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"T- r 1 , , r . . ,.'.. . .-...,. - - ' . r - . y,.' i . ASHEVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1890. NO. 39, F Backward Lr the past eight years of our ressful business nie m asac- jje has demonstratea to us tne f that our determination to n nnlv pure goods, guarantee- - weights and quality, and 4-inga small profit on every- lie good sense ot purchasers. Second, That desirable cus .mers cannot be gained by the ft-tried practice of some deal- rs in cutting prices on a few eading articles, hoping to make t Up Oil some tiling cioc. That hard work and close ap- lication to business is the price f success. That our business for 1889 hows an increase over the pre- iA,Kvwir of 20 ner cent. . which fllVU- J"- ; is very gratifying, and for Vhich we wish to thank our any friends in Asheville and Western North Carolina. yoking IWe are encouraged to enter up on the year before us with re newed energy and a determina tion to give our customers the benefit of our increased facili ties for buying and selling the very finest goods to be - had, at small profits. ; j 1 Our stock is now the largest lever offered in this market and 'embraces everything in the line pi Staple and Fancy Groceries, (Table Delicacies, Fruits, Grain, Hour, etc. Respectfully, Powell & Snider. HOLD ON! Here I Am Again. With the best stock of Dry Goods Notions, Dress Goods, Ginghams, Do mestics, Jeans, Flannels. Blankets, haoes, Boots, Hats, many of them bought for Less Than Cost Of Making. Airent for some of the largest factories n the South, and can sell home-made ean, all wool tilled, for less than you can iret them at any store in the State. Graham's home-made shoes, all styles, as ow as can be bought in the Mate tverv pair guaranteed. ! ' A. great many ijoods were bought at auction, late in season, and hence can be soM lower than any other house in the "ae can oiler them. : v all and see. Prices made in the store. " ASHEVILLE DRY GOODS CO., J. O. HOWELL, Manager. So. IT North Main Street. F1RE INSURANCE AGENCY OF- C. T. It AWLS. k 5 p atton Avenue, (Down Stairs.) Assets. na Fire Insurance Co. of larWord, Conn., $2,443,937.33 jj. ' ' ' trfbacts- Fire Insurance Co., 1,554,658.37 Chester Fire Insurance Co., 1,521,706.53 Err jJiile Fire Insurance Co., r:o,i9i.89 INSTANTANEOUS Ice Cream Freezer, surpassed by anything now oa the rket, is now for sale by the county or B1Cgle machine at Asheville, N. C Price 15.50. For sale by H McConnell k J. 11 Crawford. Forward Local Briefs Mr. W. E. Moore, of Webster, is in the city. l A number of interesting articles are crowded out this issue. i . ' Robert Price, a lad of twelve years, was drowned in the old run of Mud Creek at Henderson ville. It is now Dr. Z. B. Vance, Dr. Fowle and Dr. J. S. Henderson, collegesof dis tinction having conferred the degree of LL. D. upon these gentlemen. The R. and D. offers round trip tickets at 4 cts. per mile to the W. N. C. Teach ers' Assembly at Waynesville, on July 14th and ,15th, good returning to the 19th. r' ' ! ;. Messrs. F. N. Waddell and Wayne Ray have just returned from Kentucky with eighteen of the finest horses ever brought to Asheville. They can be seen at Rav's stables, South Main street. Sheriff Leatherwpod of Haywood, was in the city yesterday, and did The Dem ocrat the honor of a call. The sheriff proudly claims ten boys who are all Democratic voters. ' The Morristown correspondent of the Knoxville Journal writes : ; " Mr. W. C. Carmichael and a party of friends came down from Asheville and went over to Tate Springs to spend a couple of weeks." Hon. Garland S. Ferguson will address the Confederate veterans of Transylvania on the 4th of Julv. Hon. J. H. Merri- mon has also been invited to be present and make an address. He will attend if possible. Madison county has a full democratic board of county commissioners. At the recent meeting of Justices Messrs. James Redmond, Van Brown and Thomas J Murray, all good citizens and of course good democrats, were chosen. At a special meeting of the County Commissioners, held on Monday, a re consideration was had of the applica tion by W. O. Muller for license to retail liquor. The license was granted with the condition that any violation of law will work a forfeiture Mr. Richmond Pearson has arranged for a grand celebration of the4ty of July at Lake Marjorie. Free rides will be given from the city on the street railway and on the R. & D. Six hundred men will be at work upon the splendid im provements during the day. The Republicans of Madison county held their county nominating conven tion on Tuesday. Mr. W. P. Jervis was nominated for the legislature; M. A- Chandley for clerk, Chas. Candler for sheriff, O. H. Holcombe for register. We failed to set the other nominees. There is walking ahead of these young men. The Lenoir Topic says : " We have heard George Vanderbilt called the 4 big Asheville railroad contractor.'" Mr, Vanderbilt is not only a " biff railroad contractor," but he is a big Asheville developer. Everything he is doing is on a big scale, and has attracted and will at tract the attention of many other gentle men 'of wealth who can appreciate, as he has done, a good thing when they see it The past .lune has been the hottest ever known in the Mississippi Valley. In the South Atlantic States the temper ature was also unusually hisrh. Some damage to crops ,is feared unless change occurs soon. In the Northern States of the Mississippi Valley the heat has been very severe, resulting in many deaths. In Western North Carolina, while warm and dry, there has been no suffering, and our nights are cool and delightful. Some rain is needed badly, however, for crops, man and beast. Waynesville Sulphur Springs. We learn with pleasure that the Waynesville White Sulphur Springs has been opened with great success. A fine band of music has been engaged and guests are coming in rapidly from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Rooms have been en gaged by large parties from Montgomery and Columbia, and many inquiries for board have been received from persons in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. ! There will be a picnic of the Royal Arcanum of Haywood county at Waynesville on the 4th; also a meeting of the county alliance. i The North Carolina Horticultural So ciety will hold its eighth annual grape fair at Mount Holly from July 30 to August 1. Addresses will be made by a number of prominent speakers, and sev eral successful grape growers will read papers. The aim of the society is to de velop the fruit industry of North Caro lina, and a considerabie amount is offered in premiums. The society ihas already done good Work, and the grape fair is one of the most attractive exhibits of the State, i I THE ANNUAL RE-UNION Of the South Carolina Colonv in Asheville June 27th. j Those residents of our city who are proud to claim South Carolina as their birth place, and who constitute the South Carolina Society of this city, held their annual reunion on the 27th ulto. A number of invked guests were also pres ent, including Gov. R. L. Taylor of Ten nejssee, Lt. Gov. Mauldin, of South Caro lina, Hon. T. F. Davidson, Attorney- General of North Carolina, Judge A. C. Avery, Supreme Court of this State, Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia, Judge Fenner, of the Supreme Court of Louis iana, Mr. Capers of South Carolina,- and a number of prominent citizens of this city. The meeting wras held in the spacious hall of the Swannanoa hotel, which had been handsomely and suitably decorated for the occasion. Hull's Band discoursed elegant musie during the evening. When the assembly had taken seats around the banquet board, President Breese called the meeting to order, stating its object in a brief address of welcome to the guests. He then announced the first toast of the evening: uThe Day We Celebrate, and with it the State of South Carolina; 'Americus Opibusque Parati': A mother whose shield and cause her sons will ever up hold and maintain." Responded to by Hon. W. L. Mauldin, Lt. Governor of South Carolina. Mr. E. H. Wright proposed a toast to "North Carolina," which was responded to by Attorney-General Davidson. Mr. S, D. Pelham proposed a toast to "Tennessee," responded to by Gov. Tay lor of that State. Maj. W. W. Rollins proposed a toast to "Georgia," responded to by Gen. P. M. B. Young. "The City of Asheville," proposed by Mr. C. T. Rawls and responded to by Mr. L. P. McLoud. Mr. W. P. Cheesborough proposed "The Army and Navy," responded to by Dr. S. Westray Battle, U. S. N. Mr. T. C White proposed "Woman, the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world," responded to by Mr. J. P. Arthur. We regret we cannot go into fuller de tails of the toasts, the excellent remarks with which they were proposed, and the eloquently interesting responses. With out exception the speeches made in re sponse to the above were the finest we ever heard on a similar occasion. The last regular toast proposed by Dr. J. A. Watson, was to " The Press," responded to by Robt. M. Furman, who concluded by proposing the toast: "The South Carolina Society of Asheville. May it live long and prosper, for the love of the home of birth is the best guarantee of loyal fidelity to the home of adoption." President Breese, of the Society, -was called on to respond, who, in turn, re quested the veteran Col. L. M. Hatch to do so, and he did so, eloquently and in structively. Judge Fenner of New Orleans, Capt. Natt Atkinson, Mr. Ellison Capers of Greenville, Judge Avery, Maj. H. T. King of Augusta, responded most hand somely to calls. Thus the evening closed one of the most entertaining occasions we have ever attended anywhere. The banquet, prepared by Messrs. Rawls, of the Swannanoa, was simply superb, and sustained well the reputa tion of that very popular hostelry. Asheville has as much cause to be proud of her South Carolina coiony as they have to be proud of their native State. May all live long and prosper. Attention, Old Comrades. There will be a re union of Company II, 2oth North .Carolina Volunteers at the Baptist church on Hominy Creek upon the same spot where wre organized 29 years ago. All surviving members of the company are commanded (requested) to attend. Come provided with three days rations, a blanket and cooking utensils. We will go into camp on Mon day, the 21st day of July, 1890, and dis band on Wednesday the 23rd. Colonel John McElroy will address the old sol diers on the 22nd and Parson P. R. Young will preach at night. A. B. Thrash, Capt. Com'd'g. W. Y. Morgan, Major. Can't Do Without The Democrat. A prominent citizen of Yancey Coun- jty, in a private letter to us, is kind enough to say: "I can't afford to be without The Asheville Democrat. I consider it the leading Democratic or gan of Western North Carolina. 3Iay The Democrat and its editors have long life, and continue to send forth pure Democratic truths, and thus con vince the white Republicans of our be loved State that they, by their votes, are aiding in all the Republican corruptions with which our country is cursed." Work Begun ' : . . On the M Mi Mey L L AMIDST GREAT REJOICINGS . AND HUZZAHS! The First Dirt is Thrown A Pleas ant Day in and for Old Hen derson. Tuesday morning wTe took the early train for Hendersonville, in company with Vice-President W. M. Cocke, Jr., of the French Broad Valley Railroad, Miss Nellie A. Cocke, Miss Cornelia Ramseur, i Wm. J. Cocke, for the purpose of at tending, the formal beginning of work I on the French Broad Valley Railroad, which road is to connect Asheville with the Carolina Central at Rutherfordton. and give us another line to South Caro lina connections. At Hendersonville we were joined by Chief Engineer H. M. Ramseur, Capt. S. V. -Pickens, Col. David Stradlev. Mr. Paul Jones of the Western Guide Col. Charles Sunof sky, and with fine teams were soon rapidly speeding over a good road to the scene of action, the residence of Col. Willis Allen, near Horse Shoe, on the French Broad. A goodly com pany of ladies and gentlemen had al ready assembled. After a good dinner at Col. Allen's, the party assembled at the point where work was to be begun. Chief Engineer Ramseur called attention to the object of the meeting, and stated that they de sired to begin by asking Divine blessing upon the great enterprise about to be undertaken. Rev. C. M.. Greer then invoked, in a most fervent' prayer, the blessings of God upon the great work and upon all the people. Miss Cornelia, the little daughter of Chief Engineer Ramseur, and Miss Nellie A., daughter of Vice-President Cocke, then threw the first dirt, followed by Mr Ramseur., Ca; , Cocke, Rev. Mr. Greer, R. M. Furman of The Democrat, Wm J. Cocke, Paul Jones of the Henderson vine uuiae, japt. ncKens wno repre sented the Hendersonville Times, A Cannon, Esq., William Meade Stone, Vernon Ramseur, W. B. Case, Silas Case, W. U. Corn, Gus. A. Sitton, Hon. Geo. Wilson of Transylvania, Burgin For tune, Col. Willis Allen, Noble Clayton, and Henry Robinson colored. There were also present Capt. T. C. Bowen, resident engineer of the road, and Mr. W. G. Stone, office engineer Col. Charles Sunofsky was commissary general of the occasion. It is needless to say he distinguished himself. After this : Ave returned, meeting en route loads of tools for the active prose cution of the work. It was a great day for Henderson, and for . Western Carolina, and may the grand enterprise inaugurated there be rapidly pushed to completion. Our thanks! are due to many friends for courtesies,' specially to Capt. Cocke, Mai. Ramseur. Col. Allen, Col. Pickens and others. Developing- Our Ores. Mr. W. B. Phillips, of Birmingham, Ala., a distinguished mining engineer' has been employed by the North Caro lina Bessemer Company, of which Julian S. Carr is President and a number of wealthy North Carolinians, including A. B. Andrews and S. H. Wiley, stock holders, to open up their iron beds on the North Fori of the Catawba River in McDowell County, the said property lying along the line of the Three C.'s railroad. We had the pleasure of a call from Mr. Phillips on Monday. He states that he has ! had for a week or ten days a corps of engineers at work on this property Messrs. Nitze and McKenzie, of Ala bama, beine: included. They have al ready developed a very fine quality o iron and have discovered, in addition, a fine deposit of black marble, which bids fair to prove a great source of wealth. This work is to be prosecuted till al the mineral deposits of the property are thoroughly exploited. Enough has al ready been discovered to promise rich returns for development. Speaking of Mr. Phillips, the'engineer in charge of this work, he is a North Carolinian, a son of Dr. Charles Phillips, of Chapel Hill. Mr. Phillips was him self for several years connected with the scientific department of our University, He has made such fame for himself since he has lived in Birmingham, that he has been invited to the professorship o chemistry and metallurgy in the Univer sity of Alabama, and will assume the duties of that place in October next. The First National Bank of Winston is to erect a building to cost $30,000. ; WE AVER VILLE COLLEGE. Very Interesting Closing Exercises at This Institution. One of the most interesting occasions in the history of Weaverville College occurred recently, it being the annual commencement. Very large crowds of people of this and surrounding counties were in attendance. There were about 150 pupils enrolled during the session, some from adjoining States. The examinations and exercises generally showed that President Yost and his co4aborers have worked ' faith fully. Hon. H. A. Gudger, of Asheville, de livered the annual oration. As Mr. G never fails to make a good speech, full of mportant truths, his address on this oc casion was not an exception. There were a number of medals awarded which were fully merited. Our young friend William; Lee Baird, son of our neighbor I. V. Baird, won the ora torical medal over some strong competi tors. We heard him'several years ago and then predicted a bright future for him. May he go on, conquering and to conquer, lo Mr. Keeu, oi lennessee, was awarded the first declamation medal, and to Mr; Edwards, of Weaverville, the second declamation medal. Both proved, as indeed did all the contestants, excel lent declaimers. Other medalsfor suc cess m various departments, were awarded, but the names of the lucky winners were not furnished us. Hon. R. B. Vance, Rev. R. N. Price, Rev. Mr. Stover, Mr. W, H. Hunter, Mr. Richard Weaver and Dr. Millard presented the medals, each presentation accompanied by very appropriate addresses to the re cipients. Altogether it was a happy oc casion, and greatly enjoyed. An effort was made to secure subscrip tions to erect additional buildings foT the use of the college, and several hun dred dollars, were secured. Real estate in Weaverville is advanc - ing in value; and the good people, proud of their beautiful town, are anxious to have good citizens enjoy its advantages WllliJtllClll. - LACHIN Y GAIR. A New and More Suitable Name for Turnpike. Our friend Mr. John Smathers re he marked to us some time since that would like to get a prettier -name, one more suitable to the beautiful surround ings of his popular hotel than "Turn pike," which has now lost its signifi cance. In mentioning this matter re cently to our .friend Hon. Geo. W. Blount, of Wilson, N. C, while passing the place, he immediately suggested the name of Lachin Y Gair, (pronounced Loch Na Garr.) Since reaching home Mr. Blount has kindly copied the follow ing from Byron's "Hours of Idleness," from which the name was taken: "Years have rolled on; Loch Garr, since I left you. Years must elapse ere I see you again. , Nature of -verdure and flowers has bereft you, Yet still are you dearer than Albion's plaint England! thy beauties are tame and domestic To one who has roved, on the mountains afar, Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic, The steep frowning glories of dark Loch Na Garr." ' , , The steep, frowning mountains, the lock on the creek, make the name most suitable for the place; only Nature has been most lavish in her gift of verdure and flowers to the whole valley and mountains. Let Turnpike be hencef orth known as Loch Na Garr. What say you, Mr. Smathers? Three C.'s Road. We are glad to learn that Judge Bond, of the'U. S. Circuit Court, has finally set tled the question of the township bonds vo:ed in several South Carolina counties to the three C.'s railroad. Judge Bond orders that the bonds be turned over io the railroad.. They amount to some $000,000. The suit brought against the three C.'s by a citizen of Boston, referred to else where, amounts to nothing, it is said. The track of the three C's will be finished to Marfon from Rutherfordton this summer, and trains direct from Charleston and Wilmington will con nect tit Marion with trains for Asheville. Merrimon for Congress. Editors Democrat: The friends of J II. Merrimon will present his. name to the next Congressional convention of this district with , strong hopes of his nomination. 'Tis true he has not asked for or intimated that he would accept, but that will riot prevent - his friends from offering him the nomination if they can. Traksylvaxia. June 30, 1890. Celluloid Lined Whip. J. H. Woody & Co., of this city, have engaged from the Lay Whip Company the sole agency for Asheville of the cele brated celluloid lined whip. These whips guaranteed to give satisfaction with reasonable use. jy3-lm J. S. Grant, Ph. a, (Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy . ; . Apothecary, 24 South Main SU ij your prescription are prepared at Grant's Pharmacy you can positively de pend upon these facts: First, tltat only 'the- purest and best druas and chemicats will be' used; second, they wiU be compounded care" fully and accurately by in experienced Pre scriptionist, and tMrd, you trill not bf cluirged an exorbitant price. You wiU re ceive the btt goods at a very reasonable profit.- DnH forget the place Grant's Pharmacy,. 24 South Main street. Prescription filled at all hours, night or day, and delivered free of clutrge to any part of the city. The night bell will be an steered 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 determined to sell as low as the lowest r even if we have to lose money by so doing'. We will sell all Patent ' Medicines at firtt costy and below that if necessary, to meet the- price of any competitor. We have the largest assortment of Cluimo& Skins in Asheville. Over 200 skins, alt sizes, at the lowest prices. We are ogents for Humphrey's Homcto pathetic Medicines. A full supply 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 al? blood diseases is Buncombe SarsapariUa Try a bottle and you will take no , oilier. J. S. GRANT, Ph. G., Pharmacist,. , 24 S. Main St. AsJieville, N. C" W; A. BLAIR. J. V. BROWN,. Furniture AND Undertaking, le, t Filiti Am. McAfee Block, Opposite Blair's Old Stand- We are now ready, and lin vite our friends and the public generally t3 call and examine our well selected stock of Furniture, Which we are offeringgat Rock-Bottom Prices. . UaderUkiK A Special Feature. Calls Attended Day or Night. TeieDhone, Day 75, Fight 65 Blair & Brown.,
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