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MACON COUNTY AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ADVERTISER,
Yol. 1. HIGHLANDS, MAO-Off COUKTY, 3ST, Q, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1885: ffp. 21.
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A GIFT,
Send 10 cents postage, and we wil mail
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We wish all our readers a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
There is a rumor of a terrible accident
on the Western North Carolina railroad
several people killed.
T. F. Parker, EsqM is in Virginia on
business, and is not expected home till
February.
S. P. Ravenel, Esq., was expecting his
Bon home yesterday for the holidays.
Arrivals at The Highlands House.
-A, J. Topping, A. Howe, Franklin.
J. H. Lockery, Ehnira, N.Y. A. S. Aus
tin, Birmingham, Alabama.
The boys had a little experience last
Sunday afternoon. Down Bear Pen
mountain inclines a wooden rail track,
by which, in a former period, logs were
got down on a truck; The boys thought
they would Have a ride1, arid tvf ltie they
came down with a rush and a hurrah
On the third trial, however, the truck left
the rails, and bounding along over the
rocks and stumps, was overturned. Two
of Mr. Fritts' boys were badly hurt, the
eldest being stunned and bruised. - With
help he managed to reach home, and has
been in bed since, but we are glad to
learn he is doing nicely. It is wonderful
ho bones were broken.
We liave received from George Stinson
dbdd., of Pdrtland,Maine, the wdll-known
Art Publishers, a magnificent, full length
steel engraving of General Grant. It is
after Anderson's celebrated photograph,
which was made while the general was
still in full vigor, and represents him in
his sturdy, manly strength, as the people
wish to remember him. It is, undoubt
edly, the best portrait ever made of the
general. Messrs. Stinson & Co. are in
need of agents for several important,
popular, new publications, and oifer in
ducements that should be heeded by
those in need of profitable work ; those
who write to them will receive, free, full
particulars.
DIED,
Near Highlands, on the 20th inst.,
Molly T. Arnold, aged 15 year's.
FKANKLIN COERESPONDENCE.
Franklin, Dec. 23.
A merry Christmas to all, and espe
cially to our neighbors at Highlands.
Wonder how we from the cliilly North
used to enjoy Cliristmas among the ice
bergs of that region. A late Pennsylva
nia letter says : The north and south
roads are already blockaded, and the
teams go through the fields." Ugh !
Those who cannot get away, God help
tnem ; Due tnose wno can, come, and en
joy the balmy weather of tint Switzer
land we have no pity if they longer
delay.
Mr. T. Nye, after receiving great bene
fit in health by stopping here for six
weeks, has left for Florida. He will re
turn on his way home (Attleboro, Mass.)
and also intends visiting Highlands.
"-- Mr. A. W. Jacobs is arranging to re
turn and manage his farm on the Culla
saja. Mr. S. H. Norton takes the place
of salesman in E. Cunningham's store.
Our, public school is enjoying a two
weeks Vocation. Our genial friend Howe
and Mr. J. Lockery, of Elmira, N. Y., are
paving a flying visit to Highlands. - Mrs.
Lockery is- still quite ill from pneumonia
and whooping-cough.- "
- A jovial party met at Mr. Burke's, one
mile cast of town, ou Tuesday.' evening
- were so well pleased With the Jewitt-or-.
gan that the Baptist Society has decided
to purchase one forthwith.
Chronicles.
WHAT DOES FREE TRADE MEAN?
Free trade means direct taxation to
raise about $350,000,000 a year : it means
the competition of American labor with
the pauper labor of Europe and Asia ; it
means tne breaking down or large manu
facturing enterprises in tliis country and
throwing thousands of working men out
of employment ; and then would come
high prices again, and American gold
would flow to Europe for goods which,
under the protective tariff, are manufac
tured here cheaper than they couJa oe
obtained from Europe under free trade.
Newberry Observer.
The above is a fair specimen of the ar
guments of Protectionist journals.
As the expenditure of government for
the current year is estimated at $340,000,-.
000, supposing it was all raised by direct
taxation, it is $110,000,000 less than the
above statement. And what the people
pay indirectly in the enhanced price of
goods, is many times more than they
would have to pay if taxes were levied
directly. Under the present system, the
poorest classes pay the most of the taxes,
in forced levies, in the high prices of
what they consulhei dn siich articles as
sugar, woolen goods, crockery, spirits,
tobacco, beer, &c.
American laborers do, and have always,
competed with what the Observer calls
the pauper labor of Europe; though Eu
ropean laborers are no more paupers than
American laborers A pauper is one who
is supported by some public provision,
That definition exectly applies to the
manufacturers of America, who are sup
ported by a public provision called the
Tariff, which, while raising $180,000,000
for government, robs the people of many
times that amount in the enhanced price
of goods paid the American manufac
turers.
Take the article of sugar alone. Good
sugar is retailed in Eiigland at ld
(three cents), and there is some as low as
Id. The same quality is sold here for
eight to ten cents. Say the addition to
the price by the tariff is five cents per
pound, the amount the people of America
pay annually to the sugar growers of
Louisiana, as a forced gift, amounts to
$15,000,000. Just think of it! Fifteen
million dollars, Congress says we must
contribute annually to the support of the
nigger laborers of Louisiana as they
can't be expected to compete .with their
black pauper brethren in the" Wefst Indies
and Brazil ! So say the influential sugar
growers in Cdngrfcss:
The same operation, to a greater or less
extent, is carried out on every article
manufactured in America on which the
Tariff places a duty. All these interests
have their representatives in Congress,
and they spend millions of dollars and
they can afford it to influence legisla
tion in their favor, and to hoodwink the
people. .
The balance" of the Observer's article
is of the same character. To say that
free trade would break down manufac
turing enterprises and throw thousands
of men out "of employment, is mere asser
tion, and will not bear the test of exam
inatiou. If high prices followed, that
vvould be likely to set the machines and
men at work. And if goods are cheaper
under a protective tariff than they could
be obtained for under free trade, what
are the mftdufjicturerf afraid of?
The Observer assumes that prices are
now low, and that free" fradey by closing
the American shops, would make them
high. The very opposite is feared by
American manufacturers. Prices are
now high, and they feUr a reaction. If
goods which, under a protective tariff,
are manufactured here cheaper than they
could be obtained from Europe under
free trade, how is it we are importing
goods annually to the amount of $600,
000,000, in the face, and in defiance of,
duties averaging 43 per cent ? - The state
ment of the Observer is absurd, but no
assertion can be too absurd for a protec
tionist to make.
Supposing the Observer to say
"Sugar, under our protective tariff, is
manufactured in Louisiana cheaper than
it could be obtained from foreign coun
tries under free trade," the nonsense with
which that paper stuffs its readers would
be more apparent.
What, then, does free trade mean? It
means freedom to buy and to sell. It
means that every body be allowed to buy
where it seems to them best, and sell in
the best market they can find. It means
the right of every man to do as he pleases
with his capital and business. There is
that freedom in the States, one State
with another. Why should it not work
equally as well between nations ?
LAUREL CREEK
ACADEMY
This Acadeniv Will be"edn duties on Jan'v
4th, 1886, under the direction of J. W.
Walker, with competent assistants.
The" Principal has had nine years ex
perience in teaching in prominent High
Schools and Academies in North Carolina.
Particular attention will be. given to
moral as well as mental trairiihg: Stu
dents will be prepared td enter the! Fresh
man or Sophomore classes in College.
Those who desire to undertake the pro
fession of eitHer Medicine or Law, with
out a Collegiate course, will be amply
prepared to take up those studies.
Located in Rabun county, Georgia, at
an elevation of 1,600 feet above the level
of the sea, assures it to be wholly beyond
malarial influence, thus guaranteeing the
healthfulness of the locality. ' Sixteen
miles from Walhalla, S. C, the nearest
railroad depot. Daily mails.
or turtner particulars, see or address
the Principal,
J. W. WALKER
Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Ga,
HIGHLANDS
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Parties havinff clieati properties f or sale
in Macon or adjoining counties, should
correspond with us, as we are .advertising
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cilities for handling real estate.
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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. Bryson, on the
following lands, to wit : situate in Ham
burg township, Jackson county, and
State of North Carolina, on the waters of
the Tucaseega River, beginning on a
white oak and runs north 70 degrees west
90 poles to a small locust, and various
other courses for complements, contain
ing 134 acres, and known as the Mag
Teague place. ; -Also tract No. 2, adioins
No. 1, begins on a white oak in Loudon's
Gap, "and runs various courses for com
plements, containing 50 acres. Tract No
8 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 for 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 and Taylor Co.
K. EL1AS,
Att'y of The Aultman & Taylor Co.
Highlands Insurance
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T. BAXTER WHITE,
Agent,
HIGHLANDS MILLS,
WLLLIAM PARTRIDGE, Prop:
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Wheat, BiickwMat and Rye Flour kepi
for Sale.
BOOK & JOB PRINTING
At The Highlander Office.
J. H. DURGIN,
Carpenter and Builder,
HIGHLANDS.
HIGHLANDS HOUSE,
HIGHLANDS, MACON CO:,' N. C.
Health Resort for Winter and Sniiner;
Altitude nearly 4,000 fSel;
Sky. The Land of the
The health-giving power of 6urpur
air, spring water, and grand scenery, has
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who go ijo. Florida in winter seeking
health will do well to stop here and get
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Our tabte is supplied with the best the!
niarkets afford, cdtiked with the best of
skill. .
We have kiud arid attentive waiters,
and, take pleasure in caring for our guests.
The sick receive special attention.
Temis loio.
JOSEPH FRlTTS, Proprietor:
J. M. ZACHARYj
Surgeon Dentist;
- BME & CUNNINGHAM,
REAL ESTATE OFFICE
FRAJICLIK,
Macon County, forth Carolina?
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