Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-08-26
RACHELOR WITH 4. RAG DOLL
TALKS OF PROGRESSIVE AGE
Judge w. G. Gullick Relates q Little
Interesting Experience TO Show
the Workings Of Progress.
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81 have been rushed with, work for
long time but it dropped on sudden
/ ly the other day. I'll have to put IN
new equipment.
A simple statement is this. It does
not mean that business conditions in
general are bad; that the mans bus
mess has been neglected, but only d
change in conditions brought about by
rapidly progressive age.
The children play around here q
good DEAL said Judge w. G. Gullick
as he picked up a rag doll and apollo
getically explained, evidently think
ing such appropriate for bachelor
fseventyeyears of age.
There is a volume of local history in
the two Introductory sentences ofJudge
Gullick. As he later explained in re-
Spouse to questions fired by the news
scribe, it has meant an utter change
of conditions so far as his business Of
wood working and painting goes. The
Judge could not successfully meet
newspaper man led him back over a
period of forty years of business in
Hendersonville.
Nearly half century ago Judge
, Gullick after serving three and one
+ half years in the Civil war, where ha
won the title of sergeant, established
a Woodworking shop in Henderson
vile. Then he did not have to COM
| pete with factories, so received $125
to $3.50 for buggy and $135 for a
wagon and SIS for one-horse wagon.
As the world progressed conditions
changed and competition which the
Judge could not successfully meet
Sc IN 20 I,
turn out buggies and wagons in large
numbers. Then he had to change
this kind Of business, devoting time to
making repairs, painting, blacksmith
ing, ETC.. About this time he and w
| N. Flicker, the father of A. and Francis
Flicker, entered business together and
about 20 years ago they bought one
half an acre of ground on what is now
the corner. of King street and Second
avenue, South. The partnership was
dissolved about this time and Mr..
Flicker opened a blacksmith shop and
Judge Gullicks opened a paint and re-
pair shop. the hand hewn studding
used now showing for itself as the
old shop stands. AS stated above. the
Judge was forced to give up the wood
work speciality. He took up the paint
ing Vi vehicles, furniture and doing
light repair work. His service guar
anteed plenty of work and now comes
another step to be made by reason of
the change in conditions. He pointed
to nicely. painted carriage when he
US he foregoing remarks about new
equipment. The universal use of the
automobile has greatly crippled the
buggy and carriage business and in
order to keep pace with the march
OF progress Judge Gullick has decided
to prepare to paint automobiles.
The partial changes made in the
business of the Judge from year to
year, although clinging to the old and
grabbing on to the-new, has meant a.
great transition when his service of
the past forty years is taken into con-
sheraton. This example is only one
| OF the many in Hendersonvflle. anoth-
Ger of which is clearly shown by the
illustrations on the front page of the
Democrat, showing how the mode of
transportation has changed in Hem
dersonville in the last quarter of a
century, from the public coach to
street cars and automobiles.