The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-03

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timber in Mitchell county. He has
not yet commenced operations lie
VII have n Of the big operations
when he gets started. They tell me
here of PennsylvanianS all over the
section. The Currys. Of
Ridgway and Brockwayville. were
down at Andrews, but closed out there
and are said to be starting in again AZ
some location in Haywood or Transyl-
vania- At Morganton are the big
tanners, the kistlers. from Lockhaven
III Pennsylvania. The Grandin Lum-
Der Company in Caldwell brings to
North Carolina a family that made
coolies of money in the Tidioute oil
fields in Pennsylvania when that sec
ticn was one of the Invest spots on
earth, bar nothing. The Grandins are
doing a lot Of development up in their
section.
Colonel Amsler. of Clarion. Pa. is at
the head of a big lumber concern in
Cherokee. 1 notice names from DIN
Rcis. Pa. at the tannery at Hickory.
And SO it goes all over the mountain
coantry of North Carolina. NJ
doubt if l could make a lengthy vcy-
E of discovery l could find PenlSyl-
va1ianS In nearly every community
They are not a bad class. and they
st EN- to be received with d cords
welcome wherever / have found them
An interesting character connected
with the Dickey and Campbell opera
tons was c. A. Dodds, who. as ensi
neer, helped G.. A. Dickey to locate
the road up the mountain. DodGs
helped through with the road. her
he was called to preach and he went
to Syria as a missionary. Inquiry de
veloped that he was born in Syria, hi!
father having been the first America,
missionary to go to hat far-off coun
try. DOddS came to America and wa
trained for an engineer, but the pull
PIT was more to his liking. SO he en-
tered the ministry. went to Syril
came Jack and finally went to Kan
sas, where he is now a COvenante
clergyman.
The big band mill at Black Noun
tain was built by A. A. Doutt, of Ridg
way, who has built eighteen of tn
Clark mills. of which this is one. II
has stayed with this mill except afte
!, he built it, he built 0 u others be
tore settling down here as superb
tendent of the plant.
Western North Carolina has
l world of timber. of many varietie
. While the timber has been regard
Z as inaccessible heretofore the lun
herman is a r~esourceful fellow, an
like Dickey and Campbell here in tt
BLACK Mountains. he is pushing raj
|, roads out into places that have bee
y regarded as impossible. He is tai
! ing out magnificent hard WOO
s spruce, hemlock, some white pine, ar
{ he is dangerously near the fine ches
( nut that is destined to go to the tai
= merry for fannie acid if something
not done soon to extend some COVER
ment influence over the forest
! practices of the State. A big mill tn
y polishes the surface of five or -
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take long to make a track of desol
ton owe half Of a township, and
is a slow prOceSs for a denuded mou
tain to recover It's picturesque fe
lures after the lumberman has go
through.
The lumbermen say it is a pity tn
something can not be done to preser
= at least a portion of the forest, b
8 it is too big a job for individual {
forts. The nan who has his mon
tied up in the timber knows no W
to get it out but to cut the trees a
- saw lumber. He can see that a wi
"a forestry practice would be good pt
~ icy for the community, but he can n
see here he can get his money ba
- by entering on the growth of a CT
=. that will be harvested after he h
~ turned his thoughts and energy
things that he will ~ncounte on t
~ other side Of that tabled river, t
a Styx.
The men who are operating in
Black mountain timber are also &C
!. cerned in other operations in t
III State, and they have big mills o,
the Virginia line to the north. T
Pennsylvanians who have their ia
lilies in the various coramunit
Where the mills are located are hit
Iy esteemed as neighbors and bu
ness men. and their families constit
la welcome factor in the social life
- the towns and settlements. J..
Campbell bears a particularly envia
- reputation. He is looked on by
men as a patriarch in the mill co
munities. a man always ready to le
n an oar or confer a favor 1t is S
ma that his proteges at the Keely reso
ID constitute a considerable class, &
mt that his benefactions are almost wi
TX out number. He is one of the m
ne. popular of the Pennsylvania dele
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