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Volume XV Lenoir, N. C, Tuesday, September 9, 1913 No. 88
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS
HARPER FURNITURE CO.
A Sketch of One of Lenoir
Oldest Manufacturing
Establishment.
EXCURSION TO EDGEMONT.
LUTZ IMPROVEMENT CO.
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Delightful Outing in Our Own
Beautiful country. A Region
of Great Possibilities.
Plans for Developing Fine Pro
perty in Western Part
of Town.
Items of Interest to The People
of Lenoir and Cald
well County.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
Item From Our Regular Corres
pondent and Neighboring
County Paper.
YADKIN VAI.I.KY.
Mr. Lawrence Harlow has
been suffering with acute neu
ralgia in the face but is recover
ing now.
Two fanners state they have
gathered their second crop of
alfalfa and hoi' to have another
big harvest next month.
The Patterson School began
its fall term Tuesday under its
new corps of teachers and full
classes. More pupils will enter
later.
Volunteer workmen have been
repairing the mountain road en
joying a picnic a.s an inducement
to help the cause of "Good
Roads." Much good is accom
plished. Mr. R. T. Lenoir has been
summoned to Lincolnton as a
witness in a railway suite.
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W A T A I ' G A .
(Watauga Drmoc r at . )
Mrs. Link of Lenoir, with her
three attractive little daughters,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Norris.
Mr. H. C. Landon, Chief En
gineer and General Manager of
the Watauga and Yadkin River
Railroad, and Mr. R. H. May
nard, photographer of North
Wilkesboro, arrived in town
Monday. They have been tak
ing views of the railroad and of
scenic points along the lines,
and will take pictures in and
around Boone that will be of
interest. They will remain in
this vicinity for several days,
Mr. R. H. Parker, who is now
in verv leable health, was
caught out in the heavy rain
fall Tuesday, and was seized
with a" dizziness, falling to the
ground, where he remained un
til sometime after the storm had
passed. The water rushed
around him in great volumes,
but fortunately for the splendid
old citizen it did not reach his
lace, lie tinally succeeded in
reaching home, and, although
tearfully chilled, he was soon
warmed up, and is now feeling
no evil effects from the trying
experience.
In Lenoir in the year 169
there was organized the Lenoir
Furniture Co., a stock company,
with Mr. .1. M. Bernhardt as the
moving factor in this new en
terprise. The company started
the manufacturing of furniture
on the site of the present plant
of the HarH'r Furniture Co. parlor cars
The above concern conducted comfortably
It was the pleasure of The
News man to get onto the big
excursion run last Saturday
from Hickory to Kdgemont. by
Rev M. N. Cooke, pastor of
the West Hickory Baptist
church. The train consisted of
seven coaches, including two
md they were all
rilled. Mr. Cooke
the business for about a year took a census of the crowd on
but with no great financial sue- board just before getting to
it - . I t i 11 ill,,
cess and cnanging management .Mortimer amine nau m pas-
a number of times. senders. At the latter place
About this time the business fully a score got aboard which
was bought by Harper A: Son made him a round ,"U or more
and ran under this stvle until The crowd was all jolly and
March liKM, when the business well behaved and Mr. Cooke
was reorganized and the style of handled them like a veteran con
the concern changed to the Har- ductor. Capt. T. K. Nichols
er Furniture Co., under which was on the engine and he fully
name and management it is still realized the precious load he
doing business. was pulling and held his engine
April Hi 11 the factory suffered w ith an unusually steady hand.
a severe loss by tire and in fact The scenery along the route
was practically destroyed. After is very tine and was much ad
these losses were adjusted the mired by all on board. The
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management uougm una m oeauiuui .wuioerrv anu jonns
stalled new and modern much in River Valleys were especially
ery in every respect and the admired by those interested in
buildings were repaired or re tine farming lands, while the
built and the plant put on a rustic beauty and grandeur of
modern basis from office to en- the Wilson Creek Gorge brought
gine room. forth many and loud exclama-
1 he Harper furniture to , Hons ot admiration. this is
when it was first established as truly a favored section for rich
the Lenoir Furniture Co., was at scenery and we venture that
that time one of the tirst furni- there are hundreds of dwellers
ture factories in the State of in Lenoir who have never had
North Carolina and it still con the pleasure of a trip over the
tinues to hold its rank among Carolina A North -Western to
the tirst. Under the able man- Kdgemont the terminus of the
agementof Mr. Geo. F. Harper line.
the business is prosering and The rugged grandeur and
at present is employing some- majesty of the Wilson Creek
thing like fifty hands all of Gorge, where the tumbling wa
whom receive good wages. The ters and jagged cliffs present an
output of this factory annually ever changing panorama of
amounts to from $100,(XX to beauty, is worth traveling miles
i
$l-r,(XX) and which is shipped to to see. There are evidences of
furniture dealers from Maine to thrift and improvement all along
Florida and from east to west, the line, especially at Mortimer
The output consists of all kinds where the big lumbering opera
of medium and cheap bedroom tions of The Ritter Lumber
furniture, and all this is made Company gives employment for
Mr. (His I Lutz, Cashier of
the First National Bank and one
of lnoir's most progressive and
successful business men. has re
eentlv organized the Lutz lui-
pn)vement Company, for the
pUrOse of developing the beau
tiful suburban property in the ;
western part of town known as
the .1. M. Powell place.
Mr. Lutz has acquired this
valuable property consisting of.
about Hi acres and is now plan
ning to lay it out in lots and i
make it an attractive residential
part of I-noir. He has already
had three or four cottages
erected and is planning to build
twenty just as fast as the work
can he done. 1 he cottages will
be four and six room houses and
have electric lights, water and
modern conveniences. It is
planned to put in good streets
and cement walks and make the
settlement in every way desir
able and pleasant. Mr. Lutz
then proK)ses, so we understand,
to sell these cottages to reliable
parties on -the installment plan
accepting in payment monthly
payments. This is a most com
mendable step and while the
promoters will, no doubt, make
good money out of the ven
ture, at the same time it will af
ford many persons to acquire a
home for almost what they would
otherwise pay eut for rents.
This is the way to build up a
town and the action of the Lutz
Improvement Company is most
commendable.
Miss L K Archer of HendVr
son vi He. is visiting Mrs. W. B.
Watson
Squirrel hunting the lending
sxrt now among some of our
local n::r.ruds.
MOUGANTON.
i Mm aiituii Mfssi'iit-r. I
The order of Woodmen of the
World is growing rapidly in this
section. A camp has just been
organized at Connelly Springs
with nineteen members. Appli
cation has been sent off for the
organization of a camp at Drexel
with twenty eight members.
( ne of the worst storms of the
season passed over this section
Fndav atternoon. l here was
an abundance of electricity, fol
lowed by a heavy rain and wind.
During the storm lightning
struck the corner of Mr. J. C.
McDowell's residence, but the
damage was very slight. Just
north of the Catawba river the
wind plaved havoc with the
corn crop and it was considera
bly damaged.
The many friends of Mr. T. G.
Cobb will be pained to learn
that Ins condition was not so
favorable as first thought when
he returned from the hospital at
Statesville a few days ago. In
fact he was not well as he
thought and after his arrival
home he continued to take a
turn for the worse and it was
necessary for him to return to
the hospital Monday. It is to
be hoped, however, that the
treatment this time will result
in a permanent cure.
hundreds of hands. The luin
her is piled high on all sides
and the logging trains and buzz
of the big band mills make it a
scene ot unusual activity. i he
only thing marring the land
scape and attractive beauty oi
the mountains and gorge about
this part of the route, are the
denuded mountain sides which
roni start to tiuish here in Le
noir.
The management is now build
mg a new varnish room wn
adds much to the convenience
of the plant the old room hay
mg become too snial I to take care
f the fast growing business.
The manager, Mr. G. F. Har
per took the News reporter over
this now extensive plant and have been devastated by tirt
what we saw was sufficient to causing the death of much young
i
show that this is one of our most timber and giving one a pang of
important and interesting es sadness at the apparent waste
tablishnients and it is destined thus entailed. We understand
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to become even more so as tune however the lumber company
advances. Lenoir is fortunate contends that it is necessary to
in having such a manufacturing burn the laps and off fallings
plant in its limits and equally from the logging operations in
more so in having such enter- order to protect their finished
prising and progressive men lumber from forest fires. At
wh compose this concern, as its Kdgemont there are evidences
citizens.
FARMERS OF THIS SECTION.
Beware of purchasing unguar
anteed seed oats or "feed oats
that are good enough for seed."
Sometimes such seed will ger
minate but frequently find a lot
in which not one seed in a iound
will come up and, not infrequent
ly, every seed is dead.
(let a written guarantee that
the oats are all right for seed
ami are sold for seeding purpos
es, otherwise pay only the prict
of feed oats and give them to
your mule.
of progress and improvements.
Several new cottages have re
cently been built and Mr. Bar
ber the proprietor of the Kdge
mont Inn is still adding much to
the convenience and attractive
ness of this popular place. He
has doubled the capacity of the
hotel this summer by building
several new dormitories and
cottages and has installed a
modern and efficient electrk
Bandit Tke $16,000 From Deputy.
Columbia, S. C. Sept. 5.
Three men, each armed with
two revolvers, late today held
up a deputy sheriff and two em
ployees of the J. G. White Con
struction Co., of Parr Shoals, "JO
miles from here and took from
them $lb(XX)in currency which
had been intended to meet the
n r i ,..i-i, lighting system adding this fea
payroll of the company, which
i i ture the other modern conven
is building a huge power dam
there. Tonight 7(H) employees hnces ot the hotel. (Hi there
of the com nan v. together with turn trip we had the pleasure of
the sheriffs and deputies of four meeting Mr. C. K. Crosby, tin-
has an eye out all the time for
the welfare of his line and its
patrons and has great things in
mind for the future development
of his road and ihe territory
served by it, it the business oi
the line increases with sufficient
rapidity to justify the expendi
ture and the public mind is not
so biased by political agitators,
that the railroads can not get
justice, in the courts and finan
cial centers.
He is now installing an 0 ton
Rock Crushing plant at Gorge
where he will in a few weeks
not only be ready to put stone
ballast on the railroad, but be in
position to supply towns, cor
porations and individuals with
crushed stone of the very best
juality. He hopes also to have
a large Granite Quarry started
before a great while aear the
same place, where the supply of
the stone in the rough is unlim
ited. He is in a position to of
fer especial inducements to par
ties wishing to engage in this
kind of business. He chafees
under the great waste of power
that is now running away along
the cascades and falls of Wilson
Creek and Johns River and
hopes the day is not far distant
counties with bloodhounds, are
hunting for the robbers. .1. C.
.loyner, the deputy sheriff, re
sisted the bandits and was shot,
the bullet taking effect in the
thigh. His wound is not seri
ous.
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emeicui su ei uueuueni oi tin
railroad. Mr. Crosby is a na
tive of Kentucky and while yet
a young man, has had much
railroad experience and is a
"Live wire" in his business. He
Business locals in Tie- News j
are business gftters Kw-ry j
one reads then'
Mr. Hill Grubb of Kings
Creek, was a business visitor to
our town Saturday.
Mrs Carter Council of the
j Valley, is visiting her sister,
M rs. Walter 1 .enoir.
Miss Gertrude Hall of lenoir,
visited relatives here this week.
Hickory Democrat, 4th.
Mrs. A. M. Powell and daugh
ter, Miss Consie, were visiting
relatives in town last Friday
and Saturday.
Miss Lillie Healan, who has
been visiting her sister. Mrs. J.
W. Moose, returned home Thurs
day morning. Hickory Demo
crat, 4th.
The Rural Mail Carriers state
ihat the roads over the county
are in the worst condition they
have seen them at any time dur
ing the summer months, and
are only equaled by winters
weather.
The News wants to again im
press on the public the impor
tance of phoning in news items
to this office. Kvery piece of
news, no matter how insigniti
cant it may seem- to you, has
its importance to some one else
who reads the paier.
Ihe Sunday School picnic
which passed through here Sat
urday morning from Hickory
was well patronized. There
were seven coaches on the train
and all seemed to be pretty well
tilled. The excursion ran to
Kdgemont for the days outing
Last Thursday afternoon tin
two children ot .Mr. l.ran liar
nett who lives a lew miles troiii
this place, strayed from their
home and were unable to b
found until late Friday after
noon, when they were discover
ed to be at the home of Mr. Ivey
Marr. Considrrahlc anxiety
was felt about them during their
ihsence. The older child is a
girl about (. years and the young
er a boy.
Mr. Steele tells us the new
Steele Cottrell Building is all
rented and will be occupied as
soon as completed. Squires &
Whisnant, will occupy the two
front rooms on the second floor
for law offices and the rear part
of the second floor will be used
by the Pythians as a lodge
room. The building is one of
Lenoir's latest and most con
suieuous improvements and
tills the last vacancy around tin
public square.
The Catawba County New
writing of the opening of Ca
tawba College at Newton has
the following to sav of one of
our well known citizens: "Pres
ident Andrew was master of
ii .1.1
ceremonies, tie presented tne
chairman of the Board of Trus
tees. Dr. McNairy ot lienoir.
The speaker referred to the
past and the work the college
had done. The character of the
men who had gone out from the
school. He extended a hearty
welcome on behalf of the trus
tees to the old and the new stu
ap
The Agricultural A Mechani
cal College at Raleigh opened
last week with a large enroll
ment irul .t is thought the num
ber will reach si bv the time
schoo! ir well started.
A barge loaded with lumber
was caught in last weeks storm
off the North ".wo! :n i coast and
as nothing has been heard from
the crew of four men, it is
thought they were drowned.
The Legislature will convene
in extra session Sept. "Mth, os
tensibly to adjust freight rate
discriminations. But look out
and watch the news from Ral
eigh during the sitting of the
body and you will see much
ibout the next political cam
paign, who is to be governor.
senator etc.
Hot Springs, Arkansas was
visited by a very disastrous fire
ast week destroying property
to value of four to six million
dollars. The governor of the
state has issued an appeal for
help to care for the destitute
and homeless. The fire started
in a negro cabin and burned ov
er (K) acres of buildings.
The Wilkesboro Patriot is
urging the commissioners oi
Wilkes to stop the practice of
leasing the convicts to other
counties and employ them on
the roads of Wilkes. There was
never any sounder advice for
any county. Buncombe has
profited no little because some
of the counties preferred not to
work their convicts. Asheville
Citizen Gazette.
Asheville, Sept. 3. --Col. Sam
uel Tate, one of the promoters
of the Transcontinental Rail
way, hanged himself today
about 1 o'clock at his apartments
at the Manor hotel. Members
of the family returning to their
rooms found his body hanging
in the bath room, with a note
telling them of what he intend
ed doing. Colonel Tate had
suffered with rheumatism for
many years. Mirviving are
the w idow and two daughters.
Miss Louise Tate, of Asheville,
unl Mrs. Bowden of New York.
when the waters will be har
nessed and electric power he
supplied to a large surrounding
territory. Great iHissibilitie
are abundant in this favored r
gion for inanufacturies that need dents. His remarks w
only the developing hand of ; propriate and were well rcceiv
capital. cd by the audience."
I
SHERIFF ICARD RESIGNS.
Yesterday Sheriff .1. P. Icard
tendered his resignation to that
office to take effect at once and
Mr. Jerome A. Triplett was ap
pointed by the county commis
sioners to till the vacancy. Mr.
Icard will we understand give
his time to his private interests
which are quite large in the
southern part of the county,
We do not know that he will
move his family from town but
supixwe he will not, at least at
the present time. Mr. Triplett
who succeeds him has been a
candidate for the office in times
past and from the flattering
vote he received is quite popu
lar over the county. He is a
man capable of making a good
officer and will no doubt till the
place acceptably.
Sheriff Icard tendered his res
ignation in favor of Mr. Triplett
and the hitter's aplointnient to
this high and responsible ixsi
tion was no suprise to his many
friends.
A correspondent says that
Huerta's face grows on you
while he converses. We don't
want him to talk when we are
anywhere around. We don't
want his face to grow on us.