The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-13
THE wEAvERVILLE MEETING
business Yields; and Hospitality
and Education take the Field.


and Education take the Field.
Editor Citizen Your delegate to the
railroad meeting at Weaverville had a
most delightful time, especially enjoying
the company of himself and charmed by
the beautiful scenery which surrounds the
town as panorama up and down the
valley of Reems creek.
His whole soul was enthused both by
the interesting Companionship referred to
and by the grand view OF old Craggy,
and thus was sufficiently filled with cleo
tricity, as he supposed, to build the pro-
posed rail- Dad forthwith. But, unlortu-
nately, on his arrival he found that the
meeting was postponed, and his good in
tentions were thwarted.
Nothing daunted, however, he looked
around for other fields of pleasure, nor
did he have far to go. The good people,
ever famous for hospitality, opened wide
their generous hearts to receive him, and
many handshake made him feel that he
was at home indeed.
Most fortunately a meeting of Sun
| day school convention was i'll session at
the Reems creek Methodist church. in
front of which rustic table, bountitully
laden with good and substantial viands,
was surrounded with happy people, men
and women, boys and girls, and very
quickly the weary traveller was restored
to his pristine vigor and beauty.
The repast being ended the company
entered the church and were edited by
some excellent and practical speeches ON
Sunday school work, its methods, "The
Use and Abuse OF Lesson Helps, i'll which
discussion McSsSrS. |. K. DuBOSe, II. L.
King. K. II. Weaver, Rev. A. A. Penland
and others took prominent and inter
csting part.
1t was especially noted by your cores
pondent that political candidates, who
oftentimes run Sunday school meeting
were conspicuously absent, and thus the
discussion did not wander from the ques
ton at issue, as it sometimes has a ten
dency to do.
Your correspondent especially was
pleased to note the excellent condition o.
the roads in Reems creek township, which
he was in a condition to appreciate and
approve after passing over "thc Bun.
combe turnpike" for three miles north o
the growing, hourishing, popular city o
Ashevile. If these good people of Reems
creek can, even with the disadvantage o.
the present bad law, make good roads
why must we submit, week after week
year after year, to this intolerable nui
Sance? There is fault somewhere, gen
tlemen. Let us keep complaining until il
| is located upon the one responsible for it
and have it amended.
No more beautiful section can be fount
in Buncombe, and that is equivalent tC
saving in America, than the upper por
ton of Rcems creek, and this delightful
October day served to bring out its beau
ties and intensity their enjoyment. Ev
erything combined to make the scene in
teresting, and your correspondent vii
not object to being again invited to ;
Weavcrvile electrical railway postponed
convention, if it results i'll atfording hin
a day of such unmixed pleasure. p.
Death of Mrs. Kate s. TilIet.
This lady had wide circle of friends il
this as we'll as adjoining States, VIII
were panied and saddened by her iii
timely death, in Danville, Va, on tn
3Oth of September last She died at tn
house OF her father, Mr.. John ii. School
field. Mrs. Tillet was the wife of tn
Rev. w. F. Tillett, dean of the faculty c
Vanderbilt University, and was Marie
on November 10, 1888, leaving Danvill
at once for her new home in Nashville
She was a lady good in every sense {
: the word, humbly pious, and mode
christian in relation to her God and he
fellow man. Her health was not robust
and there was the constant menace {
: her early death; death which, dear a
was her earthly happiness she did nc
, fear, but WAS ready to meet the last sun
mons with patient submission and +;
diant hope.