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  • THIS SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL EDITION PRINTED ON PAPER MANUFACTURgDBYTHE CHAMPION FIBRE COMPANY, CANTON, N. C. MAKE YOUR HOME WITH US IN THE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS OFWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, THE LAND OF THE SKY 1 THE ENTERPRISE Advertising Columns Bring Results. Try Home Merchants First. THE CANTON ENTERPRISE Published in the South's Greatest Pulp and Paper Town. THE ENTERPRISE Is For a Bigger ter Canton. Let' Together. and Bet- s Go! All VOLUME 25—NUMBER 18.—SECTION A CANTON N, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929. 2.00 PER YEAR—SINGLE COPY, 5 CENTS WELCOME ENKA TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PLANT OFjTHE AMERICAN ENKA CORPORATION GROWS RAPIDLY Employment Manager Now Preparing Labor Surveys Applications Sought Throughout Western North Carolina. Shuttle Train Will Operate Between Canton and Enka into the lake from Hominy creek. The dan will be situated at the present >ridge on the road that is being paved and graded by the county. S( condary Buildings Beside the six main buildings within t ic large rectangle which the maj i plant takes. One is a laborato y and cafeteria, another a genera store room and the third THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE GREAT RAYON PLANT WHEN COMPLETED nks of Hominy 3C county, on the , where last Sep- E>lant of the Am- loration is rising (idity. Those who uglied the las • the c .' Holland. sst industr: dirt at Enka was plo- iin .leri. wk of greater part of the buildings is complete and machinery is being Installed in portions of the plant, j ,.hich make up the $10,000,000.00 j plant will b ixpecled the a by mid- FROM A MERE VILLAGE TO A GREAT INDUSTRIAL CENTER Home of The Champion Fibre Company, hill! summer, and that artificial will be leaving Enka in the e fall. The six principal building the plant arc being finished 1 In these buildings the actual eration of the manufacture of i ificial silk will be carried j They are arranged so that ! tur / The lake to beautify its banks, s of the pi: 11 be pi Cantor's Progressive Qr?xyth Largest Pulp and Paper Plant In The World ge quantities, an Fibre Company and distributed a quantity of these addil to fur.t (By J. C. Rickards) One day, Aphrodite rose dripping from the sea. And one day, Canton rose dripping from the mud. This docs not have to do with a geological upheaval, and the expression, "one day", is used liberally, much as it is in the book of Genesis. No person can realize the transition that has taken place in Canton during the last twenty years, except those who were here back at the beginning of what may be called the Champion Fibre Era. At this time there were absolutely no paved streets or sidewalks of any kind, though a board walk had been laid at one time from about the present intersection of Main and Water Streets to the Pigeon River bridge and also from the corner of Main and Academy Streets to the Old Academy; very poor affairs and of short duration. It was bad traveling, especially down Main Street and after night you took a lantern along and travelled just as little as possible They told the old 6tory of seeing a man standing in the street and who, when warned of his danger said "Oh, I'm all right, I'm standing on top of a load of hay." There were sign boards along .Main Street cautioning all, that they travelled the street at their own risk, and the bull frogs and hop toads held high carnival, and screamed their ing them of joy at the intersection of Mi and Academy Streets, and tin were great days for children a mud pies. Men working alt the mill wi wont to carry a scrap of pla with them when they went their homes or boarding places, to j t lay over the mud1 at the worst e spots, and many walked across lots I and through the woods in order any charge. In 1917 the old macadam was lorn up and concrete laid, the cost being assessed equally between property on each side, one third each, and one third against the town. This was a very great help and found to be a satisfactory of paying for it, though the allowance only extended ov- period Of two yeaTS. 1926, an extensive improve- utcd 1CT men! programme was to dodge the mud along the main | by the Board of Aldern thoroughfares. One of the great- j operation with all the est hardships was the difficulty1 of travelling the Clyde road. On account of the mud one had to walk the railroad track, the highway being too muddy for man or beast. So finally, lo overcome this difficulty the young men of Canton brought all the Clyde girls, one at a time, to Canton, and have kept them here ever since. Thus as this important problem solv- to go back to the old muddy way. The cost of this last program is arranged in ten equal annual payments, if desired, so that all property owners find they can meet these with reasonable promptness and no hardship, because to the hi} (Iverage ihe pip. than in mi ng for fire preelection (apply i i who c - only llio his home lot light and ich valuable holdings ed valui The i of the fin ed. Next, about 1910 a small part of Main Street was laid with water- alk laid with concrete. This was on portions of Main, Acadamy, Church, and Water Streets. Pigeon Streets in Highland Park was laid with Maccadam and in 1919 Sewer and Water lines were laid and the Maccadam covered with asphalt which made a very satisfactory pavement though not equal to concrete. The same year School Street was paved who at a mass meeting helfi at the Y. M. C. A. hall agreed to pave and otherwise improve the following streets: Bailey Street, Academy Street, Fibreville Road. Hampton Street, Blears Avenue, North Main Street, Newfound Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Short Street. The year previously Clyde and Adams Streets had been paved and No. 10 Highway (Park St.) widened to 60 feet. This work also ncl'uded sidewalks, sewers, bound Maccadam and a mile of fire mains where they were not already laid In 1927 Depot St. and Cabe St., also were laid with water and sewer and paved. Immediately after this construction, house building began, and has continued steadily ever since; over two dozen dwellings costing from $4,000 to $8,000 each having; ^d"them 'and "have expressed been built Many business struc- their gratitude and appreciation lures and half a dozen mare resi-! that the Town has shown its con- dences being now under erection, fidence in their abilitv and ser- vements at Canton is that one is enabled to travel in ease and comfort at all times by car or on foot on about 12 miles of good concrete streets within the corporation; haul heavy loads with dispatch and in case of lire the engine can get anywhere in town in a few min-' utes. Canton is rated as the besL sewered small town in the state and the water supply rates far above the national standard. O.ne of the greatest accomplishr ments of the present Board is the reconstruction and the re-fitting of the Town Hall. A year ago this institiution was a thing to be justly ashamed of. Today we point with pride at the neat, clean and convenient set of offices etc, and which adds to the efficiency of the various departments and enables them to give more and better senice to the town. The Fire Department is most attractive in its appointments and thereby becomes more efficient for the reason that its members arc proud of the surroundings and equipments that have been furn- THE PLANT OF THE CHAMPION FIBRE COMPANY i Main Street Canton Defore paving. Lower showing same street after paved a few years later.
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When it opened in 1908, the Champion Fibre Company was the largest pulp mill in the world. For 60 years it was under the leadership of Reuben "Mr. Champion" B. Robertson and was a...

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