3ry 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 of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Table Delicacies, Fruits, Grain Flour J etc! Respectfully, Powell & Snider. HOLD ON ! Here I Am Again. With the best stock of Dry- Goods Notions, Dress Goods, Ginghams, Do! mesties, Means, Flannels. Blankets', Shoes Boots, IJatsJ many of them bought for - ' i 1 ;l Less Than Cost Of Making. Acentfdrjsome of the largest factories the South,: and can sell home-made us. all wool filled, for less than you v get; them at any store in the Stater ham'jS home-made shoes, all styles, as J as! can be bought in the; State. ry pair guaranteed. H great many goods were bought a ion, late! in season, and hence; can be louver. than anv ntlipr hrnise in th in oiler them. and see. Prices made in the store; LSIIEYILLE DRY GOODS CO.J Jj. O. HOWELL, Manager. : . Ncjrth Main Street. FII1E INSURANCE A firvnv C. T. RAWILS. I ! Mi j ill 5 Patton Avenue, (Down Stairs.) Assets. anal Fire 1 nsnrannp "-"-j v art lord. L'onn., i $2,443,937.33 baiits1 Fik-e Insurance Co., 1,554,658.37 :Y." Ch4 stor F ire Insurance Co., 1,521,706.53 IKr. xvi Fitv Insurance Co., 70,191. dl ill. J Forward j Intelligqnce, Employment ALL AND SEE US you Mrant. Information of anv kind you want to fcmpiuv Hr.ii, nf an Ui . you Want good Hoard at from 'iih, J you take UP HBy Stray! Animal. lL J I uegister it here. " " J 1 i ' - t ce No. 16 Hendry Block airs, Next Door to Post Office. J. H. McCOJSNELL. Local Briefs Col. Coxe has determined to put a 100 room addition to the Battery Park hotel. The revival held in Waynesville from March 23 to April 8, by the Quaker evan gelist Rev. John Kittrell, resulted in 75 or 80 conversions. The Progressive Farmer well says, the safe rule we must repeat for the hun dredth time, is for the average farmer to raise his own bread and meat and then he will have it. Propositions have been made to the Board of Aldermen by Capt. Cocke, of the French Broad Valley Road, Capt. Atkinson, of the Al, A. and B. Road, and others, for the right to build railroad tracks up Yalley street. The supervisor for the census of this district desires us to say to those who have made applications for appointment as enumerators and who have not heard from their applications that they will all in due time be carefully considered. Leah Foreman, daughter of Harriet Williams the negro woman murdered in West Asheville last Saturday a week ago, is in jail charged with the murder of her mother. There is some strong circumstantial evidence against her. Asheville's Growth. The intelligent Asheville correspond ent of the Knoxville Journal writes that paper under recent date the following facts concerning the rapid growth and business and industrial development of Asheville : j "As evidence of Asheville's growth some interesting facts may be recorded, which, while giving outsiders an idea of what is on here at present, will also show what will be done in the future- " Asheville has a number of brick yards, and all of them are doing a good business, and turn out as fine brick as can be found anywhere, yet they cannot supply the demand. Orders are sent out by contractors every day to various points in North Carolina and Tennessee, and car loads of brick are coming, in constantly. This is true also in regard to lumber and other building material, though manufactories here are doing an immense business. What better proof of the steady growth of a town would be required? In many 'cities' of the South,' of several thousand inhabitants, one brick or lumber yard is considered sufficient, and the proprietors of these seldom make fortunes, yet their news papers sometimes assert that ' the town is on a boom.' New buildings are going up all over Asheville, and there are very few small ones included in the list. As a general thing, they are homes of mil lionaires, or large business houses and manufactories. It is stated that Vander- bilt will establish a large brick yard near Biltmore, and will make the brick for his palace instead of having them ship ped here from other points. The syndi cate proposing to build large hotels here will doubtless do likewise. "If Asheville is not on a boom, no town ever was, and it is a boom that will last. It is surrounded by mines of great wealth not ' salted,' as many are found to be, but rich and extensive. Ultimate ly the resources of this country will be developed, and the attention of the whole world will be directed to the old North State, .and to its gem city Ashe ville. ' The people here have 'lifted a corner of the veil' and see in the future agreat and beautiful city what Asher ville will be. They know that as long as nature smiles upon this fair; country Asheville will continue to grow in 'im portance, and all that can be done to hasten her progress is being accom plished." ' ' ; : . - More Iron Ores. Mr. S. Walker, postmaster at Crabtree, brought us on Tuesday a fine specimen of magnetic iron ore from a bed which has been recently discovered on the mill tract place of Mr. W. C. Hill, on Fines' Creek, in Haywood County. The indi cations are that there is an abundant supply of ore. ; Mr. Hill also owns the well known magnetic iron and copper ore bed on Wilkin's Creek, not far from the above named discovery. The Wil kin's Creek ore is said to be the richest find of that character of ore ever dis covered in Western North Carolina. A shaft has been sunk upon it and it has been pronounced very rich by experts. Notice to Confederate Veterans. All veterans are invited to attend the unveiling of the Lee Monument at Rich mond j Va., on the 29th of May prox., and all veterans of Henderson county desiring and expecting to attend said occasion will please report at once to either of the undersigned, so that the names and number may be reported to headquarters, jit is hoped that railroad fare will be redueed to one cent a mile. J. J. Spanjc, Com'r Co. Vet. J. J. Osborne, Sec. Co. Ass'n. THE CITY PARK QUESTION. An Admirable Place The Murdock Property iri. Northeast AsheviLe. I ' i i - !' The attention of the city council's committee on a Public Park is called to the Murdock property in the northeast ern suburbs of: the city. This large tract is an Ideal place for a park. Two bold streams run through it affording ample opportunity for most picturesqe im provements in; the shape of lakes, ser pentines, etc. ! The property is i grandly wooded with a great variety of forest trees, I the surroundings are most beauti ful and the lay of the land is all that could! be desired. ! ; Nojdoubt the owners would idemand a i i ! 1 I I - large price for; the tract, but it strikes The Democrat that an advantageous contract for both city and owners could be made if an agreement was j made whereby the city would improve and es tablish the park leaving the owners the title to building sites along the Ridges. These later would be greatly enhanced by the ornamentation of the park-while the sites could! be so laid out as nol to interfere in the least with the freedonj of the park. Houses upon the ridges and available sites would increase the charms of the park. j ! Can any objection be urged to this plan It strikes us as a most admira: ble oue. The street car line is also to be ex tended out by the property. Rutherfordton. Rutherfordton is taking on new life In addition to the new hotel Rutherford ton is building a splendid high school building, which will be ready for j Capt w . i. it. .tseiLiwno nas oeen engaged as principal, by the 1st of July. I Parties from! Buncombe have erected a Steam1 power felloe factory at the Cairo lina Central depot, at Rutherfordton The building is a large two story struct ure, covered with sheet iron. They will i i y i commence operations soon. Many new buildings are going up in the incorpora tion ana tnere is a -great aemaua lor houses just now. j The C. C. and C, C and C. railroads i 1 ' - - -1 i will soon build a union depot, near the C. C. depot, and the citizens of the town i . I i will grade a splendid drive-way fOver the Hills to the Courthouse." Track laying on the 3 C's from Ru erfordton to Marion will be commenced in a very short; time. All the grading of the roadbed is about completed.! The trestle work is not yet finished, but is being pushed rapidly forward. I With the railroad completed to Marion, jve will then be connected by rail with the western world An Old Town Waking Up. Louisburg, the county seat of Frank lm county, this State, one of the best lit tle communities in this or any otljer State, has entered upon a new life, and bids fair to become an important and prosperous business community, j To bacco Warehouses have proven profitable, and now larere; tobacco factories are Ito be established ; a bank has recently been established, and a large, first-class j hoiel is soon to be erected. The good people of the! busy town, realizing their advan tages, and having faith in them, j have gone to work in the light way to induce population and enterprise. Theyj have given,! and propose yet to give, suitable sites for these! various establishments and by these means have secured several of their best establishments. This course on the'part of the people indicating! their own confidence, established confidence in others, and, the result is, the good old burg is on a genuine boom. May it go on to grow and to prosper,, ,'or all the improvement that it can enjoy will be a source; of sincere pleasure to the writer who ''first saw the light" within its sa cred precincts. Railroads Through the Town. A company with a capital of $150,000 has been organized to build a standard guage railroad from the Western Nor Carolina depot,! up Southside avenue and Valley street, across College and Wood fin, down the valley of the branch cross ing North Main to Pearson's bridge on the French Broad. The length of th line will be five miles. A depot f6r freight! distribution will be placed on Valley street. The company already has a charter froni the State Legislature The officers of the road are Natt. Atkin- son, president ; M. J. Fagg, vice-presi dent ; jW. T. Penniman, secretary and treasurer. Directors, Natt. Atkinson M. J. Fagg, W. F. Penniman, Richmond Pearson, C. M. McLoud, W. T Reyn olds. It is said work is to be begun at once with the force now constructing the Biltmore Railroad. Gen.; P. M. B. Young also announces the organization of a company of North era capitalists to build a similar roadja dummy line, to make a circuit of the Items. airain fit er a two weeks seige of the grippe. Miss Sallie Brown has taken charge of the primary department of the school at this place. ' j j While our public roads have been much improved the last two years, there is still great improvement that could be made with small expense. ! I ; ;.!! We had some ice and considerable rost Monday morning, the 21st inst., which doubtless has hurt the fruit to some extent. ; ' ! ' . I : -' .' 1 ! Rev. J. W. Anderson resigned as pas tor of the Cane Creek Baptist Church a short time since, and the church called Rev. J. M. Hilliard, who will take charge of the church and wil urday and Sunday, i preach next Sat- mi --. i ine Jietnoaists are contemplating W. R. Freenan building a church. Mr donates the lot. The parsonage is lo cated here and the pastor, Rev. Mr. Gal laspie, and wife have made many friends since they.came among us. The farmers have been busy for: the past two weeks preparing corn and to bacco land. Some corn has been planted and more oats sown ! than has been for several years. Most! of our farmers are going to try tobacco I raising this year. There is general comp destroying the plants. aint that bugs are Our planters are steadily advancing in prosperity. We frequently hear the question asked if the County Commissioners are not to be elected in June, and if it is not time for Fair View to present her claims for a representation in the Board. We not only have an available man in Mr. A. P. Sorrels, but a thorough business rnan and one who will work for the good pf the entire county. As Fair View town ship has not been represented for many years our people appeal to the Board of Magistrates to give jthem a representa tiye by electing Mr. AJ P. Sorrels, j j L. H. A Very Important Matter, j ! '' ,i - t - I r :..;! ! . j a state exenange cans attention to a very important" matter as follows: 'IThe examination being made by the special agents of the census department of; the mortgage indebtedness of the country reveals the fact that in many counties in this State there has been a failure to can eel that the records show that manv mortgages recorded during the past ten years and paid, remain uncancelled. Now this is all wrong. Suppose the original document is lost and the parties to the transaction die, the record shows aniun- t j ! satisfied lien. Again, for prudential rea sons, persons desire to ascertain i the financial status of a party. They go to the Register's office to see if aught is; en- tejed against them, cancelled, the record Though paid, if ! not don't show it, land the party is rated accordingly. In some States a penalty of 50 is imposed; on failure to cancel within six months. This state of affairs should be remedied before it adds another weight to the burden which is oppressing the farmers of North Carolina. j Death of Capt. J. A. Irvine. 1 i Capt. J. AL Irvine, of Columbia, Term died Saturday, April 11th. Mrs. Irvine accompanied by Mr. G. W. Wootteni, of Philadelphia, a friend and associate in business of j Capt. Irvine, reached jhis bedside Wednesday! previous to this death. Capt. Irvine was well and favor ably known in this section, particularly in J A she ville and in the counties west of Asheville, having spent a greater part of the last eight or ten years here, first in the lumber trade and i more recently in operations in mineral J lands. The j re mains were taken to Columbia, Tenn. i t i for interment. Tuckaseige Democra A Called Alliance Meeting. We are authorized by the President and Secretary to state that there will be a call meeting of the Farmers' Alliance, in on' Friday, May 16th, important business Buncombe County the Court House to consider severa matters, especially th work of the committees on getting under way the work of holding a fair this fall, and preparing to give the State delegates a grand reception at the an nual meeting in August. The manufac turing, business with the State Alliance and other important matters will be con sidered. A full attendance is desired not only of delegates but committees.! Vestibule Trains on the W. N. C. I: : " .III- . : - I A solid train of j vestibuled Pullman cars passed down the I Western North Carolina railroad one evening last wejek There is a rumor in railroad circles to the effect that, through vestibuled trains will soon be run regularly between Washington and Asheville. Certainly, the wonderful increase in travel over this road both summer and winter demands I Fair View I J. E. Shuford is out THE 'SEABOARD AIR LINE. Maj. J.' C. Winder Becomes General Manager of the Entire System. According to rumor- current; in well informed railroad circles some important changes will be made shortly in the or ganization of the Seaboard Air Line, of j which Mr. John M. Robinson,1 of Balti more, John is president. It is said that Maj. C. Winder, of this cityjljwho has for some ten or fifteen years past been general manager of the various roads of j the line south of Weldoni will have his jurisdiction extended to Portsmouth, and in future, will be charged with the general management of the entire Sea board! Air Line system of roads, embrac ing the Seaboard and Roanoke, Roanoke j and Tar River. . Raleieh and Gaston, ouislburg, Raleigh and Augusta Air and! Carolina line, Pittsboro, Carthage Central railroads' nnd the Durham and Northern, and Georgia, Carolina and IN orthern railways, l ne same rumor has it that Mr. L. T. Myers, at present superintendent of transportation of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, will be promoted to a position - embracing the whole line, and that Mr. John j H. Win der, of this city, will succeed . Mr. Myers as superintendent of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad. It is also understood that as soon as the Georgia, ! Carolina and Northern is completed from Monroe, Major Winder will be the general mana ger of the entire, line from ! Norfolk to Atlanta. i !' We congratulate this excellent gentle man and ! efficient' officer on his larger field of usefulness. His well-known ability as a railroad manager leas no room for surprise at the extension of his jurisdiction. News-Observer. Cherokee County. ' . Several important lines of railway are projected to connect Cartersville, Ga. Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tenn., with Murphy, N. C, so we learn Murphy Bulletin. rom the Mr J J. T. Williams, of the firm of C K. Williams & Co., of Eastern Pennsyl vania! who are manufacturers of mineral pulp,, American talc and clays, slate flour and ochre, has been examining Cherokee county the past week, in company with Mr. A. A. Campbell, of The Bulletin, with an eye strictly, to business in his line. Upon being asked as to how he was impressed with Murphy and vicinity, Mr, Williams replied in these words: "This is the first time I have lever had 'i - the pleasure of visiting the State of North Carolina. I find the mountain! town of Murphy the most beautifully Ideated of any I have seen on my trip from Phila delphia to this healthful and. beautiful Southwestern North Carolina. No town seems to be as desirable and as well cal i , t i culated to please and charm the pleasure tourist, and its surrounding mineral wealth has and will continue! to attract the enterprising capitalist. The three Indian rivers that approach it are bound to give the section valuable and inex haustible water power, and the rolling country bordering them elicits the ad miration of visitors. Your town and county certainly has a most glorious and early future." The Kirkpatrick-Gus Patterson Case. The Statesville . Landmark says; "The grand jury, of the recent term of Orange superior court found a .triie bill for mur der against S. Kirkpatrick, A C. Patter son, LL M. Cates, A. J. Dodson and W J. Dickson, revenue officers, for the kill ing of Henry McMannenJ colored, whom they had chased into his own house with horses and pistols and .whom! they shot and killed after he had shot one of them, ! therarty. As a practical Wtter the finding of this bill is of no consequence, since the federal court has taken the case out 01 ine Dtaie couns ana into its own hands, but there is nothing like keeping the record all right, and acquittal in the federal court will not obliterate the 1 ' -, ' l ' I L- brand which the grand jury of! Orange county has put upon these men. 1 ! i - ' - - II Patton Avenue and Church Street. It looks as though some arrangement should be made by which Church street, tne approacn to iour 01 me; leading churches of the city, should be made of uniform width, or at leas at the corner of Patton be as wide as elsewhere, ment on the east side o that I the street avenue should .But tne pave : the street, at the corner, adjoining Mr. SondleyVibt, has been laid on the old lines as though the city had abandoned the idea. Un doubtedly Mr. - Sondley would be dam-! aged by taking, five feet off his already narrow lot facing on Patton avenue, but he is willing to make a reasonable settle ment of the matter and it should be set tled if possible. It disfigures the street to have it narrower at the ! corner than elsewhere, while it is not broad enough j there to accommodate the thrones on J. S. Grant, PL G-. (Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.) Apothecary, 24 South Main St Bill Nye, who has had LaGrippe, send the following to Grant's Pharmacy: "Little grains of quinin,, Little drinks of rye, Make La Grippe that's got you Drop its hold and fly. This may quickly help you, i If you'll only try; But don't forget the quinine T When you take the rye." Remember the moral contained in the last tw0 liM-t?ult " don't forget to get thequi- 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 charBed 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 all hours, night or day, and delivered free of charge to any part of the city. The night beU 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 toseUas lowas the lowest. We will seU aU Patent Medicines at first cost, and below that if necessary, ta meet the price of any competitor. We have the largest assortment of Chamois Skins xn Asheville. Over 200 skins, all sizes, at the lowest prices. We are ogents for Humphrey's Homao- pathetic Medicines. A fuU supply i of hie goods alwags on hand. Use Buncombe Liver Pills, the best in the world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc. A thoroughly reliable remedy for at1 blood diseases is Buncombe Sarsaparilla. Try a bottle and you will take no other. J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist, . 24 S. Main St. Asheville, N. C. . A. BLAIE. J. V. BROWN. Furniture AND k II Patios An, McAfee Block, Opsile Blair's Old Stand. lVe are nOW reaay ana in- vite Olir friends and 1 the public generally to call and examine our wel1 selected Stock of Furniture, Which we are offering at Rock-Bottom Prices. Undertakis? A tackl Feature. Calls Attended Day or Night. Telenhone, Day 75, Hisht 65 Undertaking. Blair & Brown. city and extend into the country increased facilities. Sundays.
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