The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-11

is generally a man Of affairs with
money, is ready to press the organiza-
ton OF companies and to set in motion
systematic influences that will s"on
attract the attention of capitalists and
secure the investment of large sums
to harness the unused Wa:ar-poWcr, TO
dig the minerals out Of the bowels OF
the Mountains and To build trolley
lines hat viii make the wealth Of tim
Der available. IN this he has the earn
est cooperation of the "old timers
and their sons, and thu WaHesvi!le
Courier. one of the oldest aid best Of
the States weekIies.
Foremost arlong tn. men who have
come TO Waynesvil.c from anothe"
State and who are enth lSi2Suc IN
system;t &c in their efforts 10 lnGuce
the investment of large capital is Col
S. A. Jonos. Ten years ago. mis- heh'th
impaired, Col, Jones caioa TO The
mountains hoplng to End place
where he could restore his had'tn ana
EA -. urned to active business He. As
editor and railroad man, he had been
a leader in the development of Florida
and the port OF Tampa. He regained
his health here, built him a beautlful
home, made money near here In MIN
ing, and has organized companies that
own hundreds of thousands or acres
of mountain lands rich in timber and
in mineral Just now his chief inter-
est is in securing the location or large
factories here. The remarkable sue
cess of two large furniture factories
here shows that furniture manufac-
turing will flourish here, as well as at
High Point. for here there is the ad-
vantage of the hard woods in abund-
ance, growing in sight of the facto-
ries, while much of the timber used In
making High Point furniture Is
shipped from this point. While there
is special reason why making furni-
ture should be profitable here there is
reason why cotton and wooden mills
and all other sorts of manufacturing
should prosper here where the climate
is ideal, labor abundant of stock of
people with brains and muscle of the
best kind. I'VE have organized
company-the Waynesville Factory
Site and Power Company"-said Col.
Jones. as we were driving up to
Eagles Nest, and had stopped to take
a look at the valley in which Waynes-
Vile is built, Ito give sites to factories
and to soon utilize the abundant water
power here that we can furnish power
to every mill at a cost of $40 per
horse power per annum to drive ma
chinery and light the buildings" Only
last week a representative of large in
terests in the North was here to eX-
anime the trees on the adjacent noun
tains to ascertain the feasibility of
erecting a mammoth enterprise to
manufacture white paper from wood
pulp. He was greatly pleased with
the character of the trees and believes
they will make as good paper as the
trees in Maine or in the Adirondacks,
where the supply is growing scarce.
The question of transporting the trees
to mills to be erected near by and
the paper to the newspaper presses Is
now being considered. 1t is only a
question of a short time before the
newspapers of the world will be get
ting their white paper from the noun
tain sides of Western North Caro-
lima instead Of from New York, Maine
and Vermont.
The editorial party came here on a
special train from Asheville, in re-
Spouse to an invitation from the city
government, the Board of Trade, and
the people generally to visit their town.
The whole town was here to greet
u.s. some of the committee boarding
the trade before it reached Waynes-
Vile. Here are the members of the
committee whose courteses and gen.
erous hospitality cannot be adequately
described:
Executive COmmittee-H. r. Fer
guson, mayor; w r. Lee. president of
the Board of Trade; G. II. Ray, vice
president of the Board of Trade;
Frank w. Miller, secretary OF the
Board of Trade: j. p. Swift, treasurer
OF the Board of Trade.
General COMMUNICATION r. ID.
Gilmer, Hon. w. T. Crawford, Capt.
Alden Howell, G.. w. Maslin Col. S. a.
Jones, ]. E. Carraway, Hon. w. w,
Struggled, J. r. Thomas, b. j. Sloan,
ID. L. Boyd, James w. Ferguson, DR.. j.
Howell Way. j. n. White, DR.. Thos.
Stringfeld DR.. McFadyen, Charlie
Knight, DR.. b. f. Smathers, DIR. j. f.
Abel, DR.. John Smathers, Capt. Hugh
A. Love. Capt r. A. l.. Hyatt, j. b. S.
Mcintosh, Sheriff d. r. holland, S. c.
Welch, w. b. Ferguson, j. E. Crymes,
w. j. Hannah, Benz. Kirkpatrick, ID.
A. Howell. w. Il. Blaylock, James
Reed, Geo. E. Pegues, Alden Howell,
Jr.. l. L. Council, w. H. Cole, c. w.
Miller, S. c. Satterthwait, c. G.. Logan,
j. G. Reeves. Jefferson Reeves, Chas.
Z. Quinlan, NJ. j. Ownby, j. p. Knox,
j. c. Welch. w. A. Hyatt, T. l.. Francis.
r. G. A. Love p. l.. Turbyfill, j. l..