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....... . : ......x-- . . - - j - iMj.i:Srdf: 4,;J-:1 ' , ,.;'v - ! ; ? ; 'L.i ' 1"AH )( UmiMkilE j THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY D ,-' '..'Vv,f V: . ' , i . i . ii i ' - . ..ij, 1 . VOL XXI w MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1924 , f ! No 14 ' . 1 - ! l.J.... '.i 1 11 , -"" , 1 lot Giirings, In Madison ; County, Famed For Many . Years As Watering. Place (By Staff Correspondent) ; ' nnT RPKINGS. Julv26.Hot Springs, one of the principal towns of Madison County, famed for f knany years for the healthful water here has been enjoying a relatively tremendous growth in population in 1 the last few months. . According to 'unofficial but reliable information the increase in the inhabitants of ' this place in the past. 12 months has been from 478 to 700. , The reasons assigned'are various. One is that, mountain "labor has been attracted to Hot Springs on account of the mills located here. Another is that quite a few people are coming here to live because of ther xcellcnt climate and the health giving waters. As a result of the growth in population realty values have increased.. , .."., r Hot Springs is the center of a rich mountain area ; Splendid op opportunities are offered along agri cultural and industrial' lines.; The surrounding region supplies ' much raw material, and the labor sup ply is of the highest type.r Among the business concerns already, es tablished in this region are the fol lowing:'' -.v.' 's -.' . The Buquo Lime Company, was established at Hot Springs 5 years ago. : The output now is 200 tons of ground limetone a day, and from 50 to 60 men are . employed. J, C JJuquo 13 tTfnVraJI ..nianagej; and '-Jep Morris lar ecretary-tfeasurer. The plant is located one-fourth of a mile West of Hot Springs This concern is now making several im provements at the plant. Tbe work, which is practically complet-l ed. will cost about $30,000. .- ! The Hot'Spiinjfs Hosiery Mills,1 Inc , were est ablished here in De cember. 1923. The officers of this newly organized company are as follows: J. C. Buquo, p-esident; J. W.' Morris, secretary treasurer; and Ira Plemmons, manager; S.'H Hutton is ' BUperintendeht. ;,The plant is at present located oyer the .city power plant. - The capacity is 260 dozen men 8 , socks ; per uay. The present capitalization is fixed at $25,000. Some 35 persons , are employed. The corporation is planning to build a new structure to.house the mill. It is thought. that this ; will be ready so ) etime next year. Ii will cost around $10,000. With the completion of the new building the capacity of the, plant wills be doubled. The present plant, which covers one floor, is 140 feet by 60 feet. , . . ' ' . The Madison Improved Brick Company was established in Hot Springs about the first of the year ' The officers are: S. W, Brown ,pfes '4ront- J R Harrison, vice presi djnt and manager. These men are enlarging the capacity' of their ' plant now from 5,000 to : 10,000 "'brick a day New. machinery is being installed, and several thous and dollars will be expended on the work. About 10 men are era ployed. The company makes a chemicarbrick, which is of a very durable kind. The present invest-, ment is about $10,000. A number of small lumber com "panies operate from Hot Springs. Te largest plant is that of the ,'S, 'ng Creek LumVrr Corany, jt;ch represents an . . -st:..ct of about $10,000. . Thomas : Frisby and Lon Brooks are the owners. The firm cf W.'H., Ira and Roy Plemmons is one of the largest gen eral business concerns in , Madison County. ; Those men run a hotel, the hotel dining room,- an under taking establishment, a farm, gen eral merchandise store, a machine shop, have an interest in the local hosiery mill, and do considerable business in real estate. The three men represent three generations of the family. W. H. Plemmons ' is grandfather, Ira Plemmons is father, and Roy Plemmons- is the son. The Plemmons Hotel is a brick structure, with 16 gueBt rooms.' It was completed in November, 1925. Lon Brooks and. Son conduct a general mercantile business, with about $8,000 ' invested in stock. Mr. Brooks is also interested in the Spring Creek Lumber. Company. The Laute House is - ownkby Misses Georgia and Sue Lance who have a, system of cottages ' With about 35 rooms in all that operate for tourists and commercial travel ers. The cottages are located on Lawson Street. . i The Gentry Hotel is own-id and operated' by Mrs. Jane Gentry. It has about 10 guest rooms. V The McFee House, run by Mrs. P. T. McFee, has 10 rooms. '' .The Mountain Park Hotel which was a large factor in making this nraimttbu(ig" three years ago. It had about 400 rooms. The it,e of the old hotel offers a splendid opportunity for the establishment uf a ' new and modern , tourist hostelry. , There have been many rumors of projec ted plans . for a new and large tourist hotel, but nothing definite has aa yet been annonced.. J. E. Rumbough, te former owner ot the property, sold it about twaartd a half years ago to(7 Mrs.", B." M. Saffordof .Hot Springs. The famous hot springs are lo-. cated on this property, which is ') a level strip of land bordering on the left bank of the French llroad Riv er. The place, i very attractive, with fine old shade trees adding to the beauty of the grounds. " ' . The health giving ' waters are still being used by people who de sire to improve (heir phjaical con dition.' A bath house, containing eight private batbf, is maintained bv the owner aud aa attendant is kept there. The individual - pools are set in marble. Tho bath house was built about five years ago , and is open to the public 1 upon , pay ment Of a nominal fee The bath ing water comes from the famous mineral spring and is heated nat urally. , ; Because of these springs this town has been known from the early part of the last century as a Southern watering place. An old resident of Hot Springs declares that persons have come to Hot Springs i n rolling '-chairs, with swollen feet, or suffering from rheu matism and have gone away with in a few weeks free from uric acid These springs were - discovered long before the white man came to this country. The Cherokee In dians used the waters for medical purposes. Within the memory of citizens herd the Indians used to visit Hot Springs about twice a year.' The Indian Chief 'would 'come down Spring Creek, trailed by hundreds: of Indians, from the home of the tribe . back in . the mountain fastness. 'The sick of the tribe would be brought along, accompanied by the medicine men, and those in need of treatment would bathe in the bencficient wat ers that spring from the grounds within a few feet of . the French Broad River. , , ., ', The waters are said to be a great remedial agent in cases of dyspep sia, and a sufferer from , insomina and nervous disorders may expect to find relief, it is declared. An analysis of the water ' has been made by a prominent univers ity chemist and it shows as follows: chlciide of bodium, 1.0827 grains; chloride 0 f potassium, 0.6192 grains; sulphate of .potassa, 1.6192 grains; sulphate of lime, 120.0416 grainp; sulphate of magnesia 7 1001 bicarbonate of . ammonia, - traces; bicarbonate of lime, 9.010G grains; bicarbonate of iron, Q 1012 eram; phosphate of soda, traces ; alumina, 0 0385 grains; silicia, 3 1434 grains. Total solids 42.8031 grains, con tained in one U. S. gallon o 231 cubic inches. " This analysis shows the waters to be almost the same in mineral ingredients as the waters at Ho' Springs,- Va., " and Hot Springs, Ark., and they : differ little from those at Aix-Les Bains, The altitude of Hot Springs is 1,363 feet and the town is located in the heart of the Big Smoky Range of mountains. The wanu waters afforded by th e sp rins, and the cool climate, both as a result of natural causes, ,are conditions that are bard to beat in the loin tiou of a watering place. An interesting character of Hot ISpringshCPriW colored care taker of the and bath house. Garner,, who is 68 years old, looks no older than a man of 50. He has been employed here since 1883. He claims the. distinction of having been the Cr.H man' to advertise Asheville aud the beauties of the mountain , region. This was done when he was em ployed by the Western Nori h Car olina Railroad, now part of the Southern Railway System, to stand on the obstr nation platform of. trains and point out to visitors the different points of interest plong the route from Marion to Asheville Garner alto Friys that he was t he first man to call r" Western North Carolina t h e 1 "Switzerland '.of America " His work in advertis ing' Asheville was do:ie about the year 18S6 , New York n ewspapers at the time commented' on Garner and his euthu-aa-ft ie praise of the mountain sec. iou . : ' ; The Merchants Association of Hot Springs in publishing a hook- let dest'i'ibii g the aitractivencss of Hot Springs as a resort town "and and tolling of th opportunities of fered here in an , industrial way , The booklet is now on the press at Asheville! ? Officers of ' the Mer chants Association are a? fol lows : t O. P. Grubbs, president; L o n Brooks, vice president; A B. Mc Donnell, Secretary; W. T. Davis treasurer v Tim Association was organized one year ago. ; : f v The Hot Springs ' Power and Light Company, owned by u Mrs, J. M. Lance and sons, Frank and H 11. Lance, furnishes the ; lights and power fot Ho Spring. The company has been operating here for about 15 years, and anticipate building a big , water storage . to double the power.' ; A dam is to be built one mile aboye the present location, which is .one-half mile south-of town.. Work will begin soon and around $25,000 will be expended. The present invest ment represents about $30,000,' . The town of Hot Spring! " owns iljSbwn water wo1'8, which wene, itsta Jed about eiient years aao ai a cost of about $40,000 ; The wa. ters comes by gravity Jroin about three miles east of Hot Springs. The'pre?8ure is 117 piiuftds down town. : There is enough water to supply a population of 10,003. " Hot Spriugs also hus its rwn fir department. The equipmeht ion sists of a horse wagon ' and fome oilier iniiiKB iub vuiuuneci jno- men number 20. l- ' !The sewerage syBtem of Hot Springs was installed about eight years ago at the cost of $10,000. The telephone system is operated by the Spring Creek Telephone Com pany and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. J. D Hensley is now actiug May 01 Ot Hot Spiings. He is serving in place of Hoy Plemmons, who resigned a few weeks ago to da vote more attention to private buslpess. Mr. Plemmons was per haps th? youngest mayor in North Carolina, being only 25 years old. Besides the mayor there are three alderman: D. B Ducket, Julius Pikeahd Sam Alman. ' , , Th Dixie Highway passes through Hot Spi ings from Ashe ville to Knopville. This Highway is through one of the finest scenic sections on the American continent Asheville is 42 miles distant on this highway frbm Hot Springs. A new road is now being built from Greenville, Tenn., through Hot Springs and up Spring Cteek to. Waynesville. The work is be iug done by the state. The Ten nessee end is under construction and it is hoped that it will be com- tance from the Tennessee Pike in Green County, Tenn., to Waynes ville is about 40 miles. The road has sand and gravel, which con tains natural cement, thus giving a splendid road composition.'. Madison officials have done con siderable work on the toads of the county and there are now about 200 miles of improved roads in Madison The county is ' keeping the roads in very good Bhape. and. quite a bit of work has been done i n reloca ing and improving did roads. - , Ho Springs anticipates the pav ing of the main . thoroughfare of the town next year, The' pave uient, whieH ; will be of aaphalr, will cost about $25,000; and will be put down by the state.' : i To the disciple of Isaac Waltoi, the news that Spring Creek,,; thai runs by HotSprings, is alive with California trout will be welcome This statement ; is made on the authoiitiy of a resident of Hot Springi - ' In I egaid to echools Hot Springs has the following:. One free stand aid school of grammar grade. There are about 175 pupils, . . The Dorland-Bell Private School is run by the Northern Presbyte rian Board. - There are about 175 girl pupik and 60 boys, with 12 teachers'" Sehool opens about Sept ember!, and lasts for nine months. The equipment includes a dormi tory and a number of cottages. The investment represents about $100,000 in all. The school .has been located" here for about 25 years. A few .improvements, ag gregating some ' $1,0.000, are now under way. The Madison County' school board has about $30,000 in the bank to build a hi i school build' Ml I . . f I ..J I , . inor here, n wm De or pric ana I will contain about 10 classrooms. Work is expected to s'art in the near future. !v. Hot Springs has several good churches, if.. " ling the ' Baptint, Southern Method 8t;. the PreSby teriun, Episcopalian, and" Roman Catholic. , ' ,V The town is supplied by, eight passenKer traios each day by, the Southern Railway. This Company is now conducting the final survey work between Asheville and .Mor- ristown, Tenn.,. for the building of a double ,1rack line. ; From Hot Springs ro 'MarBhairtha double track will run on the western bank of. the river. Wnen the tracn is removed from the eastern side of the river it will mean that a new state highway will be ' opened up. Prospects are that the new rail road will go through sometime next yer. l he distance trom here to Marshall is 16 miles. United States Government air men were here rece ntiy and made and airplai e survey of the French Broad River. Photos were taken with a view to studing the possibi lities of water power development along the French Broad. There is a'drop of 714 feet in the Riyer be tween Asheville and the Tennessee line, a distance of 43 miles. Water power is badly needed on account of the fact that the pother that is now coming into Western North Carolina is supplied by power com panies running in a circle around the mountains to the East. The development of the French Broad River would mean a short , power line linking Chattanoogo, Knox- ville, Morristown, Greenville, Hot Springs, Marshall, Asheville and Chariot ie, and would be several miles shorter than the lines' now supplying this territory, , Thus the POK. would y hasupplied.-tjA cheaper price. . , i ' ' The United States .Government national forest reservation of about 40,000 acres is close to Hot Springs, is now being developed. It is lo cated in Majlis jn County, N. C , Greene County, and Unicoi County Tenn, Miles of trails are now being built. The expenditure will be around $15,000. Some 20 men are employed. The trails each to the tops of many high peaks aud wilt afford the tourists many op portunities for pleasure and recrea tion. Many of the peaks reach a height of five aud six thousand feet.: . Towers are being eroded for ob servation purposes to guard the forests against fire. These towers will also be used for scealc purpos es. From' the tower on Rich Mountain, withih four miles of Hot Springs, can1 be seen at night when electric lights are glowing, ; the fol lowing towns: Asheville,' Hender sonville, Waynesville, Cahton, Black Mountain, Greenville Tenn., Johnson City,;,Tenn. tNewpoit, Tenn , Knoxville, Tenn , and other places. - Madison County. haC a variety uf min?ral deposits. Thousands of ions ot limestone suitable for com mercial use and hydrated Jime and mineral salts ftie found in the County. Other minerals found are: barytes, used ; as a pigment for paint; iron ore and manganes, in scattered deposits; talc, garnet, and! many other minerals. Silver Mine Branch in this County, got its name from the Indians, flie le gend is that silvefnsed to be min ed on this branch, but no, traces of the mineral have been found. The branch is east of Hpt Springs, not far disfant. ? . . Hot Springs has. one bank. It is the Citizens Bank wilh capitalU tT..l!. Hii4 MD i zauon h .t, I The officers are: 4 E. It; ' Tweed, pre?ideft; and W . T. . Davis, cashier. A numter of n w residences are now going up in Hot Springs. Ja ob Peiffer, Prcident of iho Miller Tire and Rubber Company, of Ak ron, Ohio, recently purchased a plateau on the east side of town and expects soon to bui'd a Sum mer mansion, which w ill cost about $50,000. The plateau consists of slwut 1Q acres. T W. Rj Ellersun has just com- Dieted' a-large and haudsorae resid ence on an adjoining plateau. The house is on a tract of land 10 by 12 acres in extent. This coming Summer, Ira Plem mons expects .to build a 50 room hotel which will cost about $60,000. A company will be organized and the citizenship of the town will be asked to take stock in the co-operation. . The hotel will be located at the corner of Spring and Bridge Street. It wi'l be two stories high and made of brick. The ' buildirg will be so constructed as to allow for such additions as the growth of the town may justify. The hotel will be for both commercial guests and tourists. Water and bath will bd supplied in every room. Mr. Plemmons is one of the outstand ing business men of Hot Springs. The business he is now engaged in with his father and son was started in 1895 on a capital- of $85. An indication of the growth of the business is the fact that this year taxes to the extent of $1,000 were paid. ' i P. S. Harkins and C. D. Balch have begun shipping asphalt sand and concrete sand and gravel. nt 1 i-.j i j vYorn sianeu aooui ten oays ago, and some 10 men .arc now employ ed The plant is equipped to ship five cars day r and theia rest mem? is about $5,000. The material is secured about two miles north of TT . O ; ,1 nufc opiuigs, wuere mere are some 2000,000 yards of material on 36 acres ot land. 1 he land was cently purchased. ie- A Surprise Party A very pleasant surprise party was enjoed at the home of Miss Irma Henderson on Saturday eve ning, July ? 2 5 Refreshments were served and music and games were indulged in until a late hour. Among those- present were: 1 , ,-' Misses, Irene Linkous, Lula Chandler. Rachel Dockerv. Rrt.: Fortner, Lillie Drumheller, Lucy Fortner, Martha Hhisey, Jessie Lee Chand er, Sallie. Henderson, and Virginia 'McClu re. Messers, Charley Martin, Rom Fortner, Bates Henderson, Wal ter. Davis, Andrew Alien, Ernest Ramsey, Elmer Davis Otto Mc Devitt, and Albert fortner. . Still Captured A still was capture I on Meadow Foik by Mr. W. O. Coward De puty Sheriff, and Mr- Ed Ebbs. This gives great "relief, to the citizens of Meadow Fork. It was about 150 yards from the public road on the Patton Cabin branch. 1 , ERROR Through error Mr. W. C. Met-' I calf's land was advertised His i . . la naq Deen pa. a',
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