The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-14
oEATH OF JAS. n. HOLT.
ONE OF THE LEADING COTTON
MANUFACTURERS IN THE
SOUT4.
His Funeral viii be Held This After
noon at TWO O'clock in
Burlington.

Burlington, n. G., Feb. 13.-(Special
Mr.. James III. Holt, ST., died suddenly
this morning at two o'clock Of heart
failure.
James II. Holt, ST., was born April
%, 1888, in Alamance county, and is
therefore nearly GA years Of age. He
spent his boyhood until his school days
began on his fathers farm in the south.
western section Of Alamance county
lie was educated at the Caldwell Insti-
tute, near Hillsboro, y. G. At 1S years
of age he took a position in his fathers
store, where he remained for seven
years He then accepted the position II
cashier Of the Branch Bank Of Licking
ton, located at Graham, n. G.. After
three years he was rendered the position
Of cashier of the Bank Of Thomasville.
N. c., where he remained until 1864
when he enlisted i'm the Confederate ser
vice as Il private in the 10th Artillery,
where he remained in active service until
the close of the war.
Soon after the war be engaged in the
manufacture Of cotton, becoming before
his death one Of the largest and most
successful manufacturers in the South
In 1867 the building of the Carolina Cot
ton Mills was begun, and Mr.. Holt SUI
pervised it's construction. He was n
part Of the active management Of this
mill until 1880, when he superintendent
the building Of the Glencoe Mills. He
was then and at the time of his death
largely interested in the ownership Of
these mills.
Mr. Holt was a stakeholder and one of
the Directors of the Commercial Nation
al Bank Of Charlotte. He was a gentle.
man Of superior business qualifications,
and with these, coupled with industry
and frugality, Mr. Holt acquired n COM
Portable fortune.
Mr.. Holt leaves seven sons and one
daughter. His sons are among the fore
most young manufacturers of the State,
and were trained TO their business sagac-
ity and uprightness by the honored father
whose death the whole State mOurns. His
daughter, Miss L.fa Daisy Holt, is his
youngest child. His sons all of whom
own and conduct cotton mills, are Mr..
Walter l.. Holt, president of the new
big Fayetteville cotton mills, one of the
largest plants in the State; Mr. Edwin
G. Holt, of the Elmira Mills Samuel NJ.
Holt, Of the lakeside Mills Robert L.
Holt, Of the Glencoe Mills; Jas. H. Holt,
Jr., of the Windsor Mills; and Ernest A.
Holt, of the Lakeside Mills; Robert t.
Holt, of the Glencoe Mills; Jas. III. Holt,
his sons prosperously settled in business.
He had the wisdom to i'm a large meas
ure become his own executor by setting
up his sons in business while he lived to
give them his aid and counsel
Mr.. Holt was not only one of the most
prosperous men in the State: he was also
one Of the best. He was q quiet business
man, never taking any active part in
politics or other public movements, but
he was always interested in what con-
cerned the people of his State, and was
ever ready as a patriot to help all good
movements. He was ruling elder in the
Presbyterian church, to which he was
liberal contributor.
Burlington has suffered a great loss
The whole community mourns the death
of its chief citizens. On the train their
afternoon several members of his fam
lily arrived. Others will come tomorrow
The funeral will be held at two O'Clock
Sunday afternoon.