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Do yoi want a Studebaker Wagon ? $t iopriceoti easyterms ? Call at this Office I ru ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR HBNDERSONVIL-LE. NV C.v THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1907 ' - ' ' " ' ' ' - 1 VOL. XVI NO. 17 . VT:: v. 1 ft i I - -.V 1 il l i yx A.JL Statc Library . JJpm gjes xnd rtous IE&inriisririg . t J Th riVirr terl Pnlf'5 anH Favnrite Ti ancrej? and Acorn Stoves. These makes ' are absolutely the best on the market today and are fully guaranteed by the makers J PK 5n o H3J7 B-i Make your dining room more attractive by getting A VlllirXLCi VSf JT& a new set of dishes. We have an extensive line, y onrl -kci nrecl Woll tVw'r cr lnw vnu'll wonder wVipre nnr little nrofit comes in. r anu iiiv. pi iv.wi iiv.ii jr x , .w j J - . , ' ' iji ' ' l' ' 5 V Paints, . Varnishes;-" of all i 9 KIN m r1 1 Such as fishing tackles, tennis goods, r CDDOrU L VLMUUUO rifles, revolvers, all sizes ) all sizes. A full line -at different price but all bound to please you. -5 sizes, cartridges of V you. Quality and ) tjkm j - - . - - - w price go hand in hand in this store. ) vti 1 TTTT B 7 We have a few of these fine: f cost to close them out. ' ttt TT 11 -.i A full line of the best farm- wagons which we will sell at get our prices before you buy. You'll save money. ing implements. Call and p x Keen Kutter Knives, Shears, and tools. The best line of cut- ) LvIiII y lery on earth. , J) r r IT ww- MvWrv- The Philadelphia Lawn .Mower, from 4.00 ) LStWIl lyllOWerS up. None better. J) A good Roof is a Joy Forever. R.uberoid roofing is high grade com position thet gives satisfaction. Ovit lLst Tin or Iron. CLIMATIC cheLnges do not EFFECT m "" T2e Ditvrrabd Edg'e Pats Ihern'Ali On The Run. We Sell Diamond Edge Tools. All hand made arid oil tempered. Rival garden plows. Cv very popular seller. Path-finder, F. F. V. and Clipper Lawn Mowers, A good Wheel barrow is always need ed. We have them at the right price, Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint will beautify your biildings. Galvanized Iron wash tubs. Buckets , and oil cans. y 1 , Syracuse Plows, 'Majestic Range The Oaf ke" Mardwire Company Incor porated i 1 'j THE COTTON MILL. Board of Trade Commitiee Return from Spartanburg. Outlook K Bright for Big Mill. The . Board of Trade Committee,con sisting of Messrs. Wofiford, Brock, Staton, Morrow. Ewbank and Barrows, went. to Spartanburg last Thursday to confer with Mr. A B. Calvert. The committee vere most courteoulv re ceived by that affable gentleman in his office at the Spartanburg National Bank, where the matter was thoroughly discus- sad. The conclusion reached was this: If subscriptions to the amount of $100,000 are made here, Mr. Calvert will fur pish the remainder, 1200,000, and build the mill. The following well known gentlemen will receive subscriptions; Messrs. U. Q. tftaton, Claude Brown, C. A. Hobbs, C. Tomav J. C. Morrow, E. W. Ew bank. Mr. etaton is chairman of the committee, which met and organized last Monday night, and is now actively at work Mr. Calvert says that cotton mill stock is a most attractive investment just now One hundred thousand dollars is a large ameunt of money to raie in Hen dersonville, but it is believed that with hard1 work, united effort, and everyone doing what is possible for him to do, the amount can be secured. The advantages of having this big mill located here have been too thor oughly discussed to require any f urthe- mention. Mr. Calvert Is authority for the statement that real estate values in Hendersonvilie will increase twice ' the amount subscribed within two years from the building ef the mill. The merchants will be the first to feel the benefits of a regular pay-roll in lhis town, and . it is expected they will subscribe most liberally to the stock, esoecially as It is counted a gilt-edge investment . Nct)oe class will so soorTfeel the ef fects of the mill being located here, and they show every disposition to do all within their power to make it an assured fact. While, of course, large subscriptions are necessary, and they can be secured, smaller amounts will also be needed to bring the total amount up to $100,000, and single shares of $100 each will be offered. There are several different sites for the location of the mill in view, and no decision has yet been made. It will be just outside the corporate limits of the town. It willl not be at Flat Rock, nor Balfour nor anywhere ehe,but just out side of Hendersonvilie. Of necessity a large tract will be required, but the location will be where the merchants of Hendersonvilie will get the full benefits of the large payroll. It is necessary for every , one who wishes to see the mill an actual fact to subscribe as liberally as their means will permit. It takes money to build a 15,000 spindle cotton mill. Mr. Calvert and his associates insist on a certain amount being raised here. It will bene fit everyone who owns land or is in bus iness here, and is reckoned a gilt-edge Investment. A. Ai Gates has received a letter from "Jim" Morgan, a prominent cotton mill man of Greenville, stating he had heard of the proposed mill . here and wishing to know-just what the facts are. Mr. Morgan said in his letter that he would be glad to consider some such a proposition himself. The matter has been turned over to Capt. Wofford, president of the board of trade. A Spartanburg foundry has already made a proposition to the local men in Hendersonvilie to furnish all the hang ers, patterns, castings, pulleys, etc., re quired in the big mill, and to take pay ment entirely in stock, These items represent a heavy expenditure. The Trip to Spartanburg. Three of .the committee boarded the train at Hendersonvilie, Capt. Wofford got on at Tryon, and Mr. J. N. Brock at Inman. The country below Tryon is a beautiful rolling land, and was dotted with farmers getting in ; their cotton crop. From Landrum to Spartanburg there has been a marked advance in farm land values during the past three years, in many cases the increase being over a hundred per cent. Capt. Wofford was born and raisdd down there and is the father of land terracing in that section. He laid out the first terrace and took the stump and advocated that improvement throughout the country. It is said the Captain's progress through the county could be followed by the terraces which the farmers made after listening to his talks on that ' subject. It was In this county, in '71, that the Captain made his first political speech during his canvas for the legislature, to which he was elected. Spartanburg is a busy town, and has evidences on every side of being pros perous. -The postofflce is located in a somewhat unusual place, amongst resi dences, close to but not in the heart of the business district, as is customary. The court house is a handsome building and compares' very favorably with Hen derson county's public building. The streets are well-paved, there are many beautiful residences, most of them with fine grounds surrounding them. The Presbyterian church,' costing $75,000, is a beautiful edifice, as is the Methodist building of smooth white stone. Capt. Wofford was known to 'most everybody there, and it was "hello, Captain John," all day. Wofford Col lege, built by a great uncle of the Cap tain's, and Convsrse College, both in the city, are amongst the noted educa tional institutions of the South. Spar tanburg is a business town, not.a resort, and the difference was easily noted on the streets and in the banks and office boildings. The committee called on A. B. Cal. vert at his office In the Bank of Spartan burg, where the mill project was discus sed. A drive to the big Drayton Mills, of which Mr Calvert is president, fol lowed. The committee, was esoorted thro' the great milll by that gentleman, starting at the engine room, and he ex plained the different processes to the party. The Drayton Mills represents an expenditure of $750,000, and it is easily seen where the money went. Some of the machinery seems to possess already more than human intelligence, yet i8 being constantly improved. The mill company controls a large tract of land surrounding the big build" ing, which 'is laid off in handsome streets. The cottages of the employee8 are pretcy structures, costing $500 each' well painted and attractive in every, way. Sach house has a large yard, and different prizes are offered each year for the best, kept and most attractive ffdwer? v and vegetable garden, the awards. &eiag made by a oommittee. of the employees. - Mr. Ai B. Calvert has made the Dray ton Mill very profitable to its stock holders. He is a tall, heavy, smooth shaven man, gray eyes which seem to bore a hole thro' you, quick and active, and is the personification of business. He does not waste a word and his inter esting explanation of the different pro cesses of cotton manufacturing was brief and easily understood. . He was Mayor of Spartauburg for sixteen years', during which time he transformed the piece from a straggling village into, the modern, well-paved and well-kept city it id today. He is a very successsul man, and every enterprise he touches seems to turn a golden stream into the laps of his backers. He says there is no more attractive investment today than cotton mill stock. Mr. Calvert remained at the mill, and after a further discussion of his plans for the Hendersonvilie mill, the balance of the party drove back to town. In crossing a bridge the horses attached to one of the carriages became frightened and started to go over the embank ment. Messrs. Staton, Wofford and Brock jumped and walked across the bridge. .. Mr. Calvert pointed out some beauti fully situated land near the mill which he said had been purchased by himself some years ago for a low figure and was now worth from $150 to $250 an acre. Land twice the distance from the court house in Hendersonvilie is being held at over twice that amount. This land, very desirable in every way, was Inside the corporate limits of Spartanburg and situated on the electric car line. Mr. Calvert, when introduced to the associate editor of this paper, laughing ly said that he now knew to whom he was indepted for his heavy correspori1- dence. He said he had received oyer a hundred letters from New York to New Orleans, stating the writers had seen the announcement of his new mill In this paper. Mr. Calvert said he had answered forty but had not yet found time to attend to them alL Some of the letters were in reference to machin ery and supplies, some from men want ing situations, and others from towns wanting the mill. The board of trade of a Texas city offered strong induce ments for Mr. Calvert to come there in stead of Hendersonvilie. The labor question Is undoubtedly one of the main factors in locating the mill here. The people from the mountains will not stay in the mills during the summer. Part of the Drayton Mills machinery was idle for lack of labor. The mill men all through the South are desperate over the labor question. It is believed that locating the mill here will solve that question. Those of Henderson county who have left will be glad of an opportunity to return and this will give the new mill a supply of skilled labor, & most desirable ieature. Then the 'em ployes will be permanent. As it is now in the Drayton Mills and all others, it is necessary to keep in reserve an employe who understands the work another em ployee is doing, which really necessities the employment of two sets of help. A eall at Mr. T. C. ' Williams' office resulted In that genial gentleman taking the party out in one of his big auto mobiles. Mr. Williams broke the speed limit in showing his guests the city. He talked most interestingly of the lake proposition and says no town has so bright a future as Hendersonvilie. . His great allotment, Converse Heights, situated opposite Converse College, Is a beautiful peice of property. It Is said $100,000 was paid for the land, and that the trade was closed in twenty minutes. The streets are wide and well laid out. Much money is being spent on sewers and cement side walks and it bids 5 fair to become the choicest residents 1 por tion of Spartanburg. Thanks to Mr. Williams and his automobile the Hen dersonvilie party saw most of the city, including the Spartan Mills and the ex tensive grounds of Wofford College, getting to the depot just la time to catch the train home. To the Farmers of Henderson County. All farmers are interested -in wagons especially good wagons such as the Studebaker and Florence, than which there are none better on the market today. ' The Hustler is in a position to make the following extraordinary offer to the farmers of Henderson and surrounding counties. For a small down payment, the bal ance on long time, it will sell . Stude. baker or Florence one or two hbrse wagons at a lower price than has ever before been quoted on these high-grade wagons. - These wagons are new, have never been set up, and are fully guaranteed, and may be bought for a small payment down, the balance on long time, and at apriceso low- that a regular dealer could not afford to sell them. The wagons are . here -in Henderson vilie, "andMf - you are interested full particulars will be given at the Hustler Office. : v ' ' HEARD ON n? 5 5 MAIN STREET When Zeb Vance made his last elec tioneerlngtrlp thro this county, he stop ped over night at Mrs. Susan Osteon's, near Crab Creek church. At the ad ministrator's sale of Mrs. Osteen's estate last week, a pair of folding scissors, in a time-worn little case, which that dis tinguished son' of North Carolina, had given to Mrs. Osteen, were offered for sale, and were secured by W.,M. . HilL Mr. Hill is very proud of his find, which have a marked historical interest, and so far has declined all offers to sell. At this same sale an old wardrobe, and its contents, was sold for one dollar. A son of Mrs. Osteen bought it and found a ; pocket-book containing thirty-two dol lars concealed in it. This raises an in teresting point, according to some of our local legal lights, as to the owner ship of the money. R. H. Staton was administrator of the estate, and . while going over the premises found ninety- two dollars in gold hid, away, amongst the sum being several gold pieces, which now command a premium. A. man named Lance recently walked over from Lynn to. Tryon to take the train there for Hendersonvilie. He found the train was marked up half an hour late, and being 'somewhat ac quainted with , the vagaries of the Southern's schedule at that time he con eluded to walk to Melrose, the next sta tion, and save that much of his fare.. When he got to Melrose he found the train was two hours late, so he pulled out up the mountain and eventually oame to busy Saluda, where the train was still behind him, three hours now. Resting a little while he started on ward and got to Zirconia, to Flat Rock and Hendersonvilie before the belated train finally pulled into this depot. He had beaten the train from Tryon to this city and says he quite enjoyed his little walk. J. C. Morrow wore a black suit on his recent trip to Spartanburg, to see A. B. Calvert, and someone at the Spar tanburg depot wanted to know who that . good-looking minister was standing over there I A joke heard on the train: "Well, Johnnie," said a mother wh0 left a six-year-old boy in charge of the baby during a brief absence, "did the baby cry wnuel was goner" "Yes, mama, it cried once," ' "And what did you?" "I gave it the mucilage bottle and it never opened its mouth after the first suck!" Talking about closing, Clyde Ray, over at Tf aynesville, has three acres of this valuable root which he will put on the market this fall. It is laid the' crop' will net him over $ 20,000. Ij i : it V
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