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HICKORY PRESS: MAY 30, 1895. 8 !1w ;.. lit to ths West. Yo:m:vi:.!.k. May 21. Special: Al though t h-?e !: en r.o '-xt-iisi ve rcfen : ew; ;urier durin : the pat few nays as to Ch.irW ton's proposed railroad to the West we do not suppose tho matter has been dropped entirely, and we certainly hop? it hw not, because w believe that Charleston's future prosperity, and v.irh it in a large measure that of a consid-raMe portion of the State, depends in no small decree on the building of a railroad to be operated in the interest of our principal seaport, at lenr ;o the extent that the princi pal systems now operating in the South v.-orl: to the interest of Virgin ia, North Carolina and Georgia sea ports to the injury of Charleston. Severn: .veekrf ago I undertook to point our hort and desirable routes from Charleston to the West that couM Le rm-nleted at a cost within the n ;;c;i of that city, and I desire to add so!-:- additional information and to emp'ri .-;ze, as best I can, the advan tages p.;i-ed by the route previjus ly mentioned as embracing what is now the. Cheraw and Chester and Chester and Lenoir railroads. I Imvo-.-io id'.M that Charleston has ever t!v i;;ht of the important part that v hat 'is now .-.nown as theCh ester and Len ir Ilailroad may some time play in her history. - Charlt -ton has recently iven a yood deal of ti;-.-:earid attention, and v.e be 1 lieve t;::.!s ready tc put a good deal of moiuy in the proposed Koone road to JvV.a -o. v.i-lch, in the" opinion of gome t- jt -rts v ho claim to know whereof :!:cy speak, is an undertaking that v ;!l .-nt beyond the means of any of our i-i'thTii States to carry out. and h ? ! -erelorc too far in the future to bent Charleston of today, if it is ever can .-d out. While, on the other hand, it 'Charleston wants a road to the We.-: she ran get it and only have to bail i i -s than seventy-live miles of new tra.rk that will cost less, so an ex perienced engineer says, than 15,000 Ier niilf i'r a narrow gauge or iri,0w0 for a standard gauge. I think I can explain the foregoing to the entire satisfaction of any sensi ble man. Take a map and follow me as I point out my route. You leave Charletn by either the Coast Line or the r'outh Carolina and Georgia ' Railroad, to the junction of the Three C's Road, thence you go to Yorkville or to Lancaster, as you prefer, thence via the Chester and Lenoir to Hick ory and Newton to Lenoir, and from Lenoir to Collettsville, twelve miles over tlu Caldwell and Northern Rail road. Here is where my gap of less than seventy-five miles is found th exact distance being sixty miles and in this 'gap is included the crossing of the Blue Ridge. The route has been surveyed, and, as previously stated, a narrow gauge road can be built the entire distance at a cost of $15,000 per mile and a standard at $22,000. Now we will resume our tracing, supposing Ave have tilled in the gap from Col lettsville to Elizabethtown, Tennessee, where we strike the Bristol and Eliza bethtown Railroad, running from Eli zabethtown to Bristol via "Bluff City to Big Stone Clap, where we have a connection With the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for all points West, including the coal fields of Jellico, Big Stone (Jap and Bluefields. Now suppose you should conclude that it would be better to have a more direct line from Big Stone Gap to the West; suppose you till the gap be tween Big Stone Gap and Richardson, Ky; that would put you into Hunt ington, W. Ya, where you have a di rect line to Pittsburg. Columbus, To ledo, Indianapolis, Chicago or Louis ville. This would enable the coal llelds to have a direct line with Char leston, and in case South Carolina and the South should continue to live up to their ancient convictions that it is more profitable to buy the necessaries of life than to raise them this propos ed line cou Id bring meat from Chica go, Hour from Indianapolis and Louis ville and hard coal from Pittsburg and soft coal from Bluefields, Big Stone Gap and Jellico. Now comes the strongest joint in connection with the line indicated. The entire cost f building these miss ing links and consolidating all the roads mentioned, changing the narrow gauge lines to standard gauge, under a reorganization scheme, would not be more than the estimated cost of finish ing the Blue Ridge tunnel, necessary to put the proposed Boone road through the mountains. The lines mentioned as necessary to frame these limbs will alwavs remain weak unless the limbs are built to couple them into one continuous line, and should that ever be done there is lit tle doubt but that they Avill be the best paying railroad property in the South. In our own State this line would open up the Catawba River Falls, the v. ntr r j . : in rlie South, ami J in 1 1 :."ina tli- fiiiawbu River ! !; : ,: Irk "I i.atawna River. . 4 f" iH'oi' t , .s.:.'t s ;an,-ilieCIit water . powers, and ihcre is.no heUer country in all th Piedmont section than this rod p. !., through. I have no doubt that if the Chnries ton p- pir will study tbis question 1 they will iin.l they can get from Char leston to the West by this route cheapVr, and therefore much sooner than by any other. Charleston News and Courier. Moranton Hrall Clippings, May 23rd. Mi'ss Annie Ervin, of Hickory, is visiting r.er brother, Mr. W. C. Ervin here this week. Mrs. A. M. Ervin will arrive in town soon and will reside here permanently, we are glad to say. Mr. .1. L. Charles, the horse trainer, has leased the fair grounds for the sea son and will use it for a base ball field. He will also put the track in fix for the benefit of the driving fraternity. The Deaf and Dumb School here closes June 12th. In the meantime Prof. Goodwin and the teacheis will be glad to show visitors around. Those who wish to see the methods of teaching, should go between the hours of i) a. 111. and 1 p. m. Among the brilliant social events of the season stands most prominently tin delightful reception given by the "Teachers and Officers of the Deaf and Du iib School" on Saturday last from 8 to 11 p. m. It was a most realistic and tangible expression of appreciation shown to the citizens of Morganton of the atten tions received at their hands since the opening of the institution, and the prompt and ready response to the in vitation bore testimony to a similar acknowledgment on the part of the happy recipients. The building itself was one huge electric .spark and all hearts blazed in unison. Seldom will one find so large an es tablishment and without one single exception so cultivated and elegant a corps of officers and teachers. The "Old North State'1 may justly feel a warrantable pride in the selection of the superintendent and faculty of its school for the deaf and dumb. Off For The Kiel Fetes. The United States are to be well re presented in the great naval displayat Kiel next month, to which all the na val powers are to send war ships to celebrate the opening of the North Sea and Baltic Ship Canal. The New York, Columbia, San Francisco, and Marblehead are to be treated ahke in the matter of the elec tric illumination. The New York was to have carried the equipment for the San Francisco and Marblehead yester day, -but she sailed in too much of a hurry, and the Columbia will take it. Crowds gave the New Y'ork a parting cheer yesterday. Many people desired te see the Columbia at close quarters as she lay at the Cob Dock, well over toward WRliamsburgh, but there was too much doing aboard her to leave time for many visitors. The New York carried over a supply of fancy fireworks, and the Columbia will take more. There are twelve doz en aquatic works of various designs, fireworks to burn on the water, two dozen float lights, and three dozen four and six pound rockets with float ing festoons and magnesium and pris matic torrents. There are to be four illuminations of thirty-six lights each in red, white, and blue.x Set pieces will represent the German and the American arms, each 15 feet by 12. There is to be a grand fire portrait of Emperor William, 20 feet by 20, and one of President Cleveland, whose proportions will be represented in the same space. The designs for the re works were made in Washington. There are dozens of shells, batteries, and exhibition rockets of varied colors and effects, and there is a special mot to in German text; ''Herzlicher Gruss an Deutsehland von den Yerinigten Staateii." ("Hearty greeting to Ger manv from the United States.") Delizhttul Simmer Homes and Resorts on the Southern Railway. The passenger department of the Southern Railway has just issued a large folder especially for the informa tion ot those who are seeking desira ble homes and resorts for the present summer. It is gotten up in the best style of the printer's art and contains a complete description of the most de sirable locations for summering, and is copiously and beautifully illustrat ed with scenery, hotels and homes along its main and branch lines. It not only fully describes the scen ery along the entire Southern Railway system, but gives the names, locations and terms of good boarding houses, hotels and country homes, from $2 ier week to $5 per day. Copies can be liad upon application to the principal offices of the company, or by sending a two-cent stamp to Mr. Wrm A. Turk, General Passenger Agent, Washington, 1. C. mm Charles MacDonald, a Prominent Chicago Business Man, Is Re stored to Health. 6?5-?sm; ' - ry) vitvTr -. : - - v--vi;i-jvv v;s-. -Zr-i- . T,'J is? ; : " A. rC-" rZ-'J . - mm? mm Within a few steps of the intersec- 1 tionoftwoof the busiest thorough fares in Chicago, if not in thtrentire country, is a store through the portal of which more people pass in the course of a day than enter into and depart from any other establishment of its size in the W7est. Men and wom en whose faces bear the stamp of in telligence and culture; women who lead in society, art and letters; men who are prominent in the professions; lawyers, physicians, artists, judges, and journalists. The exterior of the place gives immediate evidence of its character, which is that of a center of current news and information. It is the news and periodical depot of Charles MacDonald at 55 Washington street, who writes the following letter: CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 1895. Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co.. Burlington, Yt. Gentlemen: It is clearly the du ty of every person to acknowledge a service rendered, no matter what its nature. When, however, the charac ter of the benefit bestowed is such that it lightens the daily burdens of our lives, and changes our nights from dreary watches to periods of tranquil and refreshing repose, the duty re solves itself into a pleasure. A few months ago, owing to the confining nature of my business, I began to feel Carlisle Not with His Party. From The Si. Louis Ilepub'ic. Loose talk about "favoring the lar gest use of silver consistent with main taining the gold standard'1 may be pardoned in the ordinary citizen who has not by the responsibilities of his position been required to examine the laws of finance and currency; but it has always been incomprehensible that Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle could seriously advance such opinions. Three policies are before the Ameri can people. One is to preserve the gold standard. In that ease the paper currency would as well rest directly on the gold reserve in theory as it must in fact. Another is silver monometall ism. In that case let the pajer notes rest on silver and let gold be a matter of commodity contracts. The third is to adopt free coinage of both gold and silver at a bimetallic ratio and base the paper currency on both. This third policy is what nearly the whole democracy of the west and south think is the 'traditional obligation of the party.Whatever dispute there may be about the w isest ratio, under the conditions which now confront us, there is little dispute about the prin ciple. Secretary Carlisle does not speak for his iarty in defending the single gold standard. We have no abusive epithets for him. What we do say is that a single gold standard is not democratic and that a 'large use of silver does not make it democratic. GUFOUi. .; 7 C : " 0 at first a sort of languor and listless- ness.to disguise which I was compelled to bring into play all the strength of will I could command. The feeling grew upon me, however.and in a short time it took such possession of me that it affected njy appetite and caused insomnia. I approached my meals with a feeling amounting almost to nausea, and my bed with horror at the restless night that I was ncarly certain was before me. It was only by the strongest efforts that I was ena bled to hide the change from people who came into my place of business, but my intimate acquaintances were quicker to notice it. I had arrived at a point w liere I could no longer keep silent upon the subject, and speaking of it to one of my friends one day he suggested that I try Paine's celery compound. I purchased a bottle, and before I had taken a dozen doses I knew that the suggestion was a good one, for I felt an improvement. I con tinued to use it, and feel entirely re stored. My appetite is good, I sleep well, and, instead of an irksome grind, my business has again become a pleas ure to me. You may put me down as a strong advocate of Paine's celery compound. Yours respectfully, chas. MacDonald. Hinrlchen.s Opinion of Palmer. Springfield, III., May 24. In an inter view to-night Secretary of State Hin richsen replied to Senator Palmer's Washington interview. He said: "1 have read what Palmer said about the silver movement in this State. Most people here regard it as the drivel of a dotard, but I think otherwise. Senator Palmer never did know much about politics in this State, but he knows that the cilver sentiment grows stronger every day. He does not believe what he says. He is only trying to make himself strong with the Presi dent.by publicly f-aying w hat the Presi dent likes to hear. "He says I am an amateur politcian. When President Grant drove Palmer out of the Republican party at the point of the Federal bayonet I was already doing politics in the Demo cratic party, where Palmer sought refuge. "I was active in Palmer's contest for the United States Senate, and the Legislature which elected Palmer adopted a free silver resolution which Palmer indorsed Paltner seems to have a pito against everv man who ever did him a favor in pontics, and I am one of those lie dislikes. Uucklen'AAnilca Halve. l.he bet salve in the world for Cuts, lirues, Sores, Ulcers, Salt. Rheum, Fever Sores, Tett-r Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and idl Skin Ernptions, and posi- ively cures Pile, or no pay re aired. It b guaranteed to c'tve perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. For sale by O. M: Roy Etc r. Druggist. sep3,92--ly ' Miss Mary Ilosr.::or:oi v,i FASHIONABLE All the latest styles in TUm HATS, BONNETS and TO E FLOWERS, RIBBON , LrE, and STRAW GOODS in U .-iV shades and shapes. MOURNING MILLINKUY pared on short notice. Spring Ojening in April DR. W. B. RAMSAY, DENTIST Offers his profoMomd s.r;,. the leoiile of Hic ktirv .mi.. f'"i:L4. nig country. SATISFACTION GIVEN. Office over po-t office, Hickorv r f?l. S ljr BOARDING HOUSED Peions wis! dug private !.,-,r,i find accommodations at Mr-. Morrison's, but a short d;!a?;. s..s-v of the Hickory Inn. Roo:i: ;rjJi and neatly furnisheif, ami tin ? j l always supplied with Mibta!tinl Price $1.75 per wtvk. SlM'HNXiltY HAM .;!;. . j , . " n. u i:i.i, :u,r. .On i;r,r.;, r V Ma. 21-'y ri.il:..:. !. ,. J. D. ELLIOTT, Con i'raclov cm 1 ci i i ! v::. IllCKOHW X. r. Estimates riven on all l.ii,,of Buildings, Brick or l-'raim . WORK GUARANTEED. Bond and reference furnished. rTr Orders solicited AMmmhhi Save time, money and doctors' bills. G6 where you please, when you please, as fast as yoo please. Find pleasure, health and economy all in one. Rambler liicycles arc the acme of mechanical perfection. Strong, du rable and reliable, with not an ounce of useless material. The RamMer is the wheel for record breakers and for pleasure seekers. Various models, all the same t rice $100 catalog tells all about then free, of course. G0RMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO- WASHINGTON. O. C. Machinist. 7 1) DAD,IrrC! -0- Is now operating the M.v:I-f Shop of the CAUOLINIA Fr'IET COMPANY. Hickory, X. C. l"TXt; an apprenticeship in the liU ilM1' & DANVILLK RAILWAY 0MP XYS MACHINE SHOPS nt Man chester, Ya. I am prepared tol and all kinds ol GENERAL REPAIR WORK, Such as fitting up New ( Im.Uix repairing old ones (Jan aI- 'urr- self-adjusting packing riu-. loxing, or attachments for ru-jv.i' boilers. I am i candidate for puVi: ' I .truU- Satisfaction guaranteed. U E. ROBERTSON' HICKORY, N. C. THE NEW YOKK PI ERAI A3IKRICA Foremost Newspaper- DAILY AND SlM--A MAGAZINE EOK 5 CE"?' The SUNDAY HEKAfLl in !eautv and v.lue w ith ' v'r? 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