The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-09-10

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Special Correspondence of the Asheville CITIZEN
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September 5, 1886.
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inYigoratlng preezess stih more wonder
| ful low one ehafes under heavy vitiated
fair. cistern water and breezes from lirtv
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ss.eo's '.tN ivy eo:'e'9e.. e.Se' z slloi'
soJourn IN mountain regions away from
the city's din and noise.
Why is it thus :
Because IN a great measure men banker
for . agardens from whence all the tribes
of men once fIad heir org Here ma
ture comes in and denlArlds q life in
conformity TO het Jaw ~ are lnexor-
able pure air, pure satEEs Id outdo6r
exercise these elements being essential
to our health and Well-being. A
:" Just returning home from Asheyille
in Western North Carolina" remarked a
charming couple to friend in the cars
on their way home while nearing the
city of Richmond. -
Was it wrong to leaves drop? -
In this case not SO, especially where I
remarked the gentleman who from the
position he had assumed was something
nearer than a brother or lover, "Glve
me AsneV1!le ana points IN western
North Carolina preterance to any other
summer resorts l have frequented, for
there Nature smiles without stint or
measure, and there you seem to enjoy
yourself as you can no where else. Plenty
OF pure air and pure water and you can
go to sleep without continually doctor
ing yourself and get up>feeling refreshed
and invigorated."
That gentleman was born philosopher.
1t is very pleasant to be away from
home and here such good news about
your abiding place especially from the
| lips Of strangers. 1t makes one feel con-
tented with his locality and thrills the
nerves with strange sensations of delight
and joy.
III wager that nine out OF every ten
visitors who have spent the summer in
AsheVllie VIII go away and say substan-
italy the same thing regarding our
delightful summer resort.
A State which would be prosperous
must prosecute various branches of. in
dustry, and supply Its vital wants mainly
by the labor Of its own hands. If the
people OF AsheVllle and the Buncombe
county farmers fully understood this
political truiEm the merchants of Ashe-
vile would not be compelled to send
thousands of dollars away to buy North
ern hay.
A travestY on farming in good old
Buncombe, grass growing section
Let our people reailze the importance
OF dlVersl1ylng tnelr lndustrles-pray see
something smaller than bale OF cotton
and something less than tobacco plant.
It's the little things that pay and swell
up the aggregate.
It's fact that men are more readily
| contented with no wisdom than with a
little, and whenever they have been
taught to acquire some knowledge in or
der to please others, they have most gen.
orally gone on to acquire more to please
themselves. This holds good in agricul-
ture as well as in other affairs of life.
We want also diversity of manufac-
turing. Fifty years ago our agricultural
population was ten times as numerous as
our manufactures. At the census of 1880,
the two industries stood thus:
Engaged in agriculture 7,670,493.
Engaged in manufacturing 1885,, ,I24.
What has been the increase up to 1885?
More manufacturing. Here are the
figures of the annual value of products
as given by the last census:
Manufacturing 8,00OOOOO00.
Agriculture 7,5O0,OO0OO0.
This is self-evident axiom. It needs
no explanation. It points the moral that
adorns the tale.
On the 18th of the present month there
will be a meeting of the bio men ofSouth-
ern and Western Railroads in AsheyiIle
to discuss matters effecting the systema-
tic management of railroad affairs. Gen
eral Manager e. B: Thomas of the R. &
u. K. X system Will be on hand, and
when he gets finger IN the business pie
matters are savory and well served.
Owing to his influence this meeting, at
his suggestion, will convene in the Me-
tropoliE of the Sky, on the above date.
Our people need not be surprised to
hear very soon of the establishment Of a
large cattle ranch somewhere in Western
North Carolina for the successful carry
ing on of business which would pay
very handsomely.
1t is not necessary to send away out
West for our beef to supply the Northern
and Southern markets when we can get
it thousand miles nearer home, in the
mountains of North Carolina, rich, rare
succulant and juicy.
Would it not be well for our people to
understand two things regarding the
present development of our State. First:
much of the progress comes from letting
the outside world know what we have,
and second, much of our advancement
arises from being liberal IN thought,
action and sentiment.
Take ASheVille for an eXomDlIficatlOn
of the above.