Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-01-15

LOWER HOUSE, N. c. LEGISLATURE. !
tention to the making of cotton, yarns
and fabric. His early training and
personal attention to business ex-
plain the present popularity of his
goods with consumers everywhere. He
s. srted III a mill which had only i525
spindles, but which to-day contains s.
424 spindles and 21S looms, giving
constant employment to nearly three
hundred men, women and children.
These occupy fifty or more weli-con-
structed and neatly painted brick and
frame buildings, situated near the mills.
Besides these dwellings, there is five
story Touring mill that does an extcn-
sive business q large store house fitted
with general merchandise, from which
the operatives and neighbors get their
supplies an elegant and conveniently
arranged office, and sundry store and
| warehouses. TO complete the picture
there is an attractive and comfortable
chapel, in which Col. Holt and his
| family, the operatives and neighbors
gather together for religious worship,
the pulpit being filled at the expense
of the munifcent manufacturer.
The tourist, as he rides in the cars
across the bridge which spans Haw
River, has spread out before him
picture of loveliness Far away ex
tends the valley Of the Haw, clothed
in luyurient grain, with here there
a patch of meadow-land. The broad
stream of water pouring over the am
far below him, mingles its splashlng
noise with the busy hum ofthe shuttfes
near at hand. The magnificent facto-
| nv buildin-, the -four mills, the neat
cot ges Of the thrifty op.rat.ves, and
the numerous sotherbuildings all group
ed together, n axe an interesting plct-
ure: and if he be tourist, not "to the
+ manor born" a sensation of surprise is
apt to take hold of him. If he be q
; native Carolinian, feeling of pride
! will fill his bosom, and the name OF
the gentlemanlwho has fatheredaH thfs
enterprise, will ever after be fresh IL
his memory and warm i'll his esteem.
On the south side of the bridge, sit
uated on beautiful sloping knoll, ii
Col. Holt's residence. It is prineel,
mansion, and is doubtless the most el
egantly finished and furnished coun
try dwelling in the State. The ground
cover twelve acres, are most hlght
improved, and ornamented with EN-
belishments seldom seen in Southern
country place The buildings, inclu
ding the factories, houses and the res
= ilence were built at cost exceeding
+ $3.50 900, while Col. Holt himself
q wo tll much over halfa million dollars
the greater part of which Is the pro
its made from cotton manufacture.
When Mr.. Henry Grady, CT tn
Atlanta Constitution, visited Morehea
City a. few years ago, he met Go
= Holt, and during pleasant conye
sation asked him the following que
tions
eIf you we're a young fellow ju
sr. starting out in life, would you ado
all the same course of life you have fe
or or lowed ?''
Certainly replied the Colon'
:. "nothing pays SO we'll and SO surely
'ea the spinning and weaving of cotto
: when it is properly looked after.
on s is assured wealth and Independence
ste any man of intelligence who will
ms ms cempt It near the cotton field.
St, .how YOU my faith in it, my son Is NJ
I working. in a factory in ChicoP
USE Massachusetts, and has just finish
ny his study Of the card room. He "