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Vol. 1, HIGHLANDS, MAO OK CQTOTT, 01, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1885. ISTo. 19.
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Mr. Partridge offers $1.25 a bushel for
good wheat delivered at his mill.
Mr. Boscqm, has been appointed Mayor
in place of Squire Hill, resigned.
J. M. Zachary, the dentist, was com
fortably ensconced a.t the Highlands
House last flight.
The attention ot sonooi teacners is
directed to the advertisement of Mr. J.
W. Walker.
Mr, E. L. Bennett, from Excelsior,
Mini;., js stqpping a,fe the Highlands
House, and intends to stay here this
winter.
Prox. A. ribb3, from Wisconsin, is in
Highlands, at Mrs. Clark's. He has spent
two months in the mountains, and pre
fers Highlands to any other locality.
Young Mr. Smith, of Frankhn, who
studied the mysteries c a printing office
in Highlands a few years ago, was up
visiting his, old young friends a few days
last week.
Mr. C. O, Smith, of Sheldon, Illinois,
father of J. Jay Smith, has bought Mr.
T. C. Caden's fann, three miles from
Highlands, and will move here with his
family next month.
Prohibition in Canada.. Canada has
a local option law similar to that in
Georgia. In most of the counties where
t has been, tried it has proved a failure,
A friend writes : " Our temperance law,
which has been in force since the first of
May, is working wonders. I have seen
more drunkenness since then than during
the five years previous. There is more
liquor consumed, and the increase of
prisoners committed to gaol is in fair pro
portion liree time3 as many. v
Sad an Fatal Accident. Our read
ers will remember the marriage recorded
in The Highlander of Tony Richardson
anq Emma Gray on the 19th of last
month. Tony was a good looking and
respectable colored young man, and his
wife a fine colored girl about 14 years old,
The couple were returning from Wal
halla last Wednesday in a hack of Mr,
Niemann s, driven oy a coioreq. man
named Tom. The night before it rained
neavuy, ana me unatooga mver was
swollen with the rush of waters. Instead
pf coming by the bridge at 'Russell's 'they
attempted to cross Long Bottom Ford
a rash undertaking in the then state of
the river. The water covered the mules'
hacks, and the hack was overturned. The
driver saved himself by swimming. Tony
took his young wife on his back and made
for the shore. With the assistance of the
driver and some others Mrs. Richardson
was saved, but poor Tony fell b&ok ex
hausted and was drqwned. Up to yester
day noon the. body had not been found,
though a large number of men were en
gaged in the search for it. Tony had
lived for several years in the service of
S. P, Ravenel, Esq., and the family feel
his loss keenly.
LAUREL CREEK CORRESPONDENCE.
Laurel Creek, Moccason District, Ga.,
Dec. 9, 1885.
The bridge across the Gunlooo was
hoisted in position to-day, and the one
across the Chatooga at Long Bottom Ford
will be up in a day or two. The Gunloco
is that branch of the Chatooga that headsl
at the Rabun Bald Mountain, the other
branch heads at Whitesides Mountain in
North Carolina. Together they make a
river of no middling proportions.
About two miles from here, Mr. James
Billingsly lias found the home of the
Swift (chaetura pilasgia) in a large hol
low poplar. . About sunset, myriads of
them darken the air on their way to the
Entrance, and at daylight they come
forth again. He watched them go in for
nearly an hour recently- f v CHEOPS.
The above did not reach us till last
flight, having come by Walhalla.
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Public School Teachers
Who desire a first grade Certificate, en
titling them to $40 per month, can obtain
it easily and by a very fpw hours study,
in Th$ Public School Teachers' In
structor. I have arranged with the
author, so that I can have them sent to
any address fqr $2.50,
J. W. WALKER,
'' Pine Mountain,
' Rjibun Co., Ga,
QJJR ROADS.
Have our readers ever thought of the
causes of the difference between two
countries of equal natural advantages
the one noh and the other, poor the one
where the land is yodued, in the. hundreds
of dollars, and the other in ones and tens,
The prime factors to make this difference
are roads and markets, and good roads
have the same effect as being; near a mar
ket. Jf a man is within a mile of a good
market, and has a mud road to travel on
he is not so well off as another ten miles
away on a good hard road. The facilities
for transportation between the Western
States and Europe are every year increas
ing and being cheapened, and practically
bring the two countries nearer to each
other, Gqod roads are more needed in
the South than in the. North, where the
snow in Winter gives the people the best
of roads at that season.
WhHe railroads and canab have proved
superior. to, common roads in transport
ing produce to market, the latter cannot
be dispensed with. Or e of the first con
siderations in the development of .a new
country is the construction of roads and
bridges. Road making, is an art, To
make, a good road needs science and prac
tical - skill. Steep gradients must be
avoided, drainage must be attended to,
excavating anq banking ar generally
needed, and a surface covering of stone
to resist the pressure of the heaviest
loads. Roadinaking should become a
trade in this country, and a skilled work
man be paid double or treble that of a
common laborer.
The Romans were the great construct
ors oi roaas m ancient times. Tliey are
said to have learnt the art from the Car
thaginians. In Britain, it is said there are
roads made by the Romans so substan
tially constructed that they have borne
the traffic of two thousand years without
material injury, .
While on the English roads the farmer
can take loads to market weighing 6,000
to 7,000 lbs,, here produce has to be
brought in a good deal on horseback, one
or two bushels at a time ; while 1,200 lhs,
is a good load for a two-horse team from
Walhalla to Highlands. Good roads can
be made as well and as cheaply in this
mountain country as in any other timber
ed country. There is nothing equal to
broken granite to lay the surface of a
road with, and we surely have plenty of
that material. The time lost by team
sters hauling one-third of a load six days
in the week, would enable them in one
y ear to make a first-class road for all time
to come, if kept in repair by very little
labor every year.
But what is being done in this regard?
The gullies in the roads are filled up only
to be washed out by the first heavy rains
that come. The expedients to avoid this
washing are of the simplest kind, and
generally answer only a temporary pur
pose. Capitalists will not venture in, the
land will not be cleared, farms will not
be made, and visitors will not come in
crowds, until our highways and streets
are more in character with the age we
live in.
BURKE & COMMHAM,
REAL ESTATE OFFICE.
FRANKLIN,
Macon County, North Carolina.
Wheat ,,,,, $1
Buckwheat , , , , . , . .
Corn, new
Oatti, . ,
Rye . I
Flour, per 100 lbs $ 50
Butter, "15
Potatoes
Onions .
Apples . ,. .
Chickens
Sweet potatoes
Fodder, per 100
Hay, per 100 lbs
15 to
50
50
50
60
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40 '
60
40 '
10 '
50 1
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Sorghym syrup 40
Dried, apples, per lb. , , . , .
Fat cattle, live weight. . .
Fat feheep, average
Dried peaches
Dried blackberries
Pork.,..
3
3
60
5
5
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7;
25
50
50
15
60
50
50
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NOTICE.
By virtue, of a Deed in trust executed to
the Aultman & Taylor Company by S. C,
Bryson and wife M. C. Bryaon, on the
following lands, to wit : situate in Ham
burg township, JacJcson county; ana
State of North Carolina, on the waters of
tne l'ucaseega River, beginning on
white oak and runs north 70 degrees west
90 poles to a small locust, and various
other courses for complements, contain
ing 184 acres, and known as the Mag
Teagie place. Also, tract Nq. 2, Adjoins
JNo. 1, begins on a white oak m Loudon s
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uap, ana runs various cqurses ior com
plements, containing 50 acres, Tract No,
3 contains 59 acres, adjoins No, 1 and 2,
and begins on a white oak, being the
home lands of the said S, C. Bryson and
wife.
I will sell the said lands fqr cash, at the
Court House door, in Franklin, Macon
county, N, C, on Monday, the 4th day of
January, 1886, to satisfy a deed in trust
executed to The Aultman ana Taylor uo.
K. ELI AS,
Att'y of The Aultman $; Taylor Co.
RIDEOUT h CO.
In Highlands, Corner of
MAIN AND FOURTH. STREETS,
IS
HEAD-QUARTERS
For Hats, Georgia Checks,
n-'
o etuis,
Besides, constantly on hand, a general
line of
DRY GOODS,
Boots and Shoes.
AND THE BEST OP
GROCERIES.
We have just Received from Richmond,
a full Fall ana Winter supply ot tne
Best Boots and Shoes
Including the Virginia
Brogan and Napoleon Boot
ALL AT LOWEST PRICES!
No matter what others offer, you
may miss it by buying before
examining the Largest"
and Finest Stock of
Goods in this
Section of Western North Carolina.
HIGHLANDS MILLS,
WILLIAM PARTRIDGE,' Prop.
CASH PAID FOR GRAIN.
rVheat, Bdckwheat and Rye Flour kept
for Sale.
BOOK & JOB PRINTING
At The Highlander Office.
HIGHLANDS
LAND AGENCY
AVE HAVE ON nAND A LARGE AMOUNT OE
Farming, Grazing.,
Fruit Growing
& Tipaber Lands,
HOUSES AND LOTS Df THE TOWN
OF HIGHLANDS,
Biantifnl Building 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.
WW" For circulars describing Highlands
and vicinity, descriptive price Jists, &&,
call on or address,
St T. KELSEY,
Highlands,
Aacon County, N. O.
HIGHLANDS HOUSE,
HIGHLANDS, MACON CO., N. C,
Health Eesort for Winter and Summer.
Altitude nearly 4,000 feet-i-The. Land of the
on. jr.
The health-giving power of our pure
air, spring water, and 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 less than half the
cost
Our table is supplied with the best tho
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.
liT Terms low.
JOSEPH FRITTS, Proprietor.
Highlands Insurance
AGENCY
la connected with, only First-class Compan iea
T. BAXTER WHITE,
Agent,
J. M. ZACHARY,
Surgeon Dentist,.
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