The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21
NORTH CAROLINA
TANNING INTEREST
Away Up in the Northwest Sec
ton a Town Has Been
Built
ALL ON TANNING BUSINESS
industrial Story That Dates Back
20 Primitive Days-Lattcr
Day Developments.
ny :. II. WINTERS.

thaseVs !. G. December 2o.-Cherokec
Count, The original home 81 that band OF
rrialiiVc settlers OF Ions ago. o scattering
few ~ wh nom sill survive in tho village. Of
iue'- uamesake the Hanging DOG Hiwasseo
aUc CnsNa-) IS North Carolina county OF
T to-a~y that has buiided s,nall-sizcd town
In ten years from tho revenues of an indus
Try practically unknown in the industrial!
life ~ nc people OF the old North state
Andrew, of 1850 souls was horn hus been
noni shed ana has thriyc3 OF the revenues
obtained from the tanning industry as made
! prontabie %! the consumption OF me bark
scaled from al" chestnut oak ana lew
othcr sp.cIe, of oak into the uuuufac turcd
produc, me br.ei span OF ten years ma.
sSnti"flnF 'hrm ano outhouses to tho rank OF
IinH ~ tl'S extreme westerly North caroline.
,-in;: the Forests.
.Si;Ha;ed near tIc summit oil the Suovbrd
hc.Hth. Il peal OF tho siuc NiIgo range.
where tsc elevation a,tuIns 20 400 lei.
and whare ruggedress toreordalns asricui-
'Hi'H rnFsuitS /" failure the rugged noun
taineers Win their natural intuition sought
oth"r devices or toll Tor "a livelihood ihe
tarrerH"sS Of much OF tho land IS liNcued
unto fouls provcrhial turkey. ana nmt,,r,lly
thu usual richness OF ver.iure of mo 1,nta
iJirpus countics Tor grazing lands was aadiy
Test'i t.b. u WAS then thar tnes- sturdy
f1"uuiuiu folks embraced the turing invita-
Mountains fifteen miles away. TE', rc.il
lied that Cherokee County must .iaii bsck
on Us forestry products. Win the adoption
.. ,t,eM5.Ne lorrstry methods Z" obtain the
PIC. Hare began The story al IN, riitin,ss
o. those mountain folks west al rho tsl,e
!s.dgc in building the town 81 Andrews from
the revenues ontitiued from the ecrnoDtt,si
use Of inc bark peeled from Tho oaks ,rnt
thriNcd in tho REGIONS Of tho Seu,t Llr,i
Mountain II i ono OF tho few towns in Inc
;Iat' mat Is the homo OF q tanning indus
ranbnrk aud Tanning.
r'"cs5. OF m"nutaeture ~ th" tam
81 Andrews is from the raw product "a III.
finished material ON such IN extensive
Quoted here that the manufacturers opcr5i.,
a. nhrr"w-suaged railroad from Andrews M,
peaks of tho NnoW'bird Mountains. a iietnnct.
OF iliteeu mikes. Here thc species of ON.
Is peeled OF and ioaded on, cars +, be- Do,,
vrycu down the rus..d mountain SLOPES Ia .
ihc bar. Is gathered la INC sr.i... 81 ~,
!'"T from tnc time thc buds nyst begin ~,
NJ. - t'it h"I'nS "i May and APRIL
:li.'r nv Dark h;s p"en pe"ied 81 IS ali,yed
Inc sin..,l iH'%uS",y "H - HGrmi!! nj is, be-
s9i ior gNthorlni tnc bark is limited. dc
r rn,rm;'s ustty - carried on The wear
, y ine Dark on ''inS transported from
,n inountain t. .ndrc0.. IS unioadeG lrof'
, ~ cur ana stored In >iiod 10 protect from
estimated that unless protcctcd rom M
Co y, n,acn rs ~ per cent Of thc tanning
rhe i've iGnncrios In this section 81 yvo.t-
o., No PHI S"rolina consume annually 1900
80" i.N "nicn comes chiefly from His Inour
Iain"us rebion IN the vicinity of tho $50.
D,n Mountain range. The output is nbout
,;nhaustcd each year Us tho DEVELOPMENT OF
tnr t"i,'ihs Industry. although In its In
.nnc! mas proved to be monoy-nlakin,-
proposition Poor farming regions. restrir,
90 grazing lands and dearth OF n,inernI re-
'onrccs have not deferred these st,,rdy
mountain folks of Cherokee from contrihni
nB thcir share as wealth -pro,lucIny nrr,,.
y state ahoundinE in regouroes Trhev.nrn
nc, nc pioneers IN building an Industry thst l.,
lestlncu 10 prove of material value n. Nor,h
Carolina and Virginia people. ~ .'o' VI