The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-01-14

LIN y Soli'
Prof. ]. C. Pawson, of Haywood coun-
ty, is teaching large and interesting
class in penmanship at the brick church
on Turkey Greek. He is said to be q
most excellent instructor in this art
The Supreme Court at its term just
ended filed III opinions, in ITO of which
it affirmed the decision of the judge be,
| low, while in sixty-onc it reversed the
| decision. This is an unusually large
number of cases in which error was
found.
Send in your orders to the CITIZEN
Job Office. A new stock Of the best ma
terial Just received, and work will be
guaranteed to be satisfactory, in work,
| manship, pronptnsSS, price, and in the
presentation Of the bill for payment upon
delivery of the work. Let ALL remember
this.
Charlotte raised $85, 900 in few min.
utes for a new cotton factory. Salisbury
started with one, and was 80 much pleas.
ed that stock was soon taken for another.
Asheville has one, and we hope soon to
hear of a move made to start 4 second.
They will not be in each others wav.
Their market is the open world. The
more factories the better.
Mr.. William Terrence has just COM
pleted the rock foundation for the engins
and machinery Of the extensive works
being erected at the Old Depot for
Messrs. Grant West 4; Co. Uf course
the work is well done, for Mr.. T. always
does good work. This establishment
will soon be anotherof AshOville's most
important industrial enterprises.
Potts, the talented young lawyer, now
in Beaufort county Jail, convicted of the
murder of Paul Linke, is to bO hung at
Washington, this State, on the 26th OF
the present month. His friends, OF
course, are bending their full energies to
secure Executive mercy; but, SO far, the
Governor remains firm.
Moved by whiskey and seduced ty a
woman, he reaches IN early but a terrible
end.
Tho culture Of upland rice in Wake
county was begun last season, As an ex'
pertinent by Mr.. H. E. Norris. He tells
me that but for the great August freshet
| AO hOulu HANO IDSuO tsOOO Dubucle' Ah
it was he has threshsd 973. It's grade il
very fine. He has been offered 81 0j
per buShel for it. Next season consider.
able rice will be planted in the upland
section.
So says the Raleigh Dispatch cores
pondent. There is general mieapprehen
sion in regard to the culture Of thiI
staple. 1t is limited, in popular oprehen
sion to wet lands and tide water. Such
in fact are the localities for tho product
of the best varieties. BUi there is no.
thing more fl exiblC in Its ! abits than the
rice plant. 1t is adapted equally to
marsh land and the mountain side. Iti
varieties are infinite. In the island ol
Manila alone o5 distinct kinds are known
1t grows on the fat lands of China an6
on the steep sides ofthe lofty Hinalay, az
with equal readiness. Such fexibility
has made rice culture suitable 10 various
paris of North Carolina; and whereas
once it w4s believe d that the lands of the
lower Cape Fear w"ic . ms believed
suitable, it is Low found profitable tc
cultivate rice in Yayn" ~ Lenoir. and
even in Wake, on C"IHrara;i-e upland
and where artificial fuutirg ia inpractic
able
Such being the csse, variety may be
found saitablc to tue mountains, and
profitable therein.