The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-26

rolled in the public schools. Now
the enrolment is ], 400 The school
property then was worth less than a
thousand dollars. Today it is worth
between $4,000 and $4,000. Un-
der the management of Prof J. T.
Alderman the graded schools have
become second to none in the State
and are the pride OF the place.
Ground was recently broken for
the erection of Henderson's fourth
cotton Latll, which will be the Hender-
son Mill No. 2. Allof these mills are
run separately, though Mr.. d. Y.
Cooper is the president of all four,
has been the active force in direction
and management since the first one
was erected, and it is mainly to his
marvellous business ability that
their success has been wonderful from
the day the first spindles began to
turn. When the new mill is fully
the mills in Henderson
will have Il total productive spindles
of 10000 and they will use every
year from $4,000 to 10000 bales Of
cotton. The present Henderson and
Harriet mills individually have the
largest spindleage OF any individual
mills south OF Greensboro, and COM
bined they are the largest producers
of ring-spun hosiery in the United
States. AS soon as Henderson Mill
No is completed the cotton mills
in Henderson will employ over 1000
people in the mills. Neither of these
mills has ever issued a dollars worth
of preferred stock, nor have they a
dollars worth of bonded indebted
ness. They have been money-makers
when other mills have had hard
time to get along. At one time it
looked like Henderson would be u
big tobacco manufacturing centre,
but when the tobacco trust made
that line of successful enterprise i'm
possible, the far-sighted business men
here built other mills and are max
ing it one of the biggest cotton man
ufacturing towns in the South. And
there will be continued growth in
this line that has proved so success
full, and that no trust can easily
throttle
Henderson's newly enlarged court
house is a thing of beauty. No town
in the State has a better temple of
justice and it has been fitted through
out with everything that is of the
latest modern furnishing for conrt-
houses. The new municipal building
is nearing completion and is quite an
ornament to the town as we'll as a
great convenience. Plans for the new
postoffice building have been received
1t is to cost $4,000 and will be
completed during the coming year.
1t is centrally located on beautiful
site. These are the biggest things
that will make one who has not Wis.,
tied Henderson in several years open
his eyes
Henderson and Wilson have more
automobiles than any Of the towns
under 10000 population. Hender-
son has over thirty in use, and the
best part of it is that Henderson has
a factory manufacturing excellent
automobiles. The Corbitt Buggy
Company has already made six auto
mobiles and they are beauties. Two
were in the procession today and
they are durable, handsome, and
not very ex pensive--as automobiles
go. 1t is the fact that Henderson is
progressive enoughto build automo-
biles that gives it the "go." [ shall
expect to hear of it having the first
factory in the South to manufacture
air-ships. | do not say this because
it is in any sense a hOt-air tOwn-On
the contrary it is not q town that
blows it's own horn. Interest in au
tomobiles and good vehicles natural
ly makes folks here take big stock in
good roads. One bond issue of 800,
900 was voted to make good roads
and the people are taxing themselves
to make better roads. | am tolC
that real estate has advanced from
one to ten dollars an acre in those
portions of the county where there
are good roads. eve will have th'
roads needed for the Capital to Cap
ital Route" said gentleman today
land we are so confident that th
roads in Vance will be the best in tb
State that we are ready to say If on,
County can furnish better road
Vance will not ask the autOmobil
route through Henderson" Anothe
gentleman said, "We are makins
good roads rapidly. Mayor Powell
is helping He has increased the
road force by putting sixteen va
grants, hoboes and the like fellow
on the road force. The mayor know
like everybody else that the bes
thing to do with a vagrant an
hobo is to compel him to make goo'
| roads, and the people of Henderson
are approving his good action" Il
Henderson and elsewhere the peopl
are resolved to enforce the laws an
make the criminal element 60 on tn
| roads.
The corn crop in Vance is large
than for years. The business me
are cooperating with the farmers t
grow corn and home supplies, so tha
the tobacco and cotton crops will b
all money crops.
Tobacco farmers are blue over tn
opening prices-so are the warehous
men, the merchants and the Who'll
town and county. Good prices 10
tobacco means prosperity all aroune
starvation prices for tobacco, as a
present, means a dull fall and har
times for all. Scores of farmers hav
said to me today: 1.-The farmers
North Carolina think more OF Til
| News and Observer today than eve
and are praying that it and oths
papers will keep making it hot fe
the trust-so hot that it will ie
that it is dangerous to take thi
years crop at the prevailing starv'
tion prices that now rob US. "