The Log Vol. 16 No. 12 (1934)

Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.I. • 2 THE LOG ~---'-------=-----=---- ---"----'"--":-~~-..:.--""'"--""" • \ . • ZEBULON BAffiD VANCE N JYlay 13th, 1830, neaJ.·ly one hundred and four y car!:i <l.go,, a son was born to N[r. and J\1r~. !)avid Vance, " 'ho became one of the ~tate's most beloved sons-the Honorable Zebulon Baird Vance. Z~b. Vane~, as he it-; gcneral1y Ju1o-wn a11d s pol\en of by the citjzens of the Old Nc;nth Slaiej ·was oo1·n in a little t\-,)o-r<J4Jn1 hnn !lt~ on H~:~enu~ Creek in Bvneotnb~ County, ab(>llt t WPlve and one-h~lf mil ~ f1 om the monunH~llt Precwl to hlg m ~n1o1--.v on Pa"k Sqaa·re in ..~ .sbevilleJ ..~. oJth Carolina. The hnu~·e in v1hich WI r. VaHct- wa~ born i: of 'l1·atu structure. two ror)n1s and ;' loft. 1'hc loil is .. J1t.OJI~(l by a ladcier in one corn~r (){ tb ~ l1 ving YCH)t:tl -wh ieh i~ ·c..thout folu~teen I>.Y tw nt~y-t1ve feet. 'l'he wall ~.; at\\ sealed ":itl! sprue c.. .brm-l'rl:;, twal ve incd 1 c·., witlt.!, d1·e~d d ;tnd t n1-gve and gToovt:d. hP C(dling uvcl'he:ad -which reF-ts c,n fotu· by oight t1utn1s is c;.~f t he ~~une consb ltC· . t ion. The f~ {J()l" is a£ pine boa.rd ... te11 inc be& w·i,rl . The kftcf)en: whfch }a about fourteen feet sq ua:ret jg sear !fJ w.jtb und1 ·e~&ed hoard~. ln ®e end vi. the ki tchen i~ a rna:j:~siv.t! fire_vlace. iL is eigh t fet:'.t wide qnd five f.ee from t he s tone h-e..-'1.rth t;o t he at·ch . The a. ·ch ; ~ fJf . . wood a ttvelve ·by twelove Lim her "'. ith tht i~~tide of t he tin\ber beveled to about jQ ty-flve degrees.. _ n i1·ot1 .vod ~xte:nd.s across the nr:eplacf~, 41!1 which hang~ a "pothoo]( which can lJe placed in any poii)Jtirm ~JJver the fire. It can be m-oved from one sid€ to the othor or ta ise<il or 1owexed to st:tit eondit.io:Rs. 'rhe outside of the hoilding l weather-btJarded. 'I~he original bo~rd s of yellow p()plar ar.~ em the ldoc ;e~ but the living room has been re- wea'Uhel·-hoard~' ann new boards cover. th e .reof .o thet'wts.e ~. the building toy - day is l al~g ~l y as it \vas when the Ho-norable Zebulon Bafrd V anee \:t.'as born .. 1\[r. Vance, like ma ny boy::> of l1 is day, did Jl('Jt ha\le the Public ·S.choo1 advantages tkat the cbildten hav~ toda). He was about six or seven years oi ag.e ·whfJ'n he entered school, a small one-room building on Fbrl Creek. It is said, ala very tender ag~, Zeb. was g:ven t.o pre>fanity, probaJJly lear ned f~·om the colored boyo. Dur ing his first year at school, the teacher undertook to break hi'rn of the bad habit. So~ one day du1 i.ng school h.otu'sJ he placed little Zeb. at a mouse-hole;r \vith a pair of tongs in his hands, and commanded hitn not tro o.pen his mouth untiJ he c:aught the mouse. Zeb. statioEed himself at the hole. Sorn etin~e late1· when all w.as quiet and the ehildl'en were .ab orbed in their studlE?s, he startled the school by excl~m~bg .. ~~Da.mned, jf I haven't got him P' Sure enough he had e~u ght a mouse. At the a;ge of twelve years., Jris fathe1· sent h 1m t:o Wash ington College in Te,nnessee. Before he left l~ ome his father gave him son1e good adv~ce. He said. "Zeb. do rojnd yottr bOlts, an:d be care.t:ul of giving of­fense to your school n1ates. "' Evidently he rlid '111 ind • < I 'II rrh~ hoti!i~ i:Fl ~bit It Ute llfl.ll· Zt~buloo llaird Van()(• WU8 ti Ol Lit~ it a p,:p~·o t"t; t odu~ , • • ) • • ... ft i 't\ tl\ )•\U ~t~ "\-'·h id1 hi to 't!'e at h ·ttl. ~h~ ~~1rt1, - \\' t a"""' '\t"A·:- glad to hat y'-1'1 uJ· ! :nll: ·,g so f-1~t.. ' ~ '<'l'' th:1t. ~ •U 'i ·ro.nro \' .t.Uir tl. € ~o ;· tc.> llvrh~ ~ )!.ft'fft • 1d /Ot){t " rn Ol.~r ~ .. ' Ty conon·u al witt? 1tnd rna;,rn~ a.~w;G 1 are ld ~~a: : h o l ~ t'~sqd a good <le-~1 1 ~ \11).. ·n :r~tluei hP- ·1· 1 :.~ nd'~ old elothe t 1)t her l: ... _ ~ s au {:'\ ~ti l}r,e ~r hi$1 faet, ~Mr. Vance ·wrpw the on w ng· cw 1 re U1e IJ:i'Ht.S af ·my <'hiJdltOod. n f l'Hi :ecoll ". . ~ pre sen ~ .t'hEl.lll .tQ '\iev.~; e ;p. lbS 1 \ 'rJC" ; ~h.e ~ ta r~gled rild''yood, ,._... ... loll ii•";v ~s:e, .- P gToyes 1~·\e e ~he erau--apples grO't''. ·1 ,1i ~ .. or-!·' • ing seat ·· ·itn it little s.qU$.re p~tches x. • ~{' ~· ~ L ~ u1c::. d ,~. .. h h. n1~ tmcl1eon fo.r: noon, d~· · ~9. vr:itb ,l llt\le · nd fisb-1vorm~ and matche-s . • /sJ ~·-u:n:t-dnhp.. a11d ki~ strings 'fr l\1 1\Iarch unt1l • ll . 1;.w 1 atched tr01.1-er~. the :made-over trou e1·s . 1 ·e l ~:-h-. -ater tJ (!tU~er; ... thitt fl 11 ~ too soon. ~&.;l--,l.ll:l'Mon~on e t-r 1Jen· •t·n: gTea te.Tc ~'1-vjc~. · • · llS ~ uuTJ:g ter · \;\iitb J<•:?; \l ... \ ~nt fJ :vm ..-. \dolph 1 ~ o ,J eni~, - ' . ,r ~u; &. .:... r~ .. mih; of ten rt1,Jt.: boys. 1.'1-:YG gl 1,9 f • Iii. uf rohll:.. kno n t_r, OlP, OJ OthCl S: >,li.;.<:. v~-"~~ .. ee ~ran h 9 our f:a nuJ~ .. tre~; a~ · 1~«{ dof r:: ~ · c~ f r ninl! elder brothel·~. r: · t _,me ... lighlh· bagged ar• \he knee. • ~le pa : eo t a· . Pr.fl~ ~he !')econd .. h nd tr·o; sen~'!· B r~~ ·l...r trOI ... ., z th1lt fuiggP..li at tl e e~." I • • fN • ~l _l , V.•JH , ~ lt ~ d b cPn , (. t·wh o<lf l ti t · h (H1. l u1\6 wh._.n hi. f.d hr •· di\·tl <'Uti{ .fnt• ti f t ~ n~·. t. W'Vt·H (JI' fl J ~ht \e:'\ 1'. IH• hr d to \\. (•rl\: l1 :1'1 Al u n U1e fa l Ol ira t tf-t.r 1n Jtt!fp h 1 .~; t lOiJH' i ' ~Ufll •,>.rf f ht-' f:Ht1l1 .. V!1 t n l 11s l.lP f tt1 1H! l ,, ,:aut\"'-4')fiP llf' cll.'!tdtlt·3:1'1 h"J ' J to tJ ~ t ni ·<' ' "it\ (lf Ni rth e11 n •l i n ~1 ,\nd stnd,v l 't\i'. 1lA hat.l 11n ltH lH \, hut. lw l~t.~li \'Nf ,\1, ~ t 'r1- i hr t·r· Wt l. .'.> :t wiH th,~r _ ldll~·c. t•tJ :l w· ", \ t:. fh ~tl t n1' \ Dt vid J,. Sw: in. P• Hi ... cl 'll{ {If lht· t 1 Hh•;J, t\· ~ t ) ( j' Nol'lh e[ll"rJ-H11. l_, ant! :C1..1U .. ~h c l)( ~ ~ll l )'Ct')'tl) ~_rfl r oun f ,v, \ 1 1'r 1l rl ir·ncl v.f ttl . V;HJC'..18 Gt\ ~ h. dt r id ,\, f 0 \\' t•ih· trl Nl J'. rhi~ Ri n l ~ .... r h ~ IJ). ~'£} e !c h· }' ~h;k••d fn r il Jr• 11 of' lh1 c•e hurHi n:~rl dv H ~ ' f':) ~' ' that lH n' i•rht lH l\c' ·1 J)(-tl ·b n.J cour .. ~ ~~ itt ihe thuveJ'. it-y, rthd • t t ht' ~(llf) 'l 1 ime, .. Ludy I nv~ 'rh {> j(J~H\ \.Vn~ !{r~TJted. rtf• J , UWlH('(l i.m_ l1" (Jnt v l·~ i ly o1tJy tJl1<• Y'('U!'. IJut h.B r,•nd n. grt•nt d~::tJ cHtd lt r.ld fl wutJfl r fHJ nH~Hn y. lfie connn; nd c:,t h i~ ,,., 'nta r facnl ti('R :tnd qn ic.kn r-t to l('n.rn '-'.H& f~n· Et h OV< .. {:]1 :'} tlveragt··. v\.'t} }.n·c toJd th:~~ his fu ' 'Ol j t ' hoo~ : w· •r(' Lh gjhlt the \vr,_rks o-1 Shakcs­Pt'fn'(\ ruHf ll1e .fitntj(·g of ~ir \V 11.lte1 Svott. ~ ,~\'h il .. in the"' t l t'J h t\ r ~ t t, •, rvtt·. ,utec tnlltie ls-.a·ge nurn-be r~ <' f f'd ends. H, is ~n i<l ihnt he t t»eatkd vdth the gt·en t "1 otu·te~.v and po~it n e ·~, noL only th , great, hui t h~ :=an~'l l. lie \Vas a deHghtfully genial and goocl­nl! l"~tn•ed t et'S\>n a1wa.v~· winning the admh:·ation and friendship of tho~e vvho kne\v h i 1rr. ~e~wnt ])o'\\~d, b1 Lhe uLif~ of VanreJ', tells the .Col ... lowing sturj ; ll His popuh~l·ity with the st urlents be­gan as s;oon as he lighted tl't">-nt the Weste1-n stage in ·front of Mi s N"q\tlC) HiUia.rrl's hote l~ a stranger, with­fiUt .n. fri end~ Son~e of his traveling companions were h.t t tel~m·s students 1·eturning. Of ·course, these \Vere ove~"~heltned by cordial gre€tjngs £rom their acquain- J.il r p)aee in Bvit1& roout of Zeh. Vanee"e~ ofd hom . - • QI.Cll~ , t-1 n he ,, :? min?.d n t t .. J. • th . o·r t''\\'} ,\lu1.intr .:· ~1 1.n ; \ · n 'f''} \lfl -• . .-.-- • .. "' he had ne·-rer ~ u b~, re. ~) 1d sht nk ~t'=" h t.d \ · i'~h e.~ • \...r~e . ., rdi li t.L l wa~ not fnp• i':\ iuu h ·"' l 't lf)I'P ·v ~ ,. ~ ~- in l'l c0 lt any h., •c:.l '4f~Hgh\ hi" ~, 'lUa.h t,ulJ'' ! wl ken ··i: ..l tn hi~ l"e~rt. aud .. ,.. .. tt .. ~~tll,. .: ;l ·w thnt th ·h~ , fltl!! . 1 ., :\t11(L at nee~ n t<thli. chut··U'te r.~· {)ne ni<J , ~1 get il e<l hirn t hu~ . '\hen be · rrived .at he t' nh·el"~~ t)~: · ~J.lomeHl-ade . hoB~ <Pld c-loth )s, abvu 1ree inche .. h~b· · t' pants and ~hoe.~, ~ho,ving hi'. ankles: qu.i ~1~ nn.d rt'ugh t rl?parlee. tUlfl nrost l·e­Ular -able for his jol,es. But . \vhile nol d1·essed in P ri.-hln style. fe~Y te "p1e fftil ~id , tH'l el), "ac:q uaint11nce, ~ ~ t e ir r)r~,.,., ~ed 'vith th faet that lte btr\d a brain l~g.e and acth·e; a n1.etno.ry tenaciou ... , a natn re over­fi< n :ng "~i1 h joyous love of fun. and to a surp1~ is ... ing degree accurate inforn1a.Li n of hulUY s uiJj ects and many authors." After leaving th-e l }niveY ity, ~f r. V anc · went to · she-ville to pr~:tJetjce his profes.-jon. l t vvas not long before he had a good practice. Vve are told that ~~I-li s memory 'vas trong aJ.lcl accurate,· and his pe1·feet self ­coTO.. I!)and aRd easy flo'"'. of ~"orrl s, t'nade hin1 a foTmid­able adYersar,· of the ablest debaters." ~ ometim·es~ it is said, that he ga e free play to his y.JOWel·s of jocoseness and ddicule. One of his J.u,ost striking ehaTacteristjcs was absoh1te f_reedoln f.r0n1 timidity of any kind. He w-as at ease any·w~here ancl in ' ati\" oompany. He Vl'as never aceused of self-.eoneeit 01~ presumpdon, or what is well expressed in the $]an.~ word, cheekiness. In August 1853, Mr. Vanee ~vas married to ~!i~s llan:iet-t.e Newell Espy,. a woman of fine mind and noted for her a1Adent piet ' and ~eeHent qualities. Soon after he began to practice law, he \vas elected Soliei"wr (Jf Buncombe County, but continued to prac­tice lat1' uniil he ·was r;aHed upon to run for the Legis­lature. A highly respected gent leman .. nn1ch oJd~.tl than Zeh. Vance, 'Nas hjs coa1 petitor. ln a joint de .. l.~ate, hl:i f50mpetitor rc~f r :n .. d to \T aJJCe a~ f'too youngo, l.t rneJ e Loy." MJ·. V a.n~e apohJ}!iZ :d ft))' his :vvuth aHd clt~­t.;. lar~ th a.t "Jfe wouJCJ ha v,o cherwlully been .hnTn at ar:t ~al'li~H· (la.t~ if it ;,ad })r~f:ln tn hb ptlWt .. '; that hi's i'athor and mothe;· gave bin nr, ch uicPt wbnL•~verr, rdJOIJt: tl••; rn.att,.,.r, :and he lonnhiy bef{g-ed l'}u df)JJ, ::t.:n.d ~aid ht~ · WftvJd trv and d0 b(~t~~~ , r~ t3>-t tnnt· /' '1 h n j J0i) fJ f l' llH t' ("d ·with lau~hteJ .. ~tJr1 ldfi 1' JH~ pt· 1~jt -1r u; ¥t. : ugrl l'A,nd r.udd t ~,t l( ht~ lH~ tJ(l ;.~ Jltl.<ri },() ~', l;t:Jt ll u·; un\· wu. too Tr1t\tl.'' 'J h ''let ·tinu wa wo-n t,/ M1 . V;-\Ju(·( lN H hn•v.(• H ~~I.Ji'ltY.'. . Four .VP ~.u-~ h.b;P io If.~£~ . he· ~. ~~.$ : r~•,'H.Lll < l(! t t)d hv U1~ · \-Vhjgs, :J flr1"11Jft l ' o1' ( ~(;'ff)'•!l ~f(. !Vlt , v .l.Uh Wf :t Unt{lfl rn.k.li j:~Hd h1 fhr· ~'· rJl '' I :o-n ;tthl 1 ~f d ln I pnl·· f ·~'!tH~nll y u dilf , J '( tli ps~1 f ,.; of Ut " ' f Ht t· :J~i .l-ift. t 1 "<' ,.. E.dtJn. J t L, a1-1 td h i -( ~ i '' h . .) t., t per·• · h f•.rr tl~t, l 11J 1 ott w tt .. ~ Vance M()nument. Paek t.,;'q.uar~ • SAC:\ it~ ... · t.J,. • in Sali~bury, @c;to\)ex 11, l 6u. T'he ~·J..·~ ... k:ng J:re~,, earl ' .in the n'iOl'lling !lnci las; ted aU day. 'Ft r: twq h r f"lve thou s·~Tnd peop] ~ stat d i.:n th :\ r .lin nd li~,, eo t~ hint, and \-vherl he prvpo~ed to ~tor> the .. ... ~rJ•~li our ·Go on~ " ,, !o t n !'" After th . othels 1u\cd ~8· · \n· .ut:i night e~~.rn e OJt. l\1r. VtHH$~ ,,·a: nall.i'rl (Hl fer 8n ~ (.11 · ~pe ch. } or annthet b\ro hc,.u r · b~ ,. {' ~.-d t\ .. c · .. \(i with eloqu ll 'C A.nd ~~rg u-tnenj:. ~t nt:l \ :th tHl · it:tl·: U~ hl rtlil·t ll. 1n ttt·· ct.o irlg bonr..-. f UH ' l'hiltr -b.t.h \Jll.l' ... "" lr. Vaoet', ~·~w itl:t all th " po-\V 1l' <•f hl~ doa ~H n.e 'WI.] I rnl II or -h l ~ h Hrt, ph-ad foV l h ~ pn~' "l \: .t.lrlUll \ t h lJ n itH t, nud l-hnt tlds hon1d h .... dq~Xt P\!• ~ u1 H~ ... · ~\t ""l! f\H W}u· lw i\Jt h• · d 'u lruv t ··rr w~r rnu. t 1 ot•TH· \ l l,j·LJ' '.t · t.o }H' wi h n,_v HWll pf-'t pi . H' T. tt. "t tt. h ~d blr.nfl, 1 ·p u'ff\1 t.n ~h •d · nu! lltt ••u hh \u1 t ~Hh 1·> tlPHt ~<;~t:d.ltt ·Pl t h lPt •L lf 1 h J\.t' lo ,·l s. ;t lt \•l f·l.th • ~-h . )\t t•;ul gt~r 1'l nd h\·\' t htul IJ• P\\'n h \uct1·u fllhl n ' t)tl t t · . .' · tn lnu•rli ·tld\ t'nHtl\' i1 1 ~ r--n. idl'n1 l uwtthi'. pr 1 · l~to\ ·~­li o~t. 1 1t'. \ ttl(' t• t't.LH J n-.• ~ tu Jluu ,·,ln l\' ) ~ .. Ht )~~ . ~ th~ ·~ he ~ l,tb,, d a ('UlfiJ~ Ill\' or "[ ,-l\1 ";\1 tlhi l~ ti:\ i~ ~U l T1 · Wit:~ df'l (,;, l , .~ q l ~ llll . ' h• Hntt}th ~u H.l l ~~.;· tJ , · ' • THE LOG • - • - ------ --~ t~ d.l:· t l nt hi:-\ t'• rnptin.r lert ~ .. [, ·vill t ~ fur · Hal ·isrh rn rn Ct'rt\\ ded witl1 ~ ... " ,1~. flt nri: :HH1 &thnit· r~ •f Ut e~)t'HP<..\ny. 1 ' ' lht lilT)a. nt~tf• 1: • nf nnd l'U u lh \ )'#lll .ult LH)~ ~ p~ ~ ~~ u~ ,.,......·...., r1f th t•it.~: f llo\\ d ln \\- •e-ping W~1l1lC!l :tnd llH ing: r:iethl~ f< 1• :-: .. n1 , cHst. 1 c! Uj) t h~ S\\ :HHWll • )~\ l t·~-t i I , t1 .. fa.l f 1sq t<tpu~ in Y~ulc?~ w~r" app<'tnt,d Q}tli{ J ' ( h.;' ·\, ~)rlt ·- l\tb [~('gin1··n t. :nd <IL tht~g • ll ' : i ck•cti 11 .f , 1 U ~ \ in . -~ •t'lh ... u·oJin .. , '" h tle ';rnc , a~ · ·. c;. 111 p 11 ~:u· f •et <;Jl\ hu rg \ · irgin i(-l. l1e ~~a~ lc ·t d ~'" \tl 1or ~f tilt: ( ld . <'Lt. ~f,\lt!. Jll ll1d nut ~~,J, • h ;» otd<.) . liut ,,h,~n lli" T)eU 1 h~rl ~~&~t ·;ld ldnt Jl\' r~JL .. at it "' :l~ Jq:· du ~ to ac 'ept. Fl \\"' · a. HP-tH<tCfi n ~. the Nth da;,,· ,f .. ~ }')ltl.tb ... ,r. erhar:-.. 1 u of h ·t ~(I \' l'1Hn' of .. .. rth ·nrolina, noL ·Yt'll t~O\ ernot· ":1 ~ '' eJt.. lurd a ha1·i~l tasl'. aJ\d none ~~n ~~ betl ~~r It 1. a hi tori(Ytd f~ct t h~1.t. G ' el'llOl' un{'e nc.. 1l11l'e ~tll iiel'~ tv ih ~ a r n1.\- than the1 0 W('l'E'! n,, -~ in t•1 ~• ( t • • . ;utd tih' · ,~·er~ b(lth~r f J and l>et­t · ~luthed t h · n t.hr vldit'r~ of nny other southeru a~ ~. .. :\Ian) a 1 ,, , 1.. gged ... IJldier had . hve , tln h i ~ t-t ....... bla·l .. et {.; hi~:;ld hin1 frvn1 th.e ~110 \v·. and a i~e.::o u~ b co:1 o1h; n week. bt,CUU .. e. Zeb. Y~ n(:e wa · f L t•l'th Gal~olina~· 1 lie e~w1.uli ·hed emer­zK ·s· h•1~1 ita] ... at a n r~b~r of place .. throughout the ~t ~ '' ht->re t·lt: itdu · d an 1 :iick could be c~u·ed for. i~ .l(l \\·on :e.! 'hat OOt h uldi-el'S and citizens called hn ··ol1r Zel . t~h? (~ l at. '\\-~n· Go-vernor of tJ1e South.11 \Y-en, \\ e n1;rtl" v go 011 and en, 'vviting about the noble ·in~~ he di '-ho·w he ... et ·ed h1s ne(i)p.1e during the , ·. ln 1 .64. ~~ ... a~ again eleeted gO\'"ernor. But, ·l1!:!n tt e V-"a.'t c&nae i o a close, h_e ~vas Temoved from L jc l y U1e l'n!t d _"' tate:-, government. Soon after e ,~a ~en1 o ed frotn oft 1c r;), he took up his residence ~: State -= · i Be: N< t·tL C<trdina. On l\[ay 13, 1865, hi8 1 "t.~ - nfth birdida ,\ , hi~ nou .... e u·~ surrounded by a a.d. ttn C\ ~~;ldi~r~ and he -as arJ·ested by an order on~ t:1e ... eereta!. · of \\:ar at \Va ""hington. He \Vas • :--t l•J·en to rlaleigh and thence to '\Nashington a nd c:n-ce~·c.t.ted in tt- e Old Capito] Prison, on ~lay 20th. le \V~': k :pt t~ ! el e ·n close confinen1ent till July 5, 186.\ hen he v:a "' r~leased on parole. 'Vl1y .he \Vas arr est­fl no ope seero, to J·n ,,\~. 'Ihe reeord of the Old Capl­, rol Pri:: nand of th ~ \Var Department ,of that period, wl~ to di. ·Jo ·e an:· intimation of the oou ·e of his lln·~:-ti' a1Jo in' ri:-.onrot.~t. Aft 4 t;eing :re:leased f ron1 imprisonn1ent, he . ettle<l n1 Char1ott(-, ~ .. orth C;.u:olina, and again e ntf>red into 1e praet1ee of lc..t.\V. T n 1 70~ ~1.r. V a.nct:, wa. elected L'ruted ."'tate~ . · enc­,,, t hut \ ·ht:tJ l ~ ent vn to Washi11gt011, to take his i11 tL-... . 'en"'t~. th~ nurth£-11lers refusecl tC~ adndt • J n 1 ::S76, the people of Xorth Cal oHna again hi rn gove1·nor. "' u t!rn hrr :J . I 7~ . l'arofjuu. ~ ~~ py Vst.tlt~ ~. h i \VifP. dil'd Jte WHS JfOVt'-t110J' of No>th Ll~ ·I ~9~), h~ WHS tl!!ctlll il[{Wlf'd t·O f..,h 1 1nit~r{ ,. ~ ;.tf,e' S(' fl'~lc. ~t nd t~l n: l i nt• d th ' J'( fc)J ' fill C'P .Ye~tr s.. Uc nc.n itld ~r• bt~l on J"'aird V.u.nc , one of fWth C> il-l iua.·!'-l grrtt1P -t ~lcll • An l(' n. <:UHf p()rhap~. th('- IJ st J,efov.­•;) d, djd J'lHlclt t i llJpto ('\ ou · puhJic ~chnn J ~ for JJolh whif<l' :1nd C! lcH •d. ' Jle in1pn)vcd t he rhariLHblf.' in ~ ~it uti ,r ~, nt th~:· :-. ttJ(\.•. :.tidd i11 thP buihling of rait­l'C'nd:=; :\nd entnliPa#-{•,d th" bu ilding of fa ·turies." rt i"' ~ ,j~ th£~t "He w:'ls ~o eloqurnt , so Q'en cruu ... , ttt> l·iurlh , ~nd su hon ~~t thnl ru:lny wht had l>e n his ~n en\i~s in the. enat~ bccvnH! h is fri ·nds. li rl f) t t'nrt­erl the outh wit hout oHending the North, 1 o man d id n1or to rnsle the iv ·o ection":> friend again. ln one of hj~ gre6t ~peeche · in the senate he said : "If 1 were petrnilted Lo say l>\tt one '\.vord as to ·what my country most nc()ded. that ' 01 d v{uuld be .. •p est..' Jtest fron1 strife. l'e~t fron1 secti nal conflict, and rest fronl ectjonaJ bitterne ·s." Can we not give rest Lo our people? I know that t hose frorn ·whonl I con1e de ire it above their chi ef joy.'' lu 1 0, while in the enate~ he \Vas married to ~ . Florence teele 1\Iartin of Kentucky. In the "vinier they made th eir home in \Vash ington! but their summer hon1e, which ~,·ns called "Gomb-roon", a large th r ee-story house ~i tu ated on Builey Knob, about t'vvent~r-three n1iles ·from the Vance Monument in Ashe­ville, wa . during ·the lifetime of ~1r. Vance, one of the finest sll.E!lme1· hon1e in the state. (See p ictUI-e) . . "Gon1broon'' is in th nlid t of a dense fot·est, with lofty peaks on every side like rnonstrous giants, af­fording prot eclion against the to1·ms which sweep over the tnountains. lie1·e he planted his vj.neyards, orch;:l.rds and gardens, and rested from his labors as a statesman "Tho rendered the most faithful service to his countr)r. The house ha' been almost Wl~ecked and - GOMBROO The l-'Ununcr homt! of Hon. Zeb. Vance • I ' ~ ~ I I l ' ~ [ 6 ru.jn d u~· vandals., and ~( nv ni r S\"""'k .1.:. 1'h t~ d or~ · and ~ome of the \\·inc ow'"' tsn i 01 ~n \r intPr ~ nd ,"' lJtn n1er. It 1" Hl· ~ a de,· ,~ tru iu lh ' for~st tl cay ing aud 110 one 3een1 to ca.re nor tf r prot., ti 1\. ·· rOmbro '-n·· 'va~· er~terl Ly :;\lr. Va.tl "·e vet\\ >en I ~0 and lc , E-ach room is finish 'd in a diff(\r n.t kind n:[ hard''""ood cut fron1 his ~n o u11tain e~tate of •nol''l! than one tho ~\n d acre8. The halls . ine1uding t he pan 1 ' ainscoting, \-valls1 c iling and stair\Ya.v are ;Qf oak, h and c~u~ed. The· librat·y floor. panel ,,.ai1:1 c.oting , 'va1Js, ceiling beams overhead. and bool:-ea .es ure of the finest cher.,ry, \Vit h­out a 1la'v 01 1 not. Th€ nu1u-tle in the 1ibrary is also mad·e of ch er.r .. and \Ve believe that it is one of the n1ost delicate. ~·efined ·and beautiful desl.gns to be foru1d in the sute or el e~ here_ In fact , all of the mantles ar€ of tJte nJost beau t iful design-not gaudy, bnt ele-­gant a nd exquisite in des.ign and wurkn1anship. The third stery is finished thr oughout in hard-vvood, walls,, ceilings and floors. The ceiling ill .the hallJ third 1loor, is finished \Vith r afters exposed, a very neat design, ,~hlch presents a ver\· Q~tractive appearance. The very finest -,vood and \VOr-lrmaJlShip was used through tlle­entire house, and it seen1.s too baclthat it is not b~tter preserved. Parts .of t he beautiful n1antles have bee.n broken and torn down ; son)e of the tile removed fl"'on1 the fi "eplace; door knobs ~ten1ov ed and some of the sash out of the \Vindovl's. The 1'-oof leaks and the walls· and ftoors "\\·iiJ soon be ruin€d. Honorable Zeb. Vance died Apr il 15, 1894. · Never befol-e nor since, have t he people of N·orth Carolina so mourned the death of an. man. As his body was car­ried from Raleigh to Asheville., thousands of people gathered at the railroad stat ions hoping to get a glimpse of the train that bore his body away. While jn the Legislature, a county '\va;s na;1ned for him and aft€r his death the state e.rected a n1onun1ent to his m.emory in the Capital Square at Raleigh, the only monutnent ever erected '" lth public rnoney to a North Carotin ian. Tbe Noo Y.a.,vk View A man from New Yo.rk \Vas p-eering lnto tht:a depth& of the GJ~and Canyo-n. HIJo you I\ now,'' a~"lk ed ih .; gui<.le t't1Htt it Look n u1- liot1S of y~ar3 fa-r thL.; g1·~nt ~1.hy. . lrJ bt> c~rvP.d u u ~ '!* ' Th-e rnan ~r(Jm New York w •t.~ t f· l n< ~n d <J u ~ l y · Jtn­pressed. ''You don't tell rn ~/ ' h · c<HlHflt nf ~·d. HWhv~ l didn't 1<now it t 'as a govel·nrneJit jo lJ. 0 Mr·s. Clant;y cty ...,8, I know yPr fuj ·}· 'i h u J J;;uld \Velt, an"' a foine Hlart h.e ' :il};. Il~ di ~d :i.ot, • oo1 ." 1\irs. Ilog.an-"So me e..econd hu. bn.uu l.a)J .! tt!ll in' m .'' • t~()(Jl\':'ING F4JRW RD 19!~4 By r~ob~ ·t \V. ' · r1fl ith .- --~ 'r is a human t.t·ait that people ,-ill Joo-~< frJr · \Val"'d to better t.i1nes a:nd lJf·tter condjtion11. in spite of t he deptessiml an(l glvo 1 4Jf the rno­ment, It i ~ the hope of J:?etter things that -u ~tam · people in the midst of t~--ials and tribulation a d it is hope Vv~h ich furnlsh e.'> t he urge to pre~v~ on ward t() fi~d son'lething b-et~et· "'just a1·ound the corner". rrhe troubles of the last three year. have been ver;,: real, both for the nation and it·s citjzen\i and none have escaped the consequences of t)le world turmo·il, which has resulted in wo1·Jd-wide economic ehaos~ . C(j)nfused and be\vild.ered by the cour e of \vodd .events and torn within by a eonfhct of interest .. , the United States fioundered in a sea. of economic dis~ ­t e:rs, which threatened to oveJ'\vhelm her and destro_y the very foundations .of her great democratic m t •tn­tions. # It was in the mjdst of this situation that Pre-ldent Roosevelt took office in lVlarch,, 1933! and from t.P~ momeD.t of his inauguration be began a drastic nnan­eial