The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24


brary, Il wide-awake newspaper, live
book store and news agency, churches of
various denominations; and Waynesville
is Il temperance town-not a bar room
within it's limits.
There are four well-organized churches
in the city, and throughout the county
nearly every neighborhood has its
church.
Waynesyille is surrounded with min
eral wealth of untold value Magnetic
iron, corundum, nickel, and other metals
are found in great quantities, while
kaolin, tale and marble are abundant in
every section of this mountain region.
While these are the principal minerals,
no less than one hundred and fifty other
varieties, including gold, silver, cop@er
and zinc, have been found The mineral
wealth of Western North Carolina IS
simply marvellous.
Extract from The Waynesyille Courierl
Among her professional men Waynes
vile numbers some Of the brightest
minds in the old North Safe We have
five splendid physicians, oae of them
being member of the State Board of
Medical Examiners. We have Il large
number of lawyers, one of them being at
the present member Of Congress, while
another is now solicitor of the Twelfth
judicial district. tnother is Z men hnr
of the State Board of Elections ard
also one of the trustees of the State
Normal and Industrial School IL Greens
boro This SAME gentleman viii moSt
certainly be North Cardinals next At
torney General. The presiding elder for
the NJ II. church for the Waynesville
district lives; here Our DIR. ]. Howell
Way is the Grand Secretary of the
Royal Arcanum in North Carolina and
besides he is Supreme Representative OF
the order for this State. We forgot
to state that among the legal profession
we can count an ex-judge, two former
solicitors for this district, Major
Captain and two Lieutenants in the
Volunteer army. In the medical profess
sion is also a Lieutenant in the Volun-
teer army.
Major r. G. A. Love, of the newly
organized State Guard, resides here.
Capt r. H. Payne, Superintendent Of
Track for the Murphy Branch of the
Southern, and Captain George e.
Knight. Superintendent of the trestle
force, both reside in Waynesville
Waynesvile has just voted bonds by
an Overwhelming majority to establish
system of graded schools and to put
in an electric light plant. She had
previously voted for bonds for water
works and we shall likely establish all
these improvements this year. A new
railroad is projected between here and
Newport, Tenn, and as we are writing
this the president, Mr.. j. 3. Hart, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, is going over the
proposed route and expects to build the
road at an early day. Parties have
already secured the franchise and will
at once put in a telephone system. not
only for the town, but will connect us
with Asheville, Hendersonville, Marion,
Morganton and number of other
neighboring towns, besides the long dis
lance connection at Asheville with other
cities.
The office of the National Abrasive
Company is located here. This company
has mines in Jackson, Macon and other
counties. besides it's large timber and
other interests. The big Junaluska
steam tannery and the immense mills
of the w. H. Cole Manufacturing Co.
are Just outside the incorporation. The
trustee of the great Love estate, Hon.
r. ID. Gilmer has headquarters here.
He manages large tracts of lands III tins
and several other western counties.
Crazy. Young & Co. a party of New
York capitalists, sometime ago purchased
in this county $4,000 acres of timber
and mineral lands which they expect
soon to begin developing. When they
do begin, they will erect large wood
working plants, a paper mill and mann
moth steam tannery. A dummy line
WI be built to haul out the timber and
bark One of the members of this con-
Germ is rated at more than mi.don
and is President of the United States
Leather Co When the Waynesyille
and Newport road is built the shops will
he built at this place.
The town has a rolling mill and sells
all of its output. The Richland Wooleq
Mills, although small, is one If tbs best
in the country Arrangements are now
on foot TO increase its capacity and COM