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V '''if D. BOONE, - . E COURIER. Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oh YeJ . , . Six Months , ' . ' . Wig Rules Adopts by the N.C. Press Auocia tlos. The sum of not tea than fire cents per Y"! e cmu-gea lor "cards 01 thanks," "Jont of respect"and obituary poetry, tuary notices other than those jumseii shall .give ag a mtifc- anL society and all om which revenue is ted lor at the rate I we mugtenforce these p trust no one will ex m them. A . MARCH 26. 1897. 7 MM ,i,,CB ,Jlln j0 app0j iucenaent in each township jn the Z??.1. r?a?ona compen. iu uis judgment. ! SmA? Kfre gdDg t0 Pre88 M Smatoerfi returns iome and ays tenZi8 '" that say Ingany favors fronrtfiMJf ask- kickers and is not dependent on1 them tor office. He has no apolo gies to offer about appoint menu iii mr. xaie. N MULTUMJtfPAEVO" I We Werer thinking of making some comments on, our blessed mountain section when our j- eyes tell on the following from the the Asheville. Citizen, which ex- iu a SENATOR SMAfUWS, kuavo. KTC Senator Smathers ha.J?ne to Washington for a short stajr. We take it for granted he will jpply lor some - position of trait ann honwwder "the KihlgrAd- minisl ration. If there is man in im whole RepuWican ranks who deserves, something, nd something good, Gaorge is that man. i Put it seems that he is about to run against a snag and the trouble comes from those who ought to try to help him along instead of trying' to injure him. Quite a number of Haywood Re- I I' n.t J tlfiflT moil i ODJ puojjeauB aic iiiau, fluu .id; ' j let us be too, on account or me tiaywoou road law which is charged up to Mr. ISmat hers' credit. They are not so mad about the additional taxes. that must neces sarily be collected, as they are because there was a $500 or $600 joV connected .with it and Mr. Smathers had it given to Esquire J. M. Tate, an old original Dem ocrat t. They ad not like it at all and tfiey are resorting to extreme and doubtful methods of punish ment on account of it. Some of them have gone so far- as to get up petitions to be forwarded to Wnahitiirton to prevent Mr. presses a good deal of truth small compass : uWe dwell not in the rich valleys of the' great rivers jihat. in death and destruction over flow.their banks ; nor on the great plains, jfcittd-swept and grass hopper garnished ; nor yet in the fertile northwest where the zero of the thermometer is worked to death n the winter and sun struck in the summer; nor in the far South where sand is, but no rocks to make shadows in a weary land. But ,we do dwell in Ashe ville where, it may be, there is 'a thought too nfuch of rain once in two or three years,, but j with rjlentv of sidehills for the water to run off on ; and where ! it is never the extreme of heat or cold : where . cyclones come not, but onlv visitors to be healed. So thankful ever if the wrong party is in power, and the Legislature has left behind" it ; a trail of bad laws, bungled laws and broken laws." An luterestingr tetter from T tf;f:rTh-ugh you? rC r -T u lliat of my so. rJ.JSl-i!Vll80n Com own anas its Wav fn n,, home in what -r Aexas. it i8 always Nsoger to us. Mu uewsig vervinfe ny0ur citiz; nova rrmi-i. ij since -1880. r A quently mention 1 names tlx are as familiar to us asl to your- self. With these we stUl have a strong fellow-feeling, and will continue to have such as the years go by. Time will not efface the memories of the in tervening years trom 1850 to 1880. Thirty: years the prime of my owii life, running from twenty to 1 fifty were spent in your county, minus, I may say, the time I spent in the Confed erate service and in' prison. Hence the-fate that stole me away seems cruel. My father was, a peregrinator and so am I. Having lived in a few States I IbOur AsheviJh dinan1 tor anyvnaik employee or agen chant or tradesmai customer othei ness front business.' or iuesaayAshev.lle says : M rs. I id lejd ied yesterday rijfcruing', a few min utes afterix o'clock, at her home, COFsW" Oherry and Flint stieets. jiirs. Sondlev was the can hardly call any. one myu drugnter of Col. seen but my own We were mistaken last ( week as to J. M. Moody's aspiring to be Assistant District Attorney. It is Assistant Attorney General that he wishes to capture and he thinks his chances are good.! There are five assistants and the salary is $5000 per year. If Mr. Moody happens to get in as one of these five, he will move to -Washington and fill the position with great James of Ashe- yille's fir-st citizens, dating back to almost the beginning of the century. Miss Victoria Baird, a lady universally known-and esteem ed among the older residents of Asheville, died about 6 o'clock this morning at the old Baird homestead on South Main St., opposite the .Normal and Col legiate institute.- The ques tion whether the approaching summer will prove a good sea son for building is answered by number of the prominent credit to himself and Sathen from getting a slice of Here's hoping, Jim pie at the bi& overcrowded coun ter. The main and controlling ason being that a little $600 job iven to a Democrat. de. '"axw n to Consider v do iot but his paty liey. do not at once to pun- vrfjence in the severest manner bossibiev The3 would knock out" the most deserving ..and oneof the most gentlemanly and able aspirants In the party in ' Corhatt-Fitzsimmons sy 1 e without waiting for explanations. LHe has committed the unpardon- bJe sihand must not murmer or m plain at any amount of pun hm'ent they see fit to admin- Thkbr is not much Jove; and harmony existing between our Governor nd the Tribune, the recoffnized Renublican organ -of C9 ' ' ' ' - e State, The Tribune humps bviexnor almost daily and own. The South is preeminent M Alexander, one ly my home and the wfiole Union my country an&r-yours, and all ot our citizepX who are "native-to- the -manor born," ought to be proud of their nativity. ' I remember to have two men outside of family, who have come,to Texas from ' Haywood county. The last one was one who, a few years ago, a Haywood boy, but is now one of our best Texas preachers. Who would have thought'twenty years ago that Oscar F. Sensabaugh would ever develop into what I have just stated? He says he got his first license to teach school from me. and now he has far out- strmoed his examiner, and 'can sway a whole house full ot intelligent i auditors, to their c f ... . intense delight and edification. I was lately so anxious to, see him that 1 rode thirty miles to be at one of his quarterly! meet iues. Oaf reunion . after 18 years was exceedingly pleasant He would have paid ' Waynes. vtHe a visit last winter but for hia havmsr been Duf an a dis- " C - . trict as Dresidincr elder, 1 ' sy Hel patV. trio Blt. bottle , atx macy. SJoueibr believes that hers did wnat he' XOvabest interest 7ty when he er J. M, The appointment of T. L. Mil liken of Randolph county as mar shal of the Western district, to succeed T. J. Allison has been sent to the Senate for confiirma- i tion. . A CHECK TO PKOUBES8. Wliat the La.it Legialutpre Cost tne Town of Mars, j Editor of the Gazette;- ! Permit me through your- col umns to express the true feeling of the great mass of the tax l I paying citizens of the town of HMars in relation to the repeal of ""Vnhartflr nf saiH t.n wn - hv th slatur jof North Ca ro -We expected no better tfent at the hands of the litigated ignoramus i who -resented the county of Madi rson in the lower house: but we had a right to - expect better thing of our senators, who were ected to be men of higher nee and more patriotism oe puiiea aown to a th political "mud sling- and haters of human pgress; jYet : our hopes were Jghted and our plucky j pro gressive -tittle town has lost her uiliown of 300 poDula- of, taxable front in the last quarter of a Advocate says: can climb to the top of the lad der as vell as any others if they will. All they have-to do is "to be sure they're right and then go ahead fof are Sieves "SUtt. VAflM I quality Mr. Ferguson's sketches the 25th N". C. regiment interesting. I believe there were seven companies raised in Haywood during the war, and of course, that many captains and two more when their com panies were reorganized, thus making nine, and two or three lieutenants went up by promo tion, making eleven or twelve in all. Of these al) are dead but two or three, Capt. Turpin being the last to die. It has grieyed me to hear, of them passing away one .by oae; but such will be the fate of us all, both officers and privates, in a' few more years. May we all be ready to meet it. W. J. Wilson. San Saba, Texas. Canton Cullinffs. Quite another improvement has' been added to wour town, and Mr. M.M.Wells, Manager of the New York. Bargain House, is able to offer the p'.ic a nice of,neyftds at lowest Mallonee is ab- Hd is conduct a contractors of this city m the affirmative. Asheville Citizen, Mar. 20th. -Anderson Pack, son of James Pack, we learn, shot John- Woody in the west end of the county. The ball went clear through his body. It is thought Woody will die. We did not learn how the difficulty occur red. Since putting the above in cype, news was received that Woody had died, first making an ante-mor,tia statement, stating th.i--ne was yhiskevas at tne srMurpKy Bulletin . evaru Hip- jUl iL J 1 worth ecuuvi me vjrreensDoro "The board ot trustees of this institu tion met on the 31st inst. in Asheville and ratified the selec tion of a site and adopted plans for a building. , The buildinEr PREMIUM BRAND BONE MEAL, ACID PHOSPHATE, LAND PLASTER, r rt rs TOBACCO will cost about fo.'OOO, will have three stories, and ubpm enough for 60 or 75 girls and all possible modern conveniences. This is a work undertaken- originally by the Ep worth League and Sunday School, conference. It has been accepted and Approved by the conference. The deeds will be made to the church and it will be under the control of the conference." Sheriff G. K. Pritchard. of Mitchell county, has resigned and the county commissioners have elected Robt. Bradshaw his successor. Sheriff Pritchard is a brother of Senator Pritch ard and it is s id he will get a position in Washington.- -The Marion, Asheville and liarkers ville Turnpike charter was amended by the last legislature. We haven't seen the text of the bill, but learn that the provis ions are that the penitentiary is to furnish 50 convicts to be worked up6n'lhe "roads from here to Bakers ville and -Burns ville and appropriates $500 to defray expenses. -From Dr. B. A. Cheek' we learn that Moses Parker Who lives on Crooked cireeK was seriously ana per- s fatally injured Sunday was passmg near ing base ball idge, when and it ead. CLOVER, TIMOTHY, RED TOP, ORCHARD GRASS, T -r- i r li m. no J . 1 13JiUJjJ Urllii&&. AH high-gracie goods All Seeds pure. and Clean. Special Prices on rar-Ioad lot. to Dealers. Prices as low as can be made on good quality. We still have a good stock of . . . i Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Drv Goods, Etc., at reduced prices that will pay you to examine " i- . ' ' - r : ! ' 1 ' ' V w I w n y Tal as the Eastern marke - Respectfully, T. S. ffflRRDSOJ5 &. COm 39 Main Street, He J North ASHEVILLE, N. C. WHITE & WIS pMinjaBE,$Tii!fE$,TawtfanE. Cutaway Disc, rl arrows, Cultivators, Poultry Netting, , , Fence Wire, Axes, Picks, .Mattocks, Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Rakes, Mechariics' Tools, Disston, Atkins and Simonds Cross-cut Saws, cutlery, Now is the Time to Build... Xever was the time when builders' hardware could be bought so low as now, You can get Nails now at the unheard-of price of 2 cents per pound. Every farmer wants more or less nails, especially so at this season of the year. Come in and get a few kegs at these prices and you will save 25 to 50 per cent, on what you have been paying. In what better way can you practice economy ? And these, prices can't last, S : ft from the fact 'that - nails are now bought for less than the cost of manu facture. "A word to the ; wise is suf Horse Shoes, Mule Shoes, Collars, Pads, Singletrees, Harness.Tracej clevises, lite. Cook Stoves, Heaters, Stove Furniture and Our Own Make - Ti nware, -any one piece of which we guar-t, antee to outlast SIX of Manufactured Ware. t r i Lamp vjooas; ' .jmiPm - H,. ' owing Blades. P. T. Chimney ficient." i ! . 160 Nos. 93, 94, and 95 on It "16 m hillside plowih"' neighbor how. ho micneu
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