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Vol. 1. """HIGHLANDS, MA0 OOUOTY, K KbVJSMBiCR 13, 1885.' Xo. 15.
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Tax Notice.
I will attend "at the following times and
places to receive Taxes for the year loeo
Burningtown Church, Monday, Nov. 16
Bnertown, , Tuesday "
Nantihala (Barnes Mill) Wednesday,
Aquone (Monday's). . . . Thursday, "
Cartoogechaqe (Baptist
Qliurch) ...Friday, "
Franklin , . , . . Saturday, "
Mill Shoal Monday, "
Ellijay, (Higdons) Tuesday, "
Sugar Fork (Jolly's
school- house) . . . . Y. . Wodnesdaj,
11
16
16
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2
23
24
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.Highlands. Thursday,
Flatts, Middle Creek, . Friday,
Smith's Bridge-., Saturday,
owee Monday,
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28
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L. H. ALLMAN,
Sheriff Macon County
BOYNTON BROTHERS & CO,
CARPENTERS,
BUILDERS AND, CONTRACTORS.
HIGHLANDS.
Lumber Furnished as Cheap, as the Cheapest
(Jen. R. M. Henry, wc$ known in tin
South, died suddenly at his hotel in Ashe-
ville a few days ago of heart disease.
There will he a meeting of the High
(amis Temperance. Union on Tuesday,
the 17th day of Nuvemher, at 7.30 p.m.
Come one, come all !
Mis. Davis has moved; to the Hunt
house on Oak Ridge.
Mr. S. T. Kelsey has gone to Ninety-
.si.v, S.Ci, to attend an important railroad
meeting.
Miss Alice Bathrick, whose people lived
in Highlands about five years ago, died
at Chelsea, Ma., last week, ater an ill
ness of three days.
Mr. Allen, of Horse Cove, leaves for
his winter home at Oak Hill, Volusia
county, Florida, next week.
$75 was stolen from the sheriffs office
tit Franklin on the 31st ult.
The. conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Chm-ch South was held at Cleve
land, Tonn. Rev. J, H, Brendle was
appointed to the Highland circuit.
Two wagons loaded with chickens, and
a drove of over eighty turkeys, passed
through Highlands on the way to Wal
halla on, Sunday last,
Apples, butter (good), oggs (fresh), sor
gum syrup, chickens, mutton, beef, any
kind of grain, dried fruit and cordwood,
taken on subscriptions to The High
lander. The opinion is very generally expressed
that privy vaults should not be allowed
in Highlands if we wish to preserve the
purity of our springs and that the sooner
action is taken on this matter the better.
The mail carriers could not travel on
Saturday on account of tho streams be
ing impassable.
Teams, can cross the bridge over the
Chatooga at Russell's, but it is said to be
damaged by the storm. The other brid
ges over that stream were carried away.
The Ashevjle- Citizen of Tuesday
reached Highlands on the evening of the
following day. That is something like
business.
In this issue of The Highlander will
be found the tax notice. The sheriff
wishes us to say that this will lie the last
visit, and all tax payers who do not come
up and settle in full will have to pay costs.
It is always be3t and itttfst comfortable
to pay taxes when due-if at all possible.
; The papers are full of statements of
what President Cleveland says and thinks.
Such accounts are generally very unre
liable. It -svill be well to wait for the
Presidents messrge to Congress before
'coining to &ny belief as to what liis views
tin men and tilings are . - v
"We have been asked to call attention
;again to the practice of firing the woods
in the fall, and it is hoped there yj. be
some effort made to stop it. It is against
the law, destroys the soil and timber, is
hurtful to vegetation, and dangerous to
property. We would suggest that an or
ganization of farmers should be formed
to take steps. o stop the practice.
The rain storm oMast Saturday is said
to have been the heaviest in seven years'.
It was a thunder storm, and the rain
came down in torrents, washing the roads
into gullies, anil carrying away bridges.
There does not appear to have so much
rain fallen as on Oct. 28, but the latter
was a. continuous steady rain, arid the
water had time to get away.
Mr. C. H. Burke, of Cleveland, Ohio,
arrived at Higlnkindfi last iionday. He
will purchase, a farm in thjaeighbor
hood. Mr. Burke is an old musical
professor, and comes here, with his wife
and one child foi?. rfesffrum professional
life and for health.
A boy eleven years old was found
within the precincts of an illicit still in
Mitchell county, and is up before the
Federal court for manufacturing moon
shine whiskey.
Our new teacher, Mrs. Davis, and her
husband, arrived by team from Murphy
on Tuesday evening, after a tedious jour
ney and a hard experience, having come
through during the storm. We welcome
them to Highlands. The Murphy Bulle
tin has the. following notice, ;
"Mr. J. J. -Davis and his go.od wife
left this morning for Highlands, where
they propose to live hereafter. They
came to Muryhy some four months ago
from Davisboro, Ga., for their health.
Mrs. Davis has taught our public school
three months since her residence here,
and has endeared herself to both pupiLiJ
and patrons in tact, to. all ojt our people.
hlie is an excellent teacher, and a gaod,
Christian lady-rim ornament' fa any com
munity." CLEAB CBEEX C0SEESP0NDENCE.
Clear Creek, Nov. 7th, 1885.
In this locality, . the prevailing rains
generally fall exactly right for absorbtion
as fast as they fall, and such was the case
all of j-esterday and the greater portion
of last night until about five o'clock a.m.,
when the hail storm preceded a thunder
cloud that precipitated its waters in a
continuous sheet for nearly an hour.
which disturbed the laughing waters on
Clear Creek's bosom, producing a dark,
murky, roaring, raging torrent, wliose
maddening surges swept by with the
rapidity of the wind, carrying trees, logs
and fence rails with the velocity of ar
rows, which would crash, break, boom
and crash above the deafening roar of the
surging waters as vney rolled on their
way to the sea. " The grandeur of such a
scene is m seeing it, and it would def -
the graphic descriptive powers of a Sir
Walter Scott to depict its magnificence
on paper, uunng tne nignt, tne Hoarse
mutterings and angry boomings of hea
ven's artillery were heard at frequent
ntervals, while the almost incessant play
of electricity kept the surrounding tumuli
aglow with light. Moitnt Satula's rock
ribbed southern side', f ronl base to apex,
would at one moment seem plainer and
nearer than if in the rays of a noon-day
sun, while at another moment, in the
electric flashes and glimmerings, it would
seem populated with wlerd and fantastic
figures, while in the half defoliated fprest
on Queen mountain,' millions of phantom
forms appeared, and even the scrub
growth on the Rabun Bald mountain, 15
miles distant,, was plainly visible., iso one
could view the incomparabl0 panorama
without being impressed with the gran
deur, omnipotence and omniscience of
the great Architect and controller of it
alL The waters reached a point three
feet above the liighwater mark of 'any
flood for many years previous stillt save
the loss bf some fence rails, no material
damage is yet reported in this locality.
Doubtless, tins powerful discharge oi
debris, detritus, and accumulated decay
ing : vegetable matter, win add to the
purity of the pure water and atmosphere
of this locality. ; . : . , r ' CiiEors,
Federal CorRT-There are 105 case'
filed on information; '7lj true bills found:
35 jury trials ; 23 verdicts'' of guilty ; 12
not guilty; 23 pleas' 'of' guilty. Ail are
for violations of internal reyenue laws
save that of Frank Whiting, convicted of
passing counterfeit monov. The case of
the State against Clapp, deputy marshall,
for shooting a negro in Mitchell, has been
set for trial on Monday, 16th. . 'The civil
docket will bo called qn Tuesday, 17th.
The third week will be devoted to the
civil docket. The case of Henson, con
nected with the Highlands aifair, will
probably be triod next week. Also the
case of Jones, from Polk, charged with
resisting officers. Abbeville Citizen.
HIGHLANDS MARKETS.
,$1 15 to $
: so
50
. 50
, 65
, 3 50 3 75
13 " 25
40 50
, 60
, 40 50
10 " 15
' 50 " 60
1 00 " 1 50
. 1 00
40- " 50
3 " 6
2
, 1 60
5 " 10
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Buckwheat
Corn, new .
Oats
Rye
Butter.
Eggs.-.-r.
Potatoes.
Onions' . I '. '. .V. .
Apples . . V.7.
Chickens
Sweet potatoes ....
Fodder, per 100. . . . . . .
Hay, per 100 lbs
Sorgh,u syrup
Dried apples, per lb. . . .
Fat cattle, live weight. ,
Fat sheep, average ....
Dried peaches .......
Dried blackberries
Pork
Dried fruit and potatoes are quoted at
a higher figure than could be paid for
shipping purposes, . Beef cattle, and pork
are low in the eastern markets,
Meteorological Observations at High
lands for the week ending Nov.U), '85.
Miss Mary Chapin, Observer.
Date
Temperature. Rel'v
Rain-
Mean llijrh't Low't Hu'y
Nov. 4 44.5 53 39 64.3 Clear
5 47.8 51 40 100 .33 Rain
6 55 5JJ 54 100 .82 Rain
7 53.8 56 53 100 843 Rain
8 45.5 52 40 86 . 73 Rain
0 43 54 86 70.5 Clear
10 41.2 66 29 68.7 Clear
Week 47.2 66 29 84.2
HIGHLANDS
LAND AGENCY
Wfi HAVtf ON HAND A LARGE AMOUNT OF
Farming, Grazing,
Fruit Growing
& Timber Lands,
HOUSES AND LOTS IN THE TOWN
OF HIGHLANDS,
BcantiMMInf Sites, k
Parties having cheap properties for sale
in Macon or adjoining counties, should
correspond with us, as we are advertising
quite extensively, and have superior fa
cilities for handling real estate,
r- For circulars describing Highlands
and vicinity, descriptive price lists, &c.t
call On or address J
- S. T. KELSEY, '
Highlands,
- - , Macoit County, N. C.
;RIDE0UT k CO.
In Highlands, Comer ol
MAIN and FOURTH streets, '
HEAD-QUARTERS
For lJ?ts, Georgia Checks,
Jeiins,
Besides, constantly on hand, a general
line of
DRY GOODS,
Boots and Shoes.
AND THE BEST OS"
GROCERIES.
We have just Received from Richmond,
a full Fall and Winter supply of the
Best Boots and Shoos
Inclmlfing: tjo Virginia
Brogan and X(i pole on Boot
ALL AT LOWEST PRICES !
--No matter what others offer, you-
may rpiss it by buying before
examining 'the " Largest
and Finest ' Stock of
Goods in this
Section of Western North Carolina.
HIGHLANDS HOUSE,
HIGHLANDS, MACON CO., N. C.
Health Resort for Winter and Slimmer.
Altitude nearly 4,000 feet The Land of th&
Sky,
The health-giving power of our pure
air, spring water, and grand scenery, has
no equal, Winter or Summer. Invalids
vvno go. to .norma in winter seeKmg
health) will do' well to stop here and get
it; also better fare at less than half thq
cost.
Our table, is supplied with the best tho
markets afford, cooked with ttye best of
skill.
We have kind and attentive waiters,
and take pleasure in caring for our guests,'
The sick receive specia. attention.
Terms lou
JOSEPH FRITTS, Proprietor.
J. H. DUIiGIN,
Carpenter and Builder,
HIGHLANDS.
Feed and Jivery Stable,
Svlva, Jackson County, N. C.
Klrxt-flnnsTrniiKport Atlou to all Points of Interest
REGULARHACK LINE
FROM WHBSTF.R TO SYfcVA,
A. M. PARKER,
Proprietor'
Farm in Iowa For Sale.
160 acres well watered good stock farm
12 acres trees. Will sell or exchange
for property in Higlilands or vicinity.
Apply at The Highlander office.
R. GOLDIE.
Highlands Insurance
AGENCY
Is connected with only First-clasi Companies.
T. BAXTER WHITE,
Ageht,
J. M. ZACHARY,
Surgeon Dentist
BOOK & JOB PRINTING
At The Highlander Officii