The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-10
GROWTH OF LEN0|R|
Many Evidences Of Solid
Substantial Progress.
Large Timber Interests. Picker Stick Factory.
Single Mill. Live Stock Company.
Cotton and Roller Mills.
[Staff Correspondence.l

Lenor. N. c., July fl note many
marks of solid growth and Improvement
in Lenoir, and an extensive lumber bust
ness is carried on here. The Lenoir
Furniture Factory, owned by G. F. Harp
er, manufactures a neat line of suites
and all kinds of furniture except chairs.
The output of this plant is sold mostly
in the New England States.
J. NJ. Barnhardt has box factory
and lumber plant He manufactures and
ships by car loads each week thous-
ands of boxes made of white and yellow
pine, to Northern cities, where they are
used for shipping purposes.
Next is the Wilson Lumber and Milling
Company, of which j. B. Atkinson is
man"ger. This company deals in all
kinds of rough lumber.
The largest lumber business here is
the Penn Garden Lumber and Manufac-
turing Company, successors to the Cald-
well Land and Lumber Company. This
company paid six hundred thousand
dollars for this plant. They have a ten
mile railroad running out to Colletsyille.
a village of about 400 people. The COM
pany owns in this section about twenty
thousand acres of timber land The logs
are foated down the Johns River to
Collettsville and here they are loaded
on cars and brought to the mills at
Lenoir to be. manufactured.
There are two sash, blinds. door and
general house building material factories
here. Mr.. Moulton is the manager of
one and Nj. p l.. Baker of the other.
There is also a picker-stick factory,
owned and operated by Mccall & Tilton.
These sticks are used in cotton factories.
The Lenoir Cotton yarn mills use only
the best Egyptian cotton and make fine
yarns. am informed that they have from
$500 to 1000 spindles. Mr.. NJ. NJ. Court
ney of Lenoir, is the president of this
MILL
These industries give employment to
about 400 people.
Lenoir also has two first-class roller
mills and makes fine and pure flour. The
Lenoir mill has a capacity of 100 bar
rels per day. This mill is owned by
Messrs. Moore & Lutz. The gun powder
mill is owned by Conley Bros, and has
a capacity of about fifty barrels per day.
". Fl. Harrington owns and operates
shingle factory and general machine
shop. He also makes refrigerators.
The Hinckle Live Stock Company have
a capital stock of sixty thousand dollars.
They deal largely in horses, mules, cat
tie and carry a large stock of ali kinds
of vehicles, harness and in fact every
thing appertaining to business of this
kind and magnitude. They also handle
all kinds of agricultural implements.
The headquarters of this company is at
Statesville, with branch office here.
They carry on business at several places
in this section of the State.
Lenoir now has population of not
less than 2,G00, an increase of about 700
in two years. Some of the various bust
ness enterprises and institutions that go
to make up thriving growing noun
tam town are two banks from
ten to twelve general merchandise stores,
three grocery stores, four drug stores.
one hardware and furniture store, four
schools, one Of which is the Davenport
College, R. c. Craven president The en-
rollment at the last session was over
$50 students. The Lenor High school
is an excellent one and is well patroniZed
Mr.. William Spainhour is the principal.
Of the professional men here, there
are six lawyers and five doctors. The
churches are Methodist, Baptist, Presby
terrain and Episcopalan
The country around Lenoir is pretty
and mountainous
The town can be reached by what has
heretofore been known as the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge, but is now
the Carolina and Northwestern, and the
work of making it a standard gauge is
rapidly going forward. The track for a
distance of 100 miles, from Chester,
South Carolina, to Lenoir, is nearly COM
pleted and it is believed that within the
next sixty days it will be complete and
the new rolling stock put on. This is
an Independent line and has done a very
successful business for years. 1t
traverses a fine farming section for the
entire distance and passes through some
of the most prosperous towns in the
State. Some of the principal ones are
Gastonia, Lincolnton, Newton and Hick-
DRY. 1t is believed that the outlay to
widen and otherwise improve this road
will amount to over one million dollars.
The officers of this road are all high
toned, clever business gentlemen. Ex-