The Robesonian., 1918-05-27
ness concern in unable to borrow else

WIZ ne MAXIMUM which any con- |
cel;i my sor-ow from the corporation
is IN amount not in excess of II -
per cent OF he concerns capital. plus
its oLtstanC nc bonds. The CORPORA
tlol may not lerd to any single cor
pc-2uon or enterprise an amount |
mcle thar one-tenth of the co~por.- !
to. 5 ra.d-'n capital, except in tie
case Of railroads under the control |
of tie President, on which there is no
fixed limit
l MS is the great work which Pres !.
ldert Wilson has called Wilton Nc |
Lean % Washington to admin: ster. Il |
IS probably the highest compliment |
the president has ever bestowed upon
a Moth Carolina. 1t is certainly
the biggest job he has asked North |
Carolln!an to nerform and it is Ger
tain that the lumbertol banker, at
torney, business man and farmer, is |
making greater sacrifice than any
Other man in the State has been
asked to make. But Mclean, show
ing his usual willingness to do his
bit for his country, willingly laid
down his work here and has gone to
Was 2lngton to administer the affairs
Of the most gigantic corporation the
whole world has ever known And
he will give a good account of him
self. Every one knows that and the
people OF Lumherton and the whole
State are proud of Wilton McLean's
rise in life.
Mclean was born en- a farm in
Robeson county, and like Joseph G.
Cannon, who was born on farm IN
Gui.ford county he worked "like any
other farm hand for three years" to
use Mr.. McLean's own expression
For three years before he left the
!! farm ne worked day in and day out
: following the plough. His paternai
: ancestors were highland Scots, and
: maternal Scotch-Ir;sh. They came t.
Roteson county soon after the revo-
lut;onary war.
2 Mclean was educated in the COM
2 mon schools. Laurinburg academy and
e the university Of North Carolina He
received his license to practice law
$ in September. 1891, and has prac-
t ticed his profession here since that
d time. He IS the senior member of
y the law firm of Mclean, Varser &
t Mclean, known throughout the Sta -e
h as one of the ablest law firms in the
II South.
d He was charter member Of the
d North Carolina Bar association and
n has been active IN the work of the as
Y soclation. He served several year;
ID as chairman of the executive commit
a tee and chairman of the committee OF
IN law and reform. and in July. 1917 wa:
IF elected president Of the association
1T position which he now holds, ant
~ has also served as delegate to th'
lie American Bar association. He ha
SIS appeared in some of the largest an,
tt most important criminal and civi
OF cases in the State and up to the tim
We he went to Washington took an &C
IN tive part as practitioner before tn
ne North Carolina courts.
IN Early in life Mclean manifested a
aptitude for business. He promote
lr. and organized the first bank in Rot
ly son county and was elected pres. of
it at the age af 26, being at that tim
g the youngest bank president in tt
all United States. He promoted an
rs, organized the cotton mills in Lumber
!s- ton, of which he is now -presider
ne and financial agent. These mil
at are considered the most modern in til
* country and have an aggregate cal
se ital invested Of more than $4,000, 90
cl- He promoted and built the Virgini
his and Carolina Southern railroa
he and is now president and gener;
ne manager of the corporation. He
81 interested in a number of other CO.
porations, and a singular fact in col
IS nection with his financial transa
les ticns, not single one of them hs
ne ever proved failure; they have a
IN been successful and are so considere
ed, today.
on Under the supervision of McLea
py TIE cotton mills here have been p'
es- on business basis second t, no1
les in the country. One interesting fe;
TO ture Of these mills is the condition
IN under which the employees wor
no Against the judgment Of all tire ot]
I'LL er stockholders at first, Mclean il
ap- sisted that the welfare Of mill wo,
oe ers was one Of the essential thing
we in order that the mills might be su
er, cessful. He therefore went about
Ia better the condition of the worke
rs Today every employe Of the Mel rs
osS mills enjoys every convenience tn;
lct, the modern city dweller has. Evel
ort house is equipped with electric light
uld water and sewerage and every hon
:, has medical attention provided fre
tne Trained nurses are furnished to tt
the sick without dollars cost to the e1
ar ployes, and the mill has its own her'
I'VE of registered tuberculin-tested COW
,us which furnish milk to cotton mill e1
tef ployes at the actual cost to the m
ne owners. AS result Of this welfa
ace work, there has never been any
It Dor difficulties with the LumbeT;'
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