French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-09-20
LOCAL LADIES DECIDE WINNERS
IN WELFARE WORK AT TUXEDO,
Green River Manufacturing Company
Give Prizes fer Best Kept Yards
Nr. Bell Progressive Mill Man.

How many of the people here III
have discovered thc
thriving little village that lies just a
stones throw from the main road .
GreenVille?
Recently it was the privilege Of
few ladies of Hendersonville to VtsiI
Hand inspect closely the envirOns OF the
interesting town of Tuxedo, which is.
composed entirely of the employers and
employees of the Green River Manufac-
turing company. The town is not IL
corporated, and so it was most inter
esting to find out just how municipal
affairs we're carried on. J. o. Bell, a
large stockholder and manager of the
mill, has power of Office vested in him.
and is responsible for the proper ad
ministretion of the town. Mr.. Bell Is
justly proud of his little township.
challenging anyone to find town IN
which there is less drunkenness and
, disorder of any kind.
Mr. and Mrs, Bell have charming
home. and are of course the center of
the life in Tuxedo. They are in con
stant touch with the families aorund
them, and are personally concerned II
everything that pertains to the Wels
being OF the town. Mrs. Bell has
taught for many years in the village
school and in, this~way has diffused
Iher influence throug ghout the COM
1nHnity.
For a couple Of years, Mr. Bell has
given prizes for the best-kept and
most attractive wards in the village
the company furnishing the seeds fU
the flower beds. With Mr.. Erwin as
guide. we were taken over the entirt
town, our visit to each yard being
most interesting experience. Our first
impression was of the remarkable
cleanliness of the premises eVerp
where; the yards carefully swept and
the flower beds well tended. Every.
where were lovely flowers, with the
most bewildering varieties OF colorS:-
dahlias, SALIVA, Zumas, marigOlds, as
ters, petunias and phloX in GLOWING
profusiOR. With so many attractive
yards, it was difficult matter to make
a decision. and only after mature de
liberation were the following prizes
awarded: J. T. Tate, first prize. $50.
P. A. Station, second prize, $25; j. e
Bayne third pribe, SIS; W. C. BreWel. :.
fourth prize, $40.
Honorable mention was given to g.
M. Beddingfeld to Mrs. Alex Station
for the most attractive back yard and
to John Ward for special cleanliness
of premises.
The yarn mill with its two hundred
employees, is itself wonderfully ia
teresting and in keeping with every
thing else, is surrounded by lovely
flowers. One sees first the bales of
raw cotton in large bins This cotton
was seeded and pressed into great
sheets by some vast machinery. one
part of which revolves forty-flVe hun
dred times a minute. Followed by
this the cotton is put through the mil. :
utnil it is finally transformed at tn
other end into spools Of yarn, part of
which is sent to the Freeze-BacOh
Hosiery mills inNour town. One place
of machinery-and to us the most at
tractive-held 1877 spools of yarn, all
revolving at once, and so arranged that
If any one thread should bread. the
machine would stop automatically
The product of this machine is used
for making cloth.
Altogether, the mill and its environ
ments express a high standard of eH-
cheney and there is spirit Of cooper
alton between employer and employees
that makes for the htghet interest Of
the mall.
Mrs. Michael Schenck, Mrs. E. G.
StiIlwelI, Mrs. E. W. Ewbank of Hem
dersonvilIe composed the committee OF
judges.