The age-herald., 1901-12-21
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
In North Carolina,

Mllllonaires In North Carolina,
 New York millionalres are rapidly talk ing possession of Asheville and Aiken, N. G." said Mrs May Wilkinson Mount as- sociate editor of Dry Goods who was In the city yesterday.
 '.The first marriage of the winter will be that of Miss Eustis, Southern wom- an, to a Philadelphia man. Biltmore, the home of George Vanderbilt, is always turning out gossip of an interesting na- ture. MT. vanderbilt's latest fad is COW stable built at an expense of sSOOOO. Of course he calls 1t dairy, and he sells milk and butter to all of his rich neigh bors. The COW stable is handsome structure of red pressed brick. including three wings and tower with a clock. There is an office handsome enough for any Wall street king. The stable accom- m odates 800 cows, and over each stall the name of the animal and its pedigree is given on a brass plate
 And there are some funny incidents happening at Biltmore, too. One after noon a party of women called at Bilt- more and asked to be shown around. One of the servants took charge of the party One of the women saw man standing near garbed in working clothes and she called to him to hold her horse. He did as told without a word When the wis., itor had been shown everything this same woman remarked that she would Ike to see MT. Vanderbilt.
 "'That Is Mir Vanderbilt over there holding your horse replied the attend ant
 l. "One of MT. vanderbilt's neighbors, to have a little joke all to himself. gave his butler instructions to always introduce MT. Vanderbilt as my lord when the young millionaire called. The butler obey ed instructions without complicating matters on several occasions, but one day MT. Vanderbilt came in a great hurry. He demanded to see the master at once. The butler ushered him in on the run, ex- claiming at the door:
 My God MT Vanderbilt
 'aThe butler received other instructions without delay.
 My mission in the South,' said Mrs. Mount, repeating the question. 'I am here to write up the cotton mill industry. So far, I have been through the mill dis tricts of North and South Sarollna. The close of this year will see more mills in operation thanf ever known in the South, and there Is no trouble in dispos- ing of their output. The opening of the trade in the Philippines and China has greatly increased the demand. big mill | in Mississippi has just gotten an order | from China and several Southern mills sell exclusively to China. I have just been to Columbia, s. C., where the olym- pia Granby and Richland mills are locat- ed. The Olympia Is the largest mill in the world and will empIoy 15OO hands | The building is a handsome affair with | Venetian Mosaic and marble walls The | idea behind this finery is to develop a higher culture in the minds of the em- ployes
 'The Richland mills use negro labor exclusively. while the others employ white labor, Three churches are located around the mills and several schools and preparations are being made to run a trolley system through the settlement The houses are comfortable and very pretty in architecture One of the feat ures Is a public park for the children The man who furnishes the money for these mills Is not known in the direction of affairs by name. but his benevolent spirit is everywhere shown
 Mrs Mount, besides being associate edi- tor of Dry Goods. contributes to all the leading New York papers and maga- | zines