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- Y' ' ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR HENDERSONV 1 LLE. N . (J ., THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1907. VOL. XVI N 0.1 . - I "' "fcjjsjs I J w r. ship man's Report p n v . FAdRIES OFTHE STATE. YearClos WaysMost Propitious In the , :- v v : Stated History. : V a The Gazette-News Bureau, I; - Chamber of Commerce Rooms, t : ; Holaman Building -.. ' . - v- Raleigh, Dec. 28. Assistant Labor Commissioner M. L. Bhipman has filed the following report on "Miscellaneous factores." As one of the basic industries of the state, manufacturing continues strong and active. The year just . closed has been in every respect the most propitu ous perhaps in the history of the com monwealth, Notwithstandinar the sur prisingly large increase in the class and number of miscellaneous factories report ed in the last conciliation, the net gain numerically and in the capital invested is even more gratifying this year. The information from which' the conclusions sec forth in this chapter ..were reached was furnished by the manufacturers themselves, upon request of the depart ment, through correspondence and per sonal visits. It has been impossible to obtain reports f rim every indu9triarin- stitution in the state, but. the number presented this year exceeds by far that of anv previous report, and the evidence to be deduced Trom a careful: sudy of these figurw will show thai North Caro lina is going forward ;,. by leaps and bounds along industrial lines, inclusive of the smaller as well a the larger man ufacturing enterprise s. , The number of returns used in this compilation are 541, an increase of 113 " over last year and the average's taken from these representative industries af ford an accurate idea of conditions pre vailing throughout the State. It is grat ifying to note the remarkable progress North Carolina is making in an indus ; trial way, and while the prime object of -. this report is to ascertain the condition of-wage-earners, the department is en deavoring to convey in addition thereto such information as will enable the pub lic, generally, to obtain a reasonably ac curate conception of the number and class of factories now in operation with in the state. The returns of this year indicate an aggregate capital of $31,239,510 by 487 of the 542 miscellaneous factories . re porting; 74 do not report capital stock: The Old Fort Extract works, as usual reports as a branch of the United States Leather Company, and repre sents only a part of the $125,164,600 re ported by that corporation. The aggre gate capital stock reported last year was $13,182,210 by 319 factories, exclu sive of the plant at Old Fort, so that an increase of $18,057,300 is recorded this year. Tabic No, 1. shows county, postoffice name of factory, year of incorporation or establishment, capital stock or amount lnyested, mme of president, owner or manager, power used and number of horse power employed, class of goods manufactured, time operated during the vfiar. number of hours constituting a day's work and number of employes de pendent on factory for livlihood. Three hundred and eigh ty-five factor ies report steam power, 81 electric, 20 water, 10 gasoline, five steam and elec tric, one steam and gasoline, one sfc am and water, three gas, one kerosene, 20 ' hand, one gasoline-electric, one "open kettle," and 32 do not report power. The 489 establishments reporting this feature show the employment of 159,184 horse power, an increase of 121,665 over last year. Five hundred and thirty fac tors report the number of persons de pendent upon them for a livelihood to be 75,243 or 37,828 more than were re ported last year. Four report that 8 . hours cod btitute a days work; six, nine hours; three, nine and a half hours; 389 ten hours; four ten and a half hours; 48 eleven hours; five ten to 12 hours, and 76 12 hours. Tweuty-two do not report time operated each day, but there is an ' evident tendency to shorter hours. Table No. 2 shows name of factory, hiishest and lowest watra D;.id. wLu n -paid, and whether wayres have iticte ed or decreased during the year; um ber of employes, per cent, of employes who read and write, opinion concerning the the employment of children in fac tories and upon the enactment of a com pulsory ischool law. Seventy-four per cent, report increase of wages; 17 per cent, report no change; nine per cent, do not report as to this. Sixty-four per cent. Of these establishments pay we k- ' ly? Uper cent, pay monthly, 17 per cent, pay semi-monthly, and one per cent, pay daily. ' " , Four hundred and thirty-six factories report 22.438 persons employed against 15,809 last year, an. increase t of 6,629. .Highest wages per day $2.29, an ad vance of 13 cent per davover last year Lowest wagerper day , 84 cents, an ad vance of six cents over last year, Eiglu ty-two per cent, of adult employ es read and write and 84 per cent,' of children. Seventy-one per pent, answer that chil dren under 14 years or age - should not work in factories; six per cent., answer in the affirmative and 23 per cent ex press no opinion.; Seventy-seven per cent, favor a , compulsary; school Jaw, nine per cent, oppose it, and 14 per cent, do not answer the question. " Following the tables are letters from a number of a manufacturers who were requested to express an opinion upon matters of publio import to which their attention was called in the blanks sent out by the department. ' - - i. Good Roads, Editor Hustler: While the good road agitation is on in Henderson county, 1 have plans for a change in bur public road system which I herewith offer for consideration of your reader. The es tablishment of a perfect road system in our county would reduce the team labor on the roads 50 percent, would reduce the labor of keeping up the roads 75 and increase pleasure on them 90 per cent. It is economy on our part to change, but we should change to the right thingIt is about as easy to build a . road at the right place as at the wrong place : and we have already lost too much labor and turned toomuch laud into gullies by running our roads up and down steep hills. Experience has shown that it pays to build railroads on good grades. With the disadvantage of tbe mire and the inferioiity of the horse to the pow erful engine, does it not seem much more important that. we should reduce our dirt roads to good grades. The fact that railroads are runniug through our country on good grades is proof that god grades can be found yet our wagon roads run up and down hills so steep that a team cannot draw more than half a load on them and the water rushes down them with .a fury that sweeps them Into gullies making it an ever lasting burden to keep them in repair. The labor lost in keeping .these wash . Outs refilled and the hauling labor lost on .account of their steep grades, would in a few months rebuild all the roads and put them on perfect grades. Why should we continue to waste so much labor, when labor spent rebuilding the roads would reward dollars for centsf The building, rebuilding and keeping up of public roads is regulated by law. This makes it necessary to reform the law before the roads can be reformed. If the law was made right the people would volunteer of their own accord to make the roads right. All that is need ed to bring the desired changes in our present road law that authorizes the County Commissioners, when a majori ty of the men along any line of road who are required to work on public roads petition them to rebuild their road, to send a competent engineer with an instrument, to lay out the road where it should go, on grades not ro rise or fall more than four feet to the hundred. When the road is laid out let the com missioners notify the justices of tbe peace of the township or townships in which the road Is situated to meet and proportion the hands who are required to work on roads according to the work required and appoint overseers and re quire them to work their hands a cer tain part of each month until their part of the road is made according to law. When the road is complete, let the com" missi oners receive it and give every man who done share of the work a per manent release from working on public roads any more In the State and let the road out ta the lowest bidder to be kept up at the expense of the county. It don't cost but little to keep up roads In telligently built on good grades. I know pieces of road that have been in use for 25 years without a lick of work being struck on them. In this way the people oan enjoy the benefits of a perfect road system without hardly noticing the difference in their taxes. In order t get good roads and get released from working on public roads the men who are obligated to work the roads will volunteer to rebuild their roals and if the legislature will give them the priv ilege, they vili soon work a revolution i in our public road system that will prove satisfactory to our people and honor able to our county. J. T. Anderson. To The Tax Payers of Henderson County. Your taxes for 1906 are now due, and must.be paid. If not paid at once I will have to force collection," as I am compel led to get money to pay the State tax and coupons with. Don't delay this matter any longer. Settle at ones and save the embarass&ent of being adver tised. Yours Faihtfully Nov. 28, 1906. . C. E. BROOKS . Tax Collector. MRV- ACKERT'SS' statement. Every Precaution Will beljaken To Prevent Wrecks on South- : ;"; ; ern : Railway- ,; - Mr, Ackert, Vice President, and Gen eral Manager of the Southern Railway Company, said to-day: . ' ; ' 'Some question seems; to have , been made in the newspapers recently, as - to the age of the operators employed on our line,; ; While this comment has-been made in connection with the catastrophe which happened Thanksgiving morning near Lawyets, -Virginia,' in which Presi dent Spencer lost his life, no such ques tion could properly arise In connection with that accident because the operator there at fault was 22 years old ' r These comments, have, however, caused me to make special investiga tion to ascertain definitely the age of op erators employed on other standard lines. " I find that the acres of operators on our line are well up to the standard age, it being universally considered that an operator, if of sufficient intelligence, is entirely reliable for such work at the age of 18, which is permitted by statute in one or more of the States. Some well managed companies accept operators at 16 years of age, if their character and intelligence justify. "While heretofore the Superintend ents and Trainmasters haj e' Inspected the offices and the work of our block operators, we are now inaugurating a system of special inspectors who will de vote their" entire time to thU duty and act .uuder tbe direction of our Chief Dis patchers. Tbe system of requiring the bl -ck sheets to be filed in the Chief Dispatch er's office was discarded by u tome- time ago because of the possibility of fixing up such sheets before they wire sent in and hence this would give no reliable information as to the actual performance of duty by the operators. Lt has been determined that inspection of the work itself at unexpected periods and at irregular intervals Is a ruore re liable and satisfactory test of the fideli- lijod efficiency of the. operators. Thls is the method we have been pursuing and under the system of special" inspection will continue." IT bemewlear g Whatever your trials in years gone by .g 5 No matter how Eate has frowned, May the young 1907 Your fortunes revive And your life with Mass Meeting Next Saturday. The committee appointed at the mass meeting, last Saturday, met ' at the Court House, on the 28th, and drafted a new road law. This will be submitted to a mass meeting of our citizens which has been called to meet at the Court House, on Saturday, January 5th, at one o'clock. After it has been discussed thoroughly, the bill will be forwarded to Raleigh and the Legislature will be asked to enact itinto a law. It is highly Imorptant that everyone attend this meeting. There is nothing more important now before our citizens, and next Saturday, will be the the time for all interested to make their objections known to any part of the new law. There is much discussion all over the county, just now, as to good roads. Many of bur citizens take the position tl si ordinarily the roads of the county are excellent the greater part, of the year,, and all that is necessarv is an intelligent working of them. One prominent citizen and heavy tax payer says the overseers should iftid may be indicted under the present law for failure to properly do their duty as publlo officers.'. - ' It Is hard to find a man who will ad vocate a bond issue for the purpose o rood roads, altho' everyone admits that good roads, which may be traveled at ALL seasons of the year, rain or shine is now a prime necessity of Henderson i countv. m m - Attend the meeting next Saturday and bxpress your sentiments. - jSj Hereafter there will be a label pasted on your paper, showing 6 your name, address, and the date on which your subscription gj $ chance for error, and will show g just how your subscription ac- a count stands with this paper. . . . A Capitalist From Sonth Carolina. Mr. Brock, . of Inman, S. C., who has purchased a half interest in the Blue Ridge Inn property from U. G. Btaton, has great faith in the future of this city, Mr. Brook is one of the most prominent capitalists of South Carolina, and his investments in Henderson vllle will not end with the fine property he has already purchased. He spent the early part of the week looking over other propositions here, and will un doubtedly invest heavily in Henderson ville real estate. Mr. Brock expects to spend part of each year in this town,and he looks for an ever increasing number of visitors here, each season. He be lieves the average tourist prefers to spend his time, not in the mountains themselves, but in a town in close prox imity to them, where he may enjoy every convenience and yet be within a few hours, drive of points of Interest Mr. Brock believes a good road from here to Fiat Hock is a prime necessity, and expresses himself as heartily in fav or'of g 01 roads throughout the county, tie savs thai building ither the lake or one of the much talked of railroads will change the future of Hiuderbooville greatly, altho' even without ihtse de sirable additions, the climate, the ulti. tude, the fine water and maguificent natural advantages of th.s county, is bound to bring it ever increasing popu larity and prosperity. Medical Society. The Henderson-Polk Co., Medical Society will meet at the'Court House i in Hendersonvllle, Tuesday. Jan, 8th, 1907, at3 o'clock p. m. All members are urg ed to attend. success be crowned & The Tutt-Garland Wedding. - The marriage of Hits Maud Yar borough, one of the most prominent and charm in J? of the city's social set,' to Mr George Clinton Tutt, Jr., of Augusta, on Thursday last, was one of the pret tiest weddings in the history of Hender- sonville. It was a church wedding and the sa- cred edifice was decorated in ' ever greens, while the columns were hung with heavy garlands. ,. The home of the bride was tastefully decorated, . and excellent refreshments were served. The bride wore white chiffon satin, and a veil, and looked very beautlf u indeed. The maid of honor, Miss Annie Smith, wore green and chiffon; the bridesmaids, Miss Few, Miss Terry. Miss White, and Miss Fleetwood, wore white with green ribbons, and carried bouquets of holly. Rev. A. R. Love performed the cere mony. Mrs. F. W. Ewbank gave a vion lin solo, and Mrs. R. M. I vena an orga solo. The wedding march was played by these two artists. Mr. and Mrs. Tutt left on the evening train for an extended wedding trip Their future home will be in Augusta, Ga. - ,. The wedding was largely attended, many out-of-town people being present The gifts were numerous and beautiful,- not the least appreciated one being a remarkably fine bronze clock, a pres ent to the bride and groom from Mr. Tutt'sfirm. ' 1 Union Meeting. Carolina Baptist Association, was held at the Baptist Church in Hender sonvilleN. C, Dec, 29th, and 80tb, '06. Rev J. B. Boone, was chosen chairman. Rev. G. 8. Jones, secretary. The fol lowing program gave direction to the exercises, in which quite a number of pastors and laymen - took part. Rev. Messrs, Love, Boone, Miller, Morris, Drake, Posey, Orr, and laymen Bly the, Anderson, Justice, Williams, Pace, Waldrop, Hodges, and others being present during the sessions; Deyotional services, Saturday, 10:30, led by Pastor A. R. Love. Subjects claiming attention: : (1,) Should our churches locate pas tors on a "co-operation plan. This question elicited a lively, discussion and in response therete the following was adopted. "It Is reccommended that 0e Mission Committee and Execu tive committee acting in consert obtain as early as practicable an expression from the churches grouped as per plan outlinen by Prof. Posey and Judge Bly the, and that this grouping into local pastorities be made during the current year. (2.) Does the grouping of churchs, as thus suggested demand the erection of parsonages and if so how should such facilities be provided for? - Respone: That so soon as practica ble afer the co-operative plan has been adopted, the churches in each several group be asked to consider tbe expen dency of erecting a pastors home sult ebly located. , (3.) Why should not annual elections of pastors, now the prevailing custom, be discontinued in favor of terms limi ted by mutual consent? Answer: We believe that terms of pastoral service should run in mutual accord with church efficiency. 4. Is it in accord with good order for a church to call a new pastor while yet indebted for previous pastoral ser vices? . Answer: Nay, verily: . 5. What plan should be adotped for uniform observance in meeting church current -expenses,-including pastors salaries? .' " , The following was recommended: r First, the church should agree on the limit of current expenses for - the year. Then with a comnlete enrollment of . . members let the finance committee ap portion to each name, a certain sum to be paid regularly weekly or monthly Ao the church treasurer. Submit thesame to each for personal consent th.n re quire prompt attention to the obligation. A joint session of the Mission and Ex ecutive committees was held Saturday afternoon and it was agreed to hold a special meeting next Friday Jan. 4th., 2 p. m. in Judge Blythe's office, matters of importance are booked for considera tion at that time, f . Snnday, Dec.: SO, the Union meeting was called to order at 10:30 a. m. subject for the hour. . How may Fruitland Insti tute realize, at this time, its vital connec tion with the Carolina Association, and receive from . ach church or group of churches an appropriate token of helpful interest , Addresses were made by Profs. J. B. Boone and T. H, Posey. Rev. R. V. Miller closed the program in a well receiv ed Bible reading on church life. And then as a response ttf the subject last on the pro gram, the following expression voiced the sentiment of the meeting. At this par ticular Stage of hopeful development that the interests of Fruitland Institute now under the efficient management of Prof. T. H. Posey and his able corps of teachers, call for and worthily demand a vital touch with each church within the bounds of the Carolina Assaciation. And it is suggested that, in' order to define and practically ex press this helpful relationship, the Hender son ville Baptist Church be accorded the generous part of providing for the Dining Hall In the newDormitory wnich is soon to be erected. This proposition was reviewed with favor, and for further consideration refer red to the official Board of the church. This Uoion meeting, though small In numbers, was decidedly an advance along some lines hitherto untouched in the order of discussions, and among the speakers taking part therein on Sunday morning, were Revs. J. B. Boone. R. V. Miller and Prof. J. H. Posey. Each holding the glad hearted attention of an appreciative audience. . Notice to Tax Payers All persons who may be due taxes to the town of Hendersonville will please take Dotice that on the 20th day of Janu ary I907r I will levy on all the personal property in the Town of Hendersonville, which may under the law be levied upon and sold to pay any taxes due to said Town by delinquent tax payers. I must have money to meet' the indebtedness of the Town, and it will not be the fault ot the Tax Collector, If yon are put to great in convenience and trouble. . This December 15th, 1900. ';. Respectfully, T. M. SMITH. . City Tax Collector. HEARD ON e-Ne-. 3 5 MAIN STREET . Among the improvements which might be made here, would be the re-' r moval of the monument from its pres- ' ent location to the court house grounds on the corner, say next the rock build ing. Its present location Is a source of danger, and in case of accident it ' la ; said the town would be held ; liable for damages. Many of our prominent citi- zens advocate its removal to the court ' house grounds, where the county com- ; missloners would have direct supervls- ; ion over It. and where they could fix up ' its immediate surroundings.' It is said , the monument would show off to much ) better advantage on the corner, inr-' ' -rounded by grass and flowers, and that it would remove ail possibility of acci- A dent, also. . v. ' J. P. Rickman and Tax Collector Brooks, aided and abetted by a certain Wm. Hewitt, , recently entered into a dark and unlawful conspiracy against f certain well known and poulr man from the eastern part of the stat ( who" spent a few days her reccn jy( They drained the cup, eo to of their nefarious plotting, and Xhen without shame and without "re ors gave the aforesaid well known '.3 pop ular man the merry , ha! haV. And he s wears by all the democrr tlc gods to yet enjoy sweet revenge, And the con spirators are now tremKlfCff jn their boots," or shoes, not kno- w fog what aw ful form his vengance iay take. Jim Rickman even talks ooin g to Florida on the 7th to avoid tg consequences of his evil-doing. Prof. I C. Borjley. whose: marriage to Miss Lillian '.Fefnjthe occurred at the Blue Ridge Irfn, last week, is loud la' his praises cV the "incomparable climate of bid Henjjrson county. The profes sors maiTage to Miss Fcrsythe, a ladj of strlklrjg beauty and fine figure, was quite aiji event, at the Inn, and he assur red My, Hewitt on leaving, that altho' a sever4 suffer; from- -insomnlaihe Jutd nev'r slept so well in Ms life as during hly breaf sojourn in Hsndersonville. . ' , - - - i f vVhat became of the Civic League that was talked of so much last summer? It will be remembered that a com mittee was appointed by the Board' ot Trade to . see what could be done to wards beautifying the .town. There's . no doubt whatever that much could be accomplished by our citizens, at small expense, which would make 'the town still more attractive to Its thousands of visitors. Perhaps the Board of Trade will take - this ' .- impor tant matter in hand and push it. Re-" wards of small amounts for the best ap pearing premises, for the best collec tion of flowers, etc, might help some ' Talking about improving the appear ance of the town, the depot grounds will probably be as unsightly this sum mer as they were last. The hideous red bank there might be covered with quick-growing vines . which .would; change its appearance greatly. And provision also should be made for tbe busses and carriages to have a dry place to stand in. Last summer the place was a miniature lake and passengers walked ankle deep in mud to reach the hotel busses. The much-talked -of train shed is still a beautiful possibilty and it Is to be sup posed people will still enjoy the privilege of getting off In the rain. The South ern has promised and promised and still promises, but there is no material evi dence, as yet, of the new shed. A re sort town of the size and importance of Hendersonville deserves greater con sideration from the Southern Railway than it "has been receiving in; that respect. .v . - A Mr. Hart, who registered at the Mountain Citv Inn last week, tells of a remarkable barber, he knows In Oakl homa, and who would almost do credit to North Carolina, where people live to ripe old ages. The barber, who, by : the way, is a blood relation of Jec:3 ' James, is 104 years old, welghjf 225 pounds, does not wear glasses, enjoys perfect health, and occasionally rides GO miles to his farm in one day and ' back the next. Were he living in Henderson he doubtless would be able to chop a couple of cords a day in addition to his other accomplishments. . Two' dancing bears, In charge of three Italians, caused a general 'sus pension of business in Main Street Sat urday evening. , The bears very graces fully, for bears, went thro' the move ment of waltzing to the accompaniment of the Italian's singing; The street was rblocked at the Blue Ridge Inn corner, but as the collection was not very heavy the men and their bears did not- remain long In 'town. ';r -A- 1! 4 V t ft
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