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IffORG ANTON HERALD. Suacssor to "The Morganton Star." ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN BURKE COUNTY V. C. EKVIN, Editor & Publisher. ADVERTISING HATES. s o a o a o S a o S JOI5 PRINTING. With four presses, an abundance of printing material and skillful printers, Jhk IIkrald Job Department cannot be excelled. He positively tvUl not be un jerbkl on jirices. LIWVILLE, r A l.tce planned ami developing as A GREAT RESORT. Situated in the MOUNTAINS OP WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, A region noted lor liealtlifulness and beauty of scenery. AN ELEVATION OF 3,800 FEET, WITH 11, KA1G CUM It is being laid out with taste and skill, with well graded roads and extensive FOREST PARKS: .esirable place for fine residen ces and HEALTHFUL HOMES. VOL. VI MORGANTON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1890. NO. 21 a 1 3 13 IS 24 I 1 25 3 50 4 SO 7 00 10 00 IS 00 9 3 00 4 50 8 00 IS SO 20 00 23 00 $ 4 SO 7 SO 13 60 25 00 S3 SO 45 00 t 750 13 SO 33 00 43 SO 60 00 83 00 ITII CAROLINA. The "Week's News in the State." 'Old North BURKE COTTNTY HISTORY. The "4 V . .. .. . , , A rm.tipportnmty lor prontarne investments. - For illnstra&i pamphlet, address, LINVILLE IMPROVEMENT CO., UHVILIE, MITCHELL CO., . C. rnfiy22-6m. S. C. W. TATE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, MORGANTON, N. C. Eusiness Generally. jan l-ly M. A. NEWLAND, Attorney-at.Law, MARION, JV. C. inayM-Cm. M. SILYEE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, MOUGANTOX, N. C. The examination of titles to Heal Estate and litigation affecting the same, a specialty. feb 20-ai)-tt r. T. Avery. W. O. Ebtin. AVERY & ERVIN, A.ttorneys-at-Law, MORGANTON, N. O. Practice in the courts of Burke, Cald well. Hi-Do well, Mitchell and Catawba. and jn the Supreme Court. Collections a specialty. Office in Herald Building. . Ashevllle's population is about 10,000. . .Charlotte is to have another military company. ..It is said now that Gradv's mantle has fallen upon Rev. Tom Dixon. .The Richmond and Danville road will build a new denot at Hendersonville. ...The Inter-State Summer School met in Asheville, July 28th. Over two hundred teachers were present. . .The city authorities of Gregns boro have passed an ordinance re quiring the removal of screens from bar rooms. . ..The Second and Fourth Regi ments will go into camp at Wrightsville the 5th of August and remain one week. . .Rev. J. L. Scroggs, of Randle man, has been appointed presid ing elder of Trinity District, to succeed the late Rev. P. F. V. Stamey. ..Evangelist Fife's appoint ments are as follows : Lincolnton, August 17 to 24 ; Newton, August 31 to September 6th ; Morganton, September 14 to 21. ..Judge Aston has in his pos session a book of Common Prayer and a Bible which is 256 years old The book is in a good state of preservation. Asheville Citizen. . . At a meeting of the stockhold ers of the Wilkesboro extension of the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad that road was leased to the Richmond and Danville for ninety-nine years. ..Gov. Fowle has appointed Lieutenant CuT. J. G. Martin, of Asheville, to succeed Col. J. T. Anthony as Colonel of the fourth Regiment. .A number of supposed high waymen have been arrested and lodged in jail at Wilmington for murder and robbery. Several more robberies have been com mitted in that section during the past week, and the people are al most panic stricken. .The North Carolina Car Com- pany has closed a contract ior building one hundred freight cars for the Seaboard Air Line. As" many more will be built for the . . - i a X same line at inc.. seaDoaru anu Roanoke shops, and a large num ber of engines will be built for it in Portsmouth. ..Mr. Sid Nixon, of this place, .i . i . j 1 has a razor tnat is one nunareu and fifteen years old. The razor was manufactured by Gilbert Brothers. Sheffield. England. It a TT I g- 1 1 A 1 was branded : "ine eieuraieu Old Army Razor," and under the brand is the date, "1775-" The razor was carried all through the war of 1812 by Maj. Conner, of Beatties Ford ; who lived in the house built by Col. Wheeler, au thor of Wheelers History ot North Carolina. Mt. Holly News. .On the recommendation of the professors of Mathematics and Engineering in the university ot Vermont, Mr. George H. Claflm, of New York, has been appointed instructor in Mathematics and Drawing in the University of North Carolina. He is certified to have extraordinary ability in those lines, to have taken the degree of . n. with honor, and to have had much successful experience in teaching, The Department of Engineering at our University is now ready for business. ..A voung farmer of Edge combe county has added another valuable item to the process of tnharm culture. He found out that turkeys would destroy tobac co worms, and drove a flock throuerh his tobacco field every day. The turkeys soon "caught THE PIEDMONT BANK OF MOI1G ANTON, N. G. N. B. nil.WORTir, President. S. T, PEARSON Caaliler. Conducts a general banking business, Inland and foreign exchange bought and sold. Hanking hours 9 a. M. to 3 P. M. DR. I. P. JETER7 DENTIST, (MOBOANTON, - - N. C, I tSiraAoate 01 the University of Maryland) lolTers M professional services to the citizens of iJMoriHtfm atul surrounding country as a flrst jelii.su Dentist. --7- -No charge for examinations. I ttaUsfiu;tlon euaranteed. OFFICE AT MOUNTAIN HOUSE. I June20-tr. MUIMMlllCMll 1 s- The IiH Tra Opens Sept, i Mica S& Phil- 4 I Four regular courses of study. Classical, tisopiucul, Literary, Scientific. Special courses In Chemistry, Civil and Elec trical Engineering, Pharmacv, and other studies. i Henarate schools of Law an d Medicine, whose aiuileutM may attend the ULiverslty lectures, i Address HON. KEM1 P. BATTLE, IX. D., 'I President, C impel Hill, N.C. P ATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat ent business conducted for MODERATE FEES OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. 8. PATESJT OFFICE and we can secure patent In less time i nan those remote from Washington. Head model, drawing or photo., with descrlp ion. We advise If patejtaole or not, tree of ..Barge, uur tee not due till patent is secured. A PAMPHLET, Howtoot.tatnPatenta." with t ames of actual clients in your State, county, or C. A. SNOW & CO., I Orr. Patkmt Office, Washijskjtoj. p. C. i I- nn ana ne savs wai mcy ai. now so trained that they make for the field every morning as soon thpv are turned out. The dodge is so successful that an in cnprtinn of the dants by human labor once in two weeks is all that is necessary. State Exchange. , .The purchase of the property known as Camp Russell, on the eastern suburbs of the city as a site for the proposed Soldiers' Home begins to look as it the scheme was to be pushed forward with eagerness. The sum paid Dy the executive committee of the Confederate Veteran's Association, to the State, is understood to be $5,000. The situation is, in many respects, a most desiraDie one anu can be made peculiarly adapted for the purpose designed. It is now thought that the Home can be opened by October ist. Ral eigh Visitor. , .Mrs. Susan DeBruhl, who lives near DeBruhl, this county, has a young cow that has had a remark able experience. The cow had been allowed to run at large in the woods, during the day, and she had been in the habit of coming retmlarlv at night until about two weeks ago, when she foUA to return. Search was made for her, but she was not found .,r,t;i pl-vfn davs after she was fit missed. She was fastened in a tree. A fire in the woods had hurned in the tree a hole, through which she had put her head, by turning- it in a certain position chpfi'fd nnt knowhowto eet her head out and remained there with out food or water for eleven days When released the cow walked homr. and ate heartily. Newbern Jpurjiaf, Old-Time Merchants The Old-Time .Doctors The Early Courts. The condensed history of Burke county, that has already appeared, was prepared for publication in a forthcoming volume, and the writer was being urged to haste while engaged in its preparation. It has already gone into the hands of the publisher and is now about Lio be printed. The writer pro poses to add a short notice of the preachers, doctors, merchants and lawyers of each generation since the county was first established. THE OLD-TIME MERCHANTS. William Tate was the first mer chant of the town, of whom we have any traditionary account. He it was, whose wife was the only daughter born of the mar riage of Capt. Bowman with Grace Greenlee. He was a cultured man, of more than ordinary ability, and of good address. He was the leader of the Jeffersonian Democ racy of this section, when Andrew Jackson was first elected Presi dent and was on his electDrial ticket for the State. He repre sented the county in the Senate in 1807. His eldest son, John B. Tate, it is said, was a young man of promise. He married an ac complished lady, who lived in Memphis, and removed there, but died within a year afterwards. William Tate lived first in Mor ganton then at Hickory Grove. Col. Thomas Lenoir was sent by Gen. Lenoir to get his business training in the store under Wil liam Tate. He always spoke of him as a man of character and talent and of Mrs. Tate as a very lovely and attractive woman. He was the father ,as has breeH--St2ted of Samuel C. Tate, Mrs. Espy, Mrs. Buter and Maj. Robert M. Tate, and the grand-father of the firstw4i'e of Senator Vance and of mrs. Ephraim Greenlee, now of Tennessee. The writer was mistaken in the statement that the elder Thomas Walton came to Burke with his uncle. He began business as the clerk of his brother William Wal ton who afterwards moved to Charleston. But ultimately his father came to Burke ; and about the same time the Mclntyres also made Morganton their home. Thomas Walton married Martha Mclntyre, while his brother, Geo. Walton, married Nancy Mclntyre lhe late John Caldwell lived in the house, where his son, Todd R. Caldwell, afterwards resided, and sold goods in the corner room for many years. Sidney Erwin and William Al berto Erwin, sons of W. W. Erwin, had a general store in Morganton from about 1820 for ten years or more. -JR. C. Pearson began his busi ness career as a clerk in the store of his uncle, John Caldwell. When he married Miss Suffronia J. Tat daughter of David Tate, he began to merchandise, where Hogan and Huffman are now selling goods, and did a leading and a very profitable business for twenty years or more. W. C Erwin married Matilda, daughter of Thomas Walton, and built his residence on the lot on Green street, where Dunavant's livery stable is now located. He opened a store 6n the corner of the same lot, at which he continued to sell goods till the year before the war began, when Sir. Elias, father of Hon. Kope Elias, rented the house. Mr. Erwin was one of the most popular of the old-time mer chants, who credited their custo mers indefinitely. The merchant could console himself, however, with the reflection, that if he sued his delinquent customers before Thomas Walton, the leading Jus tice of the Peace for the town, the debtor would not be permitted to plead the statute of limitation. When a defendant proposed to rest his defence on that ground the venerable old man would reply "That is not an honest plea and you can't put it in here. Appeal to the County Court, u you wish. John H. Ferree, of Randleman, received his mercantile training in the store of W. C. Erwin, and before he was a grown - man, had entire charge of the business Tames C. Smythe, a Celtic Irish man, marred a daughter ot KoDin Caldwell and for many years com manded a large trade for his store. He owned and kept the old hotel, located east of the Caldwell place, that was burned in the year 1867 Col. b, AlclJ. late, tor some vears, nad charge ot tne mercan tile busines of Maj. bmythe. Sub sequently he, the late Sylvesjer Bettis and his cousin, John M Tate, opened a large store in the bmythe Duuding, out dissolved the partnership and closed the bjjsinesslin about two years. Donald Fraser, a Scotchman, came from Rutherfordton to Mor ganton about the year 1850. He was one of the many merchants, whose success has verified the maxim that "Honesty is the best oohcv. tie was patronized Dy a large number of customers, be cause they believed that he had a fixed price ; that he tried to buy the best of every species of goods and was honest enough to inform a purchaser of any defect in the article offered hjm. Josiah V: Blackwell came to Burke from New Berne about the year 1856. He opened a large store in Morganton and continued to sell goods there till the war be g-an. He resided in the town till 1867. For six or eight years before the war, Maj. Abraham Myers com manded a good trade for his gen eral store. He at first conducted the business himself in. the room, now occupied by Hogan and Huff man. He removed to Salisbury in 1858, when Mr. Donald McKen zie took charge of the Morganton branch store and sold eoods for him in the Smythe building, that was afterwards burnt. James McKesson, and his son, W. F. McKesson, removed from Wilkes about the year 1835. They made a large amount of money selling goods at various stands in the town. W. F. McKesson amass ed a fortune by engaging in gold mining, farming and other ven tures He represented the county twice in the House of Representa tives. He was the largest slave) owyier in the county when the negroes were emancipated in 1S65. The late John McElrath was a popular merchant from about 1857 to 1861, and did a thriving business in the old store that stood on the Wilson lot on Green street. When the blockade had made a new calico dress, a rarer sight than a fifty dollar silk is now, all of the stores were closed except that kept by E. S. Walton and John H. Ferree, at the old Walton cor ner, and another at the opposite corner of the Pearson square, where Donald Fraser sold goods for W. F. McKesson. In the summer of 1865, T. R. Caldwell, afterwards, Governor of the State, formed a partnership with E. S. Walton and John II. Ferree and sold goods in the old Smythe house. Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Ferree withdrew from the firm in 1866. E. S. Walton continued in business at the same place till the house was burned in 1867. ft appears from the foregoing short history, that Morganton has numbered among her merchants, a Governor, two railroad presi dents, a wealthy manufacturer, and a number of weTl-Enovvn "aTni4-Saff.i:cI-GK-Cree" influential legislators. We will let a future chonicler tell, whether among those of the post bellum list, who have come upon the stage since reconstruc tion, there is material for Gover nors, Congressmen, Legislators, Bankers and Manufacturers. The writer thinks, that the public bene factor of the future will be the man, who shall do most to build up the town and give prosperity to the county. .THE OLD-TIME DOCTORS. Joseph McDowell, . of Pleasant Gardens, was a physician. If there Lwas a doctor, living in the eastern portion 01 tne county or at tne County-Seat before the day of Dr. Thomas Bouchellahe writer, has not been able t ascertain his name. Dr. Bouchelle settled in Morganton and commenced the practice of medicine during the first decade of this century. He purchased from W. W. Erwin, the lot where Mrs. Corinna Avery now lives, and resided on it till his death, about the year 1S43. He was a man of good ability and k thoroughly acquainted with the Atheories of medical practice, ac cepted Dy tne men 01 nis oay. ur. J. C. L. Shuffling was an accom plished gentleman and a learned physician but especially an unusu ally skillful surgeon. He came to Rutherford and Burke, coun ties on business for some persons living in Pennsylvania, and spent a good deal of his time in Morgan ton about 55 or 60 years ago. Col. J. C. L. McDowell and the late J. C. L. Corpening of McDowell county were named for him. The proper names of a given period sometimes commemorate the po litical leaders of the day, but of tener mark the gratitude of the women or the admiration of the men, for a favorite physician or preacher. Dr. Samuel late began to prac tice medicine in Morganton about the year 1820. He commanded a larger and prohtabje practice till he removed to Cherokee county about 1840, He returned to Mor ganton before the late war and died hereon the day of - - 18 William Caldwell Tate, was a brother of Dr. Samuel Tate and a son of Hugh Tate. He was born on the day of 18 . He began the practice of medicine about the year 1835. Soon after he married Mrs. Laura Polk, the widow of Marshall Polk, (a broth er of President James Polk) and the daughter of the great prosecut ing attorney, Joseph Wilson, and settled on the old Brank farm, now owned by R. K. Presnell. He did a large and profitable practice from the time that he opened his office till the time of his death on the day of 18 . He. is remembered with gratitude and affection by many of the old peo ple of the' county, He was the father of J. W. Tate, Drs. Hugh and Robert Tate and J. Knox Tate, of Tennesse, and Mrs, W. E. Powe and Miss Emma late, ot Burke. - Dr. William L. McRae was born in Cabarrus county and settled in Burke about the time when Dr. Bouchelle died. He was an un usually affable and entertaining companion and a learned and popular physician. He was more over one of the btst practical geologists and mineralogists, that has lived in Western North Caro- na, and was chieflyinstrumental in calling public attention to the miriera wealth of this section De- fore his death. He married Mary, the eldest daughter of Samuel Creenlee and built and occupied the house where Col. S. McD. Tate now lives. He, died of consumption, when comparatively a young man in the year 1855. He was at times one of the most humorous men that has ever lived in the county. Among the many stories told of him, the writer recalls, one. An old neighbor of his, when he lived for a few years on the McRae farm, had a little boy in his em ployment, who was bitten by a poisonous snake. One messenger was dispatched for the Dr. and another for a jug of Mountain Dew. The physician came first, but he relied more confidently on the old snake bite remedy than upon any other, and all the per sons interested watched with anxiety the effects of the poison till the antidote came. The reme dy was freely administered to the crowd as well as the patient and by-the time the boy was relieved, the men were mellow. The old gentleman, when there was no longer any danger said very earn estly, "Doctor, I' never intend to be without whiskey another day. This boy was nearly dead before it came. I shall always keep it for snake bites. Don't you think I am right, Doctor ?" . The Doctor replied, "Well, Squire, perhaps your idea is a good one ; but would'nt it be better for every man to keep his skin full, so that a snake could'nt hurt him ?" Dr. Christopher Happoldt was a native of Charleston, S. C. When a boy he attracted the attention and eventually won the friendship of the learned Dr. Bacheman, who directed his early education. He began the study of medicine in Charleston but ultimately spent a number of years in France and Germany under the tuition of the leading physicians of the day. Soon after his return he took charge of the Charleston Medical Journal and displayed such. ability in conducting it, that it became a high authority with the Doctors, and especially with Medical writers. He married Emily, daughter of after removed to Moreanton. where he resided with the excep tion of about two years till his death in 1878. He was a very learned phyficians and was ac knowledged to havehen the most accurate man in diagnosing, that has ever practiced in the county. The writer has reason to believe too, that he was one of the most successful practitioners in the State in the treatment of all diseases. He died of Yellow fever in Vicksburg, Miss., when the whble Mississippi Valley was visited by that terrible scourge in 1878. He volunteered to go to the relief of the sufferers and sacrificed his life in the effort to save them. He had been eulogised by the press and people of Memphis but a few years before, when he remained there during the first visitation of that plague in 1876. Dr. John Michael Happoldt was also a native of Charleston, S. C. He first settled in Mecklenburg county and practiced medicine successfully for a number of years. He removed to Morganton in the year 1844, and soon after that time built the Mountain House. With the exception of two or three years, when he lived in Salis bury, Dr. J. M. Happoldt contin ued to practice medicine in Burke from the year 1844 till he died in Morganton in 1882. He had a thorough knowledge of the works of leading writers on medicine, and it was universally conceded, that he was a successful practitioner. He was especially remarkable for his nerve and he roic perseverance, when less hope ful physicians despaired. Dr. John Calhoun McDowell set tled in Morganton and devoted himself to his profession for a few years after his marriage with Sarah Erwin, daughter of James Erwin. But when he bought the David Corpening farm, that had once been the home of his kins man, Col. - Joseph McDowell of Quaker Meadows, he preferred the life of a farmer. As many of his family have done he proved his descent from "Hunting John Mc Dowell" by his fondness for the chase. Dr. Waightstill Avery Collett was born on the day of 1830, on Canoe creek in Burke county. He was the son of John Collett and Margaret Avery, who first married John Murphy. He married Mary, a daughter of Gov. Todd R. Caldwell. Dr. Collett was educated at Valle Crucis, Watauga county, where there was a flourishing school under the supervision of the Episcopal diocese of North Carolina. He studied medicine in Morganton and attended Medi cal lectures in Charleston and Philadelphia. After spending a few years in California Dr. Collett located in Morganton several years before the war begun. He was assistant surgeon of the 6th and surgeon of the 58th Regiment. He con tinued to practice medicine in Morganton till his death on the day ox and was a well read, have originated in the fertile im agination of a man, who knew little of the times or people. A half dozen men did not defy the Court with impunity nor did Sevier slip off in the night, as stated by Haywood. The writer has little doubt, but that the story as told by old men, who lived thirty years ago, was substantial ly true. Gen John Sevier had fought on Cane Creek, at Mus groges Mills, at Cilberttown and King's Mountain with McDowell's Regiment, most of whom were from Burke, county and were ac custofnea to meet at the Court House twice a year to learn some thing about law and politics and talk over their old campaigns. It was not necessary, that Sevier's friends should, f probable that they could conceal their identity from their old associates, who were not more willing than the Mountain people to see their brave comrade suffer, even though he had violated the law. The ac count of lue circumstances at tending the escape or rescue of Sevier, that was generally accept ed as correct by the old men of thirty years ago, who had heard the story from their fathers, was very different from that given by either of the historians of our sis ter .State. They concurred in stating, that after being released for a few days on a bond given by the leading men of Burke county, Sevier surrendered himself and went to jail. When his case was called, early in the term the sheriff started to the Court Room with his prisoner, but in passing through the crowd, a number of wnom were old soldiers and in the secret, he was pirrposely sep arated from Sevier by the pressure of Abe exowdj who knt "' sheriff apart from him arid opened the DEXVEB, COLORADO. way to his horse, then being held near by. The crowd cheered, while even the sheriff was content, having done his duty, to submit to what seemed enevitable. It was said that many of Sevier's friends, including not a few Burke men, awaited his coming on the mil near Mcuowell s ford, this story, in view of all the surround ing circumstances, seems much more probable, than the statement furnished Dr. Ramsey, that a sin gle bold Tennesseean overawed the Judge, Sheriff and the posse comitatus of the largest county in the west, and treated the court with contempt. The writer has no doubt that Sevier surrendered and went to jail and firmly be lieves, that he was released amid the cheers of his Burke comrades before reaching the Court House. ine story ot the pursuit, the wri ter believes, is also mythical. Tra dition represented the sympathy tor bevier to have been so great, that a crowd might have been easily gathered, if necessary, to prevent his re-capture but it would have been in vain to sum mon a posse to pursue him. ( To be continue J.) CHRIST KNOCK IN O- AT K S HEART. popular and successful physician. THE EARLY COURTS THE RE LEASE OF JOHN SEVIER IN 1 787. One of the exciting incidents, connected with the early adminis tration of justice in Burke, grew out of the arrest of Gen. John Sevier in 1787 by virtue of a Bench warrant, issued by Judge Samuel Spencer. Jle was charged with treason in unlawfully setting up the government of the so-called State of franklin, of which he was acting Governor, and "resist ing the authority of the State of North Carolina. He was brought to Morganton for safety and be- lmprisonment at Jones- boro would have led to collision between his own friends and those of Col. Jonathan Tipton. . Ramsey, in his history of Tenn., gives an account of the rescue of "Noli Chuckey Jack" that must Open, sinner, open wide And admit the Crucified; Jesus Christ knocks at the door Open! lie may knock 00 more! Hear the Spirit gently knock! Faith in Jesus will unlock And admit the Friend who stands With salvation in His hands. Tis the everlasting Lord Knocking by his preached word; Open now the stony heart Ere the Son of God depart. If the Spirit and the Word Fail to make His message heard If thou still dost bar Him out From thy sin-enclosed redoubt Then affliction's withering blight. Turning noon-day into night. At thy flinty heart may stand Rapping with its palsying hand. Open to the sinless Son Open while He may be won Faith's resistless key apply Open, or He may pass by! II. D. Leqi'ecx. Bents' Family Medicines. We are introducing Becgs' Little Liver Pills, which are giving wonder iui satisfaction lor indigestion, con stipation or any derangement of the bowels, liver or kidneys. Any one desiring a perfect pill should not fail to try them. Each bottle contains 35 pills, and a dose requires only from 1 to 3 pills, so one bottle will last any or amary lamuy six montns. race so cents. Sold and warranted by John Tull, Druggist. Do Not Suffer Any Lonjer. Knowing that a cough can be check ed in a day, and the first stages of consumption broken in a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Acker s Engludi Cough Remedy, and will refund the money to all who buy, take it as per directions, and do not find our state ment correct. For sale by C. S. Kings more, Druggist, Morganton, f. cj. Family Medicine have achieved their wonderful success only by their actual merit, and the many thousands that are speaking words of praise for them would not do so bad tbey not been all that we claim for them. Every bottle is warranted for all the label calls for, and each medicine is prepared for a special dis ease. ?5 invested in Beggs' Family Medicines will save a .V) doctor bill. Sold and warranted by John Tull, Druggist, Jottixurs About the City. To the Editor cf Ihi Herald: While the warm weather and scorching plains are sending the citizens in flocks to mountains and shaded valleys, almost an equal number of visitors are pouring in. Denver is a much visited city. The main characteristics of a place as to outward appearance, may often be better gathered from the impressions made on intelligent visitors, than from those who by continued residence become in sensible to what is seen every day. Culling from this point, two fea tures of the city stand conspicu ous unpaved streets, and the re markably large number of fine and costly buildings. The first of these will admit of some explanation. Denver is built on the plains, where the soil is largely composed of sand, and though capable of being converted into mud ponds for the destruc tion of nice dresses, equal to any city we know of, yet it dries quickly, and taking the year round, the streets are as easily passable, either to vehicle or foot passenger, as cities of rattling pavements. It is not unlike New York, in the fact that there are days when ladies should stay in the house unless willing to wear bloomers, and the writer can cer tify that pedestrians may return home from an outing in moist weather, as delightfully mud-plastered in that city as in Denver. The next prominent feature needs no apology. If the erection of iolid, large and stately stone buildings, goes on in the same proportion a few years loneer. 4i5L.will be a city of wonders. The mass n cssTj-f ni 1 ?1JT . I ouiiaings; me variety, not - styles of architecture but in kinds ot stone, affordinrr bv nlav of color, opportunity of beautifying already beautiful designs, is due in some measure to the wealth of quarries at no great distance. 1 he state capttol is beintr built of light-gray granite, assuggistive 01 massiveness and strength in its architecture, as in its material. If it realizes when finished, the promise given by present appear ance, it will be a grand mounment to the prosperity and greatness of the city, in centuries to come. No small number of builbintrs are made of a greenish-gray sand stone, with sandstone trimmings of red. carved in desic-ns which are shown off gaily by the con trast; in some cases lheselund- ings are really objects of beauty to look upon. Then there is the light-gray lava, almost white, a harder rock, and it is thought, much more durable than sand stone. There has lately been in troduced a rock of peculiar blu ish-gray tint, which causes a house built of it exclusively, to look unique among its neighbors. t umtea states Duuding now almost complete, is of finely carved THE SIX- crav stone. Greek in ai-chitM-tiir A portico with Corinthian col umns and pilasters, might have been copied in close detail, from some old Greek temple. The building in its tout ensemble, is in deed a beautiful object, and if it had the space around it which was allotted to such buildinjrs in for mer days, its fine qualities could be better appreciated. It is some thing of a pity, that so much la bor, capital and brains, should be expended on stately edifices, only to have them crowded in. so that their effect is really -not seen. There are dozens of buildings here, take any one of which, and set it on a rise of ground with an acre or more of space around it, and it would stand maiestic Several new business blocks. eight stories high, are splendid buildings, and each alone, in its peculiar design. The Masonic Temple of red stone, and an eight story block of almost white rock, magnificent in its arches, columns. and carvings, stand side by side. The house of the masons is iust finishing. Looking up from the street on one side, to its porch of solid stone work, it does not im press as anything extraordinary. uuttogoupto it, and stand or sit on that porch, overhanging the busy world like a lark in the clouds, is enough to tempt even a woman to become a mason. This captivating retreat, opens out from the Red Cross room, where the velvet carpet and furnishings, are of a subdued dark red color. In this room as nearly all devoted to the purposes of the order, the windows are topped in arches filled with stained glass, repre senting pictures, emblems, etc il lustrative of their particular litera ture. In the Knieht Temnlar' room, looking along the arches of glowing pictures, one might im agine himself back to the days of crusades and chivalry. Lower down in the room, the velvet car peting and carved furniture are in delicate harmony of color, rich but subdued. The banquet room. the blue lodge, the chapter, the reception room, has each its own m POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in learening trtriglh. U. S. G'grmwf Krport, Aug. 17. THE RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, KOKTH CAROLINA, Will open Fall Term, Aug. ttii. 190. with a full corps of professors, and an extended course of study. Board, from f3 to ?9. all ex prune included. Tuition, from tl to ft per mooth. Matriculate last year, 213. Prospects never brighter than at present. Send on your young people to the healikieat place in America, For particulars, address, R. L. ARERNETTIY, Pre. Rutherford College, N. C GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE, GKEEXSBOIIO, X. C. THE SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION of this well known Institution will begin on the 27th day of August. 1690. In addition to thorough instruction in the Literary Course, special advant ages are ottered in the departments ot Instrumental and Vocal Maaic. Elocu tion. Art, and Physical Training. CHtarges moderate. For catalogue apply to REV. DR. B. F. DIXON. President. y of the jun2-2m pd. FALL TERU CPUS AUGUST 4TB, 1393. 1. Healthy locality. - Moral snrroandiDg. 3. Thorough work. 4. Kegular debates. 5. Hates very reasonable. 6. Prepares for any college the State. in For particulars, address ILL. MOORE, tlsep. PrincipaL DATENrORT FLMALE COLLEGE, LENOIR, 1ST: C. The best school tor yonne Utdlea In Western North Carolina. per A full faculty of scholarly, eiperinc ed. and cultured teachers. Ail are graduates of the best schools of the United stales. Liberal and useful courses of study. Music and Art are prominent specialties. Aims to develop the highest type of cultured woman hood. For health, the location, and climate cannot be surpassed. The building renovated and comfortably furnished. New furniture and appliances. The school refers to any of its patrons. For circuLSrs and further informa tion, address JOHN D. MIN1CK, A. B-, Pre, dec 2-fctf , GlLMEltlllGllSOlTOOL This school is specially adapted to give boys a thnroogb training for college and for the business pn ran its. We will devote special attention in preparing teachers for the free school work. Prices range from f2 to 91 per month. Hoard can be had at 13 month. When it is desired, pupils can make arrangements to board themselves. This school will begin on 1st day of September, 1890. For farther particula rad dress the principal, JOHN A. GILMEU. jull03m. C L A R E M 0 N T COLLEGE. HICKORY, X. C. HIGHEST CltADE SCHOOL, FOB GIRLS IN THE SOUTH. Best advantages in Higher English, Music, Art and Language. A fall Collegiate Coarse with De gree of A. II. Special Coarsesio all Departments. Higher In Grade, Superior hi Scholar ship. Better in Equipment. Abler in i acuity, and More Comfort able in Home Life than any School in the South. sus IE aEKir, aia Send for circular. WILL. II. SANBORN, Prea. jana 1IA11TLVXD ACADEMY. Our Very Best People Confirm our statement when we say particular color, its rich desicrns i w-fc a t -! u-k . 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II, McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment, For sale at Toll's, The "Life of the flesh is the blood thereof;" pare blood means healthy functional activity and this bears with it the certainty or quick restoration from sickness or accident. Dr. J. II. .McLean's Strengthening Cordial and blood Pariger gives pare rich blood, and vitalizes and strengthens the wuoie body, fi.00 per bottle' For gale at Toll's. gence. Board from 7 to t3, all things included. . Tuition from tl to f3. Instrumental music extra. Churches near enoogh for a pleasant walk. Fall term begins Ang. jjJtb, Da by that time we will be arranged sp as to accommodate one hundred indent. For information address. J. W. KENNEDY. Rutherford College, C. jnUHmpd.
The News-Herald (Morganton, N.C.)
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Aug. 7, 1890, edition 1
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