The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
With a Number of Prosperous
Factories and Industrial
Enterprises And
More to Come.
ITS NEW COTTON MILL
There are Good Schools, Two Banks, Sash and
Blind Factories, FIGURING Mills, and
the Best of Railroad Facilities
by the Seaboard Air
Line Railway.

One of the liyest and best towns in the
State is Rutherfordton, the county seat
of Rutherford county. The town was
named in honor of General rutherford
of Revolutionary fame and was estab-
Gshed in 1871 1t is located near the
center of the county, ON an elevation l.
300 feet above the sea level, near the
Main Broad river ON the south and west
and the Second Broad River on the east
and north. 1t is situated upon the great
Spaboard Air Line Railway, eighty miles
west of Charlotte. and seventeen miles
east of the Blue Ridge mountains: also
upon the 5. G.. and 6. Railway. These
roads furnish excellent passenger and
freight facilities to it's inhabitants.
POPULATION.
Rutherfordton boasts of population
of Loo people, NINETY five per cent OF
VIXEN are American born.
CHURCHES.
There are four white churches Presby
terrain, EpscopaEan. Methodist and Bap-
tist The negroes have two, Methodist
and Baptist.
SCHOOLS.
The town has one of the best schools
In the State thoroughly graded and con
Quoted upon the latest and most i'm
proved modern methods.
MANUFACTURERS.
There are four manufactures in Ruth
erfordton. a cotton mill planning mill,
rtlier mill and rim factory. The town
is splendidly located for manufacturing
purposes. Health is excellent AMI the
raw material is abundant and can be
had at reasonable prices. Hardwood,
such as White. oak and hickory can be
had in abundance.
REAL ESTATE.
Farming lands in the county can be
purchased at SO per acre. City proper
-ty is rated high and is a good invest
ment. City faxes are 60 cents upon the
800 valuation The municipal govern
ment is vested in a mayor and four al
dermen.
WAITER SUPPLY.
Is simply excellent i'll addition to n
large number of fine wells. The town Is
piped. There is a large spring one mile
from the town, and 100 yards from this
as a large tank. Tile water is brought TO
Rutherfordton by ldpes and is used by
the citizens. They also have the famous
Chalybeate water, numerous springs be-
ing found in and around the town. Ruth
erfordIton has two secret organizations.
Masens and Knights of Pythias. There
are three hotels and large number Of
boarding houses in the town.
MINERAL WEALTH.
The mineral wealth. surrounding the
town consists of gold, mica and moma-
zite The county has some very fertile
lands, upon which is raised corn. cot
ton, wheat, cats, rye, barley, clover
sorghum, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes
and in fact anything one may desire 10
raise. The town is the central point for
trade for several counties, including
Buncombe Henderson, Polk, Mcdowell
Quite a large number of northern people
SPEND their winters here.
THE rRESS.
Rutherfordton has a rafting good
weekly newspaper, published by that
prince of gentlemen Col. Erwin. 1t is
called the Western Nindicator. is publish
ed weekly, has a large circulation, and
if good mail facilities could be had this
circulation would be doubled. The paper
is published every Thursday and has a
fair advertising patronage.