broad river
Mr5 M. M. Elliott
>! '
K.l.li
Amanda Pinholster and
]..ir„os of this eommun
j.inholsters sister. Mrs
; ,jmj Mrs. Cannon of
went on a sight-see,
Natural Rock Bridge
, last week. .
. Air-, Kissilburg visited
M,- Cecil Smith and
, t Saturday afternoon,
-holster’s niece and her
Air' and Mrs. Jack Wil
,n. and Mrs. Narbor of
Fla., are spending
,n 'at Miss Pinholster’s
vmnah Floyd who spent
with her friends and
: at her former home
- imbta. S. C., returned to
this community last
afternoon.
la' 1 -r^pin of Oftkley visited
: , Ownbey last Saturday
fte
M
jildrer
id
nor..
. A!,-s. Clarence Davis and
Davistown visited Mr.
y-. Troy Elliott on Cedar
Sunday. '
Airs Howard Ownbey of
' U,;! Mrs. Howard Gilliam
last Sunday afternoon
,' Cedar Cr£ek.
Woody of Hickory vis
, in this section last
la
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Cla
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reew
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Cla:
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Klliott and Clinton Sword
y.-witt's uncle, W. B. El
; nver Cedar Creek last
afternoon.
. and friends are build
. - home for Mrs. Viola Gil
• hildren. She is the wid
i . late Howard Gilliam
'..-’Cedar Creek.
Ownbey of Black Moun
,n repairing his house
immunity.
-holster is spending this
' Ridgecrest.
Al-s. Harry Gaver and
moved into their new
„me they have been
this section.
AH-. Bob Elliott and
f West Marion, visited
rh-r, Bynum Elliott, last
ifternoon.
,1 Airs. Boyd Elliott had
ver the week-end Mrs.
. Mother and his wife, Mr.
Theodore Daniels of Flor
, Air and Mrs. Elliott's son,
Klliott of Oak Ridge,
WEST VIRGINIA
(Continued)
; , holders of the Blue Jay
gan< Mill and coal miners were
r1
lii
Jit;
[(
f, ■-nnsylvania. They had a
tj., .• of foreigners working
X iring and after the first
fc t: Blue Jay mill and
|v , are in a narrow valley.
..site side of the village
... we lived the foreign
a little colony to them
Thev saved every bit of
V could. They said when
i ■ ned to their home land
, -ry) one American dollar
, . worth two there. I was
-Vi go to the company store
[8ri: one would buy a dime’s
I-.,- ■ all kinds of vegetables
|nd a I..nd of bacon (fat back)
and :■ cooked everything to
feether :• i big old-time wash pot.
ate together. We were
of the men died before
there. They took him out
him on the ground, and
e on him and they had
|« , ty all night. When the
Tjiia- i burned into ashes, they
tat the ashes into some kind
jbf . or and put them away
ft- .tel: to their homeland for
liuria
A y . American man came in
lc<uc nith a live wire and was
kite .ted in the mine while we
ww -re. The day before the
ft; the boss told Mark and
they a
bid r.
he tv-:
Sr
Bui.’.
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TOURIST BAGGAGE
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Ground has been cleared for the
erection of this three-level resi
dence soon to be erected in Dixon
park at Christmount assembly bv
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Streitman of
Cincinnati, O.
Mr. Streitman a director at-large
of the board of directors, is evi
some other men to o-n H,
- v
dencing his interest here by tak
ing a life-time lease on the sev
eral lots required for this modern
residence, with title remaining in
the name of the assembly.
1 he lower level contains several
guest rooms, while the two upper
levels are for use of the family.
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Facing the northwest, the resi- i
dence will afford a magnificent ^
view of the Craggy range.
The two-story stone and frame ^
home on Lakey Gap road of Christ- c
mount is now ready for occupancy \
by Mrs. L. T. New and Miss Pearl e
Whilley of Asheville. Mrs. New e
> the president of the Women fo
Ihristmount.
From the beginning of the de
elopment of this assembl;
rounds, these sisters have beei
onsistent contributors, and sup
orters of the project. This is thi
leventh modern home to be erect
d in or adjacent to Christmount
some other men to go down to the
cemetery and dig the young man’s
giave. Mark told them there was
no use in that, they could dig the
grave in a little while the next
morning. They told him he didn’t
know about digging a grave out
there. Thev took picks, shovels,
and dynamite and blasted the
grave out in slate rock. There
were very few cars there at that
time. When time came for the
funeral, they hitched a box car to
the log engine, placed the corpse
in one end of the car, and all of
us who attended the funeral rode
in the boxcar.
The funeral service was conduct
ed at the graveside. After the
service was over the men shoveled
that shattered slate rock back in
to the grave. It sounded so strange
to me, that rock thumping down on
the box of the casket.
The top soil there isn’t very
deep, there is a layer of slate be
tween the topsoil and the vein of
coal.
(To be continued)
CP&L CELEBRATING—
From Page 1
1912, at Blewett Falls on the Pee
Dee river near Rockingham. It was
begun in 1907, stopped when the
Rockingham Power company went
into receivership in 1909, and was
resumed in 1911 when Yadkin Riv
er Power company, a CP&L sub
sidiary, acquired the properties.
Its capacity was almost 10 times
that of Buckhorn.
Crosses Boeder
Yadkin River served Rocking
ham, Hamlet and Wadeshoro, and
in 1912 “crossed the border” to
Cheraw, S. C. This entry into
South Carolina was climaxed May
,'i0 of this year when CP&L broke
ground for a 250-000-horsepowei
generator near Hartsville.
Refore its units went into opera
tion in 1912, Blewett Falls had
already won a reputation as a
rough, tough, remote outpost that
pitted the physical abilities and
varied moods of whites, Swedes,
Irishmen and Negroes alike. Ovei
a thousand laborers inhabited the
camp, and stories of fist and pistol
fights are legend in the Pee Dee
area.
No Money Tree
Hardships encountered in such
early electric power projects burst
the bubble of investors who thought
that all they had to do was dam
up a stream, string a few lines and
sit in the shade of a money tree
and count their profits.
Scores of individual investors
throughout the Carolinas learned
the lesson the hard way. Ma, y of
them, who were recognized for pi
oneering in electric service, with
drew from the business when they
had the opportunity.
Pioneers included Capt. VV. T
Weaver and K. G. Carrier at Ashe
ville, ML M. Morgan and ( apt. R
Percy Gray of the Buckhorn pro
ject,’ 1. F.* Chandler of Southern
Pines, John R. McQueen of Carth
age and a host of others whose
tiny ventures eventually were
welded into the strong and exten
sive CP&L.
Electricity was received with
mixed emotions. Residents in
Wilmington swore in 1891 that
the new electric street ligh.s
drew poisonous water bugs from
nearby swamps. Draymen in
Asheville cursed the shadows of
swinging street lights th.it
scared their horses into a frenzy.
One wag described a transform
er as a box that ground up volts
into sizes for use inside his
store.
Fascination drew the public to
the new commodity. Textile nulls
found it a boon to their «p< ra
tions and electric power became
the handmaiden of the f arolinas
textile spindles.
Handmaiden to Spindles
A lively little symbol of the elec
trie industry named Reddy Kilo
watt succeeded to the magic o
| Rumplestiltskin. Reddy spun thi
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a,ld Freshest Drugs Available. They are compound
ed by a REGISTERED PHARMACIST only.
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fiber of Carolina fields into the
gold of fabric for modern mer
chant princes.
Manual methods gave way to ma
chinery. Yet tales of the horse
drawn service wagon & the rugged
days of the pioneer are legend. The
weather-worn lineman is still the
hero of the electric business. His
perennial companion, the weather,
lemains as unpredictable as ever,
break ice storms drag down lines;
floods, repeated thunderstorms
and occasional hurricanes such as
'‘Hazel” continue to plague the
business and call out the lineman
at all hours of day and night.
These are the milestones in the
memories of the old-timers.
CP&L’s list of customers grew
with acceptance of electricity.
1926 Begins New Era
By April, 192(1, when the com
pany was reorganized to < misoli
date all of its subsidiary ompan
ies, its customers had increased
from 1,500 to 03,000.
Reorganization strengthened op
erations, standardized and lowered
rates throughout the system.
Properties combined in the new
company included old CP&L, Yad
kin River, Asheville Power & Light
company, Carolina Power company,
and the Pigeon River Power com
pany, whose varied properties ex
tended from the Sandhills to West
ern North Carolina.
The reorganization was the sig
nal for construction of new gen
erating plants. A steam electric
unit had already gone into produc
tion at Moncure in 1924. The Til
lery hydroelectric plant was com
pleted on the Pee Dee River in
1928. The Waterville hydroelec
tric (now Walters) plant went in
to service on the Pigeon River of
Western North Carolina in 1930.
These and smaller units were
interconnected with neighboring
companies to serve growing
CP&L until the outbreak of
World II. Two units were added
at the Cape Fear plant near
Moncure in 1942 and 1943. to help
the system supply defense in
dustries throughout North Car
olina, and later during the war,
for the government atomic pro
ject at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The close of the war signalled
more construction. A new steam
plant rose on the Lumber River
at Lumberton in 1949, another
at Goldsboro in 1951.
Tide Water Acquisition
In early 1952, CP&L acquired
roperties of the Tide Water Pow
r company and built a huge plant
t Mt. Misery near Wilmington in
954 to serve the eastern seaboard.
I was named in honor of Louis V.
utton, who has headed the com
any for more than 25 of its 50
ears. Another plant is named for
is predecessor as president, Paul
i. Tillery; and another bears the
ame of Charles S. Walters of
Lsheville, vice president.
In a half-century, the company
as had five presidents and four
eneral managers. The presidents
,-ere: James D. Mortimer (for 18
ays), Charles E. Johnson (1908
;ij, 11. S. Jerman (1924-32), Til
31.y (1932-33), and Sutton. The
■eneral managers were: H. H.
;arr, 1908-19; Tillery, 1919-33;
hit ton 1933-55; and H. Burton Rob
tison, since 1955.
hin the past four years, gen
g units have been added at
ngton, Goldsboro, Lumberton
'ape Fear. Related facilities
kept pace.
, Water facilities have been
ved, rates lowered and op
ns standardized.
e of Growth
past 10 years have brought
menal growth to the vom
its customers have increas
,m 195,566 in 1947 to 403,214
Derating revenues have ris
„ $21,599,000 to $66,998,000.
tl.'s electric sales have all
ipled in 10 years. Its rates
remained constant, and in
1,1 Tide Water area have
reduced. Today CP&L’s
ntial customer stands 43
•nt above the national av
ia the use of electricity,
lina Power & Light is inan
ely by Carolina resi
of its 14 directores are
Forty-six per cent of
stockholders are also
f the two states. A to
employees operate the
14 districts of the two
my now has five steam
■droelectric generating
. first unit of the 15th
built near Hartsville,
l'&L’s total generating
i 2,000,000 horsepower.
,ld War II, CP&L has
than $200,000,000 for
construction ot plants, transmis
sion and distribution facilities. Its
1958 construction budget is $22,
500,000. It expects to spend $75,
000,000 for construction within the
next three years.
In 1958, its 50th anniversary
year, CP&L finds new meaning in
its mottos, "Our Future Is The
Future of the Area We Serve,”
and “Helping To Build a Finer
Carolina.” Its “Finer Farms” and
“Finer Carolina” contests are now
in their sixth and seventh years,
respectively. In addition, the com
pany sponsors FFA and 4-H farm
and home electrification competi
tion and FFA land judging con
tests in both states, and conducts
full-time home service and area
development programs.
Hydro-Steam-Atomic
Action by CI'&L in meeting fu
ture power needs measures the
company’s hopes for the future. In
May, construction of a 250-000
horsepower generating unit began
at Hartsville, S. C. The 50th an
niversary date coincided almost ex
actly with the activation of a 235,
HtU-horsepower unit at Cape Fear
In addition to these, the com
pany is committed to (1) rede
veloping the Yadkin-Pee Dee
with another hydroelectric gen
erator at Tillery and (2) shar
ing in the production of power
from the atom at Parr Shoals,
S. C.
Today’s plans — written large
in terms of steam-electric, hydro
electric, and eventually atomic
electric power — characterize thi
company’s faith in the future of
the Cairolinas.
QUESTS OK HALLS
Miss Inez Slater of Pontiac
Mich., visited her cousins the Hall;
)f “Fairlawn Lodge,” from Sun
lay to Thursday of last week. Dur
ng Miss Slater’s stay here the;
visited the Craftsman’s Fair, am
joints of interest in this section
Monday evening they attended th
ipening of “The Rain Maker” a
3ilo Circle playhouse. Their ecus
n, Bruce Wilshire, played the rol
>f “Rain Maker” on Tuesday
Bruce was a dinner guest of thi
Tails.
AUG. 2 HORSE SHOW—
From Page 1
9— Bareback, 15 and under; walk,
trot, canter, Star store.
10 - Camp equitation — 15 and
under (campers only), (English
tack), walk, trot, canter; Black
Mountain Insurance age.ncy.
11— Camp equitation — 18 and
under (campers only) (English
tack), walk, trot, canter; Swan
nanoa Bank & Trust Co.
12— Equitation, 15 and under,
(English tack), walk, trot, canter;
Garland and Long Tire Co.
13— Equitation — adult (open),
(English tack), walk, trot, canter;
Valley Insurance Co.
14 — Horsemanship, (Western
tack), 15 and under; walk, trot,
canter; Camp Rockmont for Boys.
15— Western working, adult (op
en), (1) weave barrels (timed)
(2) fast run, dismount, ground tie,
remount, return; Key City Laun
dry.
16— -Pair class (any tack), open;
walk, trot, canter (reverse field);
Black Mountain Lions club.
17.—Wheeled vehicles, two or
four wheels; exhibition, appear
1 ance, skill, White Insurance agen
I ey.
18— Tennessee walking, adult
(open); flat-footed walk, running
■ walk, canter; Earle Chesterfield
mills.
19— 5-gaited (any tack), adult
(open); walk, trot, slow gait, rack,
canter (reverse field); Camp Mer
ri-Mac for Girls.
MAGICIAN—
From Page 1
an entertainer and master-of-cere
monies.
During World War II this versa
tile performer entertained 2,000,
000 GI’s in 27 countries around the
■ world, as well as in the United
States.
Mr. Smith, who lives in David
■ son, received a Master’s degree in
English from the University of
> North Carolina following his war
' tour around the world and has
- since been associated ir the educa
■ tion field while maintaining his
r name and reputation in entertain
1 ment circles of eastern U. S.
He holds membership in the
Southeastern Magicians’ associa
tion and the International Broth
erhood of Magicians. In 1956 he
was awarded first prize at the
Southeastern Magicians’ conven
tion in competition with 22 other
performers from seven states.
Playhouse Gives
I-Man Art Show
Of Poteaf's Work
The Silo Circle Playhouse and
its art jury present their first one
man show of the season with the
paintings of James Poteat. This
is also a first for Mr. Poteat and
judging by this first, the play
house sponsors said, will no doubt
he followed by many more, one
man shows. Comments by viewers
and critics indicate that it is a
very exciting show of paintings,
described as an all-modern show
“symbolizing the trend of the
times.”
Twenty-three-year-old artist Po
teat tends to the abstract form
but the sponsors remind that even
those people who vow they dislike
abstracts are finding appeal and
delight in these paintings as they
study them and see the definite
forms which merge from depths
with colors that glow and colors
that flow, colors that are deep and
cool and restful as a mountain
pool. There is variety here to
challenge anyone’s imagination,
the committee who arranged the
show stated.
Mr. Poteat has been painting for
about seven years but he has had
no formal study with any teacher.
He has painted on his own and he
has studied informally, but seri
ously with a desire to grow, and
this feeling and desire show up
in his work. He says that while
stationed in New York during army
service he took advantage of this
opportunity to visit every art gal
lery and museum he could as of
* ■
ten as he could. On those visits
he studied his favorite painters
and of them all Picasso influ
enced him most. He has developed
his own style of vigorous, alive
painting.
James Poteat will be remem
bered as Jimmy, a star basketball
player at old Black Mountain High
school, where he graduated in 1952.
His mother and step-father are
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hemphill of
Oteen, and his grandfather, with
whom he lives, is Greg Sawyer
of Black Mountain.
Former Mission
Leader to Speak
At (hristmount
Williams H. Edwards, who was
a missionary in the Belgian Congo
for 38 years, will be the speaker
at the Christmount Christian
church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.
Mr. Edwards, who is a native
of Dundee, Scotland, began his
career in Y.M.C.A. work, then was
trained as an engineer and went
to the Congo to teach and to assist
in the pioneer mission work being
done there. As general engineer
for the Disciples of Christ in the
Congo, he helped the evangelists
to explore for strategic places to
locate mission stations, one of
which was Lotumbe, which was
later the locale for the TV movie
"Monganga”, shown on “The March
of Medicine”.
The tremendous change which
has taken place in Africa in the
last 50 years is a fascinating sub
ject and of vital importance to our
world today, he declared.
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