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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PULLIL ...j hi UADitM COUnTY VOL. XXI MARSHALL, M CDEC. 26, 1924 torn I'll 1. yd wiliilii L J W i - il cut tGH y il CAliOLIiJA PARTS OF SPEECH DELIVERED BY CON GRESS' IAN CHARLES L. ABERNETHY, 3d DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA, IN CONGRESS IN APRIL North Carolina from east'to west is 503 1-4 miles, with an average breadth of 100 miles,, with an area embracing 52,286 square miles of which 48,666 is land and 3,620 is water, and with a population of 2,559,123 at the present time. It has its mountains the equal of the Alps of Switzerland, -its western boundary containing mountains constituting a part of the great Appalachain chain which attains its greatest height, the high er, t peak east of the Rocky Mountains, with the towering Mount Llitchell. . . , The topography of our State may be pictured as'a declivity sloping down from an altitude of nearly 7,000 feet from the Smoky Mountains to the Piedmont Plateau, to the coastal plain, and to the Atlantic Ocean. - ,No better climate can be found anywhere. We are on the same parallel of latitude as the Mediterranean. As has been said of our State, "All the climates of Italy from the Palermo to Milan and Venice are represented." , - - - ! - The natural resources of North Carolina-compare favorably with any other State in the Union. We have a soil so diversi fied and so composed in connection with such favorable climatic conditions as to offer the greatest agricultural possibilities. . North Carolina in 1923 retained fourth rank in the United States in crop value. The total value of the principal nation al 22 crops being $375,710,000,and the total value of all the crops raised in North Carolina for 1923 was $431,500,000. The rank of the State's crops in 1909 as compared with other States was twenty-first in crop value, and in 1922 and 1923 it ranked fourth in crop value as compared with other States of the pnn cipal national 22 crops. : We find that in 1923 the average accrued value of crops in North Carolina was $59 per acre, and that in 1922 it was $48.60 per acre. In comparison with this showing we find the Middle Western States averaging in 1922 as follows, according to their national rank in the value of their 22 pnncipal crops : Texas, $27.50; Illinois, $20.15; Ohio, $23.60; Missouri, $18.50; North Carolina, $48.60. y North Carolina has the largest hosiery mills' in the world, North Carolina has the largest denim mills in the United Worth CaroIihaTias the largest tower mfltlff th"trortd 'at Kannapolis., ... North Carolina has the largest damask mills in the United States. . . , . .. North Carolina has the largest aluminum plant in the -world at badm. North Carolina has the largest underwear factory in .America. North Carolina has the largest pulp mill inihe United nates. - -, - l - North Carolina' has more mills that dye and finish their wn products than any other southern state. , L. North Carolina leads the world in the manufacture of to- jacco. ' - 1; . 'North Carolina has a total of more than 6,000 factories. These factories give employment to 158,000 workers, whose total annual wages amount to more than $127,000,000; North Carolina has $669,000,000 invested in manufact uring establishments. North Carolina leads every Southern State in the number of wage and salary earnera Again she leads the Southern States in the values added to the raw materials after process of manufacture: North Car olina, $417,000,000; Texaa, $296,000,000, Virginia, $269,000 000 ; and Georgia, $263,000,000. 1 ... North Carolina has the second largest hydroelectric power development in the world. .. " North Carolina consumes one-fourth of all the tobaccc used in manufacture in the entire United States. North Carolina pays one-fourth of all the tobacco taxes of the Union. In 1821 North Carolina paid the Government $80,000,000 tobacco tax, more than any other State in the Union. New York the next paid only $45,000,000. North Carolina manufactures more cigarettes than any other State in the Union. One North Carolina city manufactures more tobacco than any other city in the world. North Carolina leads the South in the number of furniture factories ; in the capital invested ; the number of operatives em ployed; the. variety of products, and the value of the annual output. ' ' North Carolina has more cotton mills than any State in the Usion. We are second m the value of cotton manufactures. 0?.y cse other city in the United Ltates manufactures more f ivet" n :s North Carolina cities. : llzi' i Czrc.'. rsr.l:s fifth in; the value of agricultural count: -s i t. 3 U,::-i. - . " The North Carolina tobacco was of more value last year From Walnut Creek Messrs. Wiley and Albert Buckner 'made a flying trip to Hunter ' Creek last Thursday after a dog. ,-,. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sprinkle and family have moved to Weaverville. Their neighbors are sorry to see them leave.; Mr. Posey Wild made a trip to Mars Hill last Sunday. . Miss Ellen Navy was a visit or at the home of Miss Nannie West Sunday. Mr. Winston Rice made a trip to Newport, Tenn., Sunday visiting relatives. "r ' ' Mr. Everrett Rice was visit- ing his sister , last week, Mrs. Cora Kilpatrick. - t Mr, Judson Reece was in Marshall Friday on business. I Mr. Robert Blazer is hanging hs cap up at Miss Nannie Ball's. ' , ' Miss Pearl Sprinkle, one of oqr teachers, has quit teaching hr school and has gone to weaverville with her parents. Mr. Sam Buckner iriade a flying trip to town Saturday. : ' (Miss Emeline and , Lloyd race made music last week at the home of Mr. George Reece, on the guitar and violin. 1 ? Successful Tarheel farmers are studying the .bulletins issued by the S. te ' College Experiment Station ai 1 .Extension Service. A card to tL editor, extension division, Ral- e! h, will bring your copy of the list of free publications. V. in pt.v ether Etate. TT-rf'i (".am. in a ranks ihWA in t.hp r.rftdip.tinn of anr rh.nm r :anut3 tnd sweet potatoes in the United btates. Nrrlh Care lira has crown more corn to-the acre than any r " rr Etata in the Union. ITcrth Caronlina lsads the Union in .the number of debt- IT : i C?rolina ranVs first in the value and quantity of : ":a i r:.i:Ar.2 15 per cent cf all mica mined in Ameri- ITrrlh C:rc" r-V. rrc I. ::1 ii 1' 3 U: t;l3 i c. .- .i f .r Zrii in the value and quality of mill- Owning V.i C?ro!Ir.a demands the' highest i.ii' 3 U-".teJLlates. - ' , h v :r' 1 far-.ed es a tourist and I:i jt.;.-r; . -1 ci:.::t3; err healthy ; c :r pv3 cry;:l wstrr; the beauty l r " ' ! '!; r-.-'..3 th;3 e:cUct Cobb, Bud Fisherand others look upon eastern North Carolina as the greatest hunting ground Mn America. Eastern North Carolina nas lamous seashore reports, and the health resort and playgrounds at Pinehurst and Southern Pines are known all over the country. i i : . .The forests of North Carolina" are incomparable. Nineteen minion six nunarea tnousand acres and 43,000,000,000 feet o: Sfx -I' xi.1 e, are more vane"efi of trees than in any other State in the Union. , F - " xt .Jh commercial value of the fisheries as estimated by the ..w. ... v.vuu i uuEuco wiuiuiKiiya la Boineinmg over 84, 000,000 per year. Of this amount $677,775 was due to shell fish, such as oysters, clams, scallops and so forth. -- There are 50,758 miles of public roads in North Carolina we are wen to the forefront on the good roads movement. In ivii tne state appropriated $50,000,000 for good roads, and supplemented tins amount in 1923 with $15,000,000 more. No other Southern State can compare with us in this matterl We are today building more than 6,000 miles of hard surface and When I speak of the mineral wealth of Nnrh r.s feel Bure very few appreciate it fully.- It is not generally known that we have in North Carolina 184 different varieties of native minerals. Practically every , known mineral in the United States and some not found elsewhere can be found in North Carolina, uur mineral production has amounted to many mil lions yearly. We possibly have more inland waterways than any other Ol.l. 1 XI TT! 1 ii -w-i i m . . oune in me union ana tne reaerai uovernment has recognized meir vaiue Dy spenaing minions of dollars upon them for their improvement and development . As far as can be ascertained there is at the present time water power development in North Carolina of approximately 450,000 horsepower. Of this amount 80,000 horsepower is transmitted, for use outside the State; 113,000 horsepower is used chiefly by the producer locally, leaving approximately 257,000 horsepower available for general industrial and public use. inis output oi water power in North Carolina has in creased about 40 percent from 1919 to 1922. There is probab ly an equal amount of power produced bv steam Dlants. The demand for power is rapidly increasing and North Carolina should furnish a considerable percentage of this future demand and it can n the streams are investigated so as to determine the most elhcient method of developing their power, and then de velop it in accordance with this method. While several of the larger water powers in North Carolina have already been developed there still remains large available undeveloped powers. The maximum potential water power oi jNortn uaronna is estimated at 875,000 horsepower, and the maximum, power with storage at 2,000,000 horsepower. (This interesting data was furnished me by Col. Joseph Hvde Pratt. . C12 i- - t A M T .lt. 1" V 'j lurmer oiaie jreoiogisi oi iNOirn uarouna.; : vi Kr. ELANTON, Will the gentleman yield? Mr. ADERNATHY, Gladly. : i Mr. BLANTON, I notice the gentleman refrains from men tioning one subject. . Mr. ACL" NAT! IY. What is that? Mr. BLANTON. Have vou no bathinsr beach beauties in North Carolina. Mr. ACEHNATIIYr The prettiest in the world! 1 thought was dealing with statistics and not with the things which beautify the earth. But we have some very beautiful women in North Carolina. ; :Mr. BLANTON, Those are the most important statistics any State has..' ''-U: i:: : .; ' ! . ABEHNATIIY, We do not call them statistics in North Carolina; we call them by.a different name. We call them bathing beauties. . I thank the gentleman again for the inter ruption, as he brought out something I had overlooked, al though 1 did not intend to overlook it. ' North Carolina and South Carolina have far outstripped all the other States of the Southeastern group in the develop ment of hydroelectric power, according' to 1923 figures com piled for industry. In these two States the total c :-velo?mnt 13 911,400 North Carolina 458,000 and South Carolina 4C2, C30. The total for the remaining eight States, including Geor ria, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, 1 lorida, and Mississippi, -is. 1,007,800. Thus it is shown th?.t the electricity developed by water power in the Carolinas almost eiuals the combined output of the eight other States. .; Conser vative esustates give the -potential horsepower of the two (Jar ollnas t 1.CC2.C CO North Carolina 875,000 and South Car olina 677,C " 3. Of the States east cf the Mississippi, North Car- clma is lea only ty liew rone in Hydroelectric development. Urprcceicnte J industrial growth is largely responsible for thi3 rnsri:atl3 development and use cf electnc power i i V i VW. . tVS .. I. II. J A . KfA U.. WK... 'MuA V.z Utility Ir,rcn.-.5.tlcn Bureau. Expar;icn cf i.i- MILT. B.-RAMSEY; CASHIER, 07 THE BANK 0? FRENCH BROAD OF MAR SHALL HEADS BANKERS; OF SK ' ' ' TEEN COUNTIES , . It is with a great ; deal of pride that the News-Record takes notice of hononT bestow ed on citizens of its town,. . The election of Mr. W. B. Ramsey, cashier of the Bank of French Broad, as president of Group Ten of the North Carolina Bankers Association, brings an honor ,to our townsman that is well deserved ami oae in which all rour peoplft should ' feel: proud. In. ITarshall and in other parts of lladisoh County we have j tb Idnd of people who are. recognized by the the peopla who know them, ag possessing t h o s e qualities which, -win for themselyejs honojr" - ', . . - : sixteen counties ' are repre sented in Group No. Tea in fact air Western North. Caro lina and many strong backs are in these Counties.; That Mar shall's cashier should, be chosen out of all the n.umber repre sented shoi the stuff that Marshall people, are made of and shows how. the cashier of the Bank of French Broad stands in the estimation of the banks of this group. The Asheville paper, in giving an account of the meeting displays "nnr daable-columh headHiie"H,Tr! B. Ramsey, Cashier of the Bank of French . Broad, Marshall Heads Bankers of Group Ten;" following which it reads as follows: Election of W, B. Ramsey, of Marshall, as president; address by J. M. Broughton, prominent Raleigh attorney, and selection of Hendersonville for the sum mer meeting were the out standing features of the an nual meeting of Group Ten, North Carolina Bankers associ ation, at the Battery Park hotel last night. Mr. Ramsey, who is cashier of the Bank of French Broad, Marshall, succeeds J. E. Neal, of Marion, as president. W. O. McGeachey of the Biltmore- Oteen bank, was elected vice president7 and Roy F. Ebbs, of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, Asheville, was re- elected secretary-treasurer, The. executive committee is composed of R. F." Younir. Hendersonville; F. Rease, Can ton; and' Russell C. Davis, of Asheville. Hendersonville was the unanimous choice for the summer - meeting. The date will be selected by the execu tive committee. -A From tW Asheville Normal An Error Corrected News-Record, Marshall, N. C, It is an absolute mistake, that I myself and Miss Mary Wilson .were secretly married in September. I am not mar ried at all. . This December 19, 1924. RILEY RAMSEY Christmas vacation for the' Atihewaie Normal began t)ec-: embr 19 and will last until January 6, 1925."; -' -: ' Among those- to return to iKarshall were: Misses Mamie aad Nettie Tweedy Mary Usk enbee, Lucy DavH ? Fay and Ada'Silver.'1 " - : The ' formal girls whdr are from Marshall have enjdyed reading the News-Record very much, and wish those concern ed in its management a very happy Christmas. . IF I WERE A POET AT CHRISTMASTIME If I were made of poet's stuff, And rhymes and songs could .. - 7 -.,1 , - n lr r I'd write a jolly song I know," About a Christmas cake. Of toys and books I'd make a rhyme, ' : Of nuts and candy free ' tfcinManake -ther Dells" -to-chime, On every Christmas tree. Of little boats and tiny trains That go and make a noise,' Of dolls for girls and pretty . jchains . And hammers for the boys. Of apples, fruits and nuts and such That fill the stockings gay, And all the things that fill our minds On every Christmas day. think I'd sing of the Christ Child, . j How in the straw he. lay While the angel throng, to the shepherds mild Sang praises on that day. And maybe I'd sing of another man . , Who knows our girls and boys, And the girls and boys in other lands Our good friend Santa Claus. But I'm not made of the poet's stuff, I can't get c my words to rhyme, Nor make my sentences long - enough -To fit with the merry chime. FLORENCE TROUTMAN, Normal Class '2S. We thank our friends and customers for their patronage during the past year, and extend our best wishes for a " Fnosrnnous new year n t I-'--'.- C r : ' -1 i3 a ' rc -.t p lace I V- 'i . . ., r' ... r i TM...r t. - j i i r i eu: tlva :at:. .-it..3
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