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VOL. III.
LUDDEN & BATES'
SOUTHERN
MUSIC HOUSE
PIANOS
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY,. OCTOBER 8. 189 1.
NO. 1.
Hew
Goods
H ew P r i ces ! J-s: Grant' Ph-G-
AND
ORGANS
All our friends are invited to come and see us now and find out hoy low we are selling
goods ; and we can always offer some special bargain such as the following now on sale:
Tea Sets, 56 Pieces, $3.85. Dinner Sets, 100 Pieces $9.90 and $12.50.
qu can leave put any piece of a set you do not want and reduce the price.
BOWLS AND PITCHERS 75c, $1.00 & $1.25. FINE GOODS.
On easy payments, without interest.
We offer during the dull month of July the bigest bargain yet. Tripple plate Silver Table- Knives only $1.50 for six. Good
plate Silver Table Knives only 95c. for six. Teaspoons,-Tablespoons and Forks in. every grade away under regular price. We are
Shipped direct from factory to purcha known as headquarters for Glassware and House-furnishing Goods.
ers. All freights paid. One price only
3 a . ri m
and that the lowest known. Satisfaction
guaranteed or no sale. 15 days trial in
your home.
For catalogues, prices, particulars, etc.,
call on or addiess .
j.-'H. LAW
OUR- WASHINGTON LETTER.
f AGENT,
41 Pattou Aye., Asheville, N. C.
CsfTianos and Organs tuned and re
paired. Terms reasonable. Work guar
anteed.
T Tr (t A K K All Gov- Campbell's Magnificent Canvass
Special Correspondent of The Democrat.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 5. President
Harrison has notified the boys in New
York and elsewhere that it is a good time
to ante up from their salaries to assist in
the State election. He sen : his check for
$500, one per cent, of his annual salary,
to the. republican campaing committee to
assist in trying to put -Piatt's man, Fas-
sett, in the gubernatorial chair and secure
a Harrison delegation from New York
in 1892. This is a plain intimation to
the employees of the postoffices and cus
tom houses in New York that they should
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respond to a call at the rate of one per
cent
Governor Campbell is making a mag
nificent campaign in Ohio. He is indulg
ing in logic, wit and sarcasm, and every
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China ii Main
Dinner & Tea Sets
At Unusually Low Prices.
Sets
Made TTd to Suit Tour Wants
Prom $7 and Upwards
The great advantage in buying sets from us strongholds in every section of the State,
that when you break a piece we will sell iU C,CV
The American shipping league will;
appear before Congress again in the en
deavor to secure such legislation as will
once more build up the American mer
chant marine. The first act ever passed
by Congress and "signed by George'
Washington, was a tariff bill in which a i
discount was made of ten per cent, in
favor of goods brought in American
bottoms, and from that time on all legis
lation has tended in that way. In 1855
American vessels carried 75 per cent, of
our foreign commerce and they now
carry less than 10 per cent.; and yet the
Americans are the best ship .builders in
the world. The war destroyed the mer
chant marine and the government ought
to take seme steps to build it up.
Biographical.
LFor The Demecrat.
it is a question in the minus ot many
people, who and what are The Tattler,
Becky Sharp, Pete Frizzle, and The
The Ashevilto Citizen and Mounta!rt
IIome-Juri.ai
Are either a. very gi o I she fc.
We, like Becky Sharp, The Tattler and
Rambler,
And would like to hear more of Pete
A be II ustlek and
Natii Thuxdebc.cdgbb.
Whatever is found, a.fter a full and: fair
investigation, in which all parties, are
heard, to have been overpaid should and
will be recovered.
(Otto PtEdeljhU Collec f PbarmMr
Apothecary, 24TSouth Ualn SU
IJyow preemption arm prepared
Grant PJtarmacy you can positively d
vend upon Lte facts: Firtt, that only the
wrttt and best drug and chemicals xoul b4
used; eyia they trill be coppourMd ears
fully and accurately by an experienced
eri)4ionutf and Vurd, you vill not I4
cKirgcd an exhorbitant price. You uiH rt-
ceive the best good at a xxry reasonable prsJU.
D-t forget the pliee Grants Pharmacy t
24 South .Vain street.
Prescriptions fZed at aU hovrs night or
diy, and delivered J ret of ehfrgtUany par
of the city. The nigh t bell vrul Is a rcerU
Promptly. Grants Pharmacy 24 SruiX
Main street.
At Grant s Pharmacy ycu tan Ivy any
Patent Medicitu at the bu4 price cMotsd
of
omw wepuu ui r u.m.u v.. v RimW where they reside and where
is ait-iCKing xne repuuueau m- men
,nu another one to match it, thereby you win
dwuys have a full set.
irlltaa?5ljLaiapI3prtMt
is complete, with many new and cheap articles
Tinware, Woodenware, .
House :: Furnishings !
You m-' iot think' we keep them, but we
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Riot in . .naniuu's. unuusm-au ivueuiu
kit ed of anything in the House lurmsuing nne.
Don't forget the place, , .
Thad.W. Thrash & Co,
41 Patton Ave.
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NATT ATKINSON & SON,
R ea I E state Age- ils,
. 1 Asheville, IT. C,
1JUV, KENT AND SELL
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OF
ity, Suburban and fSouctry
PROPERTY.
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' Tho rublic are iijted to call and examine
r at instruments before purchasing. "We carry
FISCHER, ESTEY
0d other makes.
gans, liOwest prices
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, Itith first-class goods.
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ESTEY and other popular
possible, consistent
Don't fail to give us a
tore buying an Instrument, a No. 37
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(ayM.WiUiams&,Co.
If you want the best paper for the bus.
Iner man, the farmer, the farHiy, sub-
t :nbe at once for Thb Ashky xk Dim
mix, Only $1.50 per year, a advance
He prefers to speak, as he says, to repub
lican protectionists rather than to demo
crats and tariff reform people; he wants
to convince his opponents of the folly of
the system they are following up.
The democratic committee in Massa
chusetts proposed to the Hon. Henry
Cabot Lodge a joint discussion of the
issues of the time. Mr. Lodge respond
ing, accepted, but named three particular
subjects which he proposed to discuss.
He had no right to do this of course, as
the matters for discussion were to be 1
agreed upon, as they.usually are, between
the parties. M r. Lodge woul 1 not change
from his, posit ion and as a result there
will be no joint discussian.
Pension Commissioner Ilaum is still
holding the fort, though he has another
fifteen days leave of absence, aud it is
said that he will not return again as
commisioner and his resignation will be
accepted during his absence and his suc
cessor appointed.
Mr. John Sbeentgen, wholesale grocer
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, said a few days
since, "Formerly nearly 90 per cent, of
the Germans of Iowa voted the republican
ticket; now you have to go around like
Diogenes with his lantern to discover a
German who acts with that party. I am
very sure that Governor Boies will be
elected as he quite deserves. We will
not stop with electing Boies; we are
almost sure of carrying the Legislature."
This gentlemaii is credited with knowing
the feelinsrs of the Germans verv well
and if his statements are at all correct
Governor Boies will be elected by a large
majori y.
An amusing report has been going the
rounds, that on the day of the meeting
or iw Missouri Pacific directors, when
the dividend was passed, that Jay Gould
was attacked with hysteria and shed
tears over the opposition to his proposi
tion made by one of the directors. If it
is true that Gould was in tears, the hold
ers of the railway stocks had tetter be on
the lookout; he means mischief.
The administration has been prompt
enough in its action in regard to the'
insult to Mr. Egan, our Minister to Chili.
If it is true, and there is very little doubt
of it, that Mr. Egan's servants were ar
rested and spies placed around the
Legation, the Chilian government has
been given to understand that the United
States will not submit to any such acts
even if Mr. Egan is unpopular in that
country. He is unpopular in this coun
try but he repreEents the United States
as long as he is Minister to Chili, and the
sovereignty of the United States must be
respected. If Chili, flushed with victory
over Balmaceda, is going around with a
chip on its shoulder it had better step to
theyame from. We will not attempt
to give an elaborate biography of each of
these extinguished authors, but for the
enlightenment of some will present a
few facts as we see them.
It is conceded by all who have not
come in contact with The Tattler per
sonally, that the beginning of his exist
ence was caused by the deliqueience of
alkali and some acids too numerous
to mention, that is to say, he came
by chance. We know not whether the
union of alkali and acids is favorable to
the productton of facetiousncss, suffice
it to say that he s not only witty, but as
sharp as the sharpness of the Sharp who
writes with a sharp pencil in that sharp
journal, the Citizen. Our eulogy is:
The Tattler is one who never grows
weary,
His tongue is as long as his arm;
And everyone eagerly seizes the Citizen
To read his interesting yarn.
. Then
In the next column, we read of Becky
Sharp,
And wonder if she is much of a
poet-(ess;)
We study her poems and throw up our
hats
And yell, That's right, old gal, go it !
Of Pete Frizzle we are entirely igno
rant. For aught we know he may have
been left in the city by some freak of an
ante deluvian cyclone, or he may have
the bowels of the earth
There are mu tifarious
ways of his gel ting here, but the most
plausible ones lare the above. Be that as
it may, neither of them have left any
stigma n his personal appearance, and
we imagine he looks as facetioue as the
boy who left home barefooted with his
daddy's shoes on, and as innocent
as that same boy who carried off
his mammy's meal sack filled with
bung-holes and railroad tunnels. We
don't know how well he is remunerated
for his productions in the Journal, but if
Uncle Sam doesn't come around pretty
To Te&ahers and Committees
Public Schools.
I wast all the teachers to consider the
following, and then make their arrange
ments to go to Bryson City October 29th
and 80th:
"The board of education for Buncombe
county recognises the importance of
continued improvement in the science
and art of teaching, by the teachers of
public schools in the county, and earn
estly requests them U use all the aids
thereto in their reach. The board believes
mat an associations, institutes ana con
ventions of teachers are valuable help in
such improvement, and therefore heartily
approves the organization of the Western
North Carolina Teachers' Association,
am1 urges all our teachers to attend the
seJ'ons of the same. The board further
recommends that the school committ ea
pay their teachers for the two days they
attend the asssociation as though they
were in their schools."
The foregoing is a true copy of an
order this day made by the county board
of education of Buncouuty county.
. Attest, C. B Way,
County Supt. and Sec. Board. -
Oct. 5th; 1891.
It was certainly a loose way ot doine h9 anV otfr drvg house t V city. W$
business, at any rate. It is certainly re determined toseUas les as Ou hnetti
strange that the city engineer iJd not ettn if e K to lose mvy by so doing.
measure up the work as done and not We m sell aU Paten Medicines at first
wait until after all the excavating and
paving was complete.. Let the matter ? Uloy tUt ry totneetO
be thoroughly looked into, and justice, V of y competitor.
both to the city and Geiv Youne. be W LiAt;is,r.t
done. And specially let no more such 1 . m ..
loose management, in any department of
the city, be tolerated.
The Leicester High School Meeting.
That was a grand move. In a gfaud
cause, by a grand people.which was held
at Turkey Creek . Camp Ground, this
county, Sept. 25th, and the result was
grand. ' It was the meeting together of
the good citizens of four townships, to
take steps to erect at that point a suitable
building for a High school. Over three
thousand dollars In good subscription
were secured on the spot. Five thou
sand are wanted, and we are sure will be
obtained. Such a people lenow no such
word as fail, specially when engaged in
so noble a cause. Intelligent, progressive
Christian people, they knoft the advant
ages of such an institution to their sec
tion, and will have It. May God speed
the good work.
sizes, at the IovxhX prices.
W are ogsts for Humphrey's Uonaso
pathetic Me-Hcinee. A fuU svpply efhit
goods alieofs on hand.
Use Buncombe Liter PiZt, Iks best in As
wrldfi liter complaint, indigestion, etc.
;A thoroughly relvsble remedy for all
blood disetes is Buncombe SarsaparEU
Try a battle andyou te ill like no other.
J. 8. GRANT, Ph. G Pharmacut,
24 S. Main St. AriUe, X. C.
pulled up frota
by a grapevine
some private place and take it off.
soon shouting "free coinage," we are
fearful that he will have to go to shovel
ing wind off the court house flag pole
for his support. Anyway, our opinion
of the matter is:
There is nothing so long or so witty
As humorous Pete Frizzle's snout, (pen)
But it he writes much more of 'free silver,'
We think he will soon dwindle out.
We had almost forgotten to mention it,
but " r
Three week ago we read from the Ram
mer,
And wonder, now if he is dead,
Or if he ha3 his hair cut curly,
Or is crosseyed in the back of his head ?
We hope the reading public will ap
preciate our effort to enlighten them, and
that the authors of whom we have written
may be stimulated to greater achieve
ments by the personal interest we have
shown in them, for
More Electric Railways for Asheville.
The privilege of building an electric
street railway from Biltmore to or near
the public square, via Val'ey street, is
asked for, and the immense warehouses
and other contemplated works of im
portance on Valley street, aside from
rapid and comfortable communication
with Biltmore, Kcnil worth Inn, Oakland
Heights Sanatorium and South Asheville
generally, require that the privilege be
granted. The aldermen, however, ask
time to decide upon the question of fare.
In the face of such a splendid improve
ment, as proposed, the addition of from
two to three miles of electric road to the
convenience of our people, at an heavy
outlay of money, liberal privileges as to
fare should be granted. A ten cent max
imum rate will not b too much, and, if
the company fiad they can carry people
and make money for less they will doubt
less do so. Time and an increase of pop
ulation will bring all these things of
cheap transportation, such as large cities
enjoy; but at first, in our first years, our
people should not be exacting to the
point of crippling enterprises which cost
large sums to establish and operate.
Messrs. Bostic & Co. also want to
build a line to the depot. Let us have
ail such enterprises we can get, and
treat them fairly. ; Only by such treat
ment can we sus.tain those we have, and
induce the pstablishment of others.
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The Young Pavement Contract.
The committee of aldermen appointed
i some time ago to investigate the state
ment made by the Commercial Club to
the effect that Gen. Young was over
paid on his contract for paving the
streets have reported, and substantially
sustain the statement of the club com
mittee. It was claimed by Gen. Young
when the attention of the aldermen was
first called to the matter, that the est!
mates 01 tne committee 01 the ciud were
based on erroneous estimates of the en
gineer as to excavations, &c, and that
he thought he could satisfy the author!
ties that such was the fact, and asked to
be heard by the aldermen on the matter.
lhe report or the aldermen does not
Et&te whether Gen. Young's side of the
question was heard by them or not.
The Arizona Kicker on Advertising-.
We firmly believe that advertising
pays. Here in this town it would be a
dead loss to advertise In our contempo
rary, because he would have to use
shingle-nalls in place of type to set it up,
and because no one but lm uncle and
his wife and himself read his alleged
newspaper, and they are too poor to buy
anything. But advertising in the Kicker
is bound to pay. We do our best to
make it pay. When a tenderfoot comes
here from tue Eal we steer him Into
such establishments a3 advertise with us,,
and a great many of them have left tbeir
boodle here through our efforts. We
accept all sorts of advertising, from the
Louisiana Lottery to the latest Go?pel
Il3mn Book, and we never deviate from
our schedule rates.
There are several establishments in
town not represented in our advertising
columns. We want them to come in.
We don't say we shall look up their re
spective records and communicate with
sheriffs here and there if they don't, but
we feel that advertising will pay them a
profit, and that they won't feel half as
nervous when the stajre comes in with a
stranger wLo looks as if he was in the
detective business.
Buncombe Is In It.
On the morning of the opening of the
Exposition at Raleigh the Chronicle says:
It will be the middle of the month before
eyerything i3 in perfect shape.
It is conceded that Forsyth, Buncombe
and Bertie bid fair to have the hand
somest and most complete of (he county
exhibits, judging from what they have
so far arranged.
Every Person
will have the best when he
oh siie'can-getJJit.
HESTON'S
IS THE rLACE!
54 South Main Street,
A3HEVILL.E, 2i. C
He keeps the purest.aud finest Confec
tions made. Huyler's famous Candies
also, Royster's, Whitman's and other
makes.
, A I-o pell children and boy's Lxpreis
Wagons, Velocipede. Doll carriages, &c.
Is ajrent for the cheapen and best Bycicle
made the Gendron. Can n-11 you
boy's wheel for fa.Uize, $03. Htve
sold a number this HaMin snd. all five
satisfaction.
J. M. HESTON,
."i South Main Strecl,
AFHEV1LLE, NORTH COBOLINA
NOTICE, FARMERS,
niLL & SIIAXKS
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TVill pay the Ligbeet curkrt I rice for good
mutton delivered at tbeir market. No. 13,
North Court Square, Aibeville, N. C.
TUCKASIEGEE
HOTEL
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DILLSBORO, N. C. .
R. P. POTTS, Proprietor.
So to Speak.
Woman is wonderfullv .made! Such
beauty, grace, delicacy and purity are TERMS: S.I TO SI. 50 PER DAY.
alone her possessions, bo has she weak-
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nesses, irre6Uianue8,iuncuoDaiaerDge. Tte leading hotel la town. Proml-
rect these and restore to health, her won- gently situated Just opposite the depot
derful organism requires a restorative I n lne central part ofton; convenient
especially adapted to that purpose. Such I to the postofflce and all the stores; rooms
an one is Dr., frerce's F-vorite Prescrip- commodious, neat and well faraUhedi
nice sample rooms.
tibn possessing curative and regulating
properties to a remarkable degree. Hade
lor this purpose alone recommended
for no other! .Continually : r wlng In
favor, and numbering as i - staunch
friends thousands of the mo' t .relllgent
and refined ladies 01 the Iai :. A posi
tive guaiantee accompanies tuju ottle
at your druggists Bold on trial!
Parties desiring to go to Franklin or
any other point la the country will al
ways find one of Messrs. D. C. & E. K.
Cunningham's liverymen ready to convey
them with good horses and first-dus
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