;QL. 1. I r-S ' ASHEVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1890. NO. S$4.
Looking
iyer me 1 e - .j j , :
rcessf ul business life in Ashe-
je has demonstrated to us the
ct that our determination to
til onlv pure goods, guarantee-
ig weights and quality, and
king a small profit On every-
! ing sold, commends itself to
e good sense of purchasers.
Second, That desirable cus
mrsi ran not be grained bv the
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ift-tried practice of some deal-
rs in cutting prices on a few
Luling- articles, hopinp; to make
JV, f-j - T
That hard work and close ap-
ilication to business is the price
f success. ; j
That our business for 1889
jhows an increase over the pre
vious year of 20 per cent., which
b very gratifying, and f orj
Vhich we wish- to thank our
nany friends in Asheville and
vestern JNortn vjaroima.
Looking
We are encouraged to enter up
on the year before usj with re
newed energy and a determina
(ion to give our customers the
fcenefit of our increased facili
ties for buying and selling the
very finest goods to be had, at
small profits.
Our stock is now the largest
er offered in th'ic- market and
embraces everything in the line
f Staple and Fancy Groceries,
fable Delicacies. Fruits, Grain,
flour, etc. Respectfully,; !
Powell & Snider.
hold on:
Here I Am Again.
With the best stock of Drv Goods
.Notions, Dress Goods, Ginghams, Do
mestics, Jeans, Flannels. Blankets, Shoes,
.boots, Hats, many ot them bousiht for
Less Than Cost Of Making.
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AiTPnt. for SOmP nf thp larrrodt foMnn'nc
T - - w . .- mi t,voi 1. CIV. I KS X IvO
pi the bouth, and can sell liome-made
Jeans, all wool filled, for lessj than you
tan eet them at any store in the State,
jpraham's home-made shoes, all styles, as
low as can be bought in he State.
Every pair guaranteed.!
; A great many goods were bought at
.auction.-late in season, and hence can be
fold lower than any other house in the
pate can offer them. i I .: j
I Call and see. Prices made in the
ttore. y
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ASHEYILLE DRY GOODS' CO.,
J. O. HOWELL, X
anager.
No, 17 North Main Street.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY
OF
C. T. R AWLS.
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5 Patton Avenue, (Down Stairs.)
Assets.
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ational Fire Insurance Co. of
Hartford, Conn.,
2,443,937.33
3lTvhants Fire Insurance Co.,
tst.htvt.T Fire Insurance Co..
1,554,658.37
1,521,706.53
270,191.89
cAvu.e Fire Insurance Co.,
INSTANTANEOUS
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;e Cream Freezer,
Unsurpassed by anything now on the
i i
market, is now for sale jby the county or
siijgle machine at Asheville, N. C. Price
50. For sale by
L t McConnell & J. M. C
awford.
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Local Briefs
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Hon. I. N. Ebbs, of Madison,
the city Monday J (
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Dr. J. H.i Williams, of this city, will
read a special paper at the Oxford meet
ing of the State Medical Society.
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Miss Minnie Burkinbush, of Pekin,
111., is spending the summer in this city,
the guest of Mr. J. A. Marquardt.j
The Asheville Light Infantry left last
Tuesday for Richmond. Quite a num-
per of old veterans from the cry also
Iwrent along. j
We regret to learn that wheat is not so
fromising in this section now as it was
bought to be some time back. I Other
crops, so far, are good.
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Mr. A. F.l Walton, whose nursery is a
ew miles east of the citv. showed
in the
straw-
to run
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city on Monday as fine a lot '''of
berries as we have seen anywhere!
Mr.
Frank Loughran took time
from Hickory! Inn last week and buy
several of those beautiful lots on; North
Main street sold by Messrs. Starnes.
Chas. Gibson, colored, now in jail here
or shooting Chas. Walker at Biltmore
some time ago is
said to have killed a
in Georgia some time
railroad foreman
since.
The case js being investigated.
The cathedral
glass show stands at
Hampton & Featherstone's wine and
liquor store, are
They are elabora
the finest in the State,
e in design and elegant
in finish. This is one of the best equip
ped establishments in the country '
3.ev. Joseph Branner died in this city
last Thursday. He was the principal
stock-holder in the A she ville Female
College, where he lived. He also found
edia school at Mdssv Creek. Tenn. Tn
his death we loose a good citizen
and a
good man
Another sale pf suburban property
lasjt week realized twice as much as it
cost three months ago. It then sold for
$2,000. On Friday last it brought
$4,,015 at auction. The property was
for. r acres near the Kimberly farm! north
east of the city, j
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Our friend, J. R. Powers, formerly of
Buncombe, now of Clay county, desires
is i;o inform Uncle Pleas Israel that
among the other many good things pro
due ed in Clay, that county can beat the
wo :ld on long blackberry vines. He re
cently measured 6ne which was over 25
f id long, j !
Attention is called to the advertise
ment cf the auction sale of 20 residence
lots, in West End, on Haywood Street,
overlooking) the French Broad river.
The sale is announced to take place on
Saturday, May 3lst, at 3 o'clock! p. m.,
on the premises. Some business lots on
Roberts street will also be sold
at the
me time.
The Commissioners and Justices meet
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next Monday to nx the lew of taxes for
next year, and to attend to any; other
Biatjers which may come before! them
pertaining to county affairs. Commis
sioners are also to be elected for two
yars. v e hope several good andiniuch
needed bridges, elsewhere alluded to.
will be ordered by the authorities.
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Still another sale of Asheville proper-
at auction on Monday shows how real
estate values are advanced and strength
ened. The old J'J M. Howell DrbDertv
on jsorth Main street, consisting of thir
teen acres, was bousdit less than khree
j ears ago by
T. F. and Geo. Starnes for
D00. It was divided into lots and
four
acres thereof sold on Monday for
I s - t .-:
Some of the handsomest property in
prtheast Asheville, and as 'handsome
as any in the city, several of them rival-
pattery r'ark in their command of the
view
of the valley and surrounding
mountains, will be put on the market in
a few days. Parties deshing elegant
pr6p erty for homejs, with most. pleasant
surroundings, should look out. for the
bill of particulars.
Tile Lyceum, Vol. I, No. 1, published
monthlv bv Tilman R. Gaines, at Ashe-
ville
, is at hand. It is a well gotten up
neatlv printed pamphfet, containinsr
arid
numerous articles j upon literary, scien
tific STld o-onoi-ol ;i.uKinio Afoftoro ff
lop interest are also treated in an inter
esjir.g manner. Among the contributors
are Col. Cameron and Col. L. 31. H&tch.
We jiope The Lyceum much success!
'-y V. W. Wooten, who in last wiiek's
Democrat was accused in a card by Mr.
B.jC, Lankford, of Brevard, with swind
ling him out of a board bill, says he in
tended to pay the bill but for Mr. Lank-
ford'
p denunciation of him, and that he
will do so if Mr. Lankford will withdraw
that
denunciation
He savs he did not
intend to swindle Mr. Lankford and told
him no lies. We make this statement at
Mr; )Vooten's request. We shall have
nothing further to say on the subject
j i,ocai oriels ALLIANCE RALLY IN SWAIN. Cherokee Notes. i
I j Hon. I. N. Ebbs, of Madison, was in ! -. j ; Cherokee Court was in session last ; L !
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one way or the other.
Speeches by Gen. Vance, Col. Long
and Others A Big Dinner.
Last Saturday over! 2,000 of the good
people members of
the Alliance and
their friends assembled at Brysoa City
to enjoy a picnic and hear addresses
from prominent speakers. ( Able address
es were delivered by Gen. Bob Vance,
Editor Tomlinson, and Mr. Newby, of
Bryson City. Col. L ang did not reach
the city until 2 p. m. that! day, but had
telegraphed the meeting to hold the fort
that he was coming, and when he did
reach the ground the immense throng
was engaged in joyoiis singing. Col. L.
said it was the " prettiest inusic he ever
heard in his life. Gen. Vance's speech
was one of the best h? ever-made, show
ing to the people specially the farmers,
working and business; men;, that it is one
sided national legislation in the interest
of monopolies which causes the depres
sion and oppression oi the people. On
Sunday morning at lj a. m. Gen. Vance
addressed a very; large congregation on
the subject of Religion, and at 5 p. m.
the; same day delivered a like address at
Whittier. Both days were greatly enjoyed
by those present, and will long be re
membered. There are no j better people
living than those of Swain, and we re
gret we could not accept an ! invitation
to be with them on the occasion.
Our Buncombe Alliancej is doing some
good work now. j The material interests
of the farmers are receiving their best
attention
The Waynesville
Courier! advocates
the nomination by the Democrats of
the Hon Thos. D. Johnston of Asheville
for Congress. . j
The population of Asheville will in
crease two or more i. lousand this year,
according to estimates of some of our
most careful statisticians. I
Col. J. G. Martin, ic f the Morristown,
Cumberland Gap and A.sheville Railway,
is in New York. Wiork I on the road
will begin very soon at Morristown
Henry Hardwicke,
Esqi, left the city
a business trip to
yesterday evening for
Washington, D. C, N
Northern cities. H
sent about a month.
ew York and other
expects' to be ab-
Mr. E. G.1 Carrier, .Carrier's Springs,
will soon offer for sale some very fine
Hereford cattle. Our jriends in Western
Carolina who are interested in fine beef
cattle-should attend this sale. ,j
iwo
We were in error two weeks ago in
stating that the Vant ilder property on
College street, had been bought in by
W. . W, Barnard. It is to be sold as ad
vertised on the 31st inst., next Saturday.
Mr. A. J. Lyman wr
day (Thursday) 29th
1 offer for sale to
at 11 a. m. the
beautiful Catholic Hill!
property which
has been divided into
elegant! residence
and business lots. This property is well
situated and will sell w
ell.
Rev. D. B. Nelson preached the an
nual sermon, and Hon. Kope: Elias de
livered the literary address, before the
Cullowhee High School, Jackson county,
last Saturday. We
ear ! both efforts
spoken of in very higlJ terms.
Cards are out for th
marriage of Miss
Ella May Troy, daughter of ex-State
Senator; and Mrs. W. C. Troy, of Ashe
ville, tOjMr. Horace Alexander Wyche.
The marriage will take "place at the Cen
tral M. E. Church, Thursday morning
June 5th. Mr. Wyche is agent for the
Western North Carolinrt Railroad Com-
pany at i v aynesvine.
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Closing" of Prof. Bang's School.
Last Friday evening a large ;crowd as
sembled at Beaverdan school house to
witness I the closing exercises of this
most excellent school. For seven years
Prof. King has faithfully toiled in that
community in the interest of education.
In the beginning of his labors the school
house consisted of a 1 ittle log hut. In
stead of this I crude hut, an elegant and
substantial, two-story frame j building
has been erected, and npw that the com
munity is increasing n population, a
much larger school may be expected in
the years to' come. Prof. King is now a
candidate for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and if elected will; no doubt
fill the office acceptably! as he is a suc
cessful teacher, and a popular gentle
man. Those who have
as a teacher, heartily endorse him as an
able educator.
Carpets. j
Sawyer s carpet announcement should
attract the attention of all readers of
The Democrat, but belter still, the car
pets themselves should je inspected. He
has the largest and best stock we have
ever seen in the State, and his prices
are very low. He will fcave them nicely
sewed and put down to suit customers.
Call on him.
week, and continues the present week
Judge Conner presides, and makes
friends of everybody. - j
We were pained to hear of the death
of Miss Alice, youngest daughter of
Hon. and Mrs. jj. W. Cooper, of Murphy,
which occurred Thursday morning at
Cleveland, where the young lady was at
school. Her father and mother were
with her at the: time of heath. The fam
ily were the recipients of sincere sym
pathy from all their friends. ! " I
Visitors to
Murphy
can find three
good hotels td stop at, Mr. Hennesa's,
Mr. Dickey's,
and Mf.
Phillips.
We
domiciled with Mr. Hennesa, who sus
tained his reputation in all things, except
fish. A court of enquiry was ordered to
look into this
matter and to consider
some very
serious
charges relating
thereto. -
After getting a good
i
meal and a good
rest, Mr. A. A. Campbell, the really live
man of the town, will! call on you and
make you dizzy telling of the wonderful
resources of Cherokee county. And he
will not exaggerate, either. A ride With
him to any point will convince the most
skeptical of the truth of ajl lie $ays.
After going with him to the Kinsey Mar
ble Works we were more: in favor of the
marble court house for- Murphy,
and
e to
convinced of the ability jof the peop
build it, than ever. When you can set
down a few pieces of machinery almost
in anybody's yard in the county, to say
nothing of on j almost every foot of the
valleys and mountain, and go to lifting
up blocks of marble, in every size and
color, by the seyeraj car loads every day,
the good people' of Cherokee will lack in
appreciation of their great resources if
they fail to use ithem in the construction
of their most important public building.
And to show th!e spirit of at least one of
the people, Mr
Messer
Fain, who owns
an immense deposit of fine marble near
the town, says he will g
adly give to any
one, especially the contractor who agrees
to build the new court j house, all the
marble he will need just for opening the
quarry. What
more can a people want
to induce them to erect a public building
iwhich will -be a; source of pride to them
and their
Icents tax
children's children V j Fifty
on the hundred dollars of
property per annum will pay for
the
building in les$ than ten, if not ifi six
years. Build a marble; court ! house,
friends of Cherdkee.
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I The terminus of 5 the Western N . C
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Road is now at Westfieid, a beautiful
section jiist beyond Red Marble Gap
Within three weeks it I will be at An
drews, near Valley, town; and! by or
during September will be at Murphy, a
consummation devoutly to be wishes
a company has begun wording i an
iron mine! a few miles east of Murphy,
on Valley river,
with orders to prepare
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for immediate shipment
one thousand
tons of the ore. This Cherokee oie is
said to be very rich, and is wanted at
various works South to
mix with o
her
ores for making
in the same loca
steel. Another company
itv are preparing td be-
gin work iof getting out ores in l$rge
quantities
Southern
with the
at
once. me
Knoxville
Knbxyille
Road
connecting
Marietta and
North Georgia
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Road at Blue Ridge, 20 bailes south of
Murphy, will be completed by August ;
by September the connection with the
same will be made by the W. N. C. Road
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at Murphy, thus giving transportation
for the magnificent irons; marbles, talc,
etc., of Cherokee. -Within a very few
years the improvements in this cor nty
will be astonishing. j
Another enterprise, now being worked,
we came hear overlooking. It is the
talc mine of Messrs. Davis & Graham,
on Notla river, five miles ;south of Mur
phy, on the; M. and N. G. Road. Mr. C.
A. Davis,
of
Murpny),
is manager.
Thousands!
of toils of the
finest talc have
already been taken out.
! The Democrat found
!" i f
friends in Cherokee, and
and made many
hopes to make
many more. If The Democrat can be
of any service to this or I any other sec
tion of Western Carolina; it stands ready
at all times to jrender it. Its highest
mission is
to doi
good, and one way it
has to reach that end is
to assist in
the
development of the material resources of
this greatest section of our country
Give
the Clerks a!
Chance.
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Why not! close the stored and business
houses at 7p. m. daily except Saturdays,
and at 9 p. in. on those days, so as to give
clerks and employees, to say nothing of
the employers, the evenings for rest?
Nothing would be lost bjj
gained in invigorated man
it, but much
and woman-
hood, and cheerfulness of employees.
Let the day's work during the long sum
mer days close at 7 p. m. j
Hair; Brushes.
Pelham, the Patton avenue druggist,
has just received the largest ana oesi
Btnr.K of hair, tooth, coat and flesh
brushes ever seen in Asheville.
COUNTY IMPROVEMENTS
More Bridges and Better
1 Wanted in Buncombe.
The County clommissioner meet next
Monday, and among the matters which
will come up for consideration j will be
probably the building of more bridges in
the county. Two more bridges are
wanted across the French BrOad, one be-
tween Asheville and Alexanders, about
half way, another above Asheville at
Long's shoals. The citizens of Fairview
are also demanding a bridge across Cane
Creek at Jones', mill. It is much needed
there. Anotherf thing which needs at
tention is'the public roads. We would
call special attention in this regard to
the roads leading north from Asheville.
The old road down the French Broad is
and ! has
been for a Jong ;i time in a
. . i . .
wretched
condition
It is almost impas-
sable so that While there is a
of driving over almost all
great deal
the other
roads around the city this is hardly used
at all. This drive down I the river
should by! all means be opened up. The
Beaver Dam road also needs looking
after. A few miles out there ! are places
of several hundred yards where the
road is entirely too narrow for vehicles
to pass. The country Js thickly peopled
on both sides and the travel on it is
heavy. I
The condition
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of these roads to the
north ! has
lost Asheville some tobacco
trade. The
i
country they reach is a
large tobacco producing territory. All
of it would come to Asheville' if the
roads were in good condition,! but as it
is much of it goes to Alexanders and
Marshall and is shipped to other markets,
Madison ! county is building a turnpike
in the direction ibf this county i and if
Buncombe does not look alive we will
get left on some
which should be
of this tobacco trade
Ours. And moreover,
the county is amply able at this time to
make all these improvements. ; !
Back Home.
Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Sawyer
have just
returned home, from a most pleasant, trip
to Northern cities. As a member of the
State Boafd of Charities Mr. Sawyer was
commissioned, while in New York, by
Gov, Fowle, to attend the 17th annual
meeting of the National Conference of
Charities
some ten
and Correction, which met
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days jago in Baltimore. So,
after purchasing
in Philadelphia,
a large stock-of carpets
and an immense stock
of clothing in New York, Mr. S. went to
Baltimore! in -time to attend the iconfer-
ence. There were about 250 delegates,
representing all the States,; in attend
ance. The conference visited all the
charitable; and corrective institutions of
Baltimore'p besides doing much work
pertaining to tne; object oi tne meeting
They were j bariquetted, given a trip
down the bay, and otherwise made to
enjoy themselves. By. invitation the
conference, after adjournment, visited
Washington and were received by the
Board of Trade and Commissioners of
the city, shown the principal ; sights,
given a reception by the President and
Cabinet, and banqueted -at Willard's Ho
tel. The session, which lasted eight
days, was a most interesting as well as
useful one, and the reports from the sev
eral States show great improvement in
the care . md treatment of the unfortu
nate; and criminal classes. Mr. S. says
he was more impressed than ever with
the great importance of a State Board of
Charities,
out salary
It is a
great work, done with-
altogether for the alleviation
of suffering humanity.
' The Census
!
The date for beginning the census is
next; Monday, June 2. The; work in
townships is required to be done within
the month of June, and that in cities of
over 10,000 population within the first
20 days of the month, j" Mr. Hardwicke
supervisor for this district, has not yet
received from the census department at
Washington the approval of the ''"names
recommended bv -him, which! consider
ing the nature of the work and j the lim
ited time, is strange, to say! the leas .
After receiving' them j Mr. H. swill then
have to send the commissions to a large
district, which will cause delay. It will
be impossible for these to reach all the
enumerators in time to begin Uvork on
Monday next.
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Our
correspondent " Blue Jay," a
West Mills, Macon county, informs us
that crop prospects are generally very
good, though; the wheat is suffering with
rust. ; -j ' si -"; '-."! V ' :
W. J. Jenkins' new flouring mills, un
der the supervision of that prince of
millwrights. Mr. R. A. Wood, is rapidly
approaching completion, and when done
will be one of the best in the State.
' Other portions of our friend's letter
were j so complimentary to The Demo
crat and its editors ihat our well known
modesty compelled! their omission.
J. S. Grant, Ph. G.
(Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.)
Apothecary, 24 South Main St.
Bill Nye, tcho ha tuid LaGrippe, sends
the fullamng to GranVn Pharmacy:
" Little grain of quinine.
Little drinks of rye.
Make LaGrippe that's got you
Drop its hold and fly.
This may quickly lielp you ,
If you'll only try;
But don't forget the quinine
When you take the rye"
Remember the nwrafyxnitained in Vie la$t
two lines that is don't forget to get the qui
nine, and get it at &ranfs 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 compoundM care
fully and accurately by an experienced Pre-
scriptionist, and third, you will not be
char Bed an exhorbitant price.- You will re
ceive tlie best goods at a very reasonable profit.
Don't forget the place Grant's Pharmacy,
24 South Main street.
Prescriptions filed ut 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 tlae lowest price quoted
by any other drug hawse in the city. We
are determened to sell as low as the lowest.
We will sell all Patent Medicines at first
cost, and beUw that if necessary, to meet tlie
price of any competitor.
We have the largest assortment of Chamoie
Skins in AslieviUe. Over 200 skins, aU
sizes, at the lowest prices.
We are ogents for Humphrey's Homceo
patfietic Medicines A fuU supply t of 'hi
goods alwags on hand.
Use Buncombe Liver IHlls, tfte best in the
world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc.
A thoroughly reliable remedy for aV
blood diseases is Buncombe Sarsaparilla.
Try a bottle and you will Uike nt others
J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist,
24 S. Main St. Aslieville, N. C
W. A. BLAIE.
J. V. BROWN
Furniture
AND
Undertaking.
St. 1 Pita Ann,
McAfee ; Block, Opposite Blair's Old Stanl
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.
Uiierhki:? A Scscial Feature.
Calls Attended Day or -Night.
Teieoione, Day 75, Hi sit 65
Blair & Brown.