The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-01

Is or brick, one story high, 1870 by 50 /
feet, with basement 75 by 80 feet,
has 5000 spindles and employees l25 /
hands, using $500 bales of cotton an
nually. A fine grade of yarns is turn
I'd out from this establi> >hment; this
year they Will turn out 100000 pounds
Of these goods. The water-power al
This factory is exceptionally fine and
lasts the whole year round; the ma
chinery is of the latest pattern, the
mill is lighted by electricity. and the
arrangements for extinguiShing Of
fire are superb. A. NJ Price, of Viii,
mington, Delaware, is superintendent.
and }. A. Abernethy is secretary and
treasurer.
The Elm Grove mill is situat-
ed not quite one mile from Lin
colnton IN one of the finest points
upon the south fork of the Catawba.
Some years ago small mill was built
here and commenced operations in
1888. In 1890 stock company was
formed with capital stock of $780, ,OCO;
they employ 100 hands. The building
is of brick, three stories high, 100 by
30 feet: the mill has $500 spindles
and consumes 1000 bales of cotton an
nually; this year will be produced
100000 pounds of cotton yarns; &c.
600 is now being spent in improve
ments; the mill is run by steam and an
electric plant is being put in. c. Motz
is president of the company and R. S.
Reinha1t secretary and treasurer.
The Delwar cotton and woolen mill
is inside the corporate limits of Lin
colnton; it is not very large mill, but
IS doing fourishing business. In the
cotton department there are 1850
spindles. 1t has been in operation
about ten years. Doubled and twisted
warps are made and some 80 opera
tives employed. In the wool depart
ment jeans, cassimeres, blankets and
general line of piece goods for mems
and boys clothing are woven.
Scattered throughout the county
upon various streams are some fift cen
grist mills, all doing we'll. Anoth 9r
large industry which has been carried
on here for many years is the manu-
tacture Of paper. There are four paper
mills within a radius of a few miles,
and arrangements to consolidate them
are being made. There are five car
loads OF machinery in the depot here
now, and as soon as the building is
finished the machinery will be put in
Large quantities of paper are shipped
to all parts of the country.
There is found, not far from here, a
very superior quality of brick clay, and
there is no better location for brick
machine. There is now not one in the
county. it is slid.
While the large bodies of timber
have been cut up, there is yet much
oak, hickory, poplar and other woods
here, many OF them valuable.
some time in 1862 the Carolina
. Central railroad from Charlotte tC
Ru u,herfordton reached this point, anc
the Chester and Lenoir railway was
built in 1880. From here to Charlotte il
50 miles, to Rutherfordton 4S miles
J to Newton Con the w. n. c. road) IL
miles, to Gastonia 19 miles Connect
, ing with the Atlanta and Charlott,
: Air Line to Shelby 22 miles con
Meeting with the C's road), to Chester
. Con the u. G. & n and G.. C. & A
: railroads. 63 miles. The town is situa
ted on an elevation, giving natura
: drainage: the corporate limits includ
B population is about one thousand, an,
r within one mile of the corporate limit
e there is about another thousand, and
f cleverer, better people cannot be fount
d There are five churches for whites
n Methodist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Pre-
e byterian and Baptist; and for th
j negroes, there are three churches. Th
S public school is in charge of Prof. A
Is c.. Iottenstein, who is assisted b
:. Miss Matte Mclean; the buildin!
r which is town property, is two-stor
brick structure, 40 by 80 feet, with
Il wing 40 by 60 feet, the wing havir
IS been recently erected; about >
l. scholars are in attendance. OF II
l. fraternal orders there are Mason
e Knights of Honor and Ladies
Q: Honor. The business establishment
at include three exclusive dry goods store
d four general merchandise stores, fol
o. groceries, one racket store, two har
S; ware and two drugst ores; three of II
n. dry goods stores have special millinel
is departments. In the professions the
J. are lawyers, doctors and 2 de
Sc lists. In addition to the manufactu
le ing enterprises before mentioned the
ID are woodworking shops, 3 blac
e. smith shops, 2 shoe shops, l machir
is shop where all kinds of repairing
r. done, 2 contracting and building {
Is tablishments, ? furniture manufacto
1g les. l grist and saw mill and cott'
en gin combined.
| iincolnton is fortunate III possessil
or "a neat neWSDarer as is nuhii she'd