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VOL. II.
ASIIEVJXLE, N.' C, THURSDAY, AUGUST (3, 1891.
NO. 44.
LUDDEN & BATES'
ew Goods, New Prices!
J. S. Grant, Ph. Gh
SOUTHERN
(Of toe PoiUdelpMa College of Pharmacy.)
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!..,.! or no sale. 15 days trial in
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for catalogues, prices, particulars, etq
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J. F. GARRATT,
AGENT, j
U Pattern Ave., Asheville, J. C.
All pur friends are invited to come and see us now and find out how low we are selling
goods ; and we can always offer some special bargain such as the following now on sale:
Sets, 56 Pieces, $3.85. Dinner Sets, 100 Pieces, $9.90 and, $12.50.
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Yqu can leave out any piece of a set you do not want and reduce the price.
BOWLS AND PITCHERS 75c, $1.00 & $1.25. FINE GOODS.
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uuer uunng me aun montn ot July the bigest bargain yet. Tripple plate Silver Table Knives onlv $1.50 tor six. Good
pate buyer Table Knives only 95c. for six. Teaspoons, Tablespoons and Forks in everv grade away under regular price. We are
known as headquarters for Glassware and House-furnishing Goods. ' , 1
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Apothecary, 24 SouUiMain St.
fjf Pianos and Organs tuned and re-
aired. Terms reasonaDie. orK guar
anteed. ' ' .
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Dinner & Tea Sets
At Unusually Low Prices.
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From $7 and Upwards-
f. Uut. vUu v )U break a piece we will sell
j ,wi, ;r one to match it, thereby you will
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Madison County Institute.
For the Democrat.!
I arrived at home to find all anxious
to hear about my trip, and after haying '
Dr. Curry's Iiectnr?.
We regretted being denied the privi-
Southern Exposition October 1st to
December 1st, 1891.
ounuay morning, juiy lytn, louna me , ucugunui a visn, you may imagine . w of hearin- the lecture of Dr. Curry The following are amour the articles
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on Doara uiecars bounaforUotbpring8,."-"n"gnio-reammgoi me Deauties in Lvceum Hall the other evening. To , that are desirable from each section of
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oi y esiern ionn Carolina. Aiany , iistea t0 him is a pleasure at all times. , the South to place in the Southern Expo
thanks to all my friends who entertained , His effort on this occasion was to inter- s'tirn to be held in the cit v of Rakich
lamp Isjartffl&ii
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it ;i iiutny new and cheap articles
Tinware, Woodenware,
H
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niay is'i; think we keep them, but we
ii'-' 'iv.untiTii. (live us a call when in
ain't hi:;- i:i the house furnishing line.
.W. Thrash & Co,
41 Patton Ave-
NATT ATKINSON & SON,
.Real Estate Agents.
Asheville, N. C, .'.
1H V, KENT AM) SELL. ;
N. C, the object of mv triD beinff to at-
tend an institute to be held at Snriner
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Creek Seminary, ; about ten miles from
Hot Springs. I arrived at Hot Springs
at 12 m. and found Mr. S. W. Brown
there with a conveyance to take me out
to his beautiful country home. I would
not fail to mention, however, that Mr.
Lance, who keeps hotel at Hot Springs,
entertained, me, and that I met some
friends, among whom were Mr. F. C.
Ebbs, a merchant, and his polite young
clerk,' Mr. Rector, who had been a stu
dent in my school at Dover's Academy
in Tennessee. But to return to my story
I was most kindly entertained by 'Mr.
Brown and his excellent wife until Mon-
day morning, when I was found with
others, on my way i to the Seminary,
which is only half a mile from Mr.
Brown's. The building is a large two
story frame building, nicely painted and
finished up with ornamental work about
doors and windows. Here was to meet
the Madison County Teacher's Institute,
presided over by Superintendent I. N
Ebbs. And let me say here that I have
met no educator who was more consider
ate for his teacher's feelings and at the
same time very strict in his examination
of applicants. He extends them every
courtesy, but at the same time makes i
them feel he cannot violate the oath re-(
quired of county superintendents, and
ofiicers in general. Hojv much better
would it be for us if more of our public
men would feel they are day after day
writing their own histories, and that
they wield an influence over their fol
lowers, either for weal t r woe. Our In
stitute was a complete success. The
teachers went home leelinir tnev were
again to enter upon a new year's work,
all no doubt, going out from there, feel
ing they would strive harder than ever
before to make successful teachers. The
teachers were very kind tome, and many
will not soon be . forgotten. Among
others I mention Mr. Tweed, of Mar
shall, N. C, as being considerate of my,
me.
Maria E. Helm,
White Pine, Tenn.
Country Homes and Western N. C.
Methodist will please copy.
est our citizens in the matter of manual j North Carolina.
training in connection with our public One-half bushel of the following: Bar
schools. His argument in behalf of the ley, buckwheat, corn-, oats, rye, wheat
The Bechler Gold Coin.
Few of the citizens of Asheville, and
in fact of Western North Carolina, know
that there was once in current circula
tion, gold coin, made without the sanc
tion of the government, but accepted by
the people and the banks as freely as the
present gold "coin. Such is the fact.
This gold was coined by a German by
the name of Bechler, who lived in Ruth-
: erfordton, and some of his gold pieces I
are still preserved. Judge E. J. Aston
has one of these coins, a two dollar and
a half piece, and other gentlemen pi
Asheville, have, it is believed, specimens
of the Bechler one dollar piece. On one
side of Judge.Aston's gold piece appears
in raised Utters, "North Carolina gold,
2.50;" on the other side, "Bechler, Ruth- ;
erford," and the number of grains and !
carats fine. It is said that Bechler was
an expert metal worker and gold beat
er; a man of great intelligence, highly
respected by all who knew him. The
scarcity of a circulating medium gave
xise to the Bechler coin.
There is no date on any of the Bechler
coins, and-none on Judge- Aston's piece.
but it was coined for several years, from j p'je"?6
about 1837 to 1845, or 1850. Col. Clay j Swannanoa
advantages of such training was unan
swerable. The fact that America is de
pendent upon foreigners for experts in
such matters grows out of the failure of
America to establish and maintain such
schools as Dr. Curry discussed; and the
fact thtt foreigners can be obtained is
owing to the facilities maintained by
foreign governments, notably Germany,
in connection with their public schools
of manual training departments. Our
State has established at Raleigh, a train
ing school which, though but a year old,
gives evidence of great usefulness and
! success, it would be a srand steD for
our c:; a .uoiitie$ to take, to establish
such departments in connection with
our graded schools. We thank Dr. Cur
ry for his timely lecture upon the matter
and trust that his advice will be serious
ly and favorably considered.
Buncombe's Tax Assessment.
According to the lists as returned up
to July l;h, the leal and personal prop
erty of this county is as follows:
Avery's Creek $
Lower Hominy
Upper Hominy
Leicester
Sandy Mush
rice, grass seed, cane seed, field pea.
beans, dried apples, peaches, quince,
prunes, cherries, wild and cultivated
berries, nuts and acorns.
Preserved fruits in half-gallon glass
jars
One to ten pounds of each variety of
cotton in seed and lint; Max and jute in
various stages of manipulation.
Ten pounds of each variety of sugar;
one gallon of each variety of molaees
and sorghum; honey, one quart or one
to ten pounds in comb.
Two pounds of each variety of tobacco.
Ten pounds of each' variety of grass;
one bundle, six inches in diameter, of
each variety of grain in sheaf,
Hops, five pounds; broom-corn, ten to
twenty-five heads; careen pea3 and beans
one gallon of each variety dried.
Plants and growing shrubs In pots.
Spirituous liquor, wines aud all kinds
of liquids, one quart of each variety.
Miaerals, building stones, precious
stones, marl and phosphate rock, any
size specimen; soil, one foot square a
vi o-a1 deep a- desired, boxed up as to retain
2-21.9T
If your prescription are prepared at
GranC Phirnuiry you can r$itittly de
pend upon OteuftieU: Fir$t, tkit only tg
pure$t .ind bet drvgt and tfomiMlt vnZL U
used; econd, Vuy trill be couqvundtd care
fully and accurately by an eTpericnttd V-
'-riptionit, and third, you viU not hi
ch.i rgt d a n exfutrbt'Lt n t price. To u triS r-
ceitc the bettyood at a rery reisorJ profit.
lljn't foryct tiu place Grant lVuirrtkact
24 &tuth Main street.
Prescription fllel at all hur$ night or '
diy, and delivered free of ehargttoany pari
of the city. TU night UU viU U answered
Promptly. Grants Pharmu, 24 &nt(
Jltin street.
At Grant's PLtmutcy you can bvy any
Patent MeS.Hne at the Incest price quoted
by any oOter drug house in the city. W$
are determened to sella lot a' the l&itstt
eten, if we Lite to lose money by so doing,
We tniU vll all Patent Medicine at Jlrd 1
cont, and biljw t?tat if nec:s-ry, to meet Vu
price of any cof,tjH.tilr.
We hate the largest assortment ofChamoi
Skin in Ashetille. (her 200 kin, aU
siiet, at the loieest priee.
We are ogent for Humphrey ITomcv
pitlietic Medicine: A full supply of lit
good alicags on hand.
Use Buncombe Liter Pills, the best in (Jit
world for liter comprint, indigestion, etc.
A thoroughly rcliiA remedy for el
the same shave a wi.cn taken trom the
243.'2.i. ; ground.
iL'V'-'rJ Wood and timber st vcimen. if in s
o.i :i-J form, one luch tine, any widtn
ton, of this county, tells an' amusing
story about this coin, and the way busi
ness was done in the old days. His father,
I Col. Clayton the elder, who is still hale
la-id hartv. had a contract to build a
court house in one of the Blue Ridge j
counties. As last as the sheriff collected
the taxes, he paid over to Col. Clayton
certain sums. It consisted almost en
tire y of Bechler coin and old Spar.ish
dollars, and t last Col. C. had on hand
a bushel box full. The late Bacchus
Reems Cieek ! 21U,5u j
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awed
and
1!J7,T5 i length: if a section is sawed from a tree.
l!?7,lft5 i to be any size desired; if split from the
Flat Creek..
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Black Mountain
French Broad
Asheville (country)..
" east wa'rd.
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tree, the s;ction to ! lare enough tu
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but have for them the kindest feelings;
as fellow workers in the Master's vine
LIST yard. Amonir the people with whom I;j
sojourned wrere Mr. I Reeves and wife,'
vSmith dealt -largely in erinsenff. eoinsr
pleasure. Other teachers, Mis Honey,Kh h tl countrv to conect it from
cutt, of Barnard, N. C, and Miss Justus. mountaineers. Learning of the
of Del Rio, Tenn., I cannot mention allf4-mount of coin in Col C.'s possession,
'e visited him and effected an exchange
r State Bank, or Bank of Cape Fear
otes, giving a check for the money.
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nen ne nueu nis leaiueru bauuie uass
where I: spent a pleasant night, Dr. andnd rode away from ColJ Clayton's, his
Mrs. Askew, wijh wnoni l enjo
delicious fruit and good noney. Wwealth. so rare in those days, was irre-
Our Institute closed the 24th, at whichJ.overabj gone. ! t
time aauresses were ueixvereu uy vapi
i1f. a i , 1 : wnere l spent a pieasani nigm, ui. auui,-
"Jl uuuuiucui cUlU lUUUL y Mrs. Askew, witli wnom l enjoyea som was in eat distress, that all the
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ored, 735.
Capt. Patton thinks that a very large
amount yet remains unlisted. If alLwere
listed he thinks the total would be about
$10,500,000. We presume the above fig
ures were obtained by adding the per
cent to the last valuation as prescribed
by the county authorities. Ten millions
is certainly low. We believe a just as
sessment of values and a fuil return of
all property would give the total nearer
twenty than ten millions.
d dieu i Buncombe' SarsijariZa.
Try a bottle and you will take no other.
J. S. GRANT, Ph, G Pharmacist,
24 5. Jim St. A'Wrille, X. C.
DO YOU
REALY WANT"
A Splendid Farm?
IF 80, I CAN SUTIiV YOU!
1 !-. f l-.O
oiV-ri? square at least two bv four inches, bv
11$,3S ! four feet long.
iou.uiu, 3Ianufictuied goods from cotton,
rt?'?''- 1 wool, fias' ani silk, each ample usual
l.'.)l.J4r, .... .
o iu wiutu, six yams lon; irom woou cr
The total number of polls listed in the;,lrou' one peuien ot a kind.
countv to July 10, was white, 4,347; col-i aniumais; imu.u
reiics ana curiosiiie: pnnioyrapic views
of buildings, far r.s aud scenery, one of a
kind.
The above list of article may be added
to, both in variety and quantity, accord
ing to what'is produced, manufactured,
or found in each State or community.
S. R. Khi'i.Ki;. Director.
G. II. Bf.ll, Collector.
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Van Brown, Revs. R. H. Penland, M. D.p a Scrap of Revolutionary History.
L. Balding and Superintendent I. N. The Democrat commences this week
Ebbs. After the addresses the following ne publication of an old I manuscript
resolutions were read and adopted: S Written manv vears aro bv a Revolution-
(1.) Resolved, That the teachers ofj soidier It is a narrative of events
this Institute thank Superintendent I.N vjnat came under his immediate observa-
xjuus ivf ma ji.iuuuc33 UU11115 -" ion, iiouna to tnrow aaaitionai ngni on
tute. - t the history of that eventful period. The
(2.) Resolved, That the Institute thank ritr wa3 a participant in the battle of
Capt. Van Brown, ; Bros. Fenlana ana inffs Mountain, and was also one of
ore purchasing. Wecarr Balding! and Superintendent I. N. Ebbs t the ;guard who oppoeed the crossing of
for their addresses on public education. fahe British armr, under Lord Cornwall's,
(3.) Resolved, That the teachers and, Cowan's Ford on the Catawba, The
viitnm thank the kind people for tneiri narrative is tun o: interest irom Dcsin
' '-'- a iv invited to call and examine
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F'SCHER, ESTEY
The Daily Home Journal
Made its first appearance last Saturday
evening. It promises to be "independ-
Kenilworth. Inn J ent of trust and clicks of any kind,
u now onpn for thp rprpntion of Pafs. i strongly favoring temperance, and while
ESTEY and other populair
possible, consistent
veus a
1 an r
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a.
- ijon-t ran
-'"s an instrument, at No. 37
Avenue. !
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hospitality so generously extended. ging to end, and will prove a valuable
After this the Institute closed, and Icrap of history to the collector of Kevo-
spent another nignt wim jit. urottu,r-j ( ,
who sent me to the train next morning, fe An extra numoer of copies of The
.s uie 1 cars wciq 1 iusuiu6
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homeward fEiiocRAT is printed in anticipation of
with me I asked myself the question, ueauum ;
can Spring Creek Seminary be made ' l ' i
.i v i.4Ts The famous Flat Rock Hotel property
school of high grade 7 .jjui uus uiuugu. i ---
1 , .r 6 j .A H11 T ftV vesJear Hendersonville, was sold Tuesday
rtirTi fnr division of nronertv. to
With the wealtn wmcn surruuuus , --- r-r -j,
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It is one of the finest hotels on the conti
npnt. in all resnprta. A prand onenin?
balloccuned there last evening, which I of Pblic me'n"
the whole community turned out to en
joy, and to say it was superb in all re
spects will only convey a small idea of
the the enjoyment of the evening. Dr.
Browning, and every one connected with
the hoiel vied with each other in con
tributing to the : comfort and pleasure of
the guests; while Prof. Bastert's excel
lent band rendered music which
could awaken the liveliest emotions of
the gods. The lateness of the hour pre
eludes a fuller account, but it wai one of j
the most agreeable occasions that ever
occurred in the South.
non-partisan will discuss fully and freely
all public measures and the official acts
It contain 175 acre, i situated about
fifteen mile south of Asheville, (on "the
main road from Asheville to Brevard)
near the famous
MILLS KIYEK V ALLEY.
About K-0 acre U cleared, ret In good
timber. S3 acres excellent bottom land.
Well watered. A splendid mill ?itc oa
the properly, with good aw ard gmt
mill in operation. A good len-room
dwelling, with ou!houes, barns, &c
Daily mail. CuO bearing arnle tree.
Being connected with bunncr in Ashe-
vilie, which requiresjall of my tiav is
the only reason'for wishing to dispose
of this splendid farm.
Will sell on reasonable time, or for
cash, to suit purchaser. Call on me at
Blair & Brown's, 32 Patton Avenue.
Will sell f Dr half its value If taken la
thirty days.
lhe determination on cur part to
adop: a non-partisan policy, wiil act we
trust, as potently in guarding us against
the untimely advocacy of new and un
tried schemes and doubtful measures, as
against undue devotion to old issues and
uawfse measures."
The Home Journal i a combination of
the Country Homes and Evening Jour
nal, under the control of a company. We
I wish our cotemporary abundant success.
Hon. Geo Williamson, a farmer and
able State Senator, is visiting relatives in
this city. i
. '""i me best nanpr fnrti,-Mnsnirino- acenerv on every siue, uu.j.wi
the farmer, the family, sufe every tody interested in it, It is boundne of the most valuable properties m
once for The AshkviiJd South, and : Is now crowded with
Q1y $1.50 per year, in advancS I In Western North Carolina. iuets ; j " ! : ! r
The distention of the stomach which
many people feel after eatiny, may be
due to improper mastication of the food;
but, in most cases, it indicates a weak
ness of the digestive onrans. the best
remedy for which is one of
to be taken after dinner.
The Sanitarium 6f the World.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Reconl
in a late issue says:
"No pen can fully portray the wonders,
the scenery, sublime aud awe-insnirinz
at times and again entrancinglv beauti-
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iui, me xavigoraung cumaie, ana me al
most untouched but boundless resources
of Western North Carolina, whose moan
tain ranges tower above everything east
of tne Rocky mountains. The North
Carolina payers ought never to cease
teling of that wonderland. Several
Tears a?o a dhUin?uihpd nhrtirUn who
1' . tm7 hd mde specialty of climatology told
Ayer Pills, the writer that West Carolina would
i become the sanitarium of the world.' "
July y-it
J. Ii. JOILXSOX.
NOTICE!
Notice U hereby riven that on the fth Ly
ot Aujrunt. 11. 1 will well to tbe hitrb-t bU'it-r,
forcanb.at tbe emit boueloor in the city 0
AaberlJie, N.C J. II. kvodc's lntret ra a
certain piece or parcel of land tituated on
Hominy Creek. It heinir tb lnd now owned
'X l' r Stonlotber,adjolnln(rUndof
w . H. Curtia, 11. A. Luther and M. II. Morg-ao.
for taxes due for the year lv and 1-vj.
ThU July 3rd. L.
D. U KKYNOM)H. Seriff.
. Per S. J. Lutber. D. S.
Jul9-4t
WANTED!
A teacher to Instruct my children la rauilc
and the usual tranche of a rood EcjlUh
education. Apply, with rcferencea. to
J. H. HALL.
. . Newfound. Dunoombe Co, N.C
Jul 9-tt
Xotlce.
Hartngr taken oat letter of admlnistratioa
oo the estate of Jaxaee Ltuk, deoeaaed. ootloe
n cere cry rtrm uiat all peiavua faavtsc claims
sjslnst mmid estate will jreett them d oly rer
lUed oa or before Ami ?. lm or this doum
their
led la bar of their recovery. Ail
pdeUed to said estate wW call aal
1U be
peraoaa
pay tbe aacoe without rurther doUos,
ThUItaof ArrlJL 11.
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