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TAYLORS VILLE, ALEXANDER COUNTY, N. 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1888.
1 $1 Per Year.
LOCAL DIRECTORY.
- CHURCHES.
Presbyterian. Rev. A. W.White,
castor. Preaching every second and
fourth Sunday, at 11 a. nvnnd at night,
prayer-meeting every Wednesday
nioftt. Sunday school every Sunday at
9 'a. m., A. Mcintosh superin
tendent. .
Methodtst, Rev. T. -J. Dailey,
pastor. Preaching eve y third Sunday
Baptist. Rev. L. P. Gwaltney.
pastor. Preaching -every' first Sunday
Ix.W am. and at 7 p. m.. Sunday
School every Sunady at 10 a. ni. E.A.
Vomle, Superintendent.
SOCIETY MEETINGS.
A. F. & A. M. Lee Lodge No 253
meets the first Saturday of each month,
at 1 o'clock p. ra. " '.'
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Sheriff. R. M. Sharp, Clerk of Court,
j T Mcintosh; R. of D. J. M. Oxford;
Treasurer, C. J. CarsonCouuty i'oni
niiioners. J. B. Pool, W. R. Sloan,
V; W. Teague; A. C. Mclntosn A. T.
yarsti,- W. W. Tetigue, Board of Edu
cation; J. J- Hendren School Superin
tendent, Z. P. Deal. Coroner.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
A. A. Hill. Maj or; W. B, Matheson,
E. a. Hediv-k. J. 1. Matheson. Com
missioners; E. L. lledrick, Towu Clerk.
THE MAILS. .
Statesville ud Wilkesboro, daily
Matter for either of these nimils should
be in the office by 6 p. m.
Lenoir Leave? rnewiays riaaye at
l.p. . and arrives Wednesdays and
' i-m " 1
Xwton Arrives Tn-(!ay?;, Thur.
days and Saturdays -at 12 m. and leave
same days at 1 p. m.
Boomer Arrives Wednesday and
1 p. Ql.
Hamptonville Arrives Tnesdjpys
anl Fridays" at 6 p. ni. and leaves Wetl
ntsdays and Saturdays -at G a. in.
Rock Cut Leaves Fridays at 8 a. m.
:anl arrives Saturdays at 4 p. m.
Brushy Mountain Arrives Wednes
days and Saturdays at 12 ni. and leaves
Kinie days at 1 p. m.
PIEDMONT AIR LIIfE. , .
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R.
SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION.
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P-m., for the west at 12.20 p.m.
ton n, r "ra.ce cars between Charles-
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Wn 4W,",B Wlsc, via Spartanburg,
eil,e and Paint Rock.
D.Cuf;VS- L- TAYLOR, G. P. A.
HAAS, Traffic Manager.
TUS B. JONES.
Attornev-at-Law
Cat.uk. I? Ahe courts of Alexander.
1W. 'aldwell. Iredell anil wiil
?elaiaSj?n ?iv(?n the collection
r" him. u 8,1 PrbusineM entrusted
Saturdays at T 2 .in. and leaves ganre the snorting "screaming, puffin
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urdsys'at 12 ni. and leaves same days echoing and reechoing o'er tl!
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ARE ALL THINGS OLD ?
CoiitriDuted by Miss A. R. M., Marion,
n. c " ,.,
"Strange things happen in this
chaneable world. Fifty years ago,
ft the wiset men of nation 'had i
predicted that before the close of j
the nineteenth centuary, a vast
complicated piece of machinery
propelled- by the power of almost
an invisible agent drawing long
trains of coaches, filled withi'mul
tidudes of human beings from ma
ny climes and nations, would be
running between the ancient cit
ies of Joppa and Jerusalem, witn
greater ripijlity than any mode of
travel known siuce Creation's
dawn. Their predictions would
have been aegarded as the wild
ravings of distracted minds; but
now it is recorded on history's pa
ges as one of the stubborn facts
of the day.
Never since the days of the
wild crusaders feuud their san
guinary hosts on the plains of
Asia, aihd conquered but lost the
city of Jerusalem, down to the
day that the thundering squad
rous of Napoleon Bonapare rush
ed from the base of Mocut Tabor,
to 6torm the impregnable fortress
of Acre, did wilder and more
startling sounds assail the ears of
I&h mail's unconqiiened pons, thtn
Mediteraneaa shores and Judeaii
hills! It is 'often said "There is
nothing new under the sun," That
which has been is now; aud that
which is to be, has already been."
60 proclaimed Solomon, some
three thousand years ago. -We
read with astonishment about the
ancien t , arts of - the Egyptians,
Babylonians, Assyrians and other
nations in and around the laud of
Palestine; arts that for ages have
been buried iu the ruins of re
morseless time, but our modem
arts of constructing Steam Ships,
railroads,, telegraphs, telephones,
threshing machines balloons and
many other wonderful things were
never feuown in any age of the
world's history from days of Tu
bal Cain till about the close of
.the first quarter of the nineteenth
century embracing a period of
five thousand eight hundred and
twenty fire years. If any steam
ships ever floated on the waters
the Mediteraeau; it any telegraph
wires were ever- constructed to
carry-messages with almost light-
uinsr rapidity from Jerusalem to
the cities of the. bordering na
tions; if any of her inhabitants
ever conversed as it were, face to
face with nations beyoud the riv
er Jordan; if any threshing .ma
chines were used to thresh out
the grain of their fruitful fields;
if any of their men of science ever
sailed in balloons higher up in the
air, than soaring eagles take their
flight all historical record of such
wonders for thousands of years,
has been overwhelmed by. the Le
thean waves of eternal oblivion.
A railroad running from Jop
pa to Jerusalem! What a wild
waking its sounds must have
caused among the fowls, wild
beasts and wilder Arab wander
ers there!
Think of thundering, roaring
ing screaming trains running with
far greater swiftness than drome
daries of the dearest, over re
gions trodden and retrodden by
the feet of the Son of God, and
over rocks and charnel tombs rent
opened by the earthquake on the
day his crucifixion, and pessibly
over that Golgotha where the
beams of the three crosses were
sunk deep in the ground, by the
command of the wicked jews who
bjought on themselves and their
posterity, the curse of that awful
imprecation "His blood be on us
and on our children!.
These thoughts are calculated
to make au impression on serious
and reflecting minds, entirely dif
ferent from the ordinary cvonts
of the day, and lead them to in
quire what will be the final result,
of the tremendous strides the arts
and sciences are making in diff
erent hands, and what will be the
future consequences of, railroads
and other inventions in a land
where the glorious light of Chris
tianity shone for a few hundred
years, then left it in darkness and
Mahometan gloom. , ;.'
Eeaders of the Bible and its
prophecies, are generally deeply
interested in the future destiny of
the scattered nation. "While a
full end has been made of the na
tions in aud around Palestine so
that if one siugle descendent of
the Philistines, Edomites, Moab
ites, Ammonities, Babolonians,
and others named in the denunci
ations of the profits, could be
found in the whole world it would
make void all the truths of the
Bible and Christianity, and again
cover all enlightened lands, with
a pall of darkness as thick as that
mhich envelops three-fourths of
the earth at the present day.
There are millions of Jews among
barbarians, half-civilized, civiliz
ed, and eulighted nations ming
ling with them yet keeping sepa
rate from them.
Poor, persecuted, down-trodden
and despised yet controlling the
money-' power of the world, and
from the signs of the titties are
confidently looking forward and
anticipating a glorious reatora
tio to their long promised homes
there to die aud mringle ' their
mortal remains with the bones of
the great progenitors of their
race! Does the progress of the
arts and sciences in that Uud to
which they hope to return, bear
upon the whirring breeze,
cheerin
promises of
brighter
days!
Do the days prophecied by Isa
iah when "men shall ran to and
fro, and knowledge be increased,"
foreshawow to them any hopes of
deliverance from the curse of ex
patriation for almost two thou
sand vears?
What mean the wonderful in
ventions of modern times which
were never known from the day
the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted
lor joy!
Why this connecting of nations
long unknown to each other into
one great brotherhood, and open
ing wide the gates of communica
tion and commerce? The reason
able answer is to fulfill some
great prophecy in the unknown
future. We all know something
of the present and the past, but
we cannot lift the veil and see in
to things concealed In "the dark
beyond." Yet every diligent stu
dent of sacred and profane histo
ry, who observes the times and
notes the fulfillment of prophecy,
must come the conclusion that
many changes for the better or
worse, await us, not only in the
physical, but moral world.
God is the Supreme Kuler of
the universe, and accomplishes
all his purposes by human agen-
cy. we are commanaea noc 10
despair the day of small things.
If the simple act of Caesar cross
ing the Kebicon, made him the
master of Borne, and changed its
government ...from a nominal re
public to a despotic monarchy,
and by a long concatenation of
events, led on to the overthrow of
the Jewish commonwealth and
the crucifixion of our Saviour; if
a little tax on a few pounds of tea
caused our ancestors to sever for
ever their connection with the
mother country, and in the course
of time to become the greatest
people among the nations of the
earth; if a few words of commen
dation from Barras, near the close
of the French Bevolution, made
Napoleon Bonaparte commander
of the artillery at the siege of
Fonlton, and led him on from con
quest to conquest, till he ovr
threw and changed the fortns of
many Governments, in continen
tal Europe, "and inscribed his
name on the highest niche in the
temple of fame, may not the
sounds x)f railroad trains running
between Joppa and Jerusalem be
the prophetic voice, calling upon
Israel7 long banished race to
arise and shine for their light is
come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon them."
Pardon me for indulging the
hope that the time is not far dis
tant when the voice "Peaee on
earth, good will to men!" may
again be heard resounding over
Judean plains; and a star as glo
rious as that which led the wise
men to the cradle of the "Babe of
Bethlehem," guide the banshed
wanderers home, remove the veil
of unbelief from their hearts,
bring them in with the fullness of
tbeGentiIes, usher in a millenial
day, and deliver from bondage a
sin-strcken world.
A Bed of Wealth in Alexander.
Cor! Charlotte Chronicle.
Taylors ville, Feb. 3. In my
last, communication I promised
your readers the accoant of a
wonderful discovery made in Al
exander county which - will, with
out Much doubt,bring great wealth
to that excellent county. A large
deposit of a peculiar , stone has
been discovered at the base of
"Bear Mountain," which is only a
half mile from town iu tact the
town is n6w buildiag all along the
upper bale, and at an ewly day a
magnificent RUMwer hotel will be
erected . on the su m m i t.
At the western base of this
mountain Mr. R. Z. Linney, a
Imminent lawyer of Taylorsville,
nas erected small suitable rest
dences, fish poads, convenient
barns, stables, gmneries, etc. He
has iu addition a stock farm, where
fine horses, cattle, swine and dogs'
are raised.
About a half a mile from the
handsome new depot a quarry is
being worked on a small scale for
taking out the peculiar valuable
stone about which I will write.
This rock has been used for fifteen
or twenty years by citizens of the
county for chimneys, pillars, still
bases, and other purposes; but not
until recently was it known that
there was a large amount of it,
nor was it known how the rock
was formed. Kecently,Mr.Linney
was walking over his farm after a
severe wind storm, and found that
a large pine tree had blown down;
its roots brought up pieces of this
stone from several feet below the
surface, which he examined and
found soft, similar to firm clay or
putty. He took an old axe and
chipped, it, and found that it would
split and .polish very easily Mr.
Linney returned several days af
ter its r exposure to the san and
air, made an examination, and
found to his astonishment that
the soft substance had become as
hard as flint and similar to the
surface rocks which were laying
around. The rock is variegated,
generally brown and red. It is
beautiful in appearance after be
ing dressed, being much like the
brown stone quarries so extensive
in Anson county, and used in the
Y. M. G. A. building in Charlotte.
Last night your reporter inter
viewed 'Mr. Linney, besides seve
ral prominent gentlemen of Alex
ander and Wilkes regarding the
stone, and every one coincided
with each other in their state
ment. MrXinney has put several hands
to work in getting out the stone,
and is preparing to build a resi
dence 30x60 two stories which
he says will cost him less than
Wood or brick. Men of no experi:
ence can get out the rock and
prepare it.
TAYLORSYtLLE
is the ccmnty site of Alexander,
which is rich in minerals It is
- i 6 miles
from
Hi-ddeBite and 30
miles from. Statesrille,and is the
terminus of the Statesville and
Western railroad The popula
tion at present is tihly about 300,
but is rapidly increasing. New
stores and residences are being
built; also, a hotel with 15 rooms,
owned by Mr.Hedrick. Mr.Peden,
a South Carolinian, owns the liv
ery stables. Mr. Stevenson keeps
a good public house for transient,
summer and school boarders. The
town has an old and dilapidated
appearance but is rapidly im
proving, and probably in the next
year all old jrickety buildings will
be torn down and new ones occu
py their places. The citizens are
beginning to apply brush and
paint. Society is excellent. Prof.
Btfrke, an old and well known ed
ucator, is in charge of a flourish
ing academy. ; There are a few
very handsome residences. The
most stylish is owned by lawyer
Jones, but is now occupied by
those clever Mecklenburg people,
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Torrence.
Tayloraville is on a boom.
Diseases of the Imagination.
City physicians are just now
having a crush 'of patients who
have, or think . they have, throat
troubles and are afraid of cancer.
The trouble of Germany's crown
prince has started ap a regular
cancer scare, and the physicians
are profiting thereby. Some years
ago-Just after the death of Charley
Backus, Brcardo and Flood, all
from kidney trouble, there was a
similar gcare among theatrical
people about kidney diseases.They
went to the doctors in flocks,many
of them possessed of the idea that
they, too, had kidney troubles. A
singular fact in the experience of
one physician was that of the
scores of actors who visited him
none of those who were sure they
were "afflicted had any trouble.
Three actors there were, however,
who submitted to the customary
examination in a spirit of fun.
Every one of them had the trou
ble they hadn't expected to find,
and two of them have since died
of Bright's disease. The physi
cian in question doesn't know
what has become of the third.
What Am I to Do?
The symptoms of biliousness
are, unhappily, too well known.
They differ in different individuals
to some extent. A bilious man is
seldom a breakfast eater. Too
frequently, alas, he has an excel
lent appetite for liquids, but none
for solids, of a morning. His
tongue will hardly bear inspection
at any time; if it is not white and
furred, it is rough, at all events.
The digestive system is wholly
out of order and diarrhoea or con
stipation may be a symptom, or
the two may alternate. There are
often hemorrhoids or even loss of
blood. There maybe giddiness,
and often headache and acidity
or flatulenceand tenderness in the
pit of the stomache.
To correct all this if not to ef
fect a cure, try Green's August
Flower; it costs but a- trifle, and
thousands attest its efficacy
Consumption Sueely Cubed.
the Editor: Please inform
your readers that I have a posi
tive remedy for the above named
disease. By its timely use thou
sands of hopeless oases have been
permanently cured. I shall be
glad to send two bottle? of my
remedy free to any of your readers
who have consumption, if they
will send me theft express and
postoffice address. T. A Slocum
181 Pearl st., F Y.
George Peppers, a tramp, died
at Sarcoxie. Mo. last week from
exposure. He made a fortune of
half a million in the days of the
oil excitement in Pennsylvania,
and afterwards lost it in V all
street, becoming a tramp in 1877
and Rtiekiun to it until death
lehrfmeahtar. '
North Carolina News Notes.
It is now said that Minister Jar-
vis will Teturn from Brazil in
June.
Fifty-five of the ninety six sher-
iffs fh the State have made full
tax settlements with the State
Treasurer.
The'Cahm inill at Walnut Cove,
Stokes county, was burned last
week, the loss being $6,000; in
surance, $4,000.
Steps are being taken to securo
funds for the immediate rebuild
ing of the Steel-Creek Presbyte
rian church, in Mecklenburg coun
ty, which was burned.
the North Carolina car comba-
nyof fealeigh has begun opera
tions on its contract to furnish
freignt cars to the Monroe-Atlanta
railway, a part of the Seaboard.
system.
The news from Asneville is that
the meningitis has about ended
there. There are very few new
cases. Some cases are reported
in the country districts all through
the mountain section.
One of the five negroes who
-
made their way out of Louisburfr
jail nas been captured and nas re
vealed the whole plan t)f escape.
Aid was given by outside friends.
Some of these have since fled.
The Stockholders of the Atlan
tic Hotel, at Morehead .'City, -awar
ded tire contract for the addition
to the hotel. The builning will
be made double its present size,
and all the work will be comple
ted by May 15th.
Plans are now being perfected
for the establishment of an expe
riment or model farm in each
county in the' Statei ;The Com-
misaioner of Agriculture Trill soon
issue a circular in regard to this
new and important departure.
Two wealthy Frenchmen have
visited the western part of the
State to inspect the deposits of
kaolin or porcelain clay in bthat
section. They say that they arc
greatly pleased with both quanti
ty and quality of the kaolin, and
that a factory will be established.
Governor Scales pardoned John
Shaw (colored), who seven years
ago was convicted of larceny in
Buncombe county and sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary.
The pardon was issued upon the
certifiicate by the prison physi
cian that further -confinement
would be fatal.
A good deal of interest is shown
in the marble quarries in the Red
Maable Gap section, on the Wes
tern North Carolina railroad. It
is believed that as greater depths
are reached flesh-colored marble
of perfect purity will be found.
The tinted marbles from quarries
in that section are very beautiful.
Attorey-Generai Davidson,
while at Washington, made ah at
tempt to secure the exchange of
th e $160,000 in North Carolina
construction bonds held by the
Interior Department on account
of the Indian fund for new State
bonds. Mr. Davidson says that
the matter of exchange will re
quire special legislation by Con
gress. The State has a great de
sire to make the exchauge and
thus call in the last of the old
bonds.
Mr. W. J. Young, the principal
of the white and colore a institu
tions for the deaf and dumb and
the blind at Raleigh,, went to
Washington last week. He will
join with Other heads of similar
institutious in efforts to secure
the passage of a bill which will
appropriate or set apart such a
sum as will yield $100,000 inter
est annually, the latter sums to
divided among the institutions of
this character in the country, of
which more than thirty are now
conducted by the State.
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