The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-07

iage of many shade trees. the picture pre-
sented above the red clay is most attrac-
tive.
Ten years ago there was no bank here.
Today there are two with the First Ma
tional. which will begin operation, in their
handsome new home, about July 1st.
STORE HOUSES GALORE.
To feed and elothe and bury every
branch of the mercantile world is repre-
sented. and certain of the mercantile es
adjustments carry splendidly assorted
stocks In this array is a novelty-a mil
hnery store. the sole attendant a man.
always associate a millinery establishment
with fair maiden with golden tresses
or raven locks, but the deft fingers that
makes bonnets and trims female head
gear in Lincolnton Is a South Carolina
man. His name is DeVinney, and he Is
quite adept in his chosen work.
MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
Within a radius of six miles are eight
large cotton mills, with the ninth one be-
ing erected within the town limits The
tenement houses for this last mill are all
fwo-story. commodious and nicely paint
ed. There is one shuttle factory, one
flour and grist mill, one foundry and
machine shop and one mineral water bot
ting concern.
CHURCHES
There are five in number and embrace
the following sects: Presbyterian, Metho-
dist, Lutheran, Episcopal. Baptist.
SCHOOLS.
The town people boast of two excellent
sehools-'.The Piedmont Academy" and
1.-THE Mary Wood School," the last named
for girls.
HOTELS.
Because of two excellent mineral springs
near and salubrious climate, Lincolnton
is somewhat resort in summer time. To
accommodate visitors. hotels are numer-
GUS Among these is the Old North State,
the Lincolnton Inn and the Piedmont
House. Patriotism took me to the North
State"
PIEDMONT CLUB.
In a social way on the principal thor
oughfare convenient to post office. court
house banks and mercantile houses Is the
Piedmont Club, where visitors to the city
are cordially received and where the lead
ing State papers. notably among them,
The News and Observer, are kept on file.
THE BAR.
Usually among the legal fraternity is
TO be found a towns best talent not only,
but its most hospitable and representative
baY, of
Childs, A. L. Quickel, r. E. Costner. L.
cep.ion.
THE HOME OF JUDGE w. A. HOKE.
Yes, that eminent jurist and most es-
Unable gentleman, Judge w A Hoke,
so widely and favorably known by North
Carolnians, resides here. Some one has
said with Judge Hoke from the West and
Judge George H. Brown from the East,
to sit with Justice Clark and Associate
Justices Conner and Walker. the Supreme
Court of the Old North State will rank
second to none in point OF character and
legal attainment With these comprising
the highest court of the State much of
the past can be forgiven.
THE COUNTY, ITS FERTILITY, ITS
PEOPLE.
The county is but six years older than
its county seat, being formed in 1779 from
Tryon county. It was named in honor of
Benjamin Lincoln, who was then fighting
at Charleston. 1t has an area of 270 square
miles and population of 1900, of which
but a fraction over one-fifth are negroes.
The soil is productive and is especially
adapted to the cereal crops cotton, tobac-
co, vegetable and fruits.
The people are largely of Holland de
scent thrifty, honest, hospitable, but
rnoneylovers. They possess the ducat, but
are not given much to pomp and show
They are also money lenders, but not
much bank depositors-they deposit in
their socks and bury it for safe-keeping
away from the charge of the dynamiter
RAILROADS.
The Seaboard Air Line and the Chester
and Northwestern pass through the coun-
ty and through the town of Lineolnton.
The last named extends from Chester, S.
c., to Lenoir, n. c., a distance of los
miles. II is proposed to extend this line
TO Bristol, Tenn. The route has been
surveyed. The climb over the Blue
Ridge, as indicated by prospectors in en-
gineering, will quite equal that of the