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WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRY.
VOL. It
HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, NOV. 13,1884.
NO. 43.
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THAT THE
HIGKIARDS SASH AND 000R
FACTORY"
PROPOSES TO'lTOlSH
Dors,
Store Fronts,
Mouldings ef all Patterns
Also planing, matching, sawing,
etc., at the lowest rates. Parties
needing work in my line wi1! do
well to get my prices before pur
chasing elsewhere. Orders promptly
filled and work guaranteed equal to
the best.
HIGHLANDS SASH AND DOOR
FACTORY
W. C. TROWBRIDGE.
Proprietor.
This Space Beleufs
TO
o Real Estate For
Bale.
I offer for sale a tract of land
situated in Sevier county. East
Tenn., containing TEN THOU
SAND AND FIFTY ACRES (10,
050). This tract is situated about
24 miles from Sevierville, the County
seat of Sevier Co,, and 43 miles
trom Strawberry JTlams JJepot, on
.East Tenn., Va fc Ga. R. R-, 45
miles from Knoxville, Tenn. It is
heavily timbered with CHERRY,
.ASH, SPRUCE PINE, BUCKEYE
RED BIRCH, MAPLE, POPLAR
CUCUMBER, CHESTNUT, OAK
and other timbers of this country
This tract has been prospected for
GOLD and three veins have been
opened. The ore was assayed by
Stillman & Kopler, N. Y, City, and
runs from $2.50 to $10.30 in gold,
this being merely surface ore. There
is a cave on this property known as
the ALUM CAVJfi: contains majr-
: nesi in large quantities, from which
BPSOM SALTS were extensively
manufactured for the Confederate
army daring the war. This caye al
so contains Alum and Copperas in
immease Quantities. About 150
acres near Alum Cave is exceedingly
fertil. One of the finest HOTEL
TE3 in the South, Alum Cave
coataims
several MINERAI
SPRINGS of medicinal properties.
Bxcellent water power and fine trout
fishing. ' No mosquitoes, and mag
nifieent scenery.. Price, two dollars
Tamil
pr acre. Address,
- S.T. Kelssy,
flilaS:. Or
.Usfrt Beyond tli CJondL
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Tbougt thf tempert beat arouvd ns,
And the tt aiders pesfl aloud ;
There's sweet hopfi r - -That
there's light beyomd the cloud.
The storms may gather o'er ns, .
Atid the wares roll high and lHKj$- "
Bat anidst this darkness, '
There's light beyond the, eloud. -
And when oar lives seem sad,
- ; And shadows oar pathway crewd ;
Let s look with hope,
For the light beyond the cloud.
For in that light is no darkness,
To make our souls withsorrjw bowed;
Bat joy, peace, and comfort,
-In the light beyond the load.
And when our lives on earth must close,
And we're laid in the coffin and shroud ;
May oar soals be safe in Heaven,
Where there is no stormy cloud.
Ella P.
East La Port, N- C.
' Charleston, N.C.
Editor Blue Ridge Enterprise :
At a Bar meeting, held ia the Court
House in the town of Charleston the
Superior Court being in session His Hon
or, W. M. Shipp, presiding, G. S. Fergu
son, Esq., Solicitor of the 9th Judicial
District, called His Honor's attention to
tbe death of Wiley W. Wilson, Esq., a
member of the Charleston Bar, and sug
gested that His Honor adjourn court un
til the next morning at 10 o'clock, A. H-,
which was done; and upon motion of G.
Jones, Jfcq , Gen. it. M. Henry was
called to the chair. Upon motion of K.
Elias, Esq., A. M. Fry was made Secre
tary. On motion of K. Elias, Esq., a
committee of three, consisting of W. W.
Jones, Esq., W. E. Moore, Esq., and K.
Elias, Eq., was appointed to draft reso-
utions as to the deaths of Wiley W. Wil
son, Esq , and W. L. Love, Esq.
Hou. W. M. Shipp made a pithy and
fitting speech and the members of the Bar
ollowed as to the character and ability of
the deceased, and the near relations which
members of the bar bear to each other.
be committee on resolutions reported the
following:
Resolved : That whereas it has pleased
Almighty God, in the dispensation of His
providence, to remove, from life in tmr
midst, Wiley W; Wilson," Esq., which
occurred at his residence in the town of
Charleston, Oct. 29th, at about 10 o'clock,
and whereas, wc deem it proper to pay a
fittiug tribute of respect to the memory of
our deceased brother.
Therefore,
He it resolved : That in this visitation
of Divine providence, we recognize that
our profession has lost a faithful, honora
ble and valued member; tbe county a
useful and good citizen, and his family a
kind and affectionate hcBband and father.
Resolved : That we extend our earneet
and heartfelt condolence find sympathy to
the family and friends of the deceased.
Resolved: That these resolutions bo
spread upon the minutes of this court, as
tribute of respect to the deceased, and
that the Secretary of this meeting furnish
the family with a copy of the same.
Resolved : That at a copy of these res
olutions be published in the Waynesville
News, and that all the other papers in
this judicial district be requested to pub-
ish the same.
Resolved : That as a further token of
respect to our deceased brother, whose
lifeless corpse is within the sound of tbe
calls of this court, the court now adjourns
until to-morrow morning.
The following resolutions were made
with regard to tho memory and deatb of
William L. Love, Esq. :
Resolved : That whereas, it has pleas
ed an Allwise providence to remove from
our number William L. Love, Esq., a
respected member of the bar, and a citi
zen of Franklin, in the Judicial District,
since the Jan term ot tms court. Ana
whereas, we deem it proper to express
our appreciation of our deceased brother,
and to extend our sympathy to his rela
tives and friends. Therefore,
Be it resolved : That in his death, our
profession has lost a valued and useful
member ; the county a benevolent and
patriotic citizen, and his family a devoted
and affectionate husband and father.
Resolved : That we extend our heart
felt condolence and sympathy to the fasti'
ily and friends of the deceased in their be
reavement.
Resolved : That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of Macon Supe
rior Court as a tribute of respeet toUhe
di ceased.
Jiejtalned: That the proceedings ef
this meeting be published in the Waynes
ville News and Blue Ridge Enter
prise, with the rfanest to all the other
papers in this Judicial District to copy
the tame, and that the Secretary of this
meeting furnish copies ef the same for
publicatiea, and that he also furnish the
family ef the deceased with a copy
these resolutions.
B. M. Henry, Chairman.
A;M.'i,BYt Secretary
ROBEBT COLLYER IN CHICAGO CUB- ;
KENT.
It is a matter of debate also, touehing
this question of true preaching, whether a
grain of wit orhamor should ever be ad
mitted within the polpit. And this seems
to have been a long debate. I notice
Sherlock girded at South, that primate xtf
fine wit two centuries ago, for some
bright evokes in a sermon, whereat South
replies J "Well, now, Sherlock, suppose
it had pleased God to jive you rit, what
wonfd you do abogjhf" Sidney Smith
did apt often give play to his ever-flashiDg
witin4he church. Still now and then it
would fly forth in despite of all his care.
$ was the preacher once fof some geatfSah Francisco or city of Mexico has been
charity, and thinking to get on the giving
side of his hearers, be said : "Of all na
tions on the earth the English are the
most distinguished for tbe love of their
species." xSut it turned out a poor col-
ection after all. So he was much dis
turbed by the mean show the boxes made
as they came to the table and Baid : "My
friends, I have made a mistake. I should
liave said : You are distinguished among
Englishman for love of your specie !" He
disliked dull sermons and preachers, and
after hearing: one who was past errand
in this art, said : "Bless me !
the man preaches as if sin was to be
taken oat of men, as Eve was taken
out of Adam, by fiist putting him to
sleep !"
I heard a story last summer about him
from a fine old friend in London, which I
have not seen in the books. My fiiend
said she was dining with him in a com
pany when some talk was made about
the curious fact that we have to note so
often of ministers who do not know when
to stop on account of their age, but keep
on preaching long after the people have
lost all interest in what they have to say.
'Yes, yes," the old man cried, "it's all
true. We are all alike there. .Why, if I
was forced to retire from the pulpit I
(should still take my old sermons into the
garden and read them to tho gardener un
til be went off into a deep slumber with
his hoe in his hand."
I wonder also, as I write this, whether
we shall ever hit on any sure method of
keeping our people awake to the end of
the strmon. The finest preacher to my
mind, on the planet heard once of a plan
to go about wi h a feather brush well la
den with snuff and put it under the sleop
cr's nose, hut he taid he thought the bet
ter plan would bo to put the snuff in the
sermon ! I tee a note of a worthy man who
was preaching one sultry day, and, notic
ing how his hearers were nearly all asleep,
came to a dead stop, whiah woke them up.
and then he said : "My friends, this ser
mon cost me a bight of pains. It's a pity
to throw it away, so we will begin again
the text-"
Here, in New York, in the last age, a
sonujl but sleepy divino adopted another
plan. He said :
"I notice about forty of us are asleep,
so I will postpone the rest of my discourse
until we are all awake."
A preacher down in Connecticut in a
ike sorrow and trial, said : "I come now
to the third bead of my discourse, to
which I ask the candid attention of those
who are still awake ;" and a good old man
in Massachusetts fell on this plan, tie
said : "Breathren this is a big church.
Now, if I speak to you softly, those who
are near the doors will not be able to
hear me, while if I speak loud, I shall
waken a good many who sit near the pul
pit. Now, what shall 1 do in this sore di
lemma. 1"
North and South Carolina.
The department of agriculture of South
Carolina recently received from Felix
Lake, jr., Edg field, a sample of "Lake's
early red wheat" for the New Orlears Ex
position. Messrs. Cenont & Emmons,
of Beaufort, have sent the department a
handeome photograph of their field, from
which has been harvested the fine speci
mens of vetch, millet and Bermuda grass
that they have contributed to the State
exhibit for the New Orleans Exposition,
Mr. E. L. Roche, of the agricultural
department, retained recently from a visit
North in the interest of the New Orleans
Exposition. On his way back he stopped
at Raleigh and inspected the .North Car
olina State Exhibition. He found there.
a magnificent display of the resources of
North Carolina. North Carolina and
South Carolina have been allotted equal
areas of space at the New Orleans Expo
sition and the exhibits from the two States
will be made side by side. North Car
olina will send the cream of her State Ex
position display to - the World's fair,
South Carolina is thus placed in sharp
competition with her sister State and bur
people will have to work hard to make
that competition creiitable. Bulletin.
I q portions of Louisiana where water
meloas crow on the .malarial" lowlands
early the whole colored population be
comes afflicted with ague during the mel
oa season, . while the whites, who are
more abstemious e mostly free from it
Excursion to San Francisco
ff and to the City of Mcxi-
i- co.
A series of excursions to the pacific
Coast under the management Mr. H. C.
Sigler, a well known and successful ex
cursionist, wi!l be inaugurated on the 14th
of this month, leaving Chicago on the
flth Oct., 18th Nov., 9th Dec, 1884, and
Gth Jan. 1885, via Chicago & Alton R.
., and thence West via Kansas City by
special trains oyer the Atchinson, Topeka
& Santa Fe E. R., the Peerless Califor
nia Line. There will also be an excur
sion to the city of Mexico on the 9 th of
'December. The rate from Chicago to
put at the low figure of $117 for. the
round trip ; tickets good six months. Ex
cursionists have the privilege of visiting
the All Healing Hot Springs near Las
Vegas and the historic city of Santa Fe
without extra charge, and stop at Colton,
California and other points desired, and
return at pleasure. The excursion trains
will be composed of Pur'man Palace cars,
and the price of berths has been placed at
a low figure. On the 15th of January,
1885, an extension trip may be made by
magnificent steamers from San Francisco
to the wonderful land and elimate of
Honolulu in the Isles of the Sea at very
low rates.
Bankers, business men, tourists, health
or pleasure seekers, who desire to enjoy a
winter climate amid orange groves and
flowers, under tropical skies, for rest or
recuperation, should avail themselves of
the inducement now offered to take a trip
to the Land of the Montezumas, the Land
of the Golden, or the Isles of the Sea.
The Honolulu trip is the finest sea voyage
in the world, and the climate unsurpassed,
living and extinct volcanoes, tropical
trees and flowers, singing birds," and a
strange people are among the many at
tractions. This is the cheapest first-class
excursion ever organized.
For farther information address at once,
H. C. SIGLER, 54 Clark St., Chicago,
or W. J. C. KENYON, Pass. Aet., A.
& S. F. R. R, 133 West Baltimore
St., Baltimore, Md.
Never betray a confidence.
Never wantonlv frighten others.
Never leave home with unkind words.
Neverneglect to call upon your friend?.
Never laugh at the misfortunes of others.
Never give a promise that you do not
fulfill.
Never speak much of your own per
formances.
Never send a present, hoping for one in
return.
Never make yourself the hero of your
own story.
Never pick the teeth or clean the nails
in eompany.
Never fail to give a polite answer to a
civil question.
Never read letters that you may find
addressed to others.
Never present a gift saying that it is of
no use to yourself.
Never fail, if a gentleman, to be polite
and civil todadies.
Never question a servant or child about
family matters.
Never call attention to the features or
form of anyone present.
Never look over the shoulder of another
who is reaulng or writing.
Never associate with bad eompany.
Have good company, or none. .
Never appear to notiee a scar, deform
ity, or defect on anyone present. Ex.
His Presence ol Mind.
PHILADELPHIA PRESS.
A certain lady who is not unknown in
Philadelphia society has been twice a
widow, but is now the pride of a third
husband. The lady alludes to her hus
bands as her "first," "former" and "pres
ent." She often relates pleasant memories
of husbands one and two. The latter she
describes as a man who always endeavor
ed to appear perfectly cool and collected
on every occasion. One summer they
were staying at a hotel, and were aroused
in the middle of the night by an alarm of
fire. The flames were burning fiercely,
but the husband calmly said to his wife
' 'Dress carefully, my dear, just as much
Well,, they finally left the room and got
out on tbe lawn in safety. The husband
immediately began to dilate upon the ad
vantage of always taking things coolly, to
which his wife replied that she thorough
ly agreed with him, but still she begged
to remind him ''that be had forgotten to
put on his inexpressibles," and he had.
Salt will curdle ; new1! milk "hence, in
preparing rnilk porridge, gravies ec,.the
salt Should not be-4ied nntit the; dish is
prepared.. -
the County
urer.
Treas,
Mr. Editor : You will please find
enclosed the county vote by Townships.
We have received some good news from
our State election, also from the Presi
dential election. If it will only turn out
to be true I will burn my old hat.
My great "Methodist Preacher" has
cooled off, as we supposed. He has not
made his appearance in Franklin since
election day ; and my friend Carpenter
was seen the day after the election going
from home and making inquiry about a
lost horse. He said he had lost his horse,
but I think it is Carpenter that is lost in
stead of his herse. v
Let me thank the good people of High
lands Township for the kind and liberal
vote that I received at your box, and you
can say to the r&golanteple't
string of Ingram's door is always en the
outside. Yours, &c.,
John Ikgram.
Official Count.
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The Election.
Mr. Editor : Below I give you the
very latest news from the great struggle :
There is scarcely a particle of news in
the papers. The request of the Dem.
Ex. Committee in N. Y. to fire off salutes
m honor ol Cleveland and Itendricfcs'
election was generally complied with all
over tbe country. In N. Y. everything
is quiet. At the request of the Dem.
State Committee John Kelley ordered a
salute of 100 guns fired in front of Tam
many Hall at 12 o'clook to-day Nov. 9.)
The excitement of the election has now
subsided very much in the City. Bets on
the election are being paid by Wall Street
men who bet on Blaine, and business is
returning to its normal condition. Tbe
following was a message sent by Wade
Hampton from Columbia, S. C, Nov. 7,
12:38 p. M. :
"Cleveland is elected. Light your fires
and keep them burning." Tbe Demo
crats of Oconee have certainly compb'ed
with this request, especially in Walhalla.
The town was painted red on the nights
of the 6th, 7th and 8th with fire works,
torch light procession and firing of guns.
At about 8 o'clock Saturday night the
whole town turned out in honor of Cleve
land and Hendricks, forming in front of
Bieman's hotel. Led by tbe Dixie Cor
net Band the enormous crowd followed
with torches, bannerB and flags to the
upper end of t6wn, then back to the red
hill opposite Mai. Dendy's, thence back
to Bieman's hotel where the crowd was
addressed by Judge AUricb, Hon. E. B
Murray of Anderson, S. C, and the Hon.
J. S. Verner of our town. The crowd
was very attentive to the striking remarks
ef these gentlemen. Every now and then
applauding, crying "Hurrah for Cleve
land and Hendricks." We. can safely
"hurrah" lor Cleveland and Hendricks
now. The victory has been won at last
These great United States have once
more been redeemed and we are, a free
people. There is na longer, doubt as to
Cleveland bing our next president.
Cleveland hasjreceived thousands of .con
gratulations by , wire. Among them was
one from Jay Gould.
S. C. gives a Democratic majority of
45.00OrN. C.' elects ber Governor, and
old Virginia has redeemed herself. ; Hur
rah for the old Dominion ! The birth'
place of .Washington, the. home of Rob'
rt Lee. H.
Walhalla, S. C, -Nov. P. '84.
Don't - waste your. time scouring jour
bread pans ; bread never bakes as well in
a bright tia.' Indeed, the f best bread
pans, if one can' afford . to have them
made, are obloce ones made of Russia
sheet iron. , - ' ''' ",.--v
Mining Camps, X. C.
Mr. Editor : We have again found ,
time for a short visit to he Clagett and :
Bowie mica mines, on Watauga Creek,
Macon Co., N. C. The morning of our
arrival being rather cool the coolest ef
the season so far we found Capt. 2C A,
Bowie, the general Superintendent, Busi
ness Manager and Chief Mining Engineer,
seated by a large camp-fire, his eyes glan
cing rapidly over the columns of a politi
cal newspaper, and then resting in deep
meditation upon the beaatiful scenery, and
gold-tinted landscapes, surrounding this
crystally and silvery Bonanza and Fa
mous El Dorado of our rich hills aad vales.
After the usual hand shaking and greet
ings had been passed, our attention was
then called to the various points of inter
est connected with "mining life? all of
briefly
'discussed bypt. Bowie,' .wh&S&om. an,
ever-abundant-cut-aaoVai4jir atd hu
mor, not to speak of Eelleslofifss and the
finer arts always mixes atd fringes his
conversation with the pure gold of figura
tive speech just enough to keep one's- at
tention en the alert for something
too good to lose to be delved
up from tbe "Literary back
ground." Indeed the rhetorical flow
of his periods is very rarely obstructed,
tbe figures employed are always appro
priate to the poetic ideas to be expressed,
and his poetic ability stands second to
none, if equaled by any in this country.
And so we leave Mas a Literary Savant,
to say that theso mines, Mr. Editor, with
all the different places cf operations, have
undergone very Marked improvements
since our last visit as published in the
Enterprise. The whole modus operan
di has been very materially changed, for
this property which was so successfully
operated under a bond or lease at the time
of our first visit ha s long since given such
satisfactory dividends upon the large sums
invested in the necessary "dead work," in
putting the property in miniig order, that
the operators-looking to their interests
have lifted their bonds with spot cash, and
having purchased the property, they are
now operating the same under a bona fide
deed of conveyance with phasing success.
In addition to tke various places already
operated, there have been three new
nels run, at difierent points on the works,
all of which have tapped the veins accord
ing to calculations made, and in all of
"'hich tie "silver lining" shows up a very
beautiful front, or to use tbe expression
of the, mines, "is growing broader ani
bigger every day." Three ef the tunnels
on the works are yielding mica in very
handsome quantities all the time, while
sanguine character, and will, in a short j?
time, pay large profits on all the labor and
money employed m their excavations.
These Tunnels, as iadeed all the tunnels
on these works, have been run with the
same uniform skill aad accuracy of judg
ment, and will afford an easy outlet to the
mining operations aere for all time to
come, some oi them are run by blastme
while others the . major part too are.
operated with piek and shovel,, powder,
and steel being a rare necessity. Another
very noticeable improvement to this prop
erty is the addition of two or area good,
comfortable rooms to the ' mica hoUse.
l nese rooms are all under the same.reof:
withths cutting and calling roejpflfflk
&c. and are supplied with stave and bed'
and other articles of.r-onifbrt and conven
iesee. .They 'already bespeak better fly
ing than "Bachelor' Hall" although we
heard the Captain of tbe mines make some
allusions along that line. But w feel
sure that Mr. Clagett a very clever gen-.
tlemaa indeed, and one who happens to
bail from that sunny land where the
"Maryland Angels" grow dreams of no.
such sort of living as "Bachelor's Hall
or, at least the dream he had on the over
night of our arrival - was sot leokfhf in -
that direction. Mr. Clagett was 'present
at tbe mines, and discussed the various
interests of the country, especially the
political status asd'outlook with a good
deal of enthusiasm. Ee calculates every
thing from a commonsense business stand
point, and his reasoning is of that broad
type that marks the, true gentleman.
The. voice of the milkmaid from the
vale below, mingled with the thrilling
notes of theDigbtengalesinging the re
quium of the departing summer, and the m
jubilant and then melancholy song of Na
ture when in her garments of gold as she
speaks of the flowers of spring with -tho
luscious frcrte of summer and autumn and
then prophetically tells us of the approach"
ipg winter .all in tarn awakrtheir train of
associations and together they form a
suite of music that swells the nobler an-
tbeins of the soul." Could we only dip onr '
pen into Captain Bowie's, inkstand we
might linger upon the scene ta pour forth
these layBon the poet's pyre.. . BuV alas I r
we must content ourself with tht presahs
statement that mining- life ' af this. '.yomt .
ha? many at tractions aid plesanres; whilr
it is crowaed with that great ..sine , ffwa I
non to all business pleasure a handsome . ' "
profit". May God -speed .the dsy 'when "
our conntry rally developed; shall jf'Blos- i-
sum as
the
rose."-.
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