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The MoEGtoTON -v Bt ar - ' . ' : 'Hew to the Line, Let thejOOhips Fall Where they May VOL. I. MORGANTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1885, NO. 29. H)t iltorganton 0tar ".URABILE! OIGTU." OFFICIAL PAPER OF BURKE COTJNTY. published. Every Friday in T. 0. COBB, Editor and Proprietor. E. A. COBB, Manager and Soliciting Agent. Terms: $ 1 .00 per Year In advance ggr Entered at the Post Office inr Morganton as Second-Class Matter. BUSINESS CARDS. EAGLE HOTEL. :- MORGANTON, N. C. B. F. KNOTT having bousht his SmW rti i - i C3 opocKor woods since the recent decline nigh prices is selling them at astonishingly LOW PRICES. I mean what I say and mean business too. When I tell you that I will make it to vmir interest to TRADE WITH ME Full 16 ounces for one pound, and 36 inches , lor one yard. "nTTTrT CATTTQ AWTiOHtt -rn n-PTTO'l shall be my motto. Respectfully, HAYING SONG. t. V ' MR. ROBT. FOWELiLi desires to state to his many friends and the public generally that his house is now prepared to accommo date the public at all hours. B. F. KIIOTT, Glen Alpine Station, N. C. R. A. COBB, im n0 n None ii li Servants are! wuai fisiaie ttgem. . i ' ; Employei , . v.: ., Her Furniture, Comfortable Rooms. E TABLE FURNISHED WITH THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS. ; Terms, per day, - $1.50. Special Terms can be made by the month. . ' Located 50 yards from depot. ' :" no26m. ' . . . ' j ' Furniture I desire to. state to the public eenerallv that I have opened, an office in Morganton for the sale of real estate, mineral interest and' town roperty. 1 will open communication with and buyers from all parts of the Union, and agents for the settlement of colonies. I there fore claim that my facilities for effecting sales is as good as any medium that can be employed. All persons havine lands, miner al interest, town lots, improved or unimprov ed, will ,do to call'and see me, give loca tion, boundry and best terms, and I will have their propertv advertised through the mar. a paper that has an extensive circulation in every State in the Union. Give me a trial and I will save you money. Office in connec tion with the Star office building. R. A. COBB, V . . - Morganton, N. C. Over the meadow floats the mist , Rolling softly away; Up on the hills the sun has kissed, Brightens the yellow day. v; Faintest breath of the morning breezo Shakes the dew from the orchard trees, p Sways the bough where robin is saying "Wake, oh, wake! it is time for haymgT Cows are lowing in haste to try j. Pastures moistened with dew; Swallows twitter, and brown bees fly, Scenting the blossoms new. Meadow larks, out of sight, repeat, Over and over, "Sweet, oh, Sweet! Grass, and clover, and lilies blowing. Round my nest like a forest growing. Through the meadows the mowers tread ... With a sturdy stroke and true ; And oh! for the lilies, so tall and red, ' When the gleaming scythe sweeps through; Balancing over the grasses light, Dropping with laughter out of sight, "Ho, ho, ho!" hear the blackbird singing. "Give me a day when scythes are swing ing." In fragrant furrows the grass is laid, The golden sun climbs high; The mowers sharpen the ringing blade, And glance at the western sky. Hark! the quail with his warning call Whistles loud from the mossy wall. "Mower whet !" while the sun is shining. Storms may come when the day's de clining. Emily Miller, in the Current "so I was told. I In fact, I was anx ious to make your acquaintance !' ine grapevine snapped: the head dis appeared; there was a painfully-suggestive jar. Virginia peeped through a crack in the fence. "There's a gate a little further down" she said, politely. "Won't you come in?'' "You are extremely kind," wa tho response, uttered in a grateful, apolo getic way, which Eben could seo had its effect upon Virginia. She went immediately to open the gate. Eben rose stiffly as they came toward the bench together, and stood leaning against the fence and frowning, Virginia sat down upon the bench; the interloper sat down beside her. lie was a tall, stout, rather florid young man, with a face which the vast majori ty would have pronoanced handsome. Hut Eben promptly decided that ha had always disliked that style of good loots. : AN EDITOR'S LUCK. Globe Academy, Globe, TV. C. J. F. SPAINHOUR, Principal. KEV. R. L. PATTON, A. B., (Amherst Col lege, Mass.) Professor of Latin and Greek. MRS. S. A. SPAINHOUR, Music and Cal isthenics. . " . Now is the time Falls Term opens August 31, 1885. Ixution per month fi to fa. music ?a.su. Contingent fee 50 cents per session. Board, everytmntr furnished, 7 per month. Ad dress the Principal. New Store for the farmers of Burke County to furnish their homes and New Goods ! xl rniture, take great pleasure m have now on hand a large stock of stating to my many friends and the public generally that I " t . . . ' ' . maae rrom our native . wood, we wnl ex- furniture for Walnut, Maple,.Cherry, Ash and Poplar Lumber. To the j builder we wilfcsay we have a O00DALL & WATERS General Merchandise, consisting of DRY GOODS, HATS, SHOES, CLOTH- ING, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, FARMING IMPLEMENTS i of all kinds. - The editor of the Dorset Independent sat in the back, window of the editorial rooms, looking rather despondent. The Independent was six months old. and the editor was beginning to think it would never be much older. People admired the enterprising young editor, Eben Hill, who had come from the next town with a hand press, and a small and freckled assistant, and gone to work so energetically; but people had got along so far without a paper, and they were inclined to think they could do so still. Subscriptions were not numerous, and there was a disposition on the part of the majority ot the subscribers to pay in wood or potatoes, or any thine but money, or not to pay at all. The editor sat stroking his beardless chin, and looking out cf the window gloomily. He had grown very fond of sitting in the back window, the reason being that it looked directly into Mr. Strew's back yard, and that Virginia Strew sat there almost every afternoon with her book or sewing. From meeting her eyes and smiling ,1 occasionally, as he sat biting the end of his pencil over the "Local Items" for the . next issue of the Independent, he had grown into the habit of stepping from the window and joining her on he bench under the grapevines. She was sitting the head bent over her work and the folds of her white dress falling softly about her. The editor coughed ; Virginia looked "lou are Mr. Hill, then!" aafd the gentleman, suavely. "You see, I have Deen studying the Independent." In deed, he held a copy of that enterpris ing sheet in his hand. "I am in the business myself, and am naturally inter ested." He took a card from his pocket ' book and gave it to Eben. "R. A. Coombs, Boston," was printed on it. Eben did not respond. He fancied that Mr. Coombs' refer ence to the Independent had contained something of sarcasm. "uo you nna it aimcuit, running a paper alone?" Mr. Coombs continued, cheerfully. 'I feel a professional inter est, you see." "I have an assistant," said Eben, cold ly, with a grim smile, as the vision of the assistant rose before him. But he felt that the fellow must be put down. Of course he was not in the business : he had wanted a closer look at Virginia, and he had taken this way of getting it Because he was a country editor, he had thought it would be easy to impose upon him. And that it should have happened then just as he had plucked up courage to speak his -mind to Virginia! lie looked at Mr. Coombs witheringlj. with a growing bitterness of spirit. "Indeed? A sub-editor?" said Mr. Coombs, politely. . "If it would be con venient," he added, "I should like ex tremely to go through the editorial rooms. And perhaps the young lady would accompany us?" "Certainly," said Virginia, promptly. Eben stared at her. But he felt his mind wandering from Lucilla Brompton's triumphs to Virginia Strew and her misdoings, and he stuck his pencil behind his ear with a sigh. Perhaps when she came out she would be sure to come out well, perhaps every thing might be right yet. He heard & rustling among the grape vines presently. There she was, blowing the dust ofl the bench and switching her skirts to one side preparatory to sitting down. She looked up, and smiled and bowed; and Eben sprang up, with his foot on the window-sill and stopped short. For the little gate had opened with i slick, and the tall form of Mr. Coombi had appeared in the act of bowing. The editor sank back into his chair. closed the blinds with a bang, and wrote Lucilla Brompton's notice with fierce rapidity. . The week that followed was the most wretched he had ever spent. Mr. Coombs had gone away after day or two, and Eben had put a cut ting local in the Independent to the ef feet that a Mr. Coombs, of Boston, had been "lighting our benighted Tillage be concluded from the fact that whs.". the editor went away, some two hour later, he had put the unpretentious tin ? that ho wore upon the third finger t Virginia's left hind. The Dorset Independent cams to an un timely end shortly after. But the Tery first letter which the ex- editor wrote to his fiance from Boa to a contained the following postscript: ' "Coombs seems to be a nice enough fellow, but I have taken particular pains to let him know that we are engaged. Emma A. Opper, in Saturday ItighL It has been decided that a naval cadet who throws kiasea at a girl is goilty ef ungentlemanly conduct. Quite right. He should carry them to her and place them gently on her lips. CaU, There are at present in the United States 116 medical schools, and there is" ens. physician to every 555 Inhabitants. Kooe cnrclnc twlcaa stamped aa f oDowa, JAMES (.lEAHC S3 SHOE. now, with her co his smooth ways and his florid good looks had captivated her already? Perhaps it had been as well that his a avowal had been interrupted. Surfacer I have taken advantage of the financial crisis and have bought my goods right down at mud sill prices, and will give my custom ers the benefit ot the fall. Returning my isincere thanks for the liberal patronage here tofore received and asking a share of your patronage in the future at my new store-room One door north of the post-office, I am respectfully, A. L. BRIGHT, Glen Alpine Sta tion, N. C April 8, 18?5. no51y. AINTIX Matcher, auu wuiburf ace and Match lumber at a low puce, uaii and see us. WILSON & AVERY, rs. P. F. Simmons, desires to state to the public that she is pre pared to do hair braidine of an exquisite nftiitv. fcne nas taeen tne premium ax, me state fairs, and is the only person in this sec tion that can do such work. Address MRS. P. F. SIMMtJiNo, r . Morganton, N. C. June 19, 1885. 6m. New Barber, New Shop, New Iixrnitiire. : up and smiled; and the editor leaped "I am sorry," he said, savagely, "but t a. : j . i : : c J I t i j i t. .4 n.ant r haste - And he turned sharply and left them. 'Well." Raid Virginia, lavintr down dromiiner Mr. Coombs' card at a con 1 ' o ' J o I i o her work as he sat down beside her. cpicuous point as he went. "how are you getting along?" "Badly!" said Eben, shaking his head. me "If I" 6aia Virginia, sympa- your uncle would only For a.clean shave, first-class cut and royal shampoo, call on J. H. Wilson at the Wmd- or HoteL' . . vlnlSbi Proprietors. MORSE ANIX CATTtE' PO-VtBERb Fo'nX-?tz s, PoWd?rt' are need in time. Fo t!-f'ifowJ,ert win Prevent Gam i Fowls. iifl p fLrter8 will increase th! qnnntity of mil!; J0WiiuAi. SrLcn or . prevent. a,lmot ttkr? li. B. SFRAGrUE, Grocer & Confectioner, AND DEALER 13 COUNTRY PRODUCE. - .. .. '-f - . vMorgantort,;N, CI . . lv t " everyj UvttlfLiirtv fmhWrt- 'WDKR8 WIIA 6lT SAliSFACTloX. AvtiE. FOUTZ, Proprietor. ALTIlffOBE-. IID. BF. GrOODSON'S Feed and Sale Stable, Kept in connection with the near the depot, MORGANTON, - - - tEagl e Hotel N. C "Two more subscriptions stopped John Burke, because I didn't want to take a bushel of beets, instead of money beets 1 and Mr. Hewitt, because I for- cot to mention the cucumber that he w s 'laid on our desk.' I'm afraid the Inde pendent is going down hill." "Dear thetically. step in and help youl" she added, wist fully. H,ben s uncle was anotuer common topic. . He was rather mythical. 1 Allthe . editor knew about him was that he was a well-to-do publisher somewhere in Boston. But Virginia was fond of speculating about him. "A publisher, tool" she added, mus ingly. "It would be exactly, the thing for you!" "It would enable me " There was a rustle behind them. Vir- ger. Grangers' boarder," he. whispered. "He came this noon. He's been sitting in the yard all the afternoon, looking over here Mercy, here he is!" A head had projected itself above the vines behind them, and a hand clutched at the branches. . : 'I beg your pardon I" paict the person, smoothly, "but 1 saw you come over. Are you not the editor of of the " "The Independent," said Eben, frig- idly.- What right had this person to be look ing at Virginia all the afternoon, and to thrust himself upon them in this way? "Oh, yes!" said lie sti anger, blandly; He stalked in at the front door of the printing office, almost knocking down the freckled assistant, who sat there whittling, and straight to the back window. He could hear a steady murmur of voices Virginia's soft tones, mingled with Mr. Coombs' deeper ones. Oc- with the inestimable glory of his pres ence." He took a savage delight in this pro duction, and he sent a marked copy to Virginia. . He sat in the back window every day, as usual, and every afternoon Virginia eat on the bench, with her sewing. She had looked toward the window at first, and. smiled with her customary sweetness; out the eaitor naa made no response, and she had come gradually to pay no attention to him. Eben felt that his cup or misery wai full when, one afternoon, about a week after the adrent of Mr. Coombs, Vir ginia did not come into tho garden. He walked up and down restlessly. pausing frequently to look toward thi bench. She was sick, perhaps. And might it not be that his neglect ha4 made her so. The small assistant with his brimlesi a. .a a A hat on the back: ox his ceaa, ana one hand full of marbles, came in presently with the xnaiL. Eben's mall was not usually heavy; but to-day there were two letters. He opened the top one. It was from Squire Bailey, lie wanted his subscrip tion withdrawn. He had subscribed for the Agricultural Xeu$, and he didn't want to take two papers. Eben threw it down with a sigh, and took up the second. It wss a large, business like epistle, with the namo of the firm, which was printed in one corner, effectually blotted out by a thumb mark. The small assist ant rarely washed his hands. Eben tore it open. It was headed, "Hill & Barton, Publishers." He glanced it over swiftly; then ht read it through slowly, the hand thai held it shakiog with his eagerness; and then he rushed to the back window. Yes; there was a flutter of whits amonc the crape Tines. She was thert at last. He leaped from the window and flew over to her side. Vireinia looked up from her work with a smile, for all the world as thougn nothing had happened. "Read that! said Eben, excitedly, tossincr the letter into her lap. "Fron my uncle at last I" It did not occur to him that, in Tiew Tfcee Sbo for retlcbca i twu or umm 1 are twu ox mmm imi if A C-Y-AJWj, utrbed wlti Urra Vs -8llk UftchlM Twin, aad are 1 A unequalled ta ImrhUltff, f . Camftr. mmd Appmr f Yv .' wmw. Ihry are ta l' 1 v vajioaawkuha.tofitaBT ii , Vs. foot, tea with ef- ihiin ttoer broad or ear- t ' u ot i sySw aJaoe tar caoaed roca aa rT rnoua hxrvaaa ta tba draiaad f or Ibem ttat caa bow rami a 13 II proof laat fuetTTf pro I larger nstv aaoea of tals ul taaa asr clhcr factory ta m werto. Wa parfica- UCCBALS. larty reiroeat taoaa ao aaro bera rftB f S or M for taaJr aboeatoat leaat tryoo a pair L oi (MM Miora bayuff a av pair, it eou aoliia; to try them on. J. MEJLX3 3c CO. llASZTACTCXXXS, BOSTOX. MASS. V, tcoa8arr..l,'' casionally they both laughed in ah'ghly- of the eTents of the last week, Virginia amused away. might no longer take an interest in hlnv He straightened the shutter, and elf or his good fortune. looked through. There they were, sit- But she took up the letter quietly and ting rather close together on the bench, read it through, without any appearand if. v 1 A; Awan VJrmnli Of emOt'lOU. 1UI . VUUU1U3 UCUUIUlj ivnuiu o and Virginia smiling up into his face. Three. o'clock 4. The sound ol their voice ceased at last. He heard tho lit tle gate open and shut, and he heard Virginia humming lightly as she tripped into lher house. "Well, of course that must settle it! ' If she could, before his very eyes, en courage' the bold advances of this person fn5m Boston who was undoubtedly an im poster if she could laugh and talk in o :fl s a t i m R. B. BRITTAIN & CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR LURfl teJ aii'in tie Roil. j Hamilton Erwin respectfully informs the public that ho is prepared to fill all orders on hort notice for Lumber Dree or in the Rough, Green, Air or Kill-Drlod. At his mill on John's River, two mile s from Morganton. I have WALNUT, CHERRY, . A POPLAR, and "WHITE-OAK In any quantity and at reasonable prices. My shipping point and" post office ad- drew is Morganton, "S. C. - Respectfully," Hamilton Erwin. augl6'8$tf. ."It is very nice,7 she said, taking up her work and moving away from a cater niilar on the edce of the bench. "I am r rr1d I I- i f -I a "Good gracious!" said Eben, sitting ii. jjUSHel 01 VjOIU. I down before her and it did not seem in the least as though he had not sat there for a week "it is one of the best places in the house that he offers me. Just look at the salary! And sec here," he added, in a subdued way,- pointing to a ginia held up a warning , 'in' . "It is the Grangers' t with him, as he had believed she could signature at the bottom of the page " 'Per Coombs. That means he wrote it for him. Was that could that have been the fellow, Virginia T" Virginia smiled composedly. "It was," she said, sweetly. "He is one of the employes.- - He told me all about it that first day.- He is a relative of the C rangers, and he was out here for his vacation; and the senior partner of the firm told him that if he came across his nephew out here anywhere, he might let him know. But if it hadn't been for Brompton's wedding for the next week'i me, he never would Jiave let him know. rdowith nobody but himself, there wss but one thing to conclude that, for his own peace of mind, he must giro her up. It was the last thing he would have thought of Virginia; he had trusted her comDletelv. and-he felt cast down in proportion. But he felt a rising hope, in spite ox his resolves, as he sat in his usual place, the next afternoon, with his paper and pencil. - ' . He was trriner to write up Lucilla Independent. - He had a list of the guests. before him, and a catalogue of the pres ents, and a box of the cake on the table beside him; and he was expected to get them all in. "Why, he didn't know what to think of you." "But you did 1". said Eben, edgina little cIosbt to her on the bench. j That her answer! was satisfactory may Can be made using bur method of GOLD and SILVER PLATIIiQ. It is guaranteed to wear and will stand acid test, lou can travel with uus out fit and make from to jlOpcrday. "We will send you and Electro Gold and Silver Plating Outfit with Recipe for Solutions for making any desired color of gold plate, for $2. Send P.O. Money or Postal Order to II. R. P CTMA1T, Omro, Wisconsin. SAMUEL j. -ERVIN, Attorney, at lav. MorganX OJV C. ' (Office in Coure JIouso. Will practice in. the State and Federal Courts. Special attention gifen all busi ness intrusted to him. . . . . ' I id flie i
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