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DEVELOPING THE CATAWBA RIVER A correspondent Tells of the Turner Mills to's Big Undertaking it Mon bo Another Big Spinning Mill. Wr.lten for The News. ' ' The shoals ana falls of the rivers uf the eastern slope of the Atlantic were useful to the Indian of the for est, in that they, afforded places to catch fish and ways to cross without The canoe. All these years since the Indian was no more many of ..these falls, have. . made a noise and f urnish--d picnic rgrpunds for merry parties, but tne wonderful industrial develop ment has made these places valu able in that once this water is ele vated it makes machinery hum with out the attendant coal or wood bill to pay, and the work goes on. With many mills idle and a strange ly dull stagnant market, it would srem an inopportune season to build more cotton mills,, but the foreseeing investor knows such things are tem porary, and that with cheaper labor and material, now is a good time to uiwid cheaply. -VI . 1 ' - One such association of investors s the Tnrnpr Mills fn with lur.-ari. lirarters at Statesville, and composed building a dam and mill at East Monbo, in Iredell county, on the Ca tawba river directly opposite the ..wongo Mfg. Co. on the Catawba t-ounty side of which Mr. C. L. Tur ner is the head and which has made such good earnings for its stock holders. In fact the two enterprises tire closely allied, in that the same men in part hold stock in each, and lor the best results for both it was deemed best to build the new dam all the way across the river, doing away with the Monbo Mfg. Co's dam from Goat Island to the Catawba side us well as the jetting dam above. But these are small matters butting in, as it was of the construction of this new work the writer had intend ed to write. At this point the shoal is wide, but 'icmmed in by preceipitous banks, and the dam across the river when complete, (now about two-thirds com plete), will be about (1,300) thirteen hundred feet long, and near to six feet high (a higher dam being im possible on account of the Long Is land Mills one and one-fourth miles ;bove.) The making of this dam is in the hands of Ordway & Sons Co., the large contractors, who have fitted up a complete plant with engines, derricks, hoists, rock crusher, con crete mixer and cars for hauling rock wani and concrete to the proper place. The plant is located on the cast side of the river against a high rock bluff on the spot the mill will cover, and the rock taken out of the bluff to build the dam makes an open ing for the factory building to sit. It would be hard to find a more economical way of doing a great piece of work. The rock is. blasted from the wheel pits and down from the sides of the cliff, the noise of which when fired sounds like one magazine the battle of Santiago, Cu ba, sounded on a smaller scale, and is generally done at the rest hour or the closing hour, when few are around. These large boulders are Masted into smaller pieces, loaded into a rhimn oar. and nulled bv a cable up the side of the hill to the crusher where they are ground and fall of their own weight direct into the concrete mixer, and from the mixer without being touched into u second dump car which is rapidly run, by hand, on a railroad laid upon the top of the dam, and emptied into the box or coffer-dam to set. The foundation of the dam are dug iind blasted down to the solid rock and the concrete anchored there foot by foot. At intervals a gap is left for water to pass and while one pen for concrete is being filled another is being filled, and the work goes merrily on except when high water drives everything from the work. When the distance across is com plete then it will be easy to fill in the openings, except such, as will contain gates for letting off water. The sand is not right on the spot, due to steep banks and is handled in flat boats from other points and like the rock handled to the mixer by table car. As the work of putting the long dam goes on the bulk Heads (if such they are) .and the concrete founda tion for the for the mill is going up, which concrete foundation on the wide next to the river, will rise' up out of the water to a height above the danger line, and be of such a character that the ravages of time will onlv tend to harden it. The mill itself is to be 299x80 feet, two stories high, and the second floor will be the ground noor, uiana-a to the bluff, and the product will bo shipped from this floor, coming out to Ihe high level (comparatively) ground On this 47.840 . square feet of floor space will, at present, be placed 7, 500 spindles with twisters for making numbers CO two, three and four ply varns, and will spin alone. This num ber of spindles is just half what is intended for the complete plant, as the mill will later be enlarged and enough machinery put in to make use of all six hundred and fifty horse-power the present dam will develop; it taking something over half that much power to run all tne . frames and twisters now contracted for, which when completed will 15,000 spindle mill. - Space is now being fitted for an the four wheels, but only two will go in now and a small wheel to run the dvnamo for lights; and atthis point 'the writer found these wheels will be below the level most wheels are set in order to get all the power possible from the head of water, a. thing new to most laymen, not versed in engineering work. . This plant will be a model one m many ways. The operatives houses going up are of a high class on nign ground. Everything in it is of the latest pattern, and the country side will furnish a large per cent of tne splendid help that will be employed. Thus the waters that since creation have run to waste will be made to pay dividends and furnish employment to needy people. Long Island, Monbo and the tur ner Mills all in one and one-fourtn miles on same great stream, with an other power below, beginning at -this long dam, waits for capital to come Absolutely . From Gi JW the most hea f f r . comes and take it up and make it pay some-; thing for the long years it has pour-j ed over the rocks. j The points named are from six to! seven miles from Troutman and Bar-! ium Springs on the Charlotte-States-1 ville line of the Southern Railway, j over a fairly good natured road, and j about tea miles from Statesville. C. W. HUNT. Cleveland County's Educational Progress Special to The News. King's Mountain, N. C, April 15. Rev. W. R. Bradshaw, of Hickory, is assisting Rev. J. J. Beach, pastor of the Baptist Church here, in a series j of meetings. Mr. Bradshaw is state evangelist of the Baptist denomina tion for the western counties of North Carolina. The sermons are powerful and effective. The King's Mountain Presbytery which began Sunday. Rev. Friday night closed W. R. Minter was elected derson moderator; Rev. A. S. An and Elder E. L. Wilson, clerks Your correspondent learns that much progress i& being jmade in: Cleveland county educationally. Dur ing the last few years many new school houses have been erected. Others are to be built before schools open again, several buildings will be painted during the summer. Recently two high schools have been estab lished in the county, one at Latti more, the other at Fallston. Falls ton High School is to have a $1,500 addition to the present building soon. The grade of teaching is constantly growing better and. the sessions of the schools longer. Thurston Testified. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 15. Form er United States Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, attorney for the Lake Tor pedo Boat Company, before the spe cial house committee investigating charges made by Representative Lil ley against the Electric Boat Com pany, disclaimed any knowledge in advance of fact that Lilley pro posed to introduce his resolution of the investigation. SUFFERING & DOLLARS SAVED. E. S. Loper, of Marilla, N. Y.. says: "I am a carpenter and have had many severe cuts healed by Bucklen's Arni ca Salve. It has saved me suffering and dollars. It is by far the best heal ing salve I have ever found." Heals burns, ' sores, ulcers, fever sores, ec zema and piles. 25c at Woodall & Sheppard's, druggists. j onruits, chief ingredi RS. stir 1 1 1 J4 - r-iin'-'-WfiiTtiiiMftiifirBaByffiiT mi - -, . . , ... ,.... ,...,....,., v Woman's Relief Cardui, the woman's remedy, has been known for many years as "Woman's Relief," since it has positively proven its great value in the treatment of. womanly diseases. 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Miss Sarah Garner, of Denton, has recently ! completed the most remarkable quilt I that has been heard of here, the ' quilt contains 7,1GS triangular pieces of cloth and it is so. well arranged that the quilt besides its curiosity is very pretty, no doubt it will be sent to the state fair in the fall. Woman as "Prince" Vienna, Austria, April 15. What is probably one ot the most extraordinary cases of fraud on record is now being investigated by the Vienna police. They have arrested a woman named Mar- gcliei WU, wuu lias lui Jfais ut-eu v- timizing residents in the humbler sec tions of this city by giving herself; out to be a prince forced to adopt fe male attire to escape intriguing rela tives. The accused woman possesses a sinking personality, and her masculine,, of thQ Maryland association; features and deep voice helped her in gaining cretfenee for her amazing , .sto rj?. A fluent speaker, and of refined habits, she convinced scores of people that she was indeed "Prince Egon," as she pretended to be, and from one shop keeper and his relatives she obtained nearly $4,000, for ' the ostensible pur pose of bringing legal proceedings against princely relatives scheming to obtain unlawful possession of an imag inary estate worth some millions of marks. The imposter went further than this, and obtained the consent of a respec table merchant to her "marriage" shortly after with his daughter. The intended bride was completely duped, and even now she declines to believe that her "lover" is a woman of 46, a former inmate of a lunatic asylum. BIG FROST AT.MT. AIRY. May Have Done Great Damage to the Crops Revival Services Held. Special to The News. Mt. Airv, N. C, April 15. This sec- lion was visited by a big frost Mon-! clay morning and the fruit suffered. But the bloom is so heavy it is thought enough escaped to guarantee a fine crop. The revival at the Baptist Worker Mission is still in progress. Quite a number of persons have been convert ed since the meeting commenced and the interest is growing. Services will be held tonight and perhaps for sev eral days this week. After a man has failed there are lots of people to tell him horn he might have succeeded. r f IMBEST "FOR iGUllILaiT V i ! Special to The News. r' j Asheville, N. C, April 15. James Betts, a negro stableman, employed ! at the Kenilworth. Inn stables, was late Monday arrested, charged with an ' attempted criminal assault upon a j young white woman named Dovey j Lance, employed in the laundry of the Kenilworth. . . . .. i After a hearing Betts was bound over in 250 bail for the superior court. . The young ' woman statetT that while passing through the .woods on her way to the inn,f she noticed Betts close behind her, he having approached her unobserved. - - . : . . She at once started to run with the ; negro in hot pursuit. Her' streams at tracted the attention of a colored hack- man, who came , to her rescue where upon Betts fled.' He was later arrested at the Kenilworth stables and identi fied by Miss Lance. The negro admitted that while driv ing his team, he had seen the young woman walking through the woods. He had stabled his horses and returned to the locality where he expected to find the girl. His defense was that he only intended to frighten the young woman. SOUTH CAHDLI j Anderson, S. C, April 13. A large number of physicians and surgeons from various qua iters of South Caro lina and several distinguished medi- J cal men from other states were here yesterday, tor tne opening of the sixth , annual nieetms of the south Carolina annual meeting of the South Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis League. The gathering will remain in ses sion through the greater part of the week. Virginia Sunday Schools Roanoke, Va., April 14. Several hundred delegates and visitors are in the city attending the annual con vention of the Virginia State Sunday School Association. The opening proceedings took place in Calvary Baptist church yesterday unci "Hio cricctinri c - will pnnHmiD nnil .. . RepoVts prepared by the various committees show gratifying gains - TmW nf finhhntl, crhnnk cA membership throughout the state. Among the prominent persons to address the 'convention are W. C. Pearce, of Chicago, secretary of the international association; Dr. Chas. Rhodes, of Baltimore, general secre Rev. Richard H." Bennett, of Lynch httrg," superintendent of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, and Rev. "M. B. Porter, of Richmond, representing the American Bible Society. A true reformation must begin at the upper end. German. Malaria Makes Pale Blood. The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE LESS CHILL TONIC, drives out mala ria and builds up the system. For grown people and children, 50c. . 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DRESSER, Prop. ' 'Phone 1697. ' Those, suffering from weak ne.sss which sap the pleasures of life should tako Juven Pills. One box will tell a story oi marvelous results. This medicine has morf rejuvenating, vitalizing force than has ever before been offered. Sent post-paid in plain package onJy on receipt of this adv. and 51. Made by its originators C. I. Hood Co.. pro prietors Hood's Sarsaparilla, Lowe". Mass .every mother teels a great dread of the pain and danger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming1 Mother's in gold," $i.oo per nnrl nllfM SrmTVf fiTrlR Oi KV IIlP9S f PlH K The Line Over It Is Complete Charlotte ardware Company Herald Square, New York Most Centrally Located Hotel on Broadway. Only ten minutes walk to 25 leading theatres. Completely Tenovated and transformed in every department. Up-to-date in all re spects. Telephone in each room. Four Beautiful Dining Roo"U3 with Capacity of 1200. The Famous German RcstauritA Broadway's chief attraction for Spe cial Food Dishes and Popular Music. European Piao. 400 Booms. 200 Baths. and upward with bath. Parlor, Bedroom aad Bath HOTEL COMPANY a a ' - mm idiuic MEK ANDWGKAEIft Ubo Big G tor nr.natural diBcfaargeB.inSamtnatioDg irritations or ulceration' of mucous membranes PRinlnafl. anil nnt lutrin ItkeEvansGhemicalCo. gent or poisonous. . UiKCIKNATl,0.fl . Sold by EtavesHU, or aant in plain wrappef. br express, prepaid, for 1.C0. or S beetles $2.76. Circol- oa ceaasi: COMMISSIONER'S SALE. By virtue of an order of the Superior Court in the Special Proceedings enti tled, W. M. Smith, Administrator of Wm. G. Christenbury, deceased vs. P. S. Christenbury, B. W. S. Christenbury, C. B. Christenbury, et al., I will at the Court House door in the city of Char lotte, at 12 o'clock, M., on Monday, the 20th day of April, 1908, offer to the highest bidder for cash, the fol lowing described lands, to-wit: 1st Tract. One tract of land in Mal lard Creek Township, adjoining the lands of J. C. Bell, J. C. Davis and others, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone in a branch and runs S. 20 W. 60 poles to a stone; thence N. 65 1-2 W. 3 poles to a stone; thence N. 65 1-2 W. 74 poles to a stake; thence N. 39 W. 30 1-2 poles to a stone in J. C. Bell's line; thence N. 45 1-2 E. 32 poles to a stone and White Oak stump; thence S. 37 E. 22 1-2 poles to a stone; thence S. 81 E. 63 3-4 poles to a Sweet Gum ; thence N. 70 E. 10 poles to the Begin ning, and containing. 25 1-2 acres mre or less and known as the Home Place of Wm. G. Christenbury. 2nd Tract, Adjoining first tract, J. C. Bell. W. M. Puett and others and beginning at a stone, W. M. Puett and J. C. Bell's corner and runs N. 49 1-2 E. 37 1-2 poles with J. C. Bell's line to a stone; thence N. 45 1-2 E. 44 poles with Bell's line to a stone, corner of tract No. 1: thence S. 59 E. 30 1-2 poles with the line of tract No. 1 to a stake; thence with line of No. 1 S. 65 1-2 E. 38 poles to a stone; thence S. 48 W.'40 poles to a Walnut; thence N. 82 W. 85 poles to the Beginning, containing 23 2-3 acres, and known as the Thomasson- Tract. " 3rd Tract, in Mallard Creek Town ship adjoining 4 the lands of E. A. Christenbury and others and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone on the bank of the creek, E. . A -Christenbury's cor ner, and, runs thence with, his line N. 63 E. 102 poles to, a" stone; thence N. 21 W. 10 poles to a stone, E. A, Chris tenbury's line;t thence with, Christen bury's line S. 77;l-2 W. 88 poles to a stone; thence South" 36 1-2 E. 20 poles to a stake; thence. S. 78. 1-2 W. 15 1-2 poles, to a White Oak on the bank of the creek; thence with the creek as it meanders to the Beginning. ,The same being the land allotted to Wm.' G. Christenbury, in a division among the heirs of. Wm. Christenbury and con taining 13 -14 acres more or less This 17th day. of March, 1908. W. M. SMITH, 3-18-paw-tds. Commissioner. L 00 rlhordil&k In i ft n WU Ltd jf4?Jf ! 1 to S dyA i3&j7 . Gcarftaterd . VI Iff 5 -net to stricture . C H rrNatiCnlirln, 'Phone 1037. Hours 9 to 4. DR. A. D. GLASCOCK, OSTEOPATH. Graduate of the American School, Kirksville, Mo. All acute and chronic diseases success fully treated. Offlct No. 1 Carnegie Court. . By the Library. You should not go with your glasses unadjusted, come in and let us keeji them in good condition. Ask for one of our eye-glass clean ers. We solicit your prescription work. E.O.Puett 39 N. Try on St. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE. By virtue of a chattel mortgage ex ecuted by Lemuel W. Presson and Jno. T. Hasty trustees on W. O. W. bond to J. E. Denton and Wm. Thomas and transferred to J. H. Lillycrop, trustee of Hornet's Nest Camp 96, to satisfy said debtors and cost, I will sell at public autctlon at the court house door in the city of Charlotte, county of Mecklenburg, at 11 o'clock,' a. in., on the 27th day of April, 1903, one Baritone Horn, two upright Ten or Horns, one Valve Trombone, three Altoes, Trombone style, onen E Flat Hellican Bass, one Bass Drum, one Kettle Drum, these being new instru ments purchased from J. W. Pepper at Philadelphia. J. H. LILLYCROP. Trustee Hornet's Nest Camp W. O. W. 96. April the 6th, 1908. 4-13-2wka i TRUSTEE'S SALE. i Under and by virtue or adeed ot trust executed to me bearing 'date the 16th day of May, 1905, recorded in Book 196, page 113, Register of Deeds office for Mecklenburg County, North! Carolina, and because of default in the payment of the debt therein secured, I will sell for cash to the highest bid der at public auction, at the County, Court House Door in the City of Char lotte, N. C, Thursday, the 23rd day of April, 1908, at 12 o'clock, M., the following described land, lying" 'and being in Charlotte Township, Meck lenburg county, North Carolina, and bounded as follows: lotte, at the intersection of North Da vidson and East 12th Streets, fronting ninety-nine (99) feet on Davidson Street (East side) and extending back Eastwardly with that width, along 12th Street, 198 feet in depth, Being known and designated in the plan of said City (Beer's Map, 1877), as lot No. 1851, in Square No. 230 to which Map reference is made; Being the same land conveyed to J. A. Grifr.n by W. W. Phifer and by said J. A. Griffin and wife conveyed to A. W. Fitts by deed registered in Book 170, pages 154 and 155, of the Register of Deeds office said County of Mecklen burg. Upon said premises are located four frame dwelling houses. This the 23rd day of March, 1908. R. E. COCHRANE, .-7-23-tds Trustee. SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE BY ADMINISTRATOR. . Under and by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County in Special Proceedings entitled K. C. Severs, Administrator of the estate of Clarussa Butler, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Lottie Butler Jones and her husband, James Siminons Jones, and Claud E. Butler, defendants, t will sell at public aution at the court house door in the City of Charlotte on Sat urday the 18th day of April, 1908, at 12 o'clock noon, the following describ ed lot or parcel of land, situated in the City of Charlotte," at the corner of First and McDowell streets,, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the intersection of McDowell and First streets, and running In a N .E. direction with McDowell street about forty-nine feet, more or less, to a stake, the corner of Henry Douglass lot; thence in a Westerly direction with Henry Douglass line seventy-three feet to a stake, the S. W. corner of Henry Douglass lot; thence in a Nor therly direction and with Henry Doug lass line forty-eight feet to a stake on Bell Alley; thence in a Westerly direc tion and along Bell Alley seventy-seven fee, more or less, to a stake, the cor ner of lot conveyed to J. W. White by Clarissa Butler, and -now owned by J. W. Hinshaw;. thence in a Southerly direction and along the line of J. V. Hinshaw's lot ninety-nine feet to a stake on First street, the S. E. corner of said Hinshaw lot; thence with First Street in an Easterly direction one hundred and fifty feet, more or less, to the beginning corner, being the same land which was conveyed to Cianssa Butler by W. R. Myers by deed dated August 22nd, 1887, duly recorded in the office of Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County in Book No. 53, page 315, excepting two lots conveyed by Clarissa Butler, the one to J. W. White and the other to Henry Doug lass, deeds for vhlch are duly record ed m tne omce oi xtegisver vi jjecua for Mecklenburg County. v Terms of sale: Cash. This March 18th, 1908. H. C. SEVERS, l 8-18. Commissioner.
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