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Tombstone prospector., 1899-12-08
CITY AND CagSTY OFFICIAL PAPER
FREE COIN.CE 10 to 1.
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Volcanic Esapstsas

Are grand, bu. Skin Erup,ions rob life efjoy, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, crues them; also Old. Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boiis, Fclons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns. Scalds. ChApped hands, Chilblains. Pest Pile cure on earth. Drives ou, Pains and Aches. Only $ c,s. a box. Cure guar renieed Sold by l. NJ. Folks, Druggist
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NOT1CE.

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Notice to Creditors

In the ProbaiesCour cgthe County Of Cochi
 Territory of Arizona
 Estate of E. R. Sampson, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the undersiged ad- ministratrix of the estate of E. R. Samk son deceased. to the creditors of and all person Having claims against the said deceased, exhibit them. with the necessary vouchers within four months after the first publ,canos of this notice. U the said adminisirairix. ct Bis bee, at the office of $. K. Williams. the same being the place for the transacfsou of the busi ness ef said estate in said county of Coehise
 FLORENCE l. SAMPSON, of the Estate of E. R. Samp son, deceased.
 Dated a' Bisbee. August a. :soo s-s
Tombstone prospector., 1899-12-08
NOTICE. The Taxes of C9chise C .uatv Due and Payable

Notice is hereby given 'ta; ,ie duFlicats assessment roi'oi the COurty oi Co-his-is IS now in my possession for the ccllecuon oi iaAes lev jed for the year ls99 in said tcuny
 faxes wIll become dthIqCtIt on ,he sd Monday in De9em.er 1899 asd urless Iad before that date a penalty of five lsr cent will bs acded thereto,
 Payment may be made at y ice in he county court house aI TCn,b. tUnt. during oI. Ct bours-9 mto I2 n and I to 5pm.
 A WENTWORTH Treasurer and Ex-Oif 10 Tax Collector COcNise county
 TomSstoTe, Sep;on.ber I2. lcee
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Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. FIRST l Judicial District. of ihe Territory of Arizona in and for the County oi Cochise. ENRIQUE M,URIN,
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SUMMONS

lu the District Cour, First Judicial Dis,ric of the Territory of A.izona in and for the county of Co :t ise. WILL LAM HARRIS
Tombstone prospector., 1899-12-08
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

McKissick. proprietor of the Battery
Park Hotel, declare that the celery OF
this section, if properly handled, cannot
be surpassed by any other in the world,
and yet the amount raised here amounts
to almost nothing.
FRUIT GROWING.
Small fruits go to waste for hack of at
tention, and there is wealth in the ber-
ries and other small fruits wherever sys-
tematic cultivation and care are bestow-
ed upon them. Owing to the altitude
of this section, Strawberries, which can
he raised in large quantities and excel
lent quality, and bring fine prices, reach
their perfect growth and are ready for
shipment just after the berry crop furth !.
or south and the eastern section Of thds
State are exhausted.
AS to grape culture, it is only necessa-
ry to call attention to the Engadine
VINEYARDS i'm Buncombe county TO prove
with what success grapes can be grown.
Speaking on this subject, Walter =.
Gywn, says:
For example the Isabella, an old,
but excellent variety, will not mature
in middle North Carolina, or even in the
Piedmont section. unless protected from
the weather by the caves Of a house, or
some such covering. ] have seen them
growing in Haywood county i'll the open
air. and the berries were as sweet and
sleek as could be desired" The Con-
cord. when grown here, is a very supe-
rnor grade to the Concord grown in the
North, and most of the standard varie-
ties. such rs the Delaware, Cynthiana,
Nortcal's Virginia, Elyera, etc, do wei.
Bur of all frl.its the apple is destined to
become the greatest revenue-producer of
this section. In an official statement the
State Board of Agriculture does not hesi-
tate to declare that this region lis the
home Of the apple, and is destined to
become the greatest apple-growing re-
gion in America when its capabilities
in this respect are fully known to fruit
growers" This industry is compare
lively pntouched, and the ignorance
among growers as to the proper manner
of cultivating, packing and shipping has
caused the fruit of the mountain coun-
try to have a reputation that it does not
deserve. Many Of the native apples
deserve propagation and increased cul-
tivation. The Winesap and York Impe-
rial (Johnson's Fine Winter reach great
perfection, and it should be remembered
that these two varieties command
higher prices in New York and Liverpool
than any others, the Albemarle Pippin
of Virginia not excepted. The Pippin
too. can be grown here i'm the black soil
of the mountain coves as well as in its
native locality. The size Of the apple
trees in this section is a source of Won
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have continued to feed largely, the num-
her of heard turned out by some farms
often exceeding 100 or more each sea
som. and being marketed in Richmond,
Va. Now that an era of better prices
has set in this is a most promising IN
dustry.
The cultivated productions of this sec
ton are as diversified as in the Piedmont
section. cotton and rice excepted. All
the cereals and the grasses are cultivat-
ed. This is not to be wondered at when
the fact becomes known that the soils
of the basins of the rivers of this sec
ton. and it's mountain valleys, are noted
for their fertility.
Among these valleys most noed for ex-
tent and quality of soil may be mention
edthe upper French Broad and Mills
river valleys of Henderson and Transyl-
vania: the Swannanoa, in Buncombe;
and the Pigeon river, Richland and
Jonathan's creek fat lands, in Haywood.
This entire transmontane country IS
adapted to stock raising. Timothy, herds
grass and other rich pasture grasses re-
spolrd readily to cultivation; and once es-
tablished. the grass perpetllates itself
upon the land. In fact where under
growth is removed. the trees Trimmed,
and the surface stirred and sown in or.
chare grass. it fuorishes luXuriantly
while the forest trees are left standing.
Lately, attention has been turned to rams
ING cattle for the market and to the
breeding of fine stock There is good
opportunity presented for cattle and
sheep breeding and for dairy products.
Garden vegetables grow well here.
and there is fine opening for trucking
of almost all kinds. The cabbage and
Irish potato grow here to a high degree
Of perfection. In addition to these,
sweet potatoes, spinach. turnips. onions.
lettuce, beans. peas, cucumbers, squash,
Tomatoes, olSra, beets, radishes, sweet
corn, celery and numerous other vegeta
HES are successfully cultivated. There
is a splendid opening here for trucking,
not only for the home market but for
shipment. and the increase in trade OF
this kind has been greatly stimulated by
the truck farming on the Vanderbilt
estate. But a quantity of vegetables
that could easily be raised in this sec
ton. is imported One hotel alone buys
from further South over $500 worth of
vegetables per month, nearly all of which
could DE raised around Asheville. Major
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der to those who visit here. All that is
needed here is a population of fruit grow
ers vino understand the culture and
handling OF winter apples. TO quoate
again from an official statement of the
State Board of Agriculture:
'sNo great surplus of valuable erops
finds its way to distant markets from
this region: few big farmers require the
labor OF many hands; but the conditions
excel for the Industrious farmer. who
may here surround himself with all
those products of comfort and luxury
which constitute an independent living,
corn, wheat rye, oats, hay, Irish pota-
toes, apples, Sorghum, buckwheat, butter
cheese. milk, honey, and numerous vege-
tables. The field is a wide one for
growing the finest winter apples; for
dairy products; for vegetable growing
and canning establishments"
The population Of the following thir-
teen counties of this section, of which
Asheville is the social and commercial
centre. as shown by the last census, is
rs follows:
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GEORGE W. vANDERB1LTs BIITMoRE.

ings for woodworking manufactures OF
various kinds. No less than twenty diff
ferent kinds of trees reach in Western
North Carolina alone the greatest size
to which they attain; for example, the
white and rock chestnut oaks, the GU
cumber, black cherry. yellow poplar,
hemlock and chestnut. Most of the for
est lands lie on the mountain slopes of
this western section, where up to this
time but little land has been cleared for
cultivation.
The forests are largely of hard woods
Besides the woods mentioned above,
may he found in great abundance north
ern Eastwood, birches, hard and soft
naples, beech, hickory, black gum, per-
shannon, dogwood, locust, ash, wild
cherry, yellow wood crabapple, service,
iron wood, sycamore hemlock, fir and
others. 1t is not generally know nthat
i nthe richness and variety Of its woods,
North Carolina is not equaled by any
other State in the Union.
WOODWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
To consider the matter from strictly
practically point of view, Western North
Coarlina, on account of the coniigura-
ton of the country, is not Il field for sue
cesSful. lumber operations on a large
scale. What is the needed and what
can ue operated successfully and with
good return in dividends. in woodwork
ing manufacturers of various kinds. Al
ready telephone pins Of yellow locust are
being turned out by several manufacto-
ries The ash, oak and hickory are here
in large quantities awaiting the manu-
facturer. These woods at present are
shipped North as raw material and re-
turned to the South as finished farm inn
PIGMENTS, and sold at good profits. The
chestnut and poplar are here in unlimit
cd quantities, are drawn North to make
collins and then re-shipped all over the
South These woods can be bought very
cheaply. For an interior finish plant at
or near Asheville the opportunities for
successful operation and profit are al
most unlimited For furniture making
and wood specialties the same may be
said and no mandatory in wood,
which is run ON a business bass and IN
accordance with the cinditions of the
country. is failing to pay good dividends.
A prominent lumber man and manufac-
turer states that there is more wood
wasted In Western North Carolina,
which could he utilized at good profit,
than the total profits now made in the
lumber industries Here is what should
h cone Of the great wealth producers of
this section. 1t is unutilized. or, If utiliz
cd at all. in most wasteful manner.
VARIETIES OF USEFUL WOODS.
Oaks-The mountain oak is not equal
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
DR.. EUGENE B. Glenn
MAYOR OF ASHEVlLLE. AN ADMlNISTRA-
TON CONDUCTED UPGN BUSINESS
PRINCIPLES BY A BUSINESS MAN.
One of the Best Governed Municipalities in the
State. Liberal and Progressive Yet
Conservative Management.

Asheyille is one Of the best advertised
cities on the American continent, and
this advertising has been done more
through persons visiting the city than in
any other way. So it is, the city itself
must be its best advertisement 1T would
not be so if it were not modern IN every
way, and it is 1t is governed on a
business way by a set of business men.
The head of this administration is the
hon. w. A. Blair He was born in
Washington county, Tennessee, in 1913.
and was attending the University of that
State when the war broke out. His
grandfather, John Blair, was for a num-
per of years a Congressman from Ten
nessee. In 1860 the father OF our sub
ject, w p Blair, moved to AsheviIle,
where he ran for several years the
stage lines between Greenville, S. c.,
and Morganton, n. G. In May, 1894,
Mr.. Blair was elected an alderman and
in the latter part of 1894 was elected by
the board Of aldermen as mayor. On
May, 1899, he was again elected mayor.
A-r. Blair served ON the city school
board for three years and up to January
/. 1899, had been president of the Y NJ.
G. A. for four years. He is X. of p,
an Odd Fellow and conducts one of the
largest furniture establishments in Ashe-
vile.
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MINERALS.

Over the larger part of the mountain
region of North. Carolina are to be
found the older crystalline rocks, great
ly folded and turned on their edges.t
They contain at intervals valuable de-
posits Of iron ore notably magnetic lron
ores in the region about Cranberry IN
Mitchell county; in Madison county these
rocks are also penetrated by veins carry
ing gold, silver and experimenting ores.
The rocks along the line of the Blue
Ridge and the Great Smoky mountains,
known as the Oconee formation, con-
tain i'm places deposits of minerals, es-
pecially the marble and brown iron ores
OF Cherokee county. This county con-
tains. also gold in numerous localities
and paying quantities, tale or soapstone
in great abundance and of excellent quail
ity; and manganese In Haywood, mica
has been worked to n considerable eX-
tent Gold, copper, iron, lead, asbestos
and other minerals are found, but have
not been worked. The mineral wealth
of Henderson county is great, but mostly
undeyelopcd. Limestone is found in
large quantities The largest deposit
Of zircen in the United States is foundn
in this county. Jackson county is very
rich in minerals, mostly undeyeloped.
Several copper veins of ascertained rich
ness exist: chronic iron in large quanti-
ties is found; nickel ores, nlica, ashes
tos. eorundum and llaolin are abundant
I'm Mcdowell county gold mining is car
ried on to a large extent; large quaint
ties of MICA are found; monazlte, garnet,
white granite. ffagstone vitritied brick
clay, diamonds. rubies, sapphires and
corundum are all found Minerals are
abundant in Macon county, hut mica and
corundum are the only ones that are at
present worked. The mineral wealth Of
Madison county is almost entirely mde-
veloped. though very valuable minerals
are known to exist in large quantities.
Magnetic and other iron ores, ,corundum,
barytes and lime are found in excellent
quality and quantity Mitchell county
has mica of splendid quality; the Gram
berry iron is famous: and copper and
other metals are found. The mineral
wealth of Rutherford county is very
great and placer-mining has brought out
several million dollars. Monazite is also
found and mined. Yancey county is rich
in magnetic iron not yet mined; copper
and very fine bed of chronic iron have
been found; kaolin of excellent quality,
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asbestoc, mica and corundum are all
found in prolific veins.
All of the counties mentioned are near
Aaheville and most of them accessible by
railroads. The mineral resources men
toned will invite rigid investigation.
The North Carolina Geological Sur
yey, created by the Legislature IN 1891,
to make thorough examination of the
nature and extent of the mineral and
timber resources of the State" has been
very active in its work, and has issued
the following bulletins, which will be
mailed, ON receipt of postage, to those
desiring information on the special sub
jects treated. Building stone in North
Carolina; timber trees, water powers,
gold mining in North Carolina, drinking
water supplies, clay deposits and clay
industries, mica deposits and mica min
ing, mineral waters list of elevations and
an historical sketch of North Carolina
scientific and economic surveys, and bib
biography Of North Carolina geology and
mineralogy. Bulletins are issued from
time to time. Address the State Gealo.
gist, at Chapel Hill, or Raleigh, n. c.
BY addressing the Director u. S. Geo
logical Survey, Washington, ID. c., and
sending five cents for each sheet wanted
Geographical shttes fthis section Will
tai, geographically, cducationally, so,
be sent to any address. The sheets in
GUIDED in the section Of country treated
Of in this pamphlet are as follows: Ashe-
ville Murphy. Nantahala, Cowee, Pts
gah. Saluda. Mt. Mitchell. Checks and
stamps not accepted by the Department.
A WORD OF ADVICE.
Such is a birds eye view of Western
Carolina, of which Asheville is the capt.
cially and commercially. Excursion rates
ca railways be had to Asheville, ana
those interested in anything pertaining
to this city or section should either come
here and see for themselves. or address
for for more detailed information, the
Secretary or the Board of Trade, or
Ticket Agent of the Southern Railway.
HON. HERSCIIEL s. HARKINS.
Collector of Internal Revenue of the
Fifth District of North Carolina, was
appointed to the position July 7th, 1897
He has made an excellent record in that
office and is one of the States most
energetic citizens He is a pleasant,
genial gentleman and his friends are only
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medicinal herbs has grown into large
business.
Statesvihe, y. c., has the largest me-
dicinal herb warehouse in the world. 1t
is not generally known that there are
more varieties of plants i'm Western
North Caro..na than anywhere else ON
the continenet.
BUNCOMBE.
Oats yield moderately well; corn pro
fhlces from 10 to 30 bushels to the acre;
clover and all other grasses are so IA
vored by soil and climate as to appear
indigenous; fruits and vegetables OF ey-
cry kind yield abunuantly and in excel
lent quality and flavor. The culture OF
tobacco has most rapidly and largely
added to the profits of agriculture. The
quality is almost entirely the bright yell
low and commands good prices. Ashe-
Vile has become a large tobacco market
fer this entire section. Wheat yields
from II to Is bushels to the acre, but
with proper methods and attention this
Weld is more than doubled AT Black
Mountain in this county is located the
Mountain Retreat settlement and Chris
tian community, similar to Ocean Grove,
y j. Near Alexander station in the
western part Of the county is the well
known Blackwell Springs.
POULTRY.
The great success attained ON the Bit
more estate in poultry raising is practi-
cal evidence that this section is adtnlIa-
bly, suited for breeding poultry, both for
fancy stock and for the market The
climate is peculiarly adapted to this in
dustry and there is immunity from the
diseases prevalent in damp climates.
In comparison with the extent of for
est lands, the cearings in the mountain
regions of North Carolina are mere
patches. and this section has the adyan-
tage. therefore, of possessing a practi-
cally mlbroken forest.
FORESTS.
Nowhere in this or amy other State can
be found an equal area Of land covered
with timber trees Of such various kinds
and of such value. The walnut, poplar
and oak grow to an enormous size,
though the best of the walnut has been
cut. The preservation of this forest
arises from the fact that it has been
until recently inaccessible to transporta-
item Now that this section is opened
by railroads, there are splendid offer
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cheaper price than further north Me-
chanics get from S100 to $3.50 per day.
FARM LANDS.
Timbc. lands can he bought ut from
81 80 to s. per acre Agricultural lands
at from SIS to 500 per acre, according
to quality, proximity to railroads, towns,
etc. These are prices of land either In a
high state of cultivation already or capa-
bile of being made so. Poorer lands are
much cheaper.
WAITER POWER SAND WATERS.
Water power and waters are abundant
as may be inferred from the character
of the country. Streams are bold. free
and numerous. the water is pure. clear
and cool OF the many undeveloped pow
ers in this section we mention only ONE
Four and one-haif miles below Asheyllle
on the French Broad river, there is
splendid water power Of 5000 horse
power with fall of 81 u feet in u mile.
Easily developed This power was sur
veyed by Hightower Bros, of Ho!yokc'
Mass.
The State constitution regulates taxa
ton by providing that the Legislature
levying tax shall state the OBJECT 20
whic-. it is to be applied, and restrict
its use to that particular object. ~
equation between the property and the
capitation tax is to be established by dl-
recting that the eapitaton tax levied
on each citizen shall be equal to the
tax on property valued ut $500 in cash.
Inc capitation tax is levied ON every
male inhabitant in the State over II and
under 80 years of age, and shall never
exceed 81 ON the head The effect of
this limitation restricts tax ON each hum
dred dollars worth of property to C6 2-3
cents. The amount Of taxes levied for
county purposes cannot exceed the dOu-
BILE of the State tax, except for special
purpose and with the approval of the
LEGISLATURE. Homestead exemption in
cludes personal property to the amount
OF $500, and vests in the owner for life
only, and until his children become of
age. the homestead and the dwellings
and buildings used Herewith, not exceed
ing in value $1,000, to be selected by
him. BY an act of the last Legisla-
ture the State will duplicate not exceed
ing $500 any sum raised by subscription
or special taxation in any school district
T'hi shas already given an impetus to ed
.ucation in the country districts.
MEDICINAL HERBS.
Medicinal herbs in this section are
gathered in immense quantities and ship
ped to northern cities and Europe. Bales
of herbs may be seen collected about the
country stores as bales of cotton in other
sections. Gingseng is shipped in large
quantities to China, and the trade in
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Tt can be seen Trom these hgNreS that
the propol tion of colored reputation To
the whites is much ema iar than IN my
other section of the State CIR the South
LABOR
This naturally brings up the question
o flabor. Farm labor lis much less ex-
pensiye in this section than at the
North or West, owing to the milder eli
mate and cheaper products. Farm la
Dor can be had at prices ranging from
8 to II dollars per month. This labor
is at present mostly unframed but is
capable of intelligent training, easily
controlled and satisfied. Strikes are un
known in this part of the county. " Ia
reasonable care and trainirS the same
class of work here can be done at much