Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-12
INpUsTRIAL oFFIoE cLosEp.
SOuthgpn's Land and Industrial Office
AZ AsheyfIle Discontinued.


In the linz with the retrenchment
Epolicy recently adopted By the man
Fagement Ut the Southern Railway COM
pany, announcement is made that the
Ashev1lle Office of4the land and indus
trial department, in charge of Colonel
IT. Gilbert Wood will be discontinued
Immediately
Colonel Wood has been named as in
dustrial and immigration agent In
charge of the Charlotte Office will be
a consolidation of the offices which
have been maintained for the past
several years at this city and Colum-
bia.~
The order for the discontinuance of
the Asheville and Columbia Offices AMI
the establishment of headquarters at
Charlotte was accompanied by infor-
nation to the effect that several Of the
departments of the Southern have been
consolidated with M. W. Richards, land
and industrial agent, in charge. The
combined department will have super
vision of Developments in the south
eastern states along agricultural, in
dustrial, immigration and live stock
Lines. Several offices throughout the
III N&I1OuSt 6OuCAO1AN 0J0JCO A6NO 0OOA us
Iccntinued and North Carolina is one
!. OF the few southern states to have d.
vision headquarters. The naming aof
Colonel Wood as the official in charge
of the, Charlotte Office comes as a pre-
motion to the local Southern official.
w. e. Birch, who has served as ag-
ricultural field agent for sometime
past and who Recently was transferred
70 Missouri to investigate apple condi-
tions in that state, will be succeeded
here by A. H. Chapman.
The news of the discrimination OF
the Asheville Office of the land and
industrial department will be received
with general regret among the farm
ers, s~orchardists, dairymen and stock
raisers of the section of the state who
have been greatly benefited as the re-
suit of the maintenance of an Office
| here by the department Through
the officers of the local Office and
! those who have been brought to this
| city from other points many helpful
methods of conducting various depart
ments of rural industries have been
adopted and many investors have been
led to investigate the offerings of the
4 WESTERN GOu4LAOS O1
with q view to making investments.
The local Office was establisher jan
uary 1, 1911, and Colonel Wood has
been here since August 1, 1912. Its
activities have been confined to -he
development of Western North Care
lima and much outside capital has been
attracted to this section of the state
through the office. Members of the
Hand and industrial department of the
/ Southern have visited every section OF
Western North Carolina to aid those
who needed help and to offer sugges-
lions. For some time past j. has
been rumored that the Southern was
contemplating the discontinuance OF
1.-THE office although no official annuncs-
ment was made until yesterday.
Colonel Wood stated yesterday hat
1.-The action Of the Southern in closing
the Asheville Office and establishing
headquarters at Charlotte does not
mean that this section of the state will
be neglected. He declared that ne
intends to pay ~freqre:.; visits to this
territory and will keep in close touch
with conditions here. Western North
#tCarolina will be given close attention
at the hands of the officers of the de-
partment, he remarked.-Asheville
Citizen.