Hickory daily record., 1922-10-28
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Newton, Oct. 2S.--R. B. Knox, who
is TO run the new cotton mill recently
completed here, has arrived from his
Ashe county ranch, his family ac-
comnanying~ him. Mr.. Knox is a great
believer in Ashe county, and Of course
he hopes Bowie,s porposal to sell out
the states interest in the North
Carolina railroad, will go through the
legislature, the money TO be used
in opening northwestern Carolina to
North Carolina.
Some one remarked that other sec
tons Of the state having got railroad
facilities, originally through state aid.
they didn't care anything about the
isolated mountain country, and OF
selfish grounds would oppose the
scheme Of Bowie.
''Well, if the deal is put over" said
Mr.. Knox, 1T will have to be put owe,
on selfish basis. II the rest of the
state can be shown that such rail
road would be the shortest line to
the coal fields, and would mean cheap
er coal for every factory, every family,
then everybody would have reason
for desiring the road built. Becauss
there is no such short line today, ]
had to pay this morning 1880 for
coal. If such a line We're built, making
the coal fields so much nearer, either
the Southern or Norfolk and Western
would have to operate it and which
ever failed to get hold of it would
have to build, so it is really a bigger
proposition than it appears on it's
face and means great development OF
a splendid agricultural, timber and
mining country"
Nh. Knox goes over to Ashe. to
spend his summers, and has been on
his farm every month in the year
finding the winters pretty cold, burt
the climate not different from that
Of Asheville. However, one old Ashe
settler maintains the opinion that while.
"Ashe is the Garden of Eden nine
months it is unfit for human habita-
tion for three months in the year"
John w. Erwin and several other
Jr. 0. U. A. M. Insurance workers
held conference here today, mapping
out increased activities. These repre-
sentatives do their work in Junior
councils, and then sign up members
en- masse, Down in Georgia recently
MI. Erwin and one Of his workers
we're engaged with lodge whose
members couldn't come in until Sat
urday. They stopped at the only hotel
IN town, whose proprietor shaved
once week. Saturday the other
Junior insurance man complained he
wouldn't know the boys when they
came in. Mr.. Erwin, it is said, proudly
Dcasted that he never forgot a face.
Meanwhile the hotelist went out for
his weekly shave and came back. IN
bounced Mr.. Erwin, with hand out
stretched: "My names Erwin, sub,
what is yours ?" thinking he was one
fof the .about-to- insured Juniors.
Mr.. Erwin was down in the eastern
part of the state recently with one
Of his men who nightly bathed himself
IN inedlcants to ward off mosquitoes.
Mr., Ervin inquired as to the meaning
OF the strange procedure and was
informed. "Huk,,' he said: "that's one
thing that never bothers me-thev
won't bite me-" Both retired. Present
~, "whan!' as if a bald headed man
had brought his palm down with force
on the top of his ''bean." Nobody said
anything. Smack" broke the silence
again. followed by querulous. "Wrhv. |
gosh ding you'll" as if it were the oniv
mosquito in the whole room when as a
matter of fact the room was zizzinr
with them. Needless to saw his room
nate broke out in raucus laughter