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1 1 i -L i i i 1 I 1 i Is i i a -p ili'- A i i 7 rv RAILROAD NEWS. STATE NEWS. JAMES P. SAWYER. TO THKl PUBLIC.

We tend thU ite of THE DEMO- CHAT io it number of person whose no meg ftice not been entered upon our bookx regtrl4ir ubrriber. lltoxe deirt: it eoitimed to be, neht them, are reaieted to notify A OXVE iii permti, or by po i II i Jan wiry neH, and ought to huct thrin. (JoKtii advance for nil ubrrintion FUflMAX VANCE. Publish TEX THOUXAXD BY JANUARY. f-' Hi We irani ten thousand subscribers to THE A V1LLE DEMOCRA by ua ry next.

1st us hfice them. Call on or send your Mimes, with the cash. I HOLSTON CONFERENCE. General Business and Appointments. i i ir 1 The Holston Conference of the Metho-I dist Church, has been in session at Mbrristown for the past week.

Among the business transacted is the fallowing Jas. A Adkins; R. Nl Price, E. E. Hoss, W.

Bays, WeaveiE. E. Wiley, and (4. C. Hahkin were elected clerical delegatees to the general conference; lay delegates, Joseph Strous, V.

C. Allen, J. W. Gaut, C. L.

Hardwick, II. J. Gud-ger, (ieorge E. Penn, A. L.

Spears; There are 197 clerical and lay dele gates in the conference. Rev. Mr. Horton was dismissed from the conference on charges of immorality, i Lev. J.

(). Straley, charged preaching unorthodoxV d6cltrins, upon submission and promise not to preach the doctrines reinstated. The. following young deaaons were or dained on Sunday: W. L.

Jones, C. B. LeFew, R. CJhambers, Mi -C. Granam, W.

si Neighbors, J. Al L. Perkins, C. M. Bishop, Geoge W.

Presley, J. C. Maners, J. A. Clarke, J.

B. Simpson, ('. W. Kel- ley, A. H.

Tow; A. DuvallT E. Honk and 1). (iilljespie. Holston conference: bars about fifteen doctors of among whom are some of the ablest divines of the" South.

Some of them are EL E. Hoss, E. E. T. Carroll, I).

S. Heron, W. H. Leath, J. Hi Keith, j).

Sullins, Frank Richardson, J. H. Branner, G. C. Ran P.

McFerrin, AV. W. Bays, James Adkins, and R. Price. Tfiie name of.

Dr. James Adkins was suggested and cordially endorsed by the conference to at Emory and Henry College Dr. R. AVr. wW ras resigneditj) return Mississippi.

Asheville district H. Weaver, pre-iding eldec: Central church tation, G. C. Rankins; North Asbe-ville, banipbcll; Weaverville; cir-(tuit, J. A.

Clark; Swarinanoa circuit 1 G. I. ane W. R. L'atawba circuit, R.

F. ryant; llentier-Monville station, J4 II. re; Mills River circuit, I). F. Carver; Brevard circuit, T.

J. Iarr; Sulphur Spijpgs circuit, J. T. Stover; Leicester circuit, P. L.

Terrell; Springs circuit, B. Lyda; Burns-jiville circuit, p. M. Boring; Bakrsville station, S. B.

-Tabor; Toe River circuit, J. Brooks; Creek mission, R. H. Penland; 'Abbeville Female college, S. N.

Barker; college, F. Austin, agentli Franklin district W' T. Barret presiding ejder. i Franklin station, H.t Leitb; Frankljii N. Jacob; Macon circuit, VVT; Mallonee; Waynesyille circuit, G.

W. Jackson; Pigeon river circuit, T. Salyer( Haywood circuit, T. circuit, (). Sbelleyi llanl)urg mission, J.

C. Logan; Charleston circuit, W. P. Mc(4ee; Hay-esville circuit, D. H.

jComan; Murphy circuit, J. Troy; Ducktown mission, T. B. Robbinsville circuit, J. A.

Wiggins i Haynesville district P. Bailev. ligh" school H. iM 1 1 1889 S. R.

KEPLER. Oldest established longest Grocer Store in Asheville. determination 111 the beginningj tO SU only the best groceries and give good service has provied entirely sat- and will be adhered tO and COn- i 1 tinued the future. I H. KEPJ.ER, 53 South Main Street, Asheville, N.

0. FIRE INSURANCE. j. Fire, Lif Abcident IPU LI1IAIM CO. A-.

u. r. At the Hank' of Asheville, ASHEVILLE. N. C.

1 Represent 'the- following conipanies, viz. KIKE. i CASH ASSKTS IK l. S. AtiKlo Nevada, of California.

rontinental, New York, i 4,875.623 HamburK-Rremen, of (iermanyf- Ijondon Assurance, of KnRlana. 1,543,995 Niagara, of New York 2,237,492 Orient, of 1.667,692 5.054.179 rnwnix.oi Hrooiuyn. fl 1 -1 anile jf Minnesota. l.o41,J61 Ji'hikP'itJ Southern, of New Orleans, Western, of Toronto, i i.t9.2:2 Mutual Accident Association. VKtna Life Insurance Cdmpany.

i K. KATUI). K. VIHJ. Baird and Brother.

Leaders in Family Groceries. The Uest grades at lowest prices. Kery- thing' a family wants kept. Couiftry Produce and flood Ii utter specialties. Give us! a call II I Will selljji quantities to' suit purchasers.

octllMiin DETECTIVES. The Pinion jDetective -Agency of Ashe-, yille, N. C. kes a general detective bus-inessi. Testimony in civil and criminal cases carefully taken! Pursuing crimi nals, and shadowing employes and.

other people. JNo one can excell us, Our w.ork has been such in North Carolina that the legislature recognizing our assistance to the law officers in bringing criminals to justice passejrt an act in 18-87, to allow the members of this, agency to carry concealed Kveapons any where in the state. For thourogh organizafion wewant good men in every county ami Railway station in X. Applicants must be -vouched for as to their; sober habits by some Officer of the Slate or some post master. Conpinicate with W.

H. Deaver C'hief Pinion Detective Agen cy Asheville, X. Ci 1879 Fine Groceries ppiy isfactory 15 PATTON AVENUE, Asheville, N. C. CLOTHING, EENIS' FDRNISHINE AXD Our stock of overcoats it simply iraim riM-and of superior grades.

ranRintr in prit frore $2.50 up. Whole suits for men from $2JW ui Be sure to examine our excellent stock i men's suits at per suit. They- will, n.j-only please but astonish you. OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT is ver- complete, embi-HcuiK tne iatt acvj best designs. Prices very If you want a suit Of clothes call on me anf SHALrL BE SUITED.

J. I- Our exienses beinK less 1 than 'any ttxhr-t house, we can fford to 18ELL LOWER THN OTHERS. Give us a call. JAMES P. SAWYER.

"i NO. 15 PAljrON. AVENUK HO! FOR THE Grand; Central -Hotel I'alluu iveunt. Ashnillf. X.

THE BEST $2 HOUSE IN THE STATE i It resist ere more quests than I all the hole in the city, because i It is in the center of the city; on the turte car tine; It is conducted on business principles; I Prices suit the times; You Kt the bet tare the market affords. Chedester's Store 1 doing as large, or-a larger business thas any house in the Mate, because he sells go--, -goods lower than the lowest. Hedefies comj-tition. fc.Try his giand hotel and 'stored Vlud see. him smile nee moreA 11.

COSBY, jWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, I al! Descriptions. KVEKY ARTICLE (lUAl HANTEK1) A KEPKESENTED. Kinirs, Combinat)n and Ey Glasses, unsurjiassed to pi-eserve and vjrn' the Eye-sijrht. All repsiirinK in my line receive careful attention. Respectfully, B.

H. COSBY, 27 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N. the targest and best stock of Hsrim anil Tobacco. Ale andM'firw: -r RA NTEED tu be mire and of the first quality' for boxes or tujre. special attention tnwu I Respectfully, Frank OIDqnnell, Prop.

Rac ket Store, Retail Dealer in 'i iSucee.ioi?o C. Oowau.K build than a proposes to have a preliminary survey for route and p0wer stations made at once, so that definite estimates of cost may be formed. rough guess at the cost of the road equipped And ready for business is M0f' and Mr. Barnard figures on the cost of roadbed, are substantiated i t- Hp uv iiiai vcicijiu ruuiwiui, i apt. i A.

F. Rice. Franklin Press. ABC )UT TOBACCO. THK W.

S. V. GOLD LKAF. It is a well known fact that the pres- ent tobacco crop is one of the brightest tiiRt bas pvrfr lippn raipd in tbis spptinn i Iii. i i 3 i i I it ivf i rfinf'PiiHii iiihi i ivh' viriririiM! -r-." CW is "niwuidly brighn But their is! this distinction between the I weed as produced by the two States, arid it is raw pen who Knows wnarse is laiKing auoui.

AYhile the Western Nortn Carolina to- bacco is onlv slisrhtlv briirhter than that 0f the Virginia crop, still 'there is this to recommend the crop of tliis section and Uliat is, thait has more body than the 1 ed hy this toi)acco man jj the fact that miw rroni! rniu upi nn arp mnrc in hp. mand than ever before, that th4y are better cured than heretofore. owing to the cultivated and Arid a. further fa whicb1 wftrrani petter. prices for planters in this is that the surplus that 'has usually been in the hands of manufacturers at this season, is about workieil up.

Thus we see that the prospects of high prices is exceedingly fine for ar rowers in this section. Ashe I ville Evenijig Journal. The tobacco crop around here fhis sea-1 son is of smaller acreage than last, but month much finer in nilttHtltvr! Hnilt 1 of September furnished enough line i I weather to anow uie laruicrs; iu cure me crop in Herald. shape. wain ounxy -The great improvement on the busi- ness portion of Patton avenue is the re mark of all.

1 he seven ior i eitrtit- new store rooms' in the substantial business houses, which have beeen erected within the last six inonths have all been rented, taken largely by our most enterprising business meM. Among these the shoe store of Messrsv Herring Weaver, formerly of South Mam street; now of Patton cvvciiuc nl' 'r-. ot the most attractive in tne citv ami tne stock is unrivalled. Jhe house has long enjoyed an enviable reputation for fair dealing and reliable goodst Its proprie- tors propose to maintain this reputation their new quarters and with their en larged Among the many points in which Asheville is conceded to be the biggist place. in the State is Herring fc Weaver's shoe and hat store.

their recent removal to Patton they have opened out a stock of shoes hats and shoe specialties which leaves nothing to be desired. ITheir large store is one of the niost attractive in the tbwn and not withstanding the rush of trade every-polite atten- body receives prompt and tion. DE. B. AB.KINGT0N.

Office I rH tins on Pattern Avenue, over the clothinK store of I). Hlanton Co. Filling teeth a specialty. Also treatment of diseased jrumsJ I oel0-lp Portland i i REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND Offices; Second tioo r. A.

Family Groceries, PIXE VM'--. 'I 1 The Ix'St ot'jFamily Groceries.Oauned (Joods, etc. constantly kept. vFresh Produce anp Good Butter specialties, Country Give us 4 a call Sell nr strictly for t-ash, we cau sel cheap. g.

Li Mcdonald, -t-1KAIEK IN- Staple and Fancyj Groceries. Country Produce a Special No. 17 Main Street, Asheville, N. If you want the best Family Groceries. 1 Canned Gwxls, Tobacco, Ci- jfars.j Country Produce, or anj-thinr kept in a tirstHL-lass store, call online.

usually Always fresh and cheap. oetlO-Iy John Lindsey Sorts 05 North Main Street, N. C. are offering remains of Summer Goods at a trreat reduction, and are receivim- front dav to day new arid seasonable to meet the fall ond winter trade. In addition to staple frotxls, which all must have, we arefputtinjr in a fresh lot of fashionable Dry Goas, a full line of Boots and Shoes, for men, wjnen and children.

Our stock is all fresh and of the newest for fall and! winter i i I i We manulfactiye tin-ware, dojall kinds of job M-orkanid slfeet-iron Roofing- and guttering specialty. iWe jproixfse making- prices as I low as anv legitimate man can do. Thankinig the public for iast patronage, and stjliciting a continuane of the same, we are i i Very J01ING. LINDSEY SONS. ble and! much cheaper to-steam road, i Mr.

Barnard M'l I- 'J 1 NEltSON. CHASJ NE1USON NEILS0N BEOS. 1 Ii! i I Raleigh is to have a $50,000 union depot. NThe Presbyterian Synoil'of North C5ar-olinal mejets in Chadotte this week. Tim Lee lias' been appointed immigrant inspector at iimintrton at a nav Sam Jones, rthe famous Georgia preacher-has been conducting a meeting at Durham.

A son of Sherift Wilson of Yancey shot and killed a man named Honeycutt near Burnsvilie laat week. 1 Prof, Mangum has sufficiently recovered in health to resume his college duties, though he is still Mr. Wj A. Collate ofFloida, now of Highlahds, Macon county; will start a paper at that point soon. i 1 Van iDavis and Miss Sue were married Sunday, September 22, by Rev.

J. W. Wild! Franklin Press. i The citizens of Waynesyille are sub- scribing liberally to the stock of a cheese and butter factory to be started there. I I i- Rev.

Mr. Pearson, the (evangelist of this city, met with remarkable success in his reviyal meeting at Rock Hill, S. C. Mr. W.

C. Erwin, late mayor of Lenoir, has accepted a very flattering offer to become the editor of a paper in -i-t" The old House at Wilmington is to be reopened, the building to be greatly improved and thoroughly renovated.1 -j: Witljin the last two years 400 new houses have been been built in Charlotte and "the estimated increase in population is I The name of lion Samuel F. Phillips is considerably canvassed in connection with the vacancy on thfc Supreme 'ourt of the United States! Married, at Webster, N. September 2oth, Mr. James jvVprley, of Bimcombe, an( Miss Nora Bigham, of Webster, Rev.

Orr officiating. I Work on the government building in Charlotte begins this Fall. The jowest bid for the building was by Tinsley fc Of Staunto i I VaJ, I The' Ladies' Memorial Association of ialeigh has undertaken to raise $10,000 throughout the State to erect a Confederate soldiers monument in Raleigh. Linville.Citj. the new town in Mitch-i ell county, is coming up like magic.

A 'A i tipe hotel has been erected and man ofher good buildings are in course of construction, and asoon as the Southern and Western Air Line railroad reaches! that point it will be one of the most pop- ular suinmer resorts in Western North Carolina. I The Franklin Press savs: The annual family meeting of the Siler family was held On Thursdayl September 2(thit the; John! Siler homestead, and there were loH persons in attendance, of which 18o were; actual relatives. At S) o'clock Mr. Quince i i i Tipton, of Loudon, and Miss Car-! rie; Corpening, of Macon, were married by Hew Dr. Leith.

A pgular picnic dinner was served, 'afterfvhich the fam ily meeting was held. The obituary committee reported live deaths within thel last Two committees were; formed to be styled the Old Batchlors and (ld Maid's committees, with instructions to report marriages annually. The (). committee offers a rolling-pin as a prize to the first old maid that marries, and tlie (). M.

committee offers a garden hoe to the first batchelor who departs single miserableness. Christian vs. the A. N. C.

R. The suit of W. E. Christian et al vs. the Atlantic and North Carolina Hail- which will probably be decided before the close of the year, is of more importance than is apt to be attached to it in, the hurry of passing event.

Should it be decided in favoa of the plaintiff, it simply means 1 that the ownership of the road i will change hands, and that the State of North Carolina willi be. quietly divested of the control of thjs property, with jail the complieantions attending such a revolution of ownership. It is unforv; turiate, especially at this junture, that there should exist anv cause whatever or embarrasment. Haleigh NeWs and v'1-' The Kpiscopalians will etablish-a theological seminary for colortil" students in Washington. A Palace of Art.

The Lindsev Art Gallery is not sur- passea the tlie ou ith in the production i't i nne photograph Everv 'tyle and pictures known to the art is made -r i. litre ir i uie iiuv onoio io ine life size portrait. studio opposite post office. One of the natural results of Ashe- ville's rapid growth from a country town; i into a-city has been the substitution' by our! merc-hants of special for general i stocks of merchandise. A few years ago there hardly! a merclmnt ih Ashe-! now nearly every tore is tilled with gol of a special Among these nope are more prominent than the popular shoe ami ht house of Herring jmd 'Weaver, who have recently moved into their splendid new qiiarters on Patton avenue.

They defy' not only in Asheville, but in the State, anything desired to cover the head or the feet. Their stock of shoes, hats and The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley ex- tension to Wilmington: will be comple- ted by the first of the year. The people of Weaverville are takiiig steps looking to the textenfibn of the Asheville electric railwav to their i -i i town. i The railroad from Winston to ilkpit- i i a 1 lYc 1 ttIfu 1 lanvuie, win ih; nnisneu ov rerjruarv i t. next.

The extension of the Atlantic and North i Carolina railroad to Favetteville is 1 1 i being i Bern I discussed by a writer in the New Journal. We Isaw Coif A nd rew for a few mm- utes on his return from the end road last week and from him learned hf t. hp that the company hopes to have the road comoleted to Yallevtown in twb or three l.mountlis and to Murphy by July next Swain Co. Herald The Waynesville polen mills" M' I). M.

Killian proprietor, are turnirig out some excellent jeans. etc. Another new and useful enterprise for Western Carolina. Mr. Killian is an pn- ergetic go-ahead business man, who be- lip vp with tbp nv.vmr i it tliat iIip; wv spiemuu resuurces wmcn nave oeen Kino-; ly given this section should not Te per-; mitted jo remain idle and useless.

Such 1 'lJ I 1 i enterprises as these merit the generous encouragement of our people i An important change has been made on the Asheville and Murphy division of the Western North Carolina Raiiroadi The mail trains mow carry through freights only, separate train4 being jievo-ted to local freights. The rapid increase jf freights on this division rendered this necessary. The change also greatly tends to the spiritual wel are of the trav- eling public, who had their patience i delays occasion- sorely taxed by the long ed by the taking off and putting on of The people and the. railroad are io oe congratulated upon tins improve I One of the most notable evidences of the improvement of all sections of West-em North Carolina is the vast improvement in hotel accommodations to be met with at nearly every poiut. The very rapid increase travel, summer and winter, throughout this section, with the increased prosperity of the'people, whiclj is evident, have brought alout this rapid improvement in the hotel accommodations', of course, but it is none the less a pleasure note that in jthis important'! respect also 'pour; section is keeping abreast of the times.

The (ireensbOro 'North State savs Thomas Keoghj accompanied by Mr. Mr. rom day to Pennsylvania, left here last Tue morning by private conveyance. travel from Greensboro to RoxborO and from.there to' the line near Blue Wing. The object is to locate a line for a railroad from Greensboro to Blue Wing inj Granville, whre connection will be made with the A.

and I), for Noi-folk. It may be said that Mr. Ivebgh, last Tuesdav took the-first step to bitilda railroad from here to Norfolk, a road which will be of more value than all! the ouier. roaus we now ua ior uie imsiness 1,. 1.

1 interests of this place. The Tribune savs: The iiehmond Ter- niihal Company gave fornial notice to the Stock Exchange of an increase in its common stock of $6,500.00. The stock has already been 'sold and the proceeds are invested in various stock issues of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia I in order to secure the control of that route to the Richmond Terminal company. The control would have been endangered by the pro. provision of the reorganization plan on payment jf two Consecutive dividends on preferred stock, one of which has been paid, while another is expected soon.

The recent transaction- assures control to the Richmond Terminal. Nashville, Oct. The total i valuation of railroad property in Tennessee for 1889 amounts to There are 2JI22.79 miles in! the state, valued at per mile. During the past two years there has been art increase of 39o.32 miles. The total valuation 1 of railroad and telegraph property in Ten-nesWe for 1889 amounts to The! average valuation xper mile in Georgia is( $7,845: in Texas, $9,810: in Louisiana in Virginia, in Alabama, $11,525.

From the abovef it seen that the average valuation pe nile in Tennessee exceeds that of aiiv kate south. The increased valua- tmh this year over last is about $7,000, 000. -A I) The Swain County Herald of the 26th nearly a coluinn to1 what it call's "A Happy Solution of the problem of al Railroad from BrvsonjCity to Frank- .1 i .1 an, trom which wecomiense the tollow- inrr-j ItKloes not propose that Macon and Swain vote to build a road, tjiat will be manaired by otherX but that stock be held by our own people, the shareA beirii; small, and those who can-not pay cash pay in work, crossties, taking contracts for grading, and 'that a road be built yand managed by our own people. The plan is to build and operate an electrical railroad, and nard, of A shtiville, who experience! in 1 electrical Mr. J.

H. Bar-has had great has become interested in the matter and, after a casual survey of the worst part of the route, echires it perfectly praclica i i i MY -1 -l" 1' Ji- il-. l-l- i i i "Vvt I- i a Tt Kev. J. T.

Erazier is 'pHHiiling' elder, of Toad.corapanv, now pending in the. Abingdon district: liev. wT C. Car- Vreme Court of the United States, and The Caroli a Satbon f. ASHEVILLE, X.

C. Has on hand as usual Whiskies. Brandie Gin, Rum, Ever brought to Western! North Carolina. EVERYTHING sMd fmm this house TTA money refunded. Parties wishing a rfKKl article! for family or medicinal purposes will nn den goes to Abiiigdorij station; vSj.

S. Weatherly, Mendota circuit; J. Wampler, Big Stone Gap W. K. Jones- i boro circuit; KL C.

Atkin, Johnson City slation, S. Kennedy, Saltville circuit; A.J. rrazier, presiding cider Khoxville T. Carroll, Broad street station; V. I).

Alters, Maryf ille circuit; II. Pickens, Elazqr circuit; G. I). French presiding elderj Morristoivn district; IL Owen, Strawberry Plfans W. Bays, presiding elder Chattanooga district; lL reith," Cleveland station; S.j II.

llillianl, l)ayton An Asheville Author. Mr. Tilmah I H. Gaines, a native of I I Greenville Co: now one of the editors of the Evening Journal of Asheville hor of! is he aut i quite a number of books. A ketch of his; life savs: His pen has been actiMelv engaged not onlv in editorial work, but in the author- sliln some rv 1 iters rv 'nro1! unctions, such as ins epi(5poem, en Tlje Sable War Against md For Black Slavery; his counterpart to Longfellow's Evangeline, entitle! Rosaline, the i lieu 1 air Mam ot tiisTyrose nro- du'etions are; The ANVlshntailV Search ToJ- a in Sbuth (ardlin The Cap- tured Lave Letters, True Story of the War? Edith Ravinohd: The Miiden of the' t'arolina Mountains; i The J11I ll il l.lll.

Countess of flirt Love' Dilemma; linen Ve are glad to state th at di Mr. hi? is taking i steps to publi po mlar works in' lhejtate eterans Association meets Raleigh 'on the ,1 (it'll inst, during the in State Faij. The niost important matter to be discussed will be jjthe proposition for a home lor disabled soldiers. i to their interest to iemeacan. Ao charires orders by mail Lock Box 71, i The 1 Far mers' -it M.

SWAKTZBEUG, Wholesale and Ill, 6.12131? Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Etc GOODS FHOM NEW TORKlAIJCTIONS.DAl North Main Street, Asheviller N. Cf- R. S. BAlJ I SALESMAN.