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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-03-21

New York, March 1s-The A and B
bondholders OF the Mexican National
Railroad company met here today and
under the provisions of the voting trust
agreement OF September 1, 1887. NOM
mated the following directors for the
ensuing year: William G. Raoul,
Josiah A. Horsey, Charles c. Beaman,
Stephen S. Palmer, William Mertens,
Gustave ]. Wetzler, of the United Staes
and Emilio Velasco and William Landa
Y'Escandon of Mexico.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-03-21

Palestine, Tex, March 1S.-The west
bound train which left here at $50 a.
m. was wrecked at o'clock this morn
ing Just north OF Oakwoods. The en-
CINE was ditched and overturned. Six
ears were ditched and Engineer Miller
received slight injuries. Fireman Ma
Iors was hurt internally and Brakeman
Lennox was instantly killed.
Berlin, March 1s.-General Won Wer-
der, German ambassador to Russia,
has been recalled 1t Is reported that
he will be succeeded by Count Herbert
Bismarck.
Laurel. DEL March I8-Governor
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Roanoke Rapids promises soon to
be great manufacturing centers.
The builders of mills ar these places have
shown their faith by their works; and il
reply to recent enquiry as to the rela-
tive merits of water and steam power
for operating cotton mills these men ex
press a preference for water power every
time, if good one can be had near the
railroad.
This distance of most of our North
Carolina water powers from railroad
transportation is the factor that has pre-
vented their development; but the trans
mission Of power by electricity promises
to do away with this disadvantage by
making 1t practicable to locate the facto-
ries on the railroad lines, and still oper-
ate them bya water power, l, 5, 10 or
90 miles away. And this new factor is
creating a new and greater Importance to
our water powers than they have had
before. It is rendering practicable, not
only the development and use OF the
hitherto inaccessible large powers like
the Narrows of the Yadkin, but it also
renders practicable in many cases the
concentration of several small water
powers into single factory though these
water powers may be miles apart, on one
or more streams Thus. as at Pelzer,
s. c., on the 5aluda river, which place
| recently visited, three smaller cotton
mills are located on the river bank and
are operated in the old style by direct
connection with the water-wheel. Two
other large mills near by, one of them
just completed, are to be operated by
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ful warps and warns

Mr.. G. Scott, a native Of Alamance
county. is the Alpha's efficient president,
and Mr. w. s. Mallory, formerly Of
Franklinton, N. O., is its secretary and
treasurer It's board Of directors are
Messrs @. Scott, T. NJ. White, J G.
Long, b. Z. WIthers, j " Miller, r T.
Durham, r n jordan, DR. K J. Bre-
yard, J f. Va1Ness sid 4. G. Sumner
vile These with fifty other stock
holders form he Alpha organization,
which steers c,eay Of debt, maintains a
good surplus and pays s, mi annual tri-
butte to these VIZ g4Lod ,aeir money in
its establishment
The A'pha Nils arc located on the
main line Of he c c. & A and nea Tho
9 9. + Il, ia th5 southern suburbs 81
Charlotte TIC building Is a commodicus
bricA s'fa ;ne, well planned 2ad suJ
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OUR WATER POWERS
MANY OF OUR RIVERS FLOWING
TO WASTE OVER Raj! y
AND SHOALS.
YADEIN, ROANOKE AND CATsWBa

Prot. Joseph A. Holmes Writes of the
Many Thousand Horse Power Await
ing Development--The Fully Devei-
oped Powers at Haw River, Rocky
Mount and Rockingham and the
Great Results From Their Develop
ment.
During the past few decades the cheap
ening of coal and the necessity for
locating on railroad lines in order 10
avoid the expensive hauling over our poor
country roads have led 10 the greatly in
creased use of steam, and to CORES
ponding neglect of water powers IN
manufacturing enterprises. One after
another, even number of corn and flour
mills. on the banksof our streams, have
been abandoned 10 favor of the mills
established about towns and cities and
operated by steam on larger scale.
But inspite of this tendency many, OF
the water powers near railroad lines
have been developed to their full capa
city, as at Rocky Mount, Haw River,
and Rockingham; and Weldon and
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developed and transmitted from that re
gion 70 factories located and operated
on the railroad few miles distant
Above the Southern railroad crossing
| (neag Sal sbur3J Beansh0ai is the most
prominet power, and that csn only be
fully developed ar an expense probably
| too great to warrant the undertaking at
the present time.
After Weldon on the Roanoke and the
narrows region on the Yadkin the next
great manufacturing center should be
somewhere on the Western North Caro-
lima railroad near where it crosses the
Catawba river, or we toward Hickory
For several miles below this railroad
crossing, ard in TIE long bend for 70 or
Is miles above this po!nt, there are in
the Catawba q NUMBER Of shoals or rap
ids with f ali ranging from 5 to 90 feet
in distances Of from a few yards to or
miles T0ere might be developed sep
separately TO operate indepeniant
factories or following larger
plan, supported by larger capital
The several shoals might all be
connected by electric wires and the
power concentrated at some central
point. There are ether important water
p)wers on the Gaia wba, both above and
below this reg on, several OF which oper
ate cot on, gflsi and saw mills.
On the sm9'ler rivers and creeks in
middle and Western North Carolina a
considerable number Of water powers are
a. rea ~ IN use mining, manufacturing
establishments, notably tie south fork
Of the Cstawba and the three Broad
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$780, 900, the stock to be subscribed for
and paid on the hasis OF 25 cents per
share per week This plan provided a
means by which many working people
and people of small means could invest
their earnings in substantial institu
ton, thereby not only planting their
dimes where they would grow and bring
returns, but materially aid in the indus
trial upbuilding Of their town and com
munity. Twenty five cents per week, per
share, might seem tedious method #
raising 500 600. but when a large mum
Der of people began dropping their quar-
ters into tha Alpha treasury the fund
grew rapidly and the mills were soon
erected Il is now one Of the gems ia
the industrial galaxy of Charlotte, with
$500 spindies whirling away, spinning
1900 bales of cotton a year iuto beauti-
ful warps and yarns.
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on the 2eaboard Airline Railroad, some
2 miles above its Junction win Haw
river. Here the canals formerly used foi
navigation purp )7es could now be useo
for operating cxten i've machinery. 1t
now runs only small roller and grlst
mill.
The la ~gest and most important pow
ers in the State are on the Roanoke, the
Yadkin, and Catawba rivers. The North
Carolina powers on the former stream
are limited to that port OF it between
Castor and Weldon, where there Is
total fall of IS feet in distance Of about
8 miles; and the p; ssihle developments
here range in the aggr= Z re, under diff
ferent conditions, from 10000 to 20 600
horse. power. Power are b.lUg develop
ed by two companies, one at Weldon, aud
the other at Roanoke Rapids, s Or n les
above; and mills and factories are no.
being constructed.
The Yadkin river, at and just above
the Narrows, is one of the greatest power
cantels il the State, and will probably bt
developed in the near future. Here the
river has cut its way down, in narrow
gorge, across a series of very hard and
tough volcanic rocks on to softer TCck,
below. Starting at the lower end of the
Narrows gorge, three to four miles long
and 100 to 500 yard wide, in the dis
tance Of ten mics the river has fall OF
more than 300 feet, an average of more
than twenty fest to the mile. The con
ditions do rot favor the location of ia, =
tories directly on the banks Of the stream,
but in the near future there will be prob
ably 10000 to 90 900 horse power
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power transmitted by electricity from
one dam, 700 feet long and so feet high.
more than two miles lower down the
stream, aud another some two miles
above the mills; and all these mills are
TO be so connected that any surplus OF
power at one may be, transferred to an
other wherever needed.
This electrical transmission of power
has led to many enquiries about the
larger water powers of the country, and
TO meet this demand for information the
Geological Survey, during the past year
and the present, has made a prelim
mary examination of the importa mt
North Carolina water powers and the
report embodying the results Of this
work will be published before the end of
the present year. To that report the
reader of this article is referred for in
formation concerning specific streams
and powers Only few general state
ments are gwen below in the present ar
ticle.
On the Tar and Neuse rivers there are
but few valuable powers: One on the
Tar at Rocky Mount fully developed,
and one or two on the Neuse near IA
leigh partially developed) On the Cape
Fear Smiley's and Buckhorn Falls are
undevelop powers of some me- gnitude
and promise, the first about ) and the
latter about miles from the railroad
On the tributaries of the Cape Fear,
(the Deep and Haw rivers there mum
Der of valuable powers both developed
and undeveloped; and located at these
developed powers are more than a dozen
cotton mills and number of grist and
saw mills. The most valuable of these
powers on Deep river is that at Lcckyille
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press will be Of the finest aud latest in
proved standards.
The site of the new mill has been Sc
cured. The papers have all been passed
and Mr. George Gray IS now owner of
twenty eight acres of that beautiful
woodland to the right of the Southern
Railway as you 90 out towards Charlotte.
How did you ever manage TO geo il 2 is
question that had been asked of the lucky
purchaser only 293 times up to eight
O'Clock last night. That Uncle Billy
Holland wouldn't part with that tract of
land for love or money, had grown TO be a
years or more it had been accepted as Z
matter of course or as law Of nature
like the rising Of the sul in the east or
the flowing of water down hill. While
all other people we're letting alone
piece of land that just couldn't be bought
by any manner Of means, Mr. Gray went
along aud bought it. us his, and a
prettier mill site isn't to be found any
where. We couldn't refrain, If We wanted
to, from congratu.at NJ him on this fact
The capital for this enterprise will he
furnished almost entirely by MIR. Gray
himself q small portion of tie stock
will be ulacCd among his friends jest for
the looks OF the thing Work viii not
begin until next spring fer the reason
that it is needless to erect the building so
long before the machinery can be put in.
The machinery cannot possibly he ship
ped within eight months after the order
for tits placed; hence IT'S the machinery
ana not the buildings that Mr.. Gray viii
throw hustle on. The capital sto k is
tn he AGO 000
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An Artistic Picture.
Chatham r cord

Chatham r cord
Mrs. J. J. Jackson, Of this place, has
made for exhibition at the Atlanta Ex-
position a most beautiful moss picture
Of the residence Of Mrs @. d. Hill, near
this place The residence is of historic
interest, having been built before the
Revolutionary war and was occupied
ore night by Lord CORVALLIS as his
headquarters, when on his retreat to
Wilmington after the battle of Gull
ford Court House. Prominent in this
picture is a large oak tree, on which it is
said tory was hanged. The picture is
not only correct and natural represer-
tation of the house and yard, but it is
quite remarkable and ingenious work
Of art, and will no doubt attract much
attention at Atlanta.
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LIE ADA COTTON NILS. Oharlotte. n. c.

obtained their stock certificates before
the Board cf Directors were ready 10 de-
clare dividend The last a sessment
of so cents per share was paid in N0vem-
b3r, 90, and in January, 90, just two
months thereafter, a semi annual diyi,
deud OF per cent was declared giving
the stockholders tack 81 per share. The
Ada Mile has 100 ahareh0lders many
Of them being working people, clerks,
sewing giIls aud others who subscribed
for stock, paid { in small weekly in
staiimeuts, and now regard their hold
iugs as Just so much money saved By
reason Of the existence Of this enterprise
The Ada is one of the best equipped
mills in the State, and ore Of the most
fortunately situated, being Immediately
on the line Of both DO great Southern
railway systems, and in the p'eas&ntsnb-
urbs OF one of the Invest cities in the
South Il has a superb e.ec
tric lighting plant, thorough
system If water supply, In modern,
spleudidly built and commodlous brick
building are s, 600 spindles, with lappers
cards and ether machinery, forming a
complete spinning outfit, which is taxed
every day and every hour TO meet the
demand for the popular yarns and warps
made under the efficient supervision Of
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THE ALPHA MILLS
BUILC ON THE DIMES OF IT'S
NUMEROUS SHARE.
HOLDERS.
FIRST COOPERATIVE FACTORY

Built is now one of the Queen City's
Leading Indastries--A Large and
Steadily Growing Enterprise Which
Steers Clear of Debt. PAYS Good
Wages to its Wage Farmers aud Good
Dividends to its StOckhOlders--Its
Convenient Location and Business
Like Management.
The Alpha Cotton Mills of Charlotte
is what its name indicates, insOmuch as
it is probably the first mill built in the
State or in the South purely on the CO.
operative insta]lment plan. The Alpha
Mills, one of Charlotte's and the States
leading industries, was built on the dimes
Of its shareholders 1t was organized on
unique plan upon = capitalization Of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

! rivers in G aston, Lincoln, Cleveland and
Rutherford counties; g cen river, the
Lineyle, the Arrarat aud many other
smaller streams east of the Blue Ridge
The powers on streams west Of Tue
Bite Ridge have been little developed,
and Individually will not attain the i'm
pOrtance Of some of those further east :;
but they are numerous and the gorges
being often deep and narrow. dams can
be constructed at less cost. And cleo
trio transmission will, in the near future
render practicable the concentration Of
power from several of these smaller
developments.
The most unique and interesting Of
the smaller streams are those in portions
of the sand hill region, such as Hitch
cocks Greek in Richmond and Rockfish
in Cumberland county. The sand here
serves as a sponge for the rain water
which is turned loose at the numerous
| springs into these creeks with but little
variation between the winter and sum
mer time supply. The former of these
streams is only seventeen miles long,
| and yet it has located on it six cotton
mills and several grist and saw mills
And as .trating the great benefits of
such manufacturing establishments to
the communities in which they are
located it may be stated that these cot
ton mills in Richmond county, operated
by such small streams have paid out
among the people in wages, taxes and
fuel during the past five years over a
million dollars.
j. A. HOLMES.
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ADA COTTON MILLS
ONE or CHARGOTTE'S LEADING
AND SUCCESSFUL INDUS
TRIAL ENTERPRISES.
A PATTERN FOR OTHER MILLS

Built on the COOPERATIVE Installment
Plan at soc. a Week Per Share-~Its
Share Holders Were Hardly through
Paying Their Instailments Before
They Were Receiving Handsome
Dividends-.Its Trio of Progressive
Officials and the Popular Yarns They
Make.
Ole of the first evidences Of Char
lotte's industrial activity that attracts a
visitor from the North as his train pulls
him into the Queen City, is the Ada
Cotton Mills, situated at the junction of
the Southern and the Carolina Central
Railroads The Ada Manufacturing
Company was organized n 1883, Among
its origjDatOrs were DR.. Geo. Graham,
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4 HOME ABOVE.

From Greensboro Record.
Mr. EDITOR II consider this touch
ing little poem, written by Joseph Hob
de-, son Of Governor Holden, the sweet.
est gem which has found it's way to the
public tor many years The sad end Of
| the auth md the pathetic story of bis
life makes it more impressive TO those
who knew this wonderful genius. The
victim Of women and wine" he barely
missed beirg great Let us hope thaF
forgiveness came with penitence, and
that he found home mid the nupbeS
less stsrs Of the beautiful sky"
Oct %, '85. d. SCHENGK.
On, Is cher no horae Tor the wounded and
weary
Tee heart that is broken, the eye that is
he lad tn t is sad and tie soul that is
DIR, airy
Oh, is there no home in some planet on
high, =
Mid the numberless stars of the beapt-
jul sky .l
Yet, God hath provided a mansion above
Whose timbers were grown ia the garden
OF love;
Whose wa Is are as b light as the sheen Of
I ne Sn w \
As the shetnof the shield of the sn limits
glow,
He hath built me a soue in some planet
on high,
Mid the numberless t,r3 of the b auto
ful sky.
He give to my fathers a home on o. s
g, sn has discovered the ties of my
birth.
Aud lite ia a sh down. mist of the norm
g
hat fades f, ON the hills with the light OF
the daw ing;
Yet sfiil there's nome in 81 me planet op
high.
Mid the nnmberle sstars of the aut1ful
shy.
/ know not the orb chat will be my abode,
Bat | know it was formed by the fling r Of
God
That my mansion is empty, and I must
await
Till He shall comm and me to enter the
gate
Till the angel of death in mercy shall
come.
To hear me to dwell in my beautiful
h )me-
Ny home that is built in some planet ON
high.
Mid the numberless stars of the beautiful
sky.
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stantially built; the machinery equip
ment is new and complete rs is also the
p.oduct of the mills. Is yarns and
warps find ready purchasers among the
leading yarn and warp buyers of the
country.
Among those whose money and public
spirit built the Alpha Mills are Messrs
W. W. Ward, K. T. Cansler, T. L Seiglp,
J. K Erwin, j. II VanNess and K J.
Sifford. Its superintendent is Mr. W.
Fl. NJ. Ward, thoroughly practical cot
ton mill man. The Alpha Mills are
firmly planted and are growing as our
State grows. 1t is adding and will con.
tinue to add new machinery, increase It's
capacity and after few more years
when North Carolina has taken the place
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its talented officers. Mr. NJ G. Mayer,
senior member of the large wholesale
grocery firm of Mayer & Ross, and one
of the cleyerest men in this or any other
State. is the Ada's efficient president. Mr..
j. ]. Gormley, a native of Virginia, who
was at Sharpsburg in very exciting
encounter, is the clever and capable Sec
rotary and Treasurer. Mr. A. NJ. Grow
der, jovial gentleman, who looks
twenty years younger than he is and
who knows every detail of yarn and
warp making, is the superintendent 1t is
a strong and popular management and
one that will keep the Ada Mills in the
front rank of cotton manufacturing en-
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Mr.. J. Fl. Wellington, the late Col.
Brown, Mir. NJ G. May er, Mr.. GormleY, an
others It hos capitalization Of 1928,
900, and was built on the co operative
assessment plan, the assessments being
paid in weekly instajlments at SOC per
wee k per share.
When the shareholders began paying
In their assessments the managers com
menced building the mill The mill was
completed, the machinery all in place
and work had begun before the last as
sessment was paid, and the stockholders
had hardly ma their last payment and
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A Harvest Note.

Amt no use in sighin'--
The hearth at home is bright;
The day is full o. sunshine
The stars are out at night.
You hear the teamsters singin'
AS the wagons roll along,
An the happy world reioices
In a hallelula song !
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in many instances, not only in North
Carolina, but in other States. The Ada's
plan of organization has also become
popular, and many Of the best mills in
the State have been built and are being
built on the assessment plan. The Ada's
success has inspired other towns to build
mills by the co operation of their people
generally Like the Ada, they have been
generally successful, aud are of great
value to the towns and communities in
which they are located.
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The Dilling cotton mills at Kings
Mountain are puttingin 5, 56s additional
spindles and go looms.
John Meier, proprietor of the Valdese
Hosiery mill, will bu Id hosiery mill at
Newton, Catawta county
The Bessemer City Cotton Mill, at
Bessemer City. CASTOR county, has been
bought by s. J. Durham The buildings
will be finished at once and the ma
chinery installed
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ANOTHER MILL FOR GAsroNIA.
Mr.. e.. A. Gray Has Secured "a Site and
Will Build a 5,OOO.Spindle Cotton

Gastonia Gazette.
We've been looking for it And now
it is coming-a new cotton mill for Gas
tonia. The moving spirit in the matter
j. Mr.. George A. Gray, who has been
identified with cotton manufacturing in
Gastonia from its start. There is not a
more thorough going mill-man in the
Southern States than Mr. Gray, whether
we look at him as an organizer of capital
or as an efficient and successful operator
and manager of the mills after they are
completed.
The new mill will contain 5 900
spindles and it goes without saying that
every piece of machinery in its entir-
equipment from picker room to baling
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TR9 Ea arf tine Apha Two baeotes VyoaGh

which will be conceded to her by all her
sister States, as the leading common
wealth Of the country, especially in the
manufacture of cotton, the Alpha
Mills will still be regarded as one of the
best individual enterprises that has given
the grand old state this distinction.
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WHEN JENNY RODE TO MILL
WITH ME-.

when Jenny rode TO mill with re
Tie daisies barred their bOsOms;
The spring winds rumpled every tree
And stirred a storm Of blossoms.
The squirrels scampered from the hedge,
The COWS were in the clover:
The lilies trimmed the rivers edge
And dusky doves flew over.
The white roses seemed to welcome as,
BY shaken dewdrOps denttd;
The groves with song were tremulOus,
By lonely Yiolets scented.
i he mad wind seemed TO envyau
The curls beneath her bonnet,
And let the dew-dashed blossoms fall
In twinkltng showers on IL.
How well the way old milton" knew
In all the 1pTin2-rime weather;
His baGk was broad enough for two.
Aud so-We rode together!
He loitered in the light and song
lie knew the spell that bound me,
And Gnat the WAY was never long
lille Jenny's arms were round me,
The rose Ind then no cruel thorn
TO mar the moments hiisses;
The miller took his toll in corn,
And l took mine ia kisses.
But time has Left us far apart;
Yet, though the years arc many,
The dear old road runs 'rOnnd the heart
That frames the face of Jenny.
And / would give the world to see
The daisies miIk-W hite blossoms
Where Jenny rode to mill with me
Amid II storm Of blossoms
FRANK l.. STA NroN.