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MACON COUNTY- AND WESTERN; NORTH CAROLINA ADVERTISER.
Vol. 1. HIGTILAKDS, MACON COUNTY; K O,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1885. No. 16.
BURKE. &- CUNNINtrHAM,
REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
. FRANKLIN;
Macon County, North Carolina.
The railroad at Walhalla jg ton be,, ex-:
tended into the town.
J; Jay Smith started up his steam saw
mill last Monday. It is capable of turn
ing out two thousand feet of lumber per
day.
W. W. Cobb has arrived with his fam
ily from JTranldin, and will make arrange
ments for the erection of a tannery, so as
to be able to commence business opera
tjons in spring.
At Murphy, in Cherokee qounty, a place
of about 170 inhabitants, we leam from.a
late resident that there were ten deaths
within five months.
Mr. Henry Stewart has ben appointed
by the governor of North Carolina a dele
gate to. the Farmers' National Congress,
tp be held at Indianapolis, Indjana, on the
2nd of Dec, 1885.' There is no remuner
ation attached to the service.
Mr. Partridge has completed the im
provements at his flouring mill, having
put in another run of sJ;ones,and has com
menced to grind. His: milt is now capa
ble of supplying all the demands in this
Ipcality for flour and feed. Having tried
his new Sour, we nd it a superior arti
cle, and there is no occasion, now for any
one to send abroad for flour.
Col. Chapman, one of Q,en. Mosby's
band, who has held a position in the rev
enue department for the last five years, is
to be entrusted with the job of ferriting
out and bringing to justice the manufac
turers of moonshine liquor in Tennessee
and Georgia. The business is .now car
ried on in counties where it has not
hitherto been known. Hot work is ex
pected. No leniency may be. counted on
from a democratic government. Presi
dent Cleveland will uphold the laws.
The gold miners in Georgetown are in
a demoralized condition. Work has been
stopped, and several seizures have been
made of the effects of the company. It
sems the capitalists at New York at the
head of the concern stopped paying the
bills sent in. We hope matters will be
arranged satisfactorily, and that the work
will go on.
Mr. Henry Stewart, a writer on agricul
tural topics for the American Agricul
turist, New York Times, and other pa
pers, has taken up his residence on his
place near Highlands, just vacated by
Mr, Dobson, the former proprietor. We
understand Mr. Dobson moved yesterday
on to a farm near Franklin.
The mail carrier from Walhalla to
Highlands finds it a " hard road to tra
vel" up the mountain , to Highlands with
few and badly-fed horses, and the poor
animals come into town in a- sadly jaded
condition. The P. O. inspector was here
a few days ago, and ordered a better
state of things. We understand the route
is in the hands of sub-contractors who
are insuldciently paid, and who get a
mere modicum of what the government
" pays for the service We are told that
some " favorite of Nature" and the post
office authorities bid off the route Tind
.fifty others, and lives in affluence and
smiling contentment at Asheville on the
difference between what he gets from
government and what he pays pie sub
contractors who dov the work. He is a
"star-router," , and the stars must have
been in favorable conjunction at his
Rrth. Cannot our Reform government
find a remedy for this state of things?
The man who does the work should get
the pay in full
THE ATTLPKT & NORTH-WESTERN
T?vpLR,QAD CO,
Mr. ICelsey retVrnecThome from Nine
ty-six a few days ago, where he had been
to attend the railroad meeting at that
place. The Atlantic and North-western
Railroad Company was fully organized,
and over $60,000 subscribed. Col. H. P.
Hammet, qf, Greenville, was elected Pres
ident ; W. J. Kirk, of Cokesbury, 8. C,
vice President and Engineer ; and t .41.
Pops Secretary and Treasurer. The road
will be narrow guage, The parties cb'uv
posing the company have the money and
the will to build it,and when completed it
will be run as an independent line. It is
intended to .make preparations at once to
have the rad graded between Johnston's
in Edgefield county, S.C., and Greenville.
Charleston, or some other port on the
Atlantic coat.will be" the terminus on the
east, and tlie road will, b'e pushed across
the Blue Ridge by the most favorable
and advantageous route that can be
found. This company means business,
and will take the lead in rairoad building
across the mountains.
VISITORS IN HIGHLANDS.
A LIST OF ARRIVALS AT TE HIGHLANDS
IjtpUSE LAsi "SpEK.
W. D. Martin, ' Westminster. A. D.
Fanner, Franklin. Gilbert Hart and A.
A. Ballou, Detroit, Mich. E. Neild.
BIRTH.
wife of J. P. McKinney of a son.
At Highlands, in' the lecture room of
the Presbyterian Church,' on the 19th
inst. at 7 a,my Tony Richardson to Emma
way.
DIED,
On the 14th of November, Rey. M. May,
a citizen of the western part of Macon
county, aged 73 years.
Mr. May has been living several years
m tfie. setuem.en.t Known as. Jtsneuown.
He lias been a faithful minister of the
gospel for a number of years. It sejemea
that he knew his days were, drawing to
an ed During the, week ending Satur
day, 14thj he had been attending a pro
tracted meeting lild at the Briertown
church. On the. 12th inst. he preached
his last sermon from Ruth, 1st chap, and
part of 16th verse " Thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God," On
Saturday morning, he and his wife had
started to church, and reaching the dis
tance of about three hundred yards from
his house, hp said to his wife, that he was
sick and could not go further. His wife
returned to the house for some medicine,
but when she got back to him he could
not walk, Some of his friends soon gath
ered and carried him home, where he died
that evening, and was buried on the fol
lowing Monday at Briertown church.
Communicated,
HIGHLANDS MARKETS,
Wheat '. .$1
Buckwheat
Corn, new , , ,
Oats .......
Rye
Flour, per 100 lbs 3
Butter.
Eggs
Potatoes , . . .
Onions , . . . ,
Apples . , . ,
Chickens
Sweet potatoes
Fodder, per 100 1
Hay, per 100 lbs. , 1
Sorghum syrup . ,
Dried apples, per lb
Fat cattle, live weight. . . .
Fat sheep, average 1
Dried peaches
Dried blackberries . ,
Pork
15 to $
50
50
50
65
50 "
15 "
40 "
60
3 75
25
50
50
15
60
1 50
50
6
40
10
50
00
00
40
3
2
60
5
6
6
10
Meteorological Observations at Higli
landsfor the tceeh ending Kov.11, "85.
Miss Mary Chapin, . Observer. , .
Date Tempentare. Kelre Bala
Meaa HIgh't Lowt Hi'jr fall
Nov. 11 45.2 61 38 66,7 Clear
12 51.8 60 45 71.8 Cloudy
13 30.5 49 ' 28 89.7 55 Rain
14 S2.U 49 27 .59.3 Clear
15 30.3 5a 25 51.2 Clear
16 35.8 - 55 28 76 Clear
17 37.8 55 23 74.$ " Fair
Week 88.5 61 22 69.8
. ,j, .... nf.
' I will attend at theTollowing times and
places to receive Taxes for the year 1000 :
Burningtown Churbh,' Monday, Nov. 16
Briertown, ......... Tuesday " 17
Nantihala (Barney Mill), Wednesday, 18
Aquone (Monday's). , , , Tluirsday, " 19
Cartoogechaqe (Baptist
Church). Friday, " 20
Franklin...;;,,.,.;.. Saturday, " 21
Mill Shoal Monday, " 23
Ellijay, (Hlgdons). Tuesday, " 24
Sugar Fork (Jolly's
;v school house) ....... Wednesday, 25
.Highlands. ,.,,,;,;;; Thursday, " 26
Flatta, Middle Creek, . Friday, , " 27
Smith's Bridge ; . ".'Saturday, " 28
Cowee V. Monday, " '80
L. H'ALXMAN,
Sheriff Macon County.
BOYNTON BROTHERS & CO.,
CARPENTERS,
BUILDERS AW, CONTRACTORS.
HIGHLANDS,
Lumber Fnrnifhed as Cheap as the Cheapest.
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LANB AGENCY
WJ5 ON rjANJP! A LARGE AMOUNT OF
Farming, Gracing,
Friiit Growing
& Timlipv La.nds,
HOUSES AND LOTS IN THE TOWN
QF HIGHLANDS,
BeaitiM Builflintt Sites, k
Parties having cheap properties for sale
iu iuawu v wujv (, j
correspond with us, as we are advertising
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quite exiensivciy win h&w pufuui ia
cilities for handling real estate,
5" For circulars describing Highlands
and vicinity, descriptive price lists, &c,
call on or address
S. T. KELSEY,
Highlands,
Macon County, N. C.
"'Tajc-BTotioeT
HIDEOUT ; CQ
In Highlands," CJorher oi
MAIN and FOTJilTH STREETS,
IS
HEAD-aUARTERS
For Hats, Georgia Checks,
Jeans, '
Besides, constantry on Tiand, a general
line Of ' "
PRY GbODS,
Boots and Shoes.
AND THE BEST OF
GROCERIES.
We haveS'ust Received from Richmond.
a f ulL Fall and Winter ' Bupply 01. th
Best Bpotp1 and: ShoSs V t ?
Including the Virginia
Brogcvn and Ncupoleon Boot,,
ALL AT LOWEST PRICES !
No matter what others offer, you
may miss tt vy uuymy ucjuiv
examining the Largest
anfi pnest Stock of
Goods' in this
Sectjpn of Western North Carolina,
HIGHLANDS HOUSE,
HIGHLANDS, MACON CO., N. C. '
Healtl Resort for. Winter and Slimmer.
t
Altitude nearly 4,000 feet The Land of thq
fifty.
The health-giving power of our pure,
air,. spring' water, ah"d grand scenery, has
no equal, Winter or Summer. Invalids
who go to Florida in -winter seeking
health, will do well to stop here and get
it; also better fare at lpss than half the,
cost.
Our. table is supplied with the best the
markets afford, cooked with the best of
skill.
We have kind and attentive waiters,
and take pleasure in caring for our guests.
The sick receive special attention.
jgfi-Terms low.
JOSEPH FRITTS, Projmetor.
J. H. DURGIN,
Carpenter and Builder,
JHGHLAJJDS.
Feed and Livery Stable,
Sylva, Jackson County, N. C.
First -flawi Transportation to all Points of Interest
REGULAR HACK LINE
FROM WEBSTER TO SYLVA.
A. M. PARKER,
Proprietor'
Highlands Insurance
0 AGENCY.
It connected with only First-class Companies,
T, BAXTER WHITE,
Agent,
J. M. ZACIIARY, 1
Surgeon Dentist.
JJOOK & JOI5 PRINTING
At The Highlander Officfc