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rOL.l. :. i j ASHEVILLE, X. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1800. . :, NO. 55. " I ' I n ' i : ' T ' I , ' Ti " I I n : ri ' ' : : ' !" : : ' i ' ' : : ' ! 1 ! i,. i Backward Li-the past eight years of our jcCessful business life in Ashe Jle has demonstrated to us the U that our determination to ll only pure goods, guarantee !g weights and quality, and king a small profit Jon every ing sold, commends itself to j trood sense of purchasers. Second, That desirable cus- -tried practice of some deal in cutting prices on Aa few fading articles, hoping to make m on something else. ' That hard work and close ap- :-ation to business is the price success. That our business tor 1889 ows an increase over the pre- busyear of 20 per cent., which very gratifying, I and for hich we wish to thank our any friends in Asheville and Lctprn Knrth Carolina. VOv.i" - - he looking Forward fe are encouraged to -enter up- ithe year before us with re- Iwed energy and a determina- pn to give our customers the riefit of our increased facili- s for buying and selling the ry finest goods to be had, at pall profits. 1 xjur siock is now me largest er offered in this market and ibraces everything in the line Staple and Fancy Groceries, lible Delicacies, Fruits, Grain, nr. etc. Respectfully, !f Powell & Snider. I HOLD ON ! 1 -: !ere I Am Again. Villi the best stock of Dry Goods prions, Dress Goods, Ginghams, Do- fcMies, .leans. Flannels. Blankets. Shoes, its, Hats, many of them bought for i Less Than Cost Of Making. jVtrent for some of the largest factories Ihe outh, and can sell home-made as, all wool rilled, for less than voiii v tret tnem at any store m; the State, f'ihanf s home-made shoes, all styles, as M as can be bought in the State. Mrv iai r truarantpipd. I ! i meat many goods were bought at i' liun, late in season, and hence can be ili iOver than anv nthpr h'nvKsfi in thp ecan offer them. Ml and see. Prices made in the Local Briefs Col. Sam Tate, of Morganton, was in the city this week. ; . The mother of G. A. Mears, of this city, died at her homelin Leicester Sun day. She was 80 years old. I 1 : i i Rev. R. N. Price, of Morristown, will dedicate the North Asheville Methodist church on Sunday, June 15. W. R. Smith, wTho shot Deputy Sher iffs Pen land and Taylor, has made good his escape. The Deputies are not dan gerously hurt. ! Dr. G. W. Purefoy, of this city, Twas elected by the Convention of State Doc tors, at Oxford, to the position of one of the Board of Examiners. D. S. Watson has ptirchased the resi dence of Maj. W. W. McDowell, on South Main street (Swannanoa road), for $20,000. The grounds include 23 acres. jThe ruthless hand of; progress has fall en upon the "Old Buck" hotel and a por tion of it is being torn aw?ay to admit of the widening and improvement of Col lege street. The stockholder of the proposed rail way between Asheville! and jWeaverville have electud E. Baird, president; W. T. Reynolds, vice president; J. F. Austin, secretary; Jesse R. Starnes, treasurer. The Asheville street railway is to be extended from the junction of Southside avenue and South Main street to Bilt more. The railway is also to be run up the hill from Patton avenue to Battery Park. 1 Mrs. H. C. Hunt, Mrs. S. E. Buchanan and E. Hunt have sold to J. A; Porter and R. P.; Walker, five acres on Valley street, including " Hell's Half Acre,'' for $6,750. The unsightly buildings will be torn away. j Our friend Mr. J. W. Fisher, of Web ster, returned Friday j from Richmond, where he attended the unveiling of the Lee monumentj. He was the only vet eran in attendance j from West of Waynesville. He enjoyed himself great ly ,nd was delighted that he attended. Mr. Will Aiken, formerly of Hickory, but ; for a long while a popular composi tor on the Asheville press, wras married on Tuesday to Miss Nannie E. Collins, at the home of the bride's j parents on Depot street. After a trip to Hickory they will go to Knox ville, where Mr. Aiken has a position oh the Journal. And still the real estate market is Blanton and C. T. 'HK VILLE DRY- GOODS CO., T. O. HOWELL, Manager, Ko. IT North Main Street. IRE INSURANCE AGENCY -OF C. T. RAWTiS. 2 Patton Avenue, (Down Stairs.) Tt..:. l"J!lil' Fire Insurance Co. of I Ham(,ra, Conn., f ri-hanti' Fire Insurance Co.. ht-ster Fire Insurance Co., Assets. ! i l-i $2,443937.33 1,554,658.37 1,521,706.53 270,191.89 INSTANTANEOUS i l i! fee Cream Freezer, n?urpassed by anything now on the et, is now for sale by the. county or kle machine at Asheville, N. C. Price fiO. Vrr snip hv j i. McConnell k I M. Crawford. booming. C. D. Rawis sold twenty lots between Hay wood street and Cliveden Park at ad ad vance of 50 per cent, on I what they paid for them three months ago, realizing $4,205. C. S. Cooper sold four business lots on Roberts street for .$,105, and C. E. Graham two lots oh the same street to J. B. Cole for $280. j Mr. .1. Norris Myers late of Baltimore, and Newville, Pa., whose family has spent the winter in Asheville. has deter mined to locate permanently irk our city, and has bought an interest! in the well known shoe house of W. T. AVeaver. We welcome Mr. Myers and family and congratulate Asheville; upon the ac-qui-sition of a valuable citizen land a most agreeable addition to our society. Booming Ruthierfordton. From Mr. J. C. Hester, of Raleigh, who is now in this city on a trip through thej mountains on a lookout for a home, it is learned that Rutherf ordton is on a grand boom. The 40 room hotel at that place will be opened on the 1st of July, on which occasion excursions will be run from Wilmington and Charleston. An agricultural society has been formed called the Thermal Belt Associ ation,' which Rutherford, Polk, and adjoining counties will unite. The Gol den Valley Hydraulic j Mining Co., with headquarters at Golden, in Rutherford county, has 40 hands ;at work on their mine. ! The company j is composed of Northern capitalists, and they have re cently bought 13,000 acres of land, upon which they propose to erect saw mills and - lumber manufacturing establish ments of large dimensions, j ASHEVILLE'S IMPROVEMENTS There Never Was More Building in the City than at Present. 1 There is little room left io doubt the i i j fact that some of the largest real estate transactions which have ever occurred in Asheville are about to be consum-f mated.! j The report that Mes srs. Geo. wj Vanderbilt, John H. Inrnarl and Ashe ville real estate men are negotiating for purchases, amounting to $150,000 to $200,000, is generally believed, and that these purchases mean the erection of a large hotel and splendid improvements follows as a corrallary. There arp sev eral other schemes by Northern and home capital which are also believed to have solid foundation, in fact which se- i .... i cure to Asheville the several large hotels which have been so long promised. lThat Asheville and suburbs is to be come the rendezvous and abiding place of people of wealth and taste, and that its glorious heigh ths are to be capped by magnificent residences and ornamen tal grounds has long been conceded. The sixty miles of drives and the mil-! on the Vanderbilt property, work now actually jin progress, a dozen other beautiful homes in Ashe ville's environment being built and pro jected by Northern, Southern and West ern families of wealth and distinction,! the steady and rapid advance in real estate, backed by a stronger demand than ever before known, jleave little ground for croakers to stand upon. The ridge which skirts the eastern part of the town, already ornamented by such splendid houses and grounds as Hazard's, Brown's, Mills' and others, is np doubt to become one wide extended park, commanding the Swannanoa French Broad and Chunn's Cove views,1 the splendid western horizon of moun tains, the beautiful and prosperous town of Asheville at its feet,! the picturesque Battery Park Hotel crowning its most commanding elevation; the Oakland Inn, the beautiful homes of Victoria. -0 j The Strawberry Hill property, over looking ! the French Broad, three miles west "of town, is to become one of the charming places of j the suburbs. Mr. Heck, of Knoxville, is building a beauti ful house on one of its sites and orna menting the splendid grounds. Maj. Houghteling, of Chicago, has bought a site on the same hill and will build a has will i sur two or to be erected in mansion. The quaint ''Bungalow" been purchased by a family who occupy it and ornament its lovely roUndings, and it is learned three other houses are the same locality. Mr. Joe Adams has hat built a beautiful house and Mr. Frank Chapman is build ing near the spot in the neighborhood of Richmond Hill. The magnificent resi dence of Mr. Chas. McNamee, in Vic toria, is nearing completion. The old Middleton place, in the same suburb, is ii ii i being beautifully improved, and the old mansion enlarged, and that a'great hotel will be built near Biltmore is most prob able". And the assured improvements on Woodnn Mountain, the property re cently purchased by J. B. Bostic, should not be forgotten. This prcimises.to be one of the most beautiful of our suburbs. There was never more building in the town itself which has tripled its popu lation in 9 years, than at present, and the projected improvements ensure a continuance of this activity. The splendid- improvements which Mr. Pearson's energetic action has assured) in the dis trict heretofore known as " Blue Ruin," will concentrate the business of the town, which it requires no stretch of the imagination to believe will be three times as great in ten years asit is ,now. The piedmont section to the east, thegreat mineral and lumber section of our own mountains, our growing tobacco busi- i ness, the wonderful development of East Tennessee, North Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky, all within a few hours of Asheville, the future great resort of North and South, are sufficient to justify all ithat gives our people confidence and invites the enterprise of others Sale of the Alexander Place. pecial attention is directed to the no tice! in this issue of the sale of the! Alex ander estate, on the 20th of November next. This property is exceedingly val uable. Situated on the beautiful French Broad River, only 30 minutes by rail from Asheville, it furnishes a number of thej most beautiful sites for country homes. It is in the very center of the bright tobacco belt, and is ; admirably adapted to stock raising. The ! tract, containing about 1,200 acres, has been sub-divided into parcels suitable for pur chasers. The celebrated Alexander Ho tel is on the premises. I ! This is probably the most desirable country property in! Western North Carolina. 1 Census Enumerators. 3 cill merators for this; city, j These beg essrs. C. W. Malone and G S. Stan have been appointed Census Enu- gentlemen an their work on Monday! jmd must complete it in twenty days. It is hoped that all will facilitate this work, as it.is a hard one, and thus aid in procuring a correct census of our city. There are some questions in the. tables required to j l i I be asked which are not only unnecessary, but offensive, such as many ofj those per taining to vital j statistics, family dis eases, etc. While these questions are re quired by the tables prepared to be put by the Enumerators, they will not be put in an offensive manner by them ; and all parties jean refuse to answer these particular questions if they desire, and have their refusal entered by the enumerators. Rev. Jesse j A. Cunninargim. This able minister of the North Caro lina Conference, with Mrs. Cunninggim, stopped over in this city the past week on his return from the recent General Conference at St.! Louis, and were the guests of their friends Mr. and Mrs. Jus S. Adams. Sabbath morning Mr. C. oc cupied Ir. Rankin's pulpit, and preached to a large congregation. It was a splen did sermon,! splendid in its earnestness, in its sympathy, in its heartfelt appeal to his hearers to do the best they can for their Master in this life, in order that they may enjoy a, beautiful immortality in the world to come. The text was taken from; the incident of Mary's an nointment of the Savior, and His rebuke to those who murmured thereat. It was a good sermon from a good man, or rather a sincerely delivered message from Christ Himself ; and may the im portant lesson it teaches find an abiding home in the healrt of every one I who heard it. As Mr. Cunninggim's home is in the new W. N. C. Conference, earnestly hoped he may cast his lot the brethren and field of work. I Y No cooler. it is with the work of the new M. C. A. Notes. place can be found to pass the time during the summer months than the reading which is! supplied room of the Y. M. C. A., with all the leading periodicals and daily papers in addition to a library tof over 2000 well selected books The bathing entirely facilities were found inadequate to supply the demand fox baths, and to meet this want ah additional copper bath has been put ! in with an enlarged heater and a 144 gallon hot water tank so that hot waterj will always be in read iness. To accommodate the clerks who work late. Saturday night the bath rooms wil be open Saturdays until 11.30 p. m. : The subject of the meeting for men, which will be held at the lecture hall of the associhtion, Thursday night is "How to Keepj pure." II Tim. II: 22. All men are invited to attend, i The Pearson Land Sale. : The Pearson land sale for the past three day has been one of the biggest events of ti' ( kind j which has ever oc curred .in j - Asheville. . For property which a month or two ago Mr. Pearson i I paid $30,000 tween $80 promise is he! has realized be- 000 and $90,000, and the that a portion of the city COUNTY BUSINESS which seemed to be going without im provent , of any sort will become the field for ifu ure extension of business. Mr. Pearson has already made extensive improvements in opening and grading streets arid he will also build several handsome houses on lots which he has retained, j The diversity of interest se cured by the sale: of lots to variour par ties will further assure improvements. Among the purchasers are some of our most enterprising business men. Commencemett Exercises Of Asheville Female College, 1800: Friday, June 0, from 3.30 to 0.30 p. m. A rt Levee. i ,8.30 p. ml Entertainment by under graduates; in College chapel. j Sunday, .tune 8, 11 a. m. Baccalaure ate sermon by Rev. j O. P. Fitzgerald at Central church. 8.30 p. m. Sermon by Evangelist Pearson at Central church. Monday, June 9, 8.30 p. m. Annual concert in College chapel. ; j Tuesday, '.June 10, 8.30 p. m., in chapel. Annual address to the graduates by Rev. Brvan. Exercises by the class. Confer- i i ; . ring of medals and diplomas. The public invited. Epsom Springs Near Asheville. Dr; J. H. Woodcock has recently had an analysis made of two mineral springs up(& his property, five miles west of the city and adjoining the Carrier Sulphur Springs property. The analysis show very! much the same quality as the fa mous Tate j Epsom Springs of East Ten nessee, which have for a long time been a famous' resort. Dr. Woodcock owns 125 acreSj ground these Springs and is thinking ofj improving the property and making a jresort of the place. There could be little doubt of the success of such an enterprise with such a location and such a character for the watersL Now is the Time to Invest. Every sale of real estate in this city now shows : that j Asheville dirt is daily enhancing; in value. There can be no risk in buying city property now. Some prices may seem high at first glance, but the fact that they are constantly increas ing, added" to the conclusions an intelli gent investigation of the advantages and growing attractions of the city must pro duce, sustain us in saying that now is the time to puy. Ths Dkmocbat is a paper for the people and is being sustained by the people. Every family in Western Caro lina ought to taxe and read it. More Bridges to be Built C. B. Way Succeeds Jno. W. ; Starnes. The county magistrates met Monday in the court house and among the busi ness transacted was an jrder to have three Dridges built in the county. They are tWo across the French proad, one at Long Shoals and another, between A she ville and! Alexanders; the, third bridge is to be built across Cane Creek at Jones Mill. The magistrates elected the fol lowing board of county commissioners: J. E. i mons, R.jCj Clayton and The Commissioners were i Rankin, J. N. Morgan, Levi Plem- IJ. F. Wells. authorized to do such work upon the county roads as was necessary and advisab The resignation of John Courity Superintendent of tion was received and accepted with a resolution df thanks for his erhcient ser vice during his incumbency. Nomina- W- Starnes as ublic instruc tions; to fill t the vacancy; follows: Rev. G. H. Bell; H. Li King, C. B. Way and Mrr C. B. Way on Tuesday at a joint meet jng of magistrates anid commission ers was elected on the fifth ballott. The county tax was laid as follows: County 42i cents on the 100; school 12$ cents on the $100; State,' 2a were made as E. L. Henry, A. E. Brown. cents on the A total of 83 cents dn the $100. as those lev- $100. These are the same taxes ied last year After the! joint meeting. commissioners met, and after allowing a small number journed. of pauper Pairview Items the board of claims, ad- growing in fa- t fi - ' y rust. Rye, rom present The Democrat is fast vor among our people. ! I i I ! I ! Wheat is much injured oats and corn, judging prospects, will be above the average. I ' 1 !'.'! i- - . i . j Our community sustained the loss of a good citizen on May 31 stl by the death of Mr. James Wheelden. j He was a val iant soldier during the late civil war. He has been a staunch Democrat through life and will be much missed. We have had some severe rains during i - 1 i- ' -. the last week which has res' ii ted in much damage to the tobacco fields. . Some of our tobacco growers have's a their entire crop. This year's crop wi l be the lar gest ever grown in the township ; it is estimated at two hundred acres. Mr. R. C. Clayton, oUr most extensive grower, is very sanguine over the pectsof a fine crop. Many of our citizens had of meeting in a Sunday meeting on June 1st, which Pleasant Grove school hou dresses by several Sunday general pros- attentively. listened to. The the morning A. her the large J. S. Grant, Ph. Gh J(Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.) A Apothecary, 2i South Main St. Bill Nye, vcho ha Jiad La Grippe, sends the foUovciu(j.oG ranis luirviacy:m "Little grains of quinin,, . Little drinks of rye, Make LaGrippe that's got you . . Drop its hold and jly. T T may Quickly Itflp you, -h i If you'll only try; L"..iwi don't forget the quinine When you take the rye."m i ' . - - I Remember the morafyontained in the last two lines that is dan' t forget to get tJie 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, tluit only the purest and best drugs and chemicals will be used; second, they will becompounded care fully and accurately by an experienced Pre- scriptionist, and tterd, you will not be charBed an exhorbitant price. You will re ceive the best goods at d eery reasonable profit. Don't forget the place Grant's Pharmacy, 24 South Main street. Prescriptions filled at all ?umrs, night or day, and delivered free of charge to any part of the city. TJie night bell will be answered Promptly. Grant's Pharmacy, 24 South Main strut. At Grant1 sPharmacy you can buy any Patent Medicine at the lowest price quoted by any other drug house in the city. W are detertnened to sell as low as the lowest. We will sell all Patent Medicines at first cost, and below that if necessary, to tneet the price of any competitor. We have the largest assortment of Chamois Skins in Asheville. Over 200 skins, all sizes, at the l&west prices. We are ogents for Humphrey's IIonuRo pathetic Medicines. A full supply t of his goods alicags on hand. s Use Buncombe Liver Pitts, the best in the world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc. ; A thoroughly reliable remedy for aV bipod diseases is Buncontbe SarsapariUa. Try a bottle and you will take iio other. I J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist, 24 S. Main St. Asheville, iT. U. the pleasure school mass was ! held at se. Good ad- school work- ers were refreshments -served after I U. !-.. . service were bountiful. crowd, had satisfied the Wier man sev eral basketfuls were left. I The domestic reputation that ; the Fairyiew township ladies have was well sustained, on this occasion! .1 !:. ' j, : ' - LjL.j IL s of ! this sec- The Southern Methodis i r - . - - i tion are grieving to some extent over the actiori of! the St. Louis General Confer ence in dividing the, Holstbh conference. What is known as the Asheville and Franklin districts of the ference, were attached to North Carolina Conference! sition to the division may h ly a matter of sentiment, jb goes a long way sometime be despised. The portion of lina taken from it, has beep Holston Conference so Id association has become a very dear one, especially to the older members of the Conference. If they opposed the divis ion for no other reason than these old lolston Con- the Western The oppo: ave been on- ut sentiment and is not to North Caro- .i a part of the ng tnat tne associations they were jus church will not suffer a,ny we do not see Show it can, but some strong ties are severed. Kn nal. I ifiable. The oss, perhaps jOxville Jour- Justices Appointed. The following have been appointed by Gov. Fowle as Justices of the Peace in this county : R. F. Drumm ond, John C. Reynolds, I Asheville town hip ; Jason Ash worth, :G. W. Lynch, Je;se Williams, Fairview ; j Jas. M. Whitjtmiore, J. H Brittain, Ivy ; Jas. Brigmad, F. Weaver, Flat Creek; Caney Ellyson; Black Moun tain : Mark Shuford, Limestone, and Sims Owenby, Leicester. These ace of those are to take the appointed by the Legislature and who failed to Qualify. Dropped Dead in an Altercation. Walter Taylor, an employee in Holmes & Miller's factory, dropped dead during an altercation with a negro boy. He had accused the negro of. stealing a watch, and upon the negro's picking up a rock, Taylor struck him and immedi ately fell dead. The supposed cause of death ras heart-falure. Salisbury letter to Charlotte Chronicle. W. A. BLAIE. J. V. BB0WN. Furniture AND- Undertaking. k t Men tans. McAfeo Block, Opposite Blair's Old Stand. We are now ready, and lin vite our friends and the public generally to call and examine our well selected stock of 1 Furniture Which we are offering at Rock-Bottom Prices. U::;:t:i::e A Special Feature, Calls Attended Day or Night. Telenhone, Day 75, HUht 651 Blair & Brown.
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