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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
CAPT. MILLS, HENDERSONVILLE
MAN, DIES IN GREENYILLE.
Prominent Business Man of Green.
vile; Spent Youth in Henderson
County; Clerked in City.

Greenville, S. c., July 25.-Capt. Otis
p Mills, organizer and president and
treasurer of the Mills Cotton Manufac-
turing company, and a citizen held in
the highest esteem and affection, died
suddenly Friday night at o'clock at
his summer home at Cedar Mountain,
N. C.. Captain Mills had been in poor
health for several years, though his
demise was sudden and unexpected
He was in the 18th year of his age.
The news of his death brought sin
cere7 sorrow to thousands. He
was of general disposition, even ten
pered and of -unchallenged integrity
and his public spirited activity in the
business and social life of GreenvilIe
won for him commentator from the
public at large.
Representative and influential citi-
zens expressed today deep sorrow
which they felt over the loss of their
loyal friend, for Captain Mills held
friendship a priceless possession.
Captain Mills was born at Mills Riv-
er, N. c. He enlisted for service in
the Confederate army in the civil war
and was soon afterwards captain of
Company G. As a soldier he did val
liant service for the Confederacy.
He moved to Greenville and opened
a mercantile business which was very
successful. He later conducted a
dairy farm, and afterwards organized
and was elected president an dtreasur-
er of the Greenvi1le Fertilizer COM
pany. He became interested in cotton
manufacturing and promoted the Mills
Manufacturing company, Greenyille,
and was elected president and treasur-
urer.
By his integrity and judicious man
agement of his enterprises Captain
Mills accumulated wealth. He was
liberal and generous toward any de-
serving cause, and took personal in
terest in institutions. The city has
lost a great citizen, the church be-
loved member.
Captain Mills married Miss Cordelia
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
:MlEskgHANTS = t!aaA MEET AND TACKLE
SOME IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
Incomplete Freight Bills, Rest Room.
Bad Accounts and Industries
Claim Attention.

& n
The new officers and the recon+1v
appointed committees of the Marcb nets : n.y.
.Tassoclation AS of Hendersonville met
rluay night for the purpose of dis
cusslng number of matters needing
Tue attentlon OF the city's commercial
organization.
freight b1lls,rest room, collection
OF pad accounts and a proposed hos
Iery mill We're among the subjects
Claiming attention
Y. q. Jones reported the action taken
py the committee in reference to re-
questing the railroad authorities to
comply with the requirements of the
freight bills. He said that he was SAT-
1shed that HendersonVille was having
too much freight in many instances
and that he had been benefited bv
several dollars in having his freight
bills audited. It was reported by two
members present that on Friday for
the t1rst time freight bills had been
nlled out IN accordance with the re-
quest OF the association On motion it
was ordered that the committee meet
ing recommend to the aIl-members
meeting to be held next Monday night
tnat further request be made of local
railway officials to fully comply with
the requirements called for on the
! freight bill by filing in the names of
the consignor and consignee; itemize
the weights and freight rates.
7 Will Open Rest Room.
VIM. Lott reported that the Woman's
club had offered to furnish a rest room
for the benefit of out-of-town shoD-
pers, especially the country women
coming to the city: that suitable quar-
terS could be secured in the Hunter
building at a rental of $50 per year;
that members of the city commission
ers had expressed themselves as being
i'll sympathy with the movement and
that probably help would be given.
The committee was continued until the
next meeting of the merchants, when
definite action will be taken.
viii Collect Bad Accounts,
+ Secretary S. Nixon Rowe reported
that the charter from the State Mer-
chants Association had not, been re-
| ceived. 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that as soon as the charter is re-
eeixed Immediate action should be
taken to sue fn.thes name of the associ-
-oettOn- and from it whom It has bee
impossible to make collections.
c. G. Jones was named to serve on
the transportation committee in the
place of Columbus Morris, who had
asked to be excused from service in
J iife connection.
| The movement on foot to secure an
other hosiery mill for Hen lersonvilla
/ was discussed an dthe committee on
! Industries was instructed to cooperate
! in the efforts to secure the proposed
! mill. Sentiment was expressed strong
! ly in favor of this or any other enter
prise affording a payroll.
{ The next all-members meeting of the
association will be held ct the library
! next Monday night, when good at
tendance is desired for the purpose o!
/ taking definite action on a number OF
. important matters.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
rurRN NURSERYMEN TO
SUI MEET IN HENDERSONVILLE.
,odipe Nurserymen of the South to
'TT~ %ept in This City in August; Head
ouartes at st. John Hotel.

Tho southern Nurserymen's associa-
49,, will meet in HendersonYille with.
tiU tno St John hotel as Headquarters
tn ,',rino the last week in August.
Forty or fifty nurserymen of the
co,,th are expected to attend this an
SUol SU meeting, which ordinarily lasts
for three days.
while the managemnt of the st. Johu
,otoI has been in correspondence with
tbe nurserymen for the past month
nth reference to making headquarters
ot This hostelry, news of the decision
a. a. meet there had not been received
Until last week, when American Fruits,
on International nursery journal pub
Tshpd at Rochester, N. Y, requested q
ont Of the hotel to run in connection
With the advance announcement of the
convention.
Hpndersonvil1e people will welcome
The news of this convention and will
rooard it as as quite compliment that
This association should select this city
&c its meeting place especially when it
ic constructed that there is no nursery
in this immediate section. @
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
"How WE GET THE NEWS"

The Barnwell IS. c. People. ::
bright and breezy newspaper, mas or
article headed How We Get the
News which hits off the situation to
nicely. 1t is strange how it is gen
orally taken for granted tnat the news
paper man should know everything,
whether or not he sees, hears or has
things told to him. 1t is true that
some seem to be born with "a nose f.
news" while others are little slow
in catching on. but we have nevo
seen a reported who just naturally
knew things, without having to see.
hear or be told about them.
The People has this to say:
Several days ago a perfectly nice
lady called us up and with tears in
her voice reproved us for not men
tioning the fact that she had friend
visiting her last week. We told her
that she had not let us know anything
about it and that, therefore, we did
not know that she had a visitor. Then
she said, ''WeIl, you should have
known. I thought you were running
a newspaper" Wouldn't that rattle
your Stats? ?" Some think that an ed1-
tor should be a cross, between Argus
and Anna Eva Fay. They seem to
think that our five senses are aug
mented by a sixth that lets us know
everything that happens, even if we
see, hear, feel, taste or smell it not.
Dear lady, editors are only human
or aft least, almost human. If you
have q friend visiting you, if you are
going away or have returned from a
visit of town, if Johnnie falls and
breaks his arm, if your husband chops
his toe instead of a stick of wood, II
anvthing happens that makes you glad
or sad happy or made, call US up. Tell
ne about it. That's the way to get II
~ the paper.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
PREACHER DRAWS
UNUSUALLY LARGE GATHERINGS.
Little Preacher III Knee Trousers I'M
presses Congregations and Brings
Spiritual Results.

Charles Turner, the seven-year-old
ordained minister, attracted large
crowds in Hendersonyille during the
early part of this week and as a re-
suit of his strong message on hell"
at the First Baptist church Sunday
night there were fourteen conversions.
Charles Turner is the son Of Rev.
and Mrs. F. NJ Turner, of Orlando,
Fla, the father having been a Baptist
evangelist for number of years.
Probably the largest gatherin8 TO
been a preacher or speaker since w.
j. Bryan visited HendersonVille two
years ago. packed the church building
Sunday night until all standing room
was occupied in an effort to see and
hear the marvellous preacher, who
treated his hearers to the story of the
rich man and Lazarus. The seven
year old boy showed a wonderful
miliarity with the Bible and it's teach
ings and his everyday illustrations
would lead one to think that he is ola
and rich in experiences.
While delivering his sermon he was
perfectly contained and showed origi-
nality. "When I was small, thc
seven-year-o1der in his knee trousers
started to illustrate with a persona:
experience, but he had to pause at thf
ripple of laughter and then asked
'eWhat are you laughing about" His
father explained, you are little now.
'sBut I used to be smaller" he CO
tinued with his message, exhorting his
hearers to accept Christ without delay
In relating the story of the br
conversion and his life, Rev. Mr.. Tur
ner said that while he was hOldin:
an evangelistic service his son at fou7
years old was converted and baptizef
and announced that he was called t
preach and Immediately began his frs
sermon on "God is Love" when hc.
didn't know a letter of the alphabet
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
A TIMELY REBUKE.
Charlotte Observer.l

A suggestion from lieutenant IN
the New York Volunteer Militia that
the president call for an army of 5OO,-
CG0 unmarried men and appropriate
A,0g0,O00 day for the support OF the
volunteer army, brought forth a we'll
Eierited rebuke from The Sun. That
paper makes reply that 'the Comman-
der in Chief has already called for
IOO,OO0,000 and more volunteers, male,
female, adult and infant; he has order
ed them to mobilize and undergo
Grill; and they have responded with
an obedience as commendable as it is
feaSsUring." ''His proclamation to
thlS unprecedented army" says The
Sun, called upon it's organization and
individuals in them to keep their TEN
pers, to restrain their tongues, to free
the'r minds from prepossessions and
Meludices, to refrain from violent and
irritating speculations, and to revote
themselves loyalty and unsparingly to
me difficult task of abstaining from
provocative conversation and argu-
ment that can lead nowhere" 1t IS
properly suggested that the lieutenant
IS trained soldier, knows his duty
20 his superior officer, and that the
VESt thing he could do would be to
oHey the orders of the day.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
rrpCHtNTS SHOULD USE WEAPON
OF THE MAIL ORDER HOUSES
Srr,pv Of County Was Made to Show
That Each Farmer Spent S28.S5
Annually by Mail.
CRaleiqh Times.)

TIE merchant who grumbleS about
+hn amount of business the mail order
houses do in his community il gener-
s1Iv the one who quietly reposes behind
his counter while his competitor across
tbp street nails the mail-order f1ra
with its own weapon-advertising.
An attractive catalog which goes
;nt7 home naturally gets some at
tan+tan. even though the home mer-
chant can sell the same goods for the
same price It is the newspaper
which can replace the catalog. When
Tho s0nn0Ient merchant wakes up to
the possibilities of the newspaper -
an Advertising medium he stops grum-
b.fnr about the mail-order house and
tells abont the good points of his or
no~cAa01ise. Through the newspaper
heal mecchanIs in Kansas last year
~ . ~or~~-ive= mood.
The flowing clipping will proba
biz interest several Raleigh mer
chants:
Lack Of publicity on the part of the
he can talk to people, right in their
homes at a time when their minds are
lost them in the neighborhood of OF
S5745.O0O, according to an estimate
based on 2 social survey of Sumner
county
The survey was made under the d.
rection of the state board Of health,
and shows that 73 per cent of the far
mers are patrons of the mail order
houses and send on an average OF
&2S25 2 year to foreign concerns. This
macs a total for the county OF S2OO'OO'
spent On mail orders.
Based cn conditions in Sumner
county there ae 177,841 farm heads in
Kansas who DO not spend their money
with the home merchant and who
contribute to the near $4,000,O0O fund
that goes to the mail-order houses.
Il was explained by the agr1cultuf-
alists when the Summer county survey
was made that they received the
bulky maiI-order catalogues regularly
tIro he local merchants in many IN
0-a~~oe dtI net advertise and those
tLat did often failed to quote prices
ia - mail-order houses brough'
t'o;~ stores to the farmers through
Ivbltci.v and the better bought.
t. Sumner county survey was made
nr3marf1v for health and sanitation
purposes. Each farmer in the coun
however, was requested to state tn5
amount Of his annual business with
itinerant tradesmen and ma1i-ordef
houses.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR NEW
HOSIERY MILL IN THIS CITY,
Mr.. Grey of Johnston City Working ON
Plan for Establishment of Mill
With 20 OOeratiVeS.

James Grey of Johnston City, Tenn,
is working on plan to establish hos
iery mill in HendersonviIls lie asks
iof number of concessions in the way
OF taxes, contributions, lot, etc.
Recently subscriptions were made to
the extent of $500 by HendersonFille
people for -four mill, but as the pro-
moter failed torcarry out his plan the
subscribers have agreed. to let their
subscriptions apply to the hosiery mill
rroJect. Nothing of a definite nature
mas been done in the way OF purcnas-
Ing site although one has been ten
tariYely selected.
About twenty operators would be
employed to run the plant.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
Merchants Association of HlendersonvilIe

, Cover of prominent family in Green
vile. Besides his wife and large
family connection he is survived by
four children, Mrs. G. P. Hammond, OF
/. Birmingham, Mrs. w. B. Moore and
Arthur L. and Otis P, Jr., of Green
viIe They have the deep sympathy
of host of sorrowing friends.
In volume 1 of "Cyclopedia of Emil
nent and Representative of the Caro-
olinas" were found the following facts
with reference to Captain o. P. Mills.
He was born in Rutherford county,
N. c., February %, 1840. He was a
son OF John and Eliza G. (Graham)
Mills, the former a native of Ruther-
ford county, the latter of Cleveland
county, n C. On the paternal side
Captain Mills was of English decent,
while materially he was of Irish de-
cent. John Mills was merchant b.
occupation, and died in 1914, his wife
surviving him until 1889. Captaif
Otis P. Mills was the fourth of
family of five children. When yet 4
child his parents moved to Henderson
cCnnty, N. c., where his father de
and where his boyhood and youth were
spent on farm. He received a know
iedgeN of the ordinary branches of
learning and at 15 years of age engag-
ed as as clerk in HendersonVille, con
tlnulng IN that capacity for four years
al the beginning of the war he re-
signed his clerkship for the purpose
Of entering the service of the Confed-
crate army He served throu ghout
the war in North Carolina regiments.
Entering the army as a private he we
twice promoted, first to the rank of
first lieutenant and second to that of
captain. His was company G of the
56th North Carolina regiment. He
participated in all the battles in which
his command was engaged. Shortly
after the close of the war he located
in Greenville, S.. c., and engaged
the mercantile business for more than
20 years In 1887 he retired. one of
the principal merchants in Greenville.
as we'll as one Of the oldest. In 1890
he helped organize the Greenville Fer
tilizer company and became it's .prest-
dent. 1t was an important manufac-
turing industry, the third largest OF
the kind in the state. its annual ca
pacity being 10000 tons and its CAPT
tai paid in 100000. Captain Mills
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
GENTLE SOOTHING DOSES FOR
BOTH BOOSTERS AND KNOCKERS.
(Frem AshevilIe Board of Trade
Energy

Z
Do you know a man who tracks the
path from his home to his business
wrapped in the solitude of his own
concerns and shrunken to the limit of
short sighted interest in the general
welfare of his community?
DO you know man who has no time
for the general welfare of the prob
lens of his community? The schools,
the hospitals, the Libraries, they are
not his business? Conservation of
health; moral reforms; good govern
ment; parks and Fairgrounds; public
improvements. Each of these and all
of them affect every man as citizen.
every man in his business, every man
in his profession, every man in his home
Let those who like prominence attend
to these things, says the man wrapped
in his own affairs. Yet this selfsame
man wrapped up in his own AFFAIRS
would not live in community where
such matters did not have the serious
concern of those self-same aggressive
citizens. Such aggressive citizens are
q necessary factor in the growth of
community. They not only give liber-
ally of their money, but what is more
and better, they give literally of them
selves and their time. 1t is this COM
bina&ion that makes community d
better place in which to live; makes
business better for all citizens estab-
fishes a higher plane OF citizenship:
eIeyates the standard Of morals, refi-
gTon sedueation. Those VINO caE11ot
/ give e-of time can give of money, with
which to help on the work of develop
ment and publicity. 1t is the broad
geuged, progressive men in any city
! that build up prosperous city.
The growth of Asheville is. the re-
suit of the work of her wide-awake
aggressive and progressive citizens.
AS a citizen, are you just living and
doing business in AsheViIle without
manity?
Men Who Harm Town.
L. Those VINO oppose improvements
2. Those who "knock" strangers
and who knock the town to strang-
ers.
3. Those who show hospitality to
no one.
4. Those who hate to see others
succeed.
5. Those VINO distrust public spirit
eG men,
6. Those who oppose every move
ment which does not originate with
] themselves.
/ Z. Those who oppose every enter
prise that does not appear to benefit
! themselves.
8. Those who enjoy the benefits
that come from the work of public
spirited. broad-minded men, but who
! give nothing but criticisms in return.
! Do yeu belong? Why not reform.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29

He entered school and in ten months
made six grades. For about three
months he has missed preaching one
sermon day for only ten days and
on many days he has preached as high
as four sermons and as many as two
on every Sunday. He makes pro-
found impression upon his hearers as
evidenced by the number of conver-
sions. There is said to have been
more than 1000 baptisms resulting
from his preaching.
Master Turner was heard by large
congregations at the East Baptist
church Sunday morning and Tuesday
night and at the Methodist church
Monday night He preached to people
who had not entered church for
years. He will be heard at the Meth
ulist church again Friday night at
$50.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
M'ADoo AT GREENSBORO AUG. 4.

Greensboro, July 24.-Hon. w. G.
McAdoo, secretary Of the treasury, a
man who stands among the highest in
constructive ability of President Will
sons cabinet, will visit North Carroll
ia on August A to deliver an address
in furtherance of the work SO auspi-
ciously begun by the Pan American
Financial conference at Washington
OH May "a. The address will be de-
livered at the State Normal and Indus
trial college at Greensboro, a dinner
20 be given on this occasion by the
Normal College and the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce. Over 1,500 Of
North Cardinals leading citizens have
been extended invitations TO be present
on this occasion.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-29
A CANARY BIRD IN A COAL MINE;
A CHAUT4UQUA IN THE CITY.
Reasons Given by Press Agent as to
Why HendersOnyille Should Have
Live Chautauqua.

Canary birds are placed in coal
mines to protect the lives of the min
ers. If the atmosphere becomes foul.
the canary stops singing and begins to
show unmistakable signs of distress.
Then the miners know theatmosphere
must be changed quickly or they must
get out.
Chautauqua Versus Canary.
A Chautauqua is to a town what
canary is to a coal mine. If the intel
lectual and moral atmosphere of this
town is such that a Chautauqua can't
live in it. then we must change the at
mosphere or get out. To get out is
not convenient and we might find the
same conditions elsewhere. No cor
poration is going to abandon rich
mine because the atmosphere is bad
They will change the atmosphere
Cowards may pull up stakes" and
leave a town because of unfavorablc
conditions. but real men and women
will simply stiffen up their backbones
and change the conditions.
1900 Southern Towns Like Ours.
Between the Potomac and the Gulf
of Mexico there are fifteen hundred
smaller They include larger per-
cenlage of English speaking, native
born Americans than any other SINH
lor area of the entire United States.
There is a larger percentage of Church
membership and Church attendance,
and there is higher moral tone per-
vading in the homes of these towns
/ than in any other section of this great
! country Whenever a young man or
young woman leaves one of these
towns to seek his or her fortune i'll
i one. of the great cities. they leave be-
nind them a better home and better
| influences than they will ever find
elsewhere.
We Need our Boys and Girls to Help
Our Towns.
! We must hold our boys and girls, by
making the ''oid home town" the most
attractive spot on earth. A dead
town will never hold them. We have
got to give them clean. decent amuse-
ment and entertainment, and we have
I got TO give them a chance for as great
/ a career at home as they think they
/ can ind elsewhere.
/ The Big filisisg Rfg Here at Hone.
L 1nSIS Is I'll GDuAiUdAtc cOppOIluulIy
+! right here in this town and in the sur
rounding country for every one of our
| young women to achieve the very
| greatest success. We need them in
| developing our natural resources, ia
promoting more scientific farming. In
making better schools, in strengthen
| ing our churches in building better
roads, in promoting manufacturing
enterprise, in bringing in up-to-datc
methods of merchandising, in improV-
i ing sanitary conditions, in beautifying
| UEr homes.
We Are Going to Keep Our Canaries
Singing.
This town needs an annual Chautau-
tGua and is going to have one. 1t is one
of the things that helps to make d
town better place to live in. 1t is 4
creator Of ideals and source of in
spiration If you are a good citizen
you are going to help in bringing il
and when it is over you are going tc
be happy because you did your part.