OL. 1-
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890.
SO. 50.
Looking
Backward
;ver the past eight years of our
JjCCessful business life in Ashe
rjlle has demonstrated to us the
aCt that our determination to
only pure goods, guarantee-
sking a small pront on every-
hin" SOiu, uumxueuus liseii io
Second, That desirable cus-
omers cannot be gained by the
oft-tried practice of some deal-
eading articles, hoping to make
That hard work and close ap
lication to business is the price
of success.
That our business for 1889
hows an increase over the pre
vious year of 20 per cent. , which
very gratifying, and for
which we wish to thank our
many friends in Asheville and
Western North Carolina.
Lookiii;
Forward
We are encouraged to enter up-
the year before us with re
newed energy and a determina-
ion to give our customers the
benefit of our increased facili-
ies for buying and selling- the
very finest goods to be had, at
small profits. ,
Our stock is now the largest
ever offered in this market and
embraces' everything in the line
of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
able Delicacies, Fruits, Grain,
1,
Flour, etc. Respectfully, .
Local Briefs
The Yadkin, river bridge has been re
paired, and trains now make regular
connections by that route. 1
Registration begins "on the 24th of
September and ends on the 24th of Oc
tober. Every voter is required to regis
ter this year.
Col. J. G. Martin is at home for a few
days. He reports work on the Morris-
town and Cumberland Gap Road as pro
gressing rapidly.
An entirely new registration is re
quired this year; Books will be opened
from September, 24th to October 24th.
Attend to this in time.
Work on the Kenilworth Inn, in South
Asheville, is progressing rapidly. It will
be one of the most elegant hotels in the
South when finished, and will cost over
a quarter million dollars.
Hon. H. G. E wart will address the peo
pie of Jackson, at Webster, on Monday
next, and the people of Yancey, at
Burnsville, on Wednesday next. Mr.
Crawford will be with him.
The Alderman to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Alderman
Pulliam will be elected Friday night.
Give us a West Warder of good business
iudarment, Messrs. Aldermen, and all
will be well.
The measure granting to the Asheville
Natural Gas Co. the privilege of laying
pipes in case they strike the gas, has
passed its second reading in the Board
ot. Aldermen. It will doubtless become
a law Friday night, as it ought to do.
j.ur. in. layior exmoitea in town
Monday a five-months-old colt, one of
the finest for his age we have ever seen.
It was a dark bay, of beautiful shape and
development, of good stock, and, if prop
erly trained, promises to make a tine
horse.
IMPORTANT TO DEMOCRATS.
A VISIT TO THE SMOKING
MOUNTAINS.
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The use of calomel for derangements
of the liver has ruined many a fine con
stitution. Those who, for similar
troubles, have tried Ayer's Pills testify
to their efficacy in thoroughly remedy
ingnhe malady, without injury to the
system. ;
It is astonishing how rapidly the fee
ble and debilitated gain strength and
'- Tgor -;Le,n udting Ayer s Sarsaparilia.
For what are called broken-down con
stitutions," nothing tdse has proved so
effective as this powerful but perfectly
sate medicine.
Mo
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.. : v. "-v., --s,
rs. Gwyn & West sold some ele
gant ciiy loir; in Xoith Asheviile 021 the
That part of the city is being rap-
A-Democratic Primary Election for
Buncombe County.
To the Democratic voters of the sev
eral townships of Buncombe county:
Pursuant to a call heretofore made to
Democratic voters of the various town
ships of Buncombe county to hold pri
mary elections on the 27th of this month
for the purpose of giving the Democratic
voters of the county an opportunity to
express their choice of candidates for
the House of Representatives and several
county offices, it is thought necessary to
give some specific instructions "as to the
manner of holding said primary elections
as follows:
1st. The Democrats of the several
townships are earnestly requested to
meet at the usual voting place of the
township not later than 10 o'clock on
the morning of Saturday, the 27th of this
month. The Democratic Executive
Committee will select two good Demo
crats to act as judges of and conduct the
election. In the absence of the execu
tive committee, or a failure to act on
their part, on the morning of the elec
tion, so soon as six Democrats shall ar
rive, they shall proceed at once to elect
the two judges herein provided for,
whose duty it shall be to provide a box
or other means for voting. After the
box or other means shall have been pro
vided, each and every Democrat or other
voter pledging himself to support the
nominees of the Democratic party, shall
be allowed to cast one vote for a candi
date for each of the county offices, and
one vote each for two candidates for the
legislature. The votes may be either
written or printed on one piece of paper
or separately as tne juqges may deter
min6 before the voting begins.
2nd. The polls shall be kept open from
10 o'clock a. m., until 5 o clock p. m., or
later if the judges shall think advisable
or necessary to give every voter in the
township who desires to do so an oppor
tunity to vote.
3rd.- While the election of candidates
for the various offices are being pro
ceeded with, each voter shall also be al
lowed to vote for delegates to the county
convention, who shall be in number one
delegate for every twenty-rive Demo
erotic votes and fractions of fifteen or
over cast for Governor Fowle in the last
preceding election. The several town-
1 . w
' ships and precincts will there tore be en
J titled to ..elect the following' number
i of delegates," respectively: A.sheville
East Ward 13, West Ward 22-iieaver-
ilazol
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FARMERS,
J. E.I1EED & GO.
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WiiJ j.ay the highest market; iVrice for good
ttuttnn delivered at their ' market, No. 10,
- Kni t h ( u rt Square, Asheville, N. C.
ome more very handsome ' H
ire seliiim; I
: is
f 1' If )'.)PSf u
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fisfiEflfcSfifcafifc
$100 EEWAED
loth.
iu'lv buiit up. and is one of the
tiaeii e sections ot the ity. These geu
e ! ticmen nave
lots yet for sale.
. Dried fruits of all kin
well on the ISew York market now. Our
people do not put up as much as they
ought. Blackberries,"- which grow in
abundance in this country, would bring
many dollars: to our section if carefully
dried. Every little in this way will help.
Mr.'Thad Thrash, of Thrash Co.,
has gone Korth after a full stock of
china ware, house furnishings, etc. 'This
tii in has been carrying one of the best
stocks ever brought to our market, but
Mr. Thrash says his new stock will
eclipse anything ever brought to West
ern Carolina.
4, Avery'
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Creek 3,
Bl UC'ii Mountain
1
The Visit Does Not Even End in
Smoke A Sensation Exploded.
Messrs. Editors : On Saturday, in
company with Hon. Thos. D. Johnston,
I visited the mountain region, the recent
alleged phenomena in which have been
the occasion of so much curiosity. To
say that they have excited alarm or anx
iety is absurd and false ; but they have
excited much lively curiosity not at all
unreasonable, not only among '.he citi-
- 1? A 1- ? - ' 1 . . 1 .
zens 01 me viciniiy, uui among mote at.
a distance to whom rumor came in ex
aggerated form. Quite a number of gen
tlemen went out on Saturday, ostensibly
to view the phenomenon, really and
more pleasurably to. participate in the
large and agreeable pic-nic held the
same day at Piney Grove. I, alone, of
all the visitors from Asheville, carried
out the purpose, of my visit. Even the
eager and veteran scientist, General
Clingman, contented himself with an
upward glance at the scenes of the fabu
lous terrors.
The mountains from the 'summits of
which the columns of smoke are alleged
to arise, are lateral spurs of the Blue
Ridge, extending westward towards the
French Broad river, the most western
projection of which is the terminal sum
mit of the Beau Catcher range overlook
ing Asheville on the east. They run
parallel with the Swannanoa river in all
its windings, and are intersected with
numerous streams and their accompany
ing valleys, each group taking its name
from the water courses on which they
lie, such as tht Bee Tree mountains, Bull
Creek mountains, etc. There is no gei
eral name, and they are in fact a part of
the Blue Ridge, part of the brc ad ele
vated back upon which the loftier sum
mits of the great master chain erect
themselves. The geological character
oU-he, chief range and its auxiliaries is
the same, a mass of primitive rock,
gneissoid in character, originally thrown
upward by contraction of the earth's
crust, and .presenting m many places a
violently distorted stratification. Pri
marily, they might be called igneous
rocks to the extent that they were, in
remote ,e.logic period, subject to the
inw-r,si iiea'o vhi!h held the earth in li
quid form until . the cooling of the sur
face converted them into solids, and
made them subject to the violent forces
of unequal contraction, resulting in up-
j heaval, displacement and distortion.
I There is nowhere'., evidence, or the
characteristic work, of volcanic action.
The scene of the alleged combustion is
other evidence. With the bare possibil
ity that I might be in position to inves
tigate some interesting phenomena I had
carried a thermometer with me. When
on the spot I was convinced of the ab
surdity of the precaution ; nevertheless
I made full tests of underground temper
ature, using some pits which at a period
not very remote had been sunk in search
of ores of some kind. The mercury
showed the temperature of the wet earth,
nothing more ; 1 there was no fire be
neath. I reached the conclusion very speedily,
that while vapors are to be seen at this
season of the year resting on the sum
mit of ODe or many mountains, it was
not smoke, but simply condensed vapor,
in the nature of fog, due altogether to
the difference in temperature between
the confined air within the fissures and
the outer air vhen brought in contact at
unequ&l jtemperatures. This is the sim
plest, and it appears to me, the most ra
tional explanation. Most certainly the
marvellous must be dismissed altogether
from consideration. There is nothing
volcanic whatever in the condition.
What applies to Watch Knob applies
to all the other smoking summits. The
phenomenon interests, but it cannot
alarm.
J."T. Cameron.
J. S. Grant, Ph. a.
Of tne Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.)
Apothecary, 24 South Main St
. Died
At her residence, 278 College Street, this
city, Wednesday morning, 18th inst.,
Mrs. Barbara Frank. She was "born in
Rowan county January 14, 1814 ; moved
to Buncombe in 1840, where she has since
resided; was manager of the Wayside
Hospital at this place during the war,
and her ministrations to the sick and
wounded can never be forgotten. She
has been a consistent member of the M.
E. Church South for more than 60 years.
A son and four grand-children survive
her, with hosts of friends who sincerely
mourn her death.1 Verily, a good woman
has gone to her reward. Funeral ser
vices were held Vt residence Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The Western Baptist Convention.
Those who contemplate attending the
above convention, -soon to assemble at
Bryson City, are requested to notify Mr.
J. S. Elmore, Brysoh City, at once, so
arrangements for entertainment can be
made. A very large attendance is ex
pected, and the Democrat can vouchsafe
a most pleasant lime with the good peo
ple of that section.
If your prescriptions are prepared a
GranV s Phanndfy y&u mn positively ds
pend upon tlie&e facts: First, tliat only the
purest and best drugs and cJtemicals will be
used; second, they trill be compounded care-
fully and accurately by an experienced Pre-
senptionist, and thirds you will rwt be
charged an exhorbitant price. You wiU re
ceive the best goods at a very reasonable profit.
Don't forget the place Grant's 1'harmaty,
24 South Main street.1
Prescriptions filled at all hours, night or
day, and delivered free of chirgetoany part
of the city. TJte night bell trill 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 dr tig house in the city. We
are determened to sell ten' low as tJte lotcest.
!
even if we have to lose money by so doing
We will sell all PatentMedicines at fi?si
cost, and below that if nectary, to meet the
price of any competitor.
We ?tavethe tai'ge.st asortnieut of Chamois
Skins in Asheville. Over 200 skiibs, all
sizes at the lowest prices.
We are ogents for Humphrey's Ilom&Oj
patJietic Medicines. A full supply of his
goods alwags on hand.
Use Buncombe Liver Pills, the best in- the
world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc.
A thoroughly reliable remedy for ah
blood diseases is Buncombe Sars(vparilla.
Try a bottle and you will take no oilier.
J. S, Gil ANT, Ph. (i., Pharmacist,
24 S. Main St. Asheville,.
moj ;;t- i Fair View 5, l iench Broad 0.. Flat Creek i
!k iw7 LriiPrn .im.Pt,.mr.i I .invs r ! 111)1111 oi v;oopers Miinoii nine nme
east of Aslu ville, v.vA from two to fo.ir
4, iSwauuanoa 5, Upper -Hominy v. Tot
! 12i).
ominv v). Rectus' Creek 4. Sandy Musli
j.jiiuties noiiii 01 uie scaiion mere ate
several summits from which the col-
the dele- ! umns f smoke or vapor have been seen
to arise, anion tr which are Watch' Knob.
Bee Tree Knob, and one of the Four
It shall be the duty.. -of
so elected to attend -the county
convention which, will assemble at the
-Itii.
gates
court house in Asheville at 11 o'clock a. j Knobs. I stopped at the dwelling of
:i, who lives in a little
Foot of Watch Knob
m. on 'Saturday the 4th day of October,, Mr- John M- 1utt0
18!)0, when and where they shall cast the valley lying at the
vote of the township sending them ae- j nml lne mir ivnobs, Mr. 1'atton kind
ly onering to accompany .me to the
top of "the 'former, which is in full view
of his house, fie was not at all excited
The New City Hall.
We are glad that work on this greatly
needed building is to begin a5, once. It
will be a handsome structurewhen, fin
ished, a credit to our city, and to the au
thorities under whose. -auspices it w ill by
built. Mr. J. . .VT.ennent will; -have su
pervision, which ensures a good struc
ture. It will occupy the place of the
present City Hall.
W. A, BLAIE.
Furniture
Shooting.
F.r any one who will buy a "pair of
biaham hoes and not get value -received.
-v at No. 31 Morth Main street, just
ahuve Fanners1 warehouse.
us m e
mm,
..Chtat store on earth. Handle
- aotliifig- but first-class goods, and intend
to treat everybody right. We keep
Wit-made shoes of every kind. Ilome-
fc-'i'le jeans
Home-made plaids. Home-
'domestic." Home-made drilling.
e arrant every pair of Asheville Shoe
Co-Uoes.
ASHEVILLE DRY GOODS CO.,
J O. HOWELL, MANAGER.
HoWard Proffitt and Milt Holcombe
areMth us. .
WM. II. KING,
Of the Engineer Corps, U. S. N
ls located in' Asheville and will practice
SURVEYING.
.r&ughting of any description a spe
wy.. P.O. .Box. 228. . Se4-lm
Mr. . P. M .cares leaves this week for
cording to the result of the primary elec
tion, giving to each candidate his pro
rnrtionne ?-sirt of the vote of the 4ovn-
ship as cast for him in said primary dec-1 hY the phenomenon; in fact had not seen
tion. If any candidate "shall fail to re-! any of the wonderful manifestations un-
ceive a majority of the votes in said
county convention cast in accordance
with votes cast in the primaries, then it
! shall be the duty of the delegates in said
select the fall and winter
ior ins ictiiiei s muswics.
New York and other northern markets, !
where he will
stock ot ic
Mr. G. A. Mcares and his two sons are
doing a very large and increasing general
merchandise business, and fully deserve
their success.
See the new advertisments in this
week's Democrat':
Smathers' Springs Hotel.
Jenks and Jenks.
Asheville Dry Goods Co.
Trustee's Sale J. M. Gudger, Jr.
Commissioner's Sale R. B. Justice.
New Drug Store Worthen & Co.
The people of Macon county will vcte
next Saturday upon the question of sub
scribing one hundred thousand dollars
to the stock of a railroad company to se
cure a road through that county. We
shall be surprised if the vote is hot unan
imous. We take it there will be no
bonds issued until the road is built and
running, and if this be done the county
will gain immensely on tdie investment.
Macon possesses resources of vast value
which only await such opportunity as a
railroad can give to quicken them into
active, prosperous life, building up all
around them.
Married.
At the residence of the bride's father,
Dr. J. A. Reagan, Weaverville, Sept. 4,
1890, Mr. T. H. Reeves, of Cross Rock,
N. C., to Miss Annie May Reagan, Rev.
J. H. Weaver, D. D., officiating.
til the dav before, though his daughters
had frequently witnessed it. In truth,
there is no doubt, that at this, season of j
I the year, columns of vapor have been
ieen for- many years, exciting a wonder-!
Fatal
Dr. James E. Rogers was fatally shot
by r. F. Boyd near Alexander, this
county, on the night of the 10th. Vari
ous reasons have been assigned for the
difficulty which resulted sofTaVaUy. Wm.
"Boyd surrendered himself ty the authorities-
and is now in jail. Subsequently a
brother of his, who was present at the
shooting, was arrested, and, waiving ex
amination, wa-s committed .to jail. He
was after vards released, there being no
evidence against him.
AN D-
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UIK
lenaKin
county convention to proceed to select a st
m, cano.-it v. .iit no a. arm or exctte-
olhce wherein sucn
catnlidate for such
failure occurred. j
5th. Upon, the closing of the polls!
said judges will proceed at once, m -the j
presence of such voters as may choose j
to be present, to count the votes
both for candidates and delegates, and i is a wel1 "odden and not very dirticult
Transylvania IvfojainKtions.
ran syl rania ' Democracy held a pri-
ment such as vivid imaginations have mary election lust week, with very; satis:
ascribed to it. j factoiy results. The following very ex
7he -ascent to the bummit of Watch ceilent ticket was selected, each receiv
Knob is a steep and laborious one. For i ing a clear majority of Jhe votes of the
CaSt 1 u-iiiii us yi liie uiMciiiee oi cv uoie iiieie j ciinie uuuutj :
ir or the House VV. . Zackary.
. u - . ? j ; i! i. . l. ,. r "ii v . rr
certify the same in duplicate, sending j t,aiIi ' y cue top is imougn me x oi viei x, ix. yuvy.
one copy to the undersigned chairman oods air bushes, the latter imlispensa
of the county executive committee, and : l)le aiJs in PuiiillS UP t"e sharp as-ent.
delivering the other to a delegate elect to j The top of atch Knob I estimate at
5
mm
Ik
McAfee Block, Opposite 1IW s Old Stand,
be presented by him to the said county
convention.
Vy order of the Executive Committee.
C. M. McLoud, Chm'n.
Hon. Thcs. D. Johsston
Will address the people of Yancey,, at
Burnsville, next Monday. Let all the
people turn out and hear thif able cham
pion if a people's cause.
A Big Opening.
Col. Connelly is having an excavation
made in the rear of ihe store of Messrs.
Bostic Bros. & Wright, for the.purpose
of extending his building occupied by
Messrs. H. Redwood & Co. Monday
night, about 11 o'clock, the rear wall of
Bostic Bros. & Wright's store fell with
a crash, taking out the entire rear of the
building. Several clerks were in the
building at the time, all in the rear of
the store, but fortunately all escaped
unhurt. It was a big opening, but not
such as the enterprising firm are in the
habit of having. -'!!'
eight hundred feet aboye the valieyj be
low. For 'two-thirds of the distance up
the surface is covered with a rich vege
table mould, undisturbed by rocks, and
supporting a thick growth of oak, pine,
and dense uiderwood. As' we ap
proached the summit, there appeared
outcrops of masses of stratified rock in
nearly horizontal strata, deeply fis
sured, the fissures in some instance open
ing downward, and in all probability
connected with subterranean chambers.
The very apex of Watch Knob is crested
with the characteristic stratified rock, a
mass twenty-five or more feet long and
six or eight high, set on edge, and if the
ground were free from timber would
stand out as a conspicuous landmark.
Not far from this rock, and. a little lower
in level, is the only really remarkable
object I saw on the mountain. It was a
patch of ground about thirty feet square,
surrounded by thick woods, but itself
perfectly bare of vegetation, though free
from rock and covered with soil, a type
of blasted barrenness, suggestive of sub
terranean heats. Of this there was no
For Sheriff W. H. Duckworth.
For Register W. P. Whitmire.
For Treasurer P. S. King.
For Surveyor T. B. Reid.
For Coroner Dr. J. A. Cannon.
I A Few Candidates.
' So far as heard froai at this writing
the following gentlemen have either an
nounced themselves, Or been announced
by their friends, for Democratip nomina
tions: For House of Representatives J ohn
W. Starnes, J. P. Lowry, W. H. Curtis,
Dr. J. S. T. Baird, Locke Craig, Mark L.
Reed, J. W. Nash, David Blackwell, J.
C. Curtis. ; V
For Clerk J. H. Cartr,W. R. Young,
J. R. Baird, J. H. Woodward, B. G.
Gudger, T. W. Shelton, J. M. Israel.
For Register J. J. Mackey, C. P.
Weaver.
For Sheriff D. L. Reynolds.
For Treasurer J. H. Courtney. -
For Coroner Dr. W. D. Hilliard, Dr.
J. C. B. Justice, Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Dr.
D. F. Summey.
"We hope we have all the returns as
far as .announced or mentioned. We
will gladly add the names 6f others as
furnished.
We are now ready, and fin
vite our friends and the public
generally to call and examine
our well selected stock of
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v Furniture,
Which we are offer ing"aty
Rock-Bottom Prices.
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Undertaking A Special Feature.
Calls Attended Day orNight.
Teieuhoae, Day 75,Hisht 65
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Blair & Brown.