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Volume XV ' . ' Lenoir, N. C, Friday, September 26, 1913 ' , No. 930 ' j
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WITH THE CORRESPONDENTS.
Items From Our Regular Coi-res
pondenU and Neighboring
County Papers.
BLOWING ROCK.
(By did Hurrygraph.)
Blowing Rock, N. C, Sept.
25. For one solid week Jennie
and all the rest - of femininity,
fend masculinity as welj, waited
for "the clouds to roll by."
During this time Blowing Rock
was enveloped in a dense cloud;
so dense that you could not cut
it with a case knife. But the
sun finally broke through, and
beamed; on us again, bringing a
joy that was relished to a degree
equal to that of a lover who has
not seen his sweet heart in six
months. J. Lee Hayes, famil
iarly known to his intimate
friends on the mountains as
"Windy Lee," is a contractor
and builder who has built many
beautiful cottages up here, and
has contracts for many more,
just keeps right on at work,
when the clouds are so thick he
could not see his hands before
him. The hands before him
were shingling the Archie Per
ry cottage, which is being re
paired for occupancy next sea
son. They shingled on with a
hearty good will, in the density
of the cloud, and used up the
quantity of shingles ordered, and
still their work appeared not to
be-finished. Mr. Hayes sup
plied them with equally as many
more shingles and the work
went on with vigor. When the
mist broke and moved off, Mr.
Hayes noticed he had a shed-
shaped roof extending a con
siderable distance over and be
yond one side of the cottage-
covering a space large enough
to shelter several hundred peo
ple. Mr. Hayes wondered, and
expatiated on the "how cum" of
such a piece of work. Mr.
Hayes had simply shingled a
cloud, and the cloud had moved
off and left the rooting "high
and dry," a way the Blowing
Rock clouds have of doing.
The construction force, set
ting the poles for the new tele
phone line from Lenoir to Blow
ing Kock, reached here Thurs
day, and set up the last pole on
that afternoon, rne wire is
being rapidly strung, and the
wire pullers and stringers are
expected to finish that work this
week. Two telephone stations
will be opened here right away
and the familiar "hello!" of the
larger cities will be heard in the
Watauga Inn and the telegraph
office, and then Blowing Rock
will have her say over the long
distance.
I sa w a little mountain boy
driving cows home. Une cow
was belled. I asked him what
Che bell was on her neck for
He said: "To ring the calves up
at milking time." A new one
on me.
Frank i.lars, and Frank
has a perfect right to holloa, for
a heavily loaded wagon ran ov
er his right' foot and mashed his
toes severely. The accident
happened Wednesday, but Mr
Hollars is able to go about by
using a crutch.
Little Emily Dewy Mitchell,
of New Bern, at the Watauga
Inn, sat for some time on the
Ian of a young man who was
smoking a cigarette, and then
went toner mother, who ve
marked: "Emily, you smell like
a cigarette." Emily's mother
is an insistant crochetist, and
EmlLv aulckb replied: "Moth
er you smell just like a croche
needle." Quite clever, think
yon, for a five year older?
C. B. Denson andT. M. Hutt,
of the U. S. and State Agri
cultural Departments, were up
here Wednesday, Thursday and
riday, on their annual tour of
inspection and observation for
the benefit of their departments.
hey visited the Cone estate
and' inspected the orchards.
hey did not give out the re
suit of their observations.
Mr. Scott Perkey of Battle
Creek, Mich., who with his
wife has been camping on the
mountains for several months,
is so well pleased with Blowing
Rock and the beauty of the
scenery of this highly favored
section of the state, that last
Saturday he bought a lot from
Mr. Abernethy of Hickory, for
$1,200, having 200 feet front by
00 feet deep, in the village of
Blowing Rock, and in the near
future will erect a neat cottage,
preparatory to spending his
summers up here. Mr. Perkey
is a son of the Shreded Wheat
man, of Battle Creek, Michigan,
and he knows a good thing, and
a good place to keep cool, when
he sees it. Blowing Rock has a
bright future before it, and is
attracting new friends, and new
citizens every year. Good
roads, and pleasant and agreea
ble accommodations, with cour
teous treatment to all new com
ers, traveling this way, will
make many more.
HUDSON NOTES.
Jack Frost arrived but no se
rious damage was done.
Mr. Z. V. Johnson has bought
property from Mr. Kistler. We
understand that Mr. Kistler has
bought property in Morganton
and will move there in the near
future.
Rev. J. A. Yount filled his
regular appointment at the
Lutheran church Sunday.
Billie Griffin is off on a pleas
ure trip, driving two nice steers
to Hickory.
Mr. Steele Greer of Grandin
City, visited friends and rela
tives here over Sunday.
Mr. Thomas W. Thornburg,
of Morganton spent several
days in Hudson last week.
Mrs. W. J. Palmer of North
Wilkesboro is visiting her par
ents and other relatives.
Mr. Doc Lingle says that pos
sums and sweet taters are
getting ripe and a lew more
frosts will put them in tip top
shape.
Mrs. u. ti. inornDurg was
away last week buying her fal
ancf winter millinery.
The patrons of the Hudson
graded school are requested to
be on the school grounds Satuc
dav. 27th. for the purpose of
cleaning off the grounds and
shaping up around the building
Also the ladies will give a Box
Supper the proceeds of which
will go to the school in a way
that will benefit it most. Let
every body come out and help,
Mr. Lee Dagenhart is in town
looking out for a house. He
expects to move soon.
Mr. J. L. SUrmon went to
Granite Falls on business.
Mr. Ed. Rutledge and family
are visiting in Lincolnton this
week.
Mrs, S. Bumgarner died sud
denly at the home of Mr. L,
Starnes at the age of 84 years,
and was buried here the 19th.
Subsoribe for the News.
OCAL UT PERSONAL NEWS.'
terns of Interest to The People
of Lenoir and Cald
well County.
Frost appeared here Tuesday
morning in plenty.
Hauling wood and coal is now
the order of the day.
Mr. R. B. Blackwelder of
Hickory, was in Lenoir Tuesday
morning on business.
Mr. W. D. Cloninger of Hud
son, was an agreeable caller at
this office one day this week.
The hardware stores enjoyed
a rush in the stove and heater
business the first of the week.
Messrs. Howard and Don
Yates of Mortimer, were promi
nent business visitors here Sat
urday.
Mr. G. M. Goforth left Tues
day morning for North Wilkes
boro, to attend trie Wilkes
County Fair.
Mr. R. T. Lenoir one of the
prominent citizens of the Valley
was transacting business in Le
noir Tuesday.
Mr. J. G. Ballew, of Bal
timore, came to Lenoir Sunday
and left for Boone, where he
went to see friends.
Mr. Heim Hoke reports hav
ing seen quite a little ice Tues
day morning in the gutters on
the roof of Dr. Kent's home.
Messrs. E. M. Hukill and Geo.
L. Hadlock were among the
prominent Lenoir visitors to the
Wilkes County Fair this week.
The iNews has received many
new subscriptions on account of
the special offer for the paper
from now until January 1st for
only 25c.
The autos which have had a
rest during the past week on
account of the rain and mud be
gan to make their appearance
on the streets again Monday
The Lenoir Book Store wil
move next week, into thir
handsome new store room on
West Main street. They had
expected to move this week
The stnets during the recent
rains were in a terrible condi
tion. Is it possible that we wil
have to pass through another
winter with the streets like they
were last winter.
Mrs. W. L. Minish of Lenoir
and her sister, Miss Lizzie Kin-
caid who recently returned from
Washington, D. C. were the
guests of their aunt, Mrs. P. A.
Hoyle, at Newton Sunday.
Yesterday and today are in
teresting ones for the ladies o
Lenoir and vicinity as the milli
nery openings, in which all la
dies are very much interested
take place on these two days
Dr. J. L. Murphy of Hickory
will preach in the Reformed
Church in Lenoir, every night
next week except Saturday
night. The hour will be 7:30,
All are cordially invited to hear
him.
The News wants all its friend
and readers to can, send or
phone their news items into
this office. We will appreciate
it and others will also who are
interested. Many good items of
news are never made public be
cause the person knowing them
feels that they are not of suffi
cient importance to be printed
for the public. Let us be the
judges of this matter, at least,
and when you have any one
visiting you or some one goes
away from your home just le
us know all about it
WILSON LUMBER& MILLING CO.
Another One of Caldwell's Old
est and Substantial Busi
ness Enterprises.
Tuesday of this week The
News man had the pleasure of
visiting the offices and plant of
the Wilson Lumber & Milling
Co., located north of the depot
in Lenoir. This is possibly the
oldest manufacturing industry
Lenoir, being established
about 22 years ago, and has con
tinued to enjoy a healthy growth
since its establishment.
The main offices of this con
cern are located in ' bcranton,
a., the offices for the handling
of the business here and at other
points is located in Lenoir and
is under the management of Mr.
E. Dale, who is also inter
ested financially in the company.
The present business was es
tablished in lb91, or about 22
years ago under the firm name
of the Wilson Lumber Co. Their
plant and business, which at
that time consisted of a general
umber business only, was loca
ted on the present site. It was
first under the management of
Mr. Geo. E. Stone, who con
tinued to conduct the business
for about 5 years. After Mr.
Stone's management the busi
ness was looked after by Mr. J.
B. Atkinson who is at present
operating a lumber business in
Lenoir and at Gastonia.
With the establishment of the
Wilson Lumber Co., a railroad
line was built by the firm into
the Mulberry section from their
plant in Lenoir for the purpose
of hauling their lumber from the
portable mills which they used
for cutting their timber. This
road and its equipment caused
considerable interest among the
people here at that time as it
was considered an immense n
nancial undertaking at that time
to operate even a small line of
this kind. When the engine
first came and was operated over
the road many people turned out
to witness the spectacle.
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vy ith the change in
the management and ownership
of the Wilson Lumber Co., the
name was changed to the Wil
son Lumber & Milling Co., un
der which name it is still pros
pering and at the same ok
'stand.
The concern has a plant in
North Wilkesboro that is con
sidered by the manager to be
better equipiied than the one at
Lenoir. The North Wilkesboro
plant is in charge of Supt. W
R. Martin, and is managed by
Mr. Dale from this office. They
also have a lumber yard located
at Olivett which was established
this year for handling lumber
The products manufactured by
the Wilson Lumber & Milling
Co., consist mainly of box
shooks, cases for yarns used by
cotton mills, cases used for the
shipment of tobacco, etc. The
company also does ,a large
general lumber business, both
here and at their other plant
About 50 hands are employed in
the handling of and manufacture
of their products, outside of the
lumber inspectors. This con
cern does a 'large volume of bu
siness annually, amounting to
between $200,000 and $250,000,
They are possibly the "largest
timbered land owners with one
exception, in Caldwell, owing in
one body 10,000 acres of fine
timbered lands.
In many ways this concern
has done much for the develop
ment of this section, paying on
considerable money in the
handling and management
their large business, and present
indications point to their con
tinued growth and development.
Mr. E. E. Dale the present
manager, has been here in
charge of the business in this
part of the, State' for nearly six
years and he is a thorough busi
ness man in every respect and
fully capable of looking after
and handling their affairs here.
At present the company is
rebuilding the west side of their
manufacturing building in Le
noir in anticipation 6f the usu
al neavy fall and winter business.
The Wilson Lumber & Milling
Co., is among'. the oldest concerns
of its kind in Western North
Carolina and we are pleased
that it has had foe years and
will continue to do so, the
main business and offices in Le
noir, which is noted for its many
strong and substantial manufac
turing plants..
Will Hold Chuck Sale.
The ladies of the Reformed
Church of Lenoir, will have a
sale of appetizing things to eat,
including homemade bread,
cakes, candies, etc., also aprons
and fancy articles, on Friday,
October 17th. Their splendid
ability to prepare good things
to eat is too well known to need
further comment. The place
or holding this sale will be an
nounced later.
Building and Loan Association.
The Citizens' Building & Loan
Association of this place has re
cently been makinglrapid strides
in business, which is an indica
tion of the business prosperity
of this community. Last Satur
day the secretary issed $5,000
worth of paid-up stock, which is
unusual for one day, in fact
was a record breaking day. This
is quite a popular way for using
idle money as it is as safe as hu
man intellect can devise and
pays nearly six per cent interest
annually over taxes and other
expenses. At a recent meeting
of the directors of the Associa
tion it was decided to inaugurate
a new system of book-keeping
January 1st to facilitate the
more convenient handling of the
growing business of the institu
tion.
Mrs. Teague Entertains Club.
At her home in Ienoir Wed
nesday afternoon, between the
hours of 4 and 6 o'clock, Mrs.
H. M. Teague entertained the
Maids and Matrons Club of Le
noir in a most pleasant and de
lightful manner.
The social session of the meet
ing was a most pleasant occa
sion and was enjoyed by all
present, after which the hostess
served a delicious salad course
of refreshments followed by an
ice course and coffee.
A number of new members
names were presented at the
meeting and altogether the af
fair was a most pleasant one for
all who attended.
Messrs. Sigmon and Price the.
enterprising proprietors of the
Star Theatre have generously
offered a part of the proceeds of
one night's performance to the
Cemetery Committee. This of
fer is greatly appreciated and
we trust that a large crowd will
attend and help along a good
cause. This performance will
probably be given next Monday
night, but circulars will be sent
out later giving definite informa
tion. adv.
A man who is dead
lead a hard life.
easy may
NEWS ITEHSJF INTEREST.!
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
u
The Democratic caucus of the
State House of Representatives
Tuesday night selected by ac
clamation Walter Murphy of
Rowan county for Speaker, to
succeed George W. Connor who
resigned to accept appointment
as Silperior Court Judge. More
than 100 members were present
for the caucus.
Governor Craig has given
$10,000 of the Government mon
ey for good roads to Davie Coun
ty and may add $10,000 which
he has to give. Davie recently
voted a bond issue bf $175,000 '
to build good roads. The Gov
ernor has also given Davidson
county $20,000 for good roads
out of this money..
Rev. R L. Davis, superinten
dent of the North Carolina Anti-
Saloon League, . convicted of
striking Wiley Straughan on the
head with a whiskey bottle and
finedilO and costs, has been
pardoned by Gov. Craig. Davis '
strenuously deniedhis guilt and
was supported by his friends
who asserted his conviction was
a frameup.
Eugene Sodet, the French avr
iator filling an engagement at
the Wilkes County Fair this
week, Tuesday drove his bi
plane, through two fences, and
over and through a number of
baggies and against the stalls-
of the fair grounds, damaging '
his machine about $400. He es
caped with a few bruises and 'his
machine out of business.
The office used by Zebulon B.
Vance in Asheville, where the
illustrious War Governor and
U, S. Senator wrote some of his
most famous speeches, had a
narrow escape from destruction
by fire Sunday, but was extin
guished before a great deal of
damage was done. A movement
is on foot for the removal o! the
building to the park, the owner
having expressed a willingness
to give the office building to the
city, if it will move it and pre
serve' it.
According to a news item from
Linville Falls, the folks of that
section are seein things.
'The mysterious light that is
seen just above the horizon al
most every night from Rattle
snake Knob,-near Cold Spring,
on the Morganton road.'abont 7
miles from here, is baffling all
investigators. All theories as
to its nature or origin have eith
er been exploded or fell through
from lack of evidence to sup
port them. With punctual reg
ularity the light rises in a
southeasterly direction from
the point of observation, just
over the slope of Brown Moun- '
tain, first about7:30p. m., again
about 20 minutes later and
again air 10 o'clock. It looks
much liken toy tire balloon, a
distinct ball, with no atmos
phere about it. It rises in the
far distance or about six miles
from Rattlesnake Knob, and af
ter going up a short distance,,
wavers and goes out in less
than a minute.
Death of Jo Ernest Moody.
Joe Ernest Moody died at the
Foot Hills Sanitorium Monday
morning after a long illness first
of fever and afterwards chronic
appendicitis. Deceased was
about thirty years of age and
came from North Catawba in
this county.
The burial was made at Anti
och church near North-Catawba
on Tuesday. - .
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