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Yol. 1. HIGHLANDS, MACO COUNTY, K 0., FKIDAY, JANUAEY 8, 188G. No. 23.
NOTICE.
By virtue of an Execution issued by the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon
county, I will Hell to the highest bidder
for cash, at the Court House door m
Franklin, on the First Monday in Febru
ary next, One Hundred and Forty (140)
Acres of Land to satisfy above Jkxecution
In favor of D. Bieman, Son & Co., for the
sum of $184 40, for which there is a lien
page 252 of Macon County, N. C, con
Veyed to T. C. Morris by William iseal.
L. H. ALLMAN, Sheriff.
Dec. 23, 1885.
ANNOUNCEMENT,
In this number of The Highlander
(he undersigned had to announce his
retirement from the paper as proprietor
and editor. In doinsr so, he returns
thanks for the liberal support he has re
ceived liberal under the circumstances
bf time and place. The Highlander
being now in the hands of a company
composed of leading citizens of the town
having ample mCans, and being also
under able editdrial management, sub
scribers may rest assured that they wil
get a better paper in the future than it
has been in the power of the" retiring pro
prietor to give them ; and We hope and
trust our bantling will attain a good old
age, and appear regularly every week
with perennial freshness and beauty.
All subscribers who have paid in ad
Vance will be furnished the paper to the
end of their subscriptions, and those who
have not paid will have to pay what is
due to the new proprietors.
R. GOLDIE.
We leam that Mr. S. P. Ravenel Itarts
tor Charleston, S. C., this Turning,
Mr. R. R. Norton, of Fenton, Michigan,
Is in Highlands seeking a home.
Mr. Guller, of Mount d'Ora, Florida,
has bought 100 acres two miles west of
town.
Our public school closed on Wednesday
bf this week. Mrs, Davis begins a pri
vate school after a short vacation.
We are glad to learn that Mr. Baxter
Wilson is recovering from his severe ill
ness.
Some of the" enterprising farmers of the
Tennessee valley intend trying spring
wheat the coming i&asbn'.
, The Little Tennessee river at Franklin
has not been so high in seven years as
'on Monday last, after the heavy rain of
the previous 'day.
1 Mr. . Smith is expecting hisjbrother
here froni Illinois this week td take
charge of the Caden farm, three miles
north of town.
Trade seems quite lively, and a goodly
number of farmers are in town, notwith
standing the late heavy rains and muddy
roads".
It is understood that the house occu
pied last summer by Mrs. Davis as a
hoarding house, is to.be much enlarged
in time for occupancy next season.
A petition is being circulated asking
for the establishment of a mail route be
tween Highlands and Clayton via Scaly.
Some of the dwellers near this route are
now ten miles froni a post office.
Last Sunday evening, nothing daunted
by the heavy rain, Miss Luzetta Garland
left her father's house td niteet and marry
Mr. RaymiL As there seems to have
been no opposition On thepart of the pa
rents, the young people evidently prefer
red the romance of an elopement.
Good Corn. We were shown a fine
'crib of corn raised by our. enterprising
neighbor, W. W. Smith, ai&ile north of
the village. We have seldom seeni a "crib
of better com in any couBtry. Mr. S.
aysheusea ho fertilizer, and tvas too
taV t6w6rft't2ie56rn v
As will be seen by notice in another
column, The Highlander has been pur
chased by the " Highlander Publishing
Co." The proprietors will spare no pains
to make it a bright, newsy paper. It will
be devoted to the interests of the citizens
of Highlands, of Macon county, and of
Western North Carolina. It will here
after be an eight-page paper, and will be
furnished as heretofore at $1 per year.
We shall endeavor to make The High
lander the best paper for the money
ever published in Western North Caro
lina, and trust we shall receive a liberal
patronage. We want and expect a good
subscription list at every post office in
Macon and adjoining: counties. Also cor
respondents to give us news items on all
matters of interest. Advertisers will find
The Highlander the best medium for
reaching customers in this section.
Friends, patronize your home paper, and
help to build up home industries, and you
will be helping yourselves.
All HiiQinocu PAmmnninafiAna nr fVio
pap&f should be addresse'd to the High
lander Publishing Co, ; items for pub
lication, and general news, to Editor
of The Highlander.
Postmasters and others are invited to
send short notes giving iteiris of local
news. There will barely be space for the
insertion of long letters; we shall be
obliged simply to cull from them such
particulars as may be generally interest
ing. The town would be much improved by
an extension of the sidewalks further east
and wesls, and even more during muddy
weather by the laying down of crossings.
Flat stones make a Crossing at Once con
venient and durable.
City Commissioners Bdynidn arid Smith
with a leveller, spent a few days, a week
or twa since, in taking levels for a profile
of Maui and Fourth streets, with the
view of Establishing a grade for the afore
said streets.
Mr. Seiieck, under the direction of the
town council, has been taking the levels
on Main arid Fourth streets. We don't
know just what tlie object is, but have
heard rumors that it is proposed to put
down street railways.
Rideoiii and Walk in. Mr. Rideout
has been improving the street 'crossing
ovef Fourth s!reet, which we understand
is an invitation to walk in and. purchase
goods from his large and well selected
stock.
It is noted by the press that the Chinese
government has given $500 towards the
Grant monument fundi In view of the
state of feeling towards the Chinese on
the Pacific fcOast, and the loudly expressed
intention of large numbers of the people
to rest satisfied with nothing short of
driving them out of the country, it would
seem an easy matter to decide whether
the palm for liberality of feeling should
be given to heathen or Christian.
Rev. Mr. Gibb of BeMt, Wisconsin,
who has been stopping at Highlands for
some weeks, has returned to his home.
but is expected soon to be back to High-
ands with a view to making a permanent
settlement here.
There was a light fall of snow on Tues
day, and the bbys and girfi were out in
force with their sled m The happy facet
around school-hOuse hijl, and the gay
shouts as the sleds soed swiftly down
-Mayor
BaSGom's rriudhole, reminded us
of ye oldeh times, , when we were boys
and girls in. the Nortn, and where snows
came fd stay aft the Idng Winter ; but it
did not make us hanker foi the cold and
the deep snows ; and as the snow disap
peared under the bright sun, we realized
he fact that" . , . -
" Loveliest of love! things Hre" they
On Earth that BOone&t pass awfty."
A meeting of the Mount Hope Ceme
tery Association will be held at the Hotel
parlor on Tuesday evening, January 12,
at 7 o'clock. All interested are invited
to be present. Per order of S. T. Kelsey,
President T. Baxter White, Secretary.
Last week, H. P. Kelsey transplanted
into the park from his nursery some line
specimens of native shrubs and small
trees, striped maple, dogwood, fringe tree
(chionanthus Virginica), clethra acu
minata, calycanthua stuartia pentag
yna, arid the rare attd beautiful rhodo
nendron Vaseyi. This is in pursuance of
the desire of the Floral Society to devote
their grounds almost exclusively to the
culture of plants properly belonging to
the All eghanian flora.
Some excellent improvements are be
ing made on the . road running out from
First street to Oumekeloke Falls, Scaly
Mountain and the Flatts". The grade is
being leveled up, bridges buiit across the
streams, &c. The people out that way
are determined to make that the finest
and pleasantest drive out bf Highlands,
and judging from present appearances
they will succeed.'
The heavy rain of last Saturday and
Sunday raised the streams so that the
mail failed to get through to Franklin,
The new bridge across the Chatooga on
the Walhalla road was carried oft by the
high waters. The old Russell bridge stil
stands the storm and defies the floods
Why not put the Russell bridge, and the
road and approaches on either side, in
5ood order, and use it, even if it be a lit
tie further to Walhalla ?
Mr. Barak Wright showed us a beauti
ful lot of apples grown on his farm three
miles north of town; The northern spy,'
American gold'en russet) hoover and
some others, could not be beat in the
world for beauty, fine texture and high
flavor. Where such apples can be grown,
m . . ....4.
it people remain poor, it is their own
fault. We will take 1,000 bushels of such
apples in payment for subscriptions.
We are sure that the majority of our
citizens were genuinely sorry to hear of
the death of one of the most, respected
members of the ctimniuriity. Pete Skin
ner is dead, and the many friends whom
he used to greet with effusion when he
met them on the street will long miss the
joyful wag of the tail and the friendly
look .of the intelligent face. His virtues
were many : he was faithful, affection
ate and intelligent, and a deadly enemy
to the razor back. He was a dog that it
was well to have in town, and if the hand
that poisoned him had devoted itself to
the destruction of some dozens Of the
worthless bench-legged Oysters-, and lank,
marauding hounds that infe9t the coun
try, it would have earned the gratitude
instead of the condemnation Of decent
people. His master has Our sympathy,
for it will be many a long day before he
finds another Peter.
HIGHLANDS MARKETS.
Wheat 25 to $
Buckwheat '.'.'.... ... . 50
Corn, new
Oats.', .ii
50
50
'60
50
15
15
40
Rye 1 1 1 ....
Flour, per 100 lbs.
4 50
butter, .m 1. 1
Eggs . r. 1 1 .......
Potatoes, iik. ; 't . i . i .
25
50
50
1 50
15
60
I 50
50
8
15
10
8
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Onions ;,... 60
Apples . ...'. ... ...... 40
n i -' u l -.01
oranDeiTies, per quart. . . .
Beans, per bushel 1 00
Chickens . .-.'.. 10
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Sweet potatoes '. . 50
Fodder, per 100 l w
Hay. per 100 lbs. . . "i . 1 00
Sorghum syrup
rife- IK
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3
4
5
G
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5
75
LilVU S AU
Uaed peaches ...
Dried blackberries
Pork..,,'..V.V.,.Vi.
Mutton, per lb. ...'.
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iJeef. i .'. .
Wood, per load . . .
Rubber Boots and Shoes, Water-proof
Oil Suits, Ladies' Water-proof Circulars,
Groceries, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Canned
Goods, and a good assortment of Fruits,
at W. B. Cleaveland's.
NOTICE.
AH persons having claims against the
estate of Sarah Hayes, deceased, are
hereby notified to present the same to the
undersigned within twelve months from
this date, and on failure of so doing, this
notice will be pleaded as a bar to the
same. And all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to come and settle at
once, and save costs.
This Dec. 24, 1885.
J. 0. DONALDSON,
Administrator of Sarah Hayes, deceased.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against
estate of Mark May, deceased, are hereby
notified to present the same to the under
signed within twelve months from the
date hereof, and upon failure of so doing,
this notice will be pleaded as a bar to the
same. All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please settle at once and save
costs;
This Dec. 24, 1885.
M. P. MAY,
Executor of Mark May, deceased.
BURKE & CUNNINGHAM,
REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
FRANKLIN",
Macon County, North Carolina.
Ji II. DURGIN,
Carpenter and Builder,
HIGHLANDS.
BOOK & JOB PRINTING
At f he Highlander Office.
J. M. ZACHARYj
Surge'dii Dentist.
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HIGHLANDS
LAND AGENCY
WE HAVE ON IIANri ALAROE' AMOUNT CP
Farming, Grazing
Fniit Growing
& Timber LancLs
HOUSES AND LOTS IN THE TOWN
6$ HIGHLANDS',
Beautiful Biding Sites, k
for sale
in Macon or adjoining counties, snouia
correspond with us, as wee advertising
miite extensively, and have Bunerior faA
cilities for handling ileal 'estate.
ns FOf 'circulars descriBihe: Highland
and vicinity, descriptive price lists, &c.j
call on or address
U T. KELSEY,
Highlands,
Macon County, C
Parties having cheap properties
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