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Read By Five Young Ladies at Burlington Graded School Monday Night April 27th, in Contest for Priie given by Chamber of Commerce. Miss Kathleen Striclder was the Winner of the Prize. BUKLiNi/rON, s. C. By Mis-s Kathleep. Striculer. Jurft twentyhave pass ed since this city of ours was. i.un'iC-J yur'ing-ton. Many of our i‘it- slill rov.^omboi* that evei'.t arid iht-y' love to hoast virh prido al‘Out ihc^ »-^pid we' havo made fh.co Iji-S’j. Theii, we ,v.-ere svarcely frrav ibii!: u thi.'kly ^•ett!cd coi-r.lry vAnict:- r.Vi iho I'ushic^s aiid fjsidoniiiu section? oi' today bei.ig: little ii'.ore u\mi wr.cds u;id brooin- >'C‘C'XQ To'b.y, v;:- ai-e I'iie.of., , , . \ iLVv-:; irrow r.n: c-X;'.:-!]:! a^ we Ic’.uiir'.jr ve:iLi?r>'.cl * • the Suuo that all this can .be done at is a great help because it not only $aves the cost of shipping the goods' tu a mil! in anothsr city, but it also 5?ivcs ciYiploymont to more people ri^-Kt hfeva i:i Bui’Ungtoi^. The Sew- Rooiji which is eiigaged in the rf.afiuiV.L'iure of ovtL-ralls. is another. inipM-tant industry-/ The.Coffin Shop which . is locaiod here i-s the hir^est *r. rho Sta^e and ha* a State-widi.> All these several manu- I'liciui’ir'ir e-'.terprise^ furni:>;h daily ornr'loyir.tMiT. at grood waijos for haii-. t!r::?d5 of anl \vonie’\ a::d i', is ii.iL-elv-Vii’ou^ih tht'J'ii that we have X6w, liii-: i *-i l’: a..d prc;r- i-vi?3 C'f dwn prli5';a5-’;y to T.hrcc vv:-•;.••■ \t-i. J L;''i';:vcrahk' \vr.lio.i; Lh • c-rT.^v.L-ri-i:’.! d. unrivallc-d r.:: r.i. i’r. i-*: • vp-■ i Lei u > i.l t':;ch i;» lur:!. ?r.untc-‘: i: the bv’au- niu\ riedrioj'jt ci* >»orih Cr,i‘- c-iina and po:-i-o?;'>ccf. :h.' dc-i.irhxfuL j'.calthy clinate for which tliis i-oclion oi iho Slato is far-ious. The vc-untry i.iCur.u BuriirgtOii is :a.U-d f(.u* its a.eriouhurai . Tht- 5 k'h aMd whvjr. proi-o!’ cultiva* tlon yicjd.s A’s'oJ cr*:*p of ffiuir. t*n- ron, tobact''Li a.id Jiuiny ]-ird= of veyro- ‘a'.He?. Ail kit of fruits do well i??r-2. Ar.oihcr adva’iiuLrG i) •'-uriin.f:i;>»i is ‘Xi vi.v tT ‘he ]::•.- ci’ UK' -utlK-rii R::li v-’ay. The ! i Kurli:i;r- /U’ a COni;r-:-i'?.'.;l i '.nL'liL'- pasK'.'.l i:y I. ■■ ..-i-y o\ c.i i': tf;o A ;?i::':tvy T i.' ;• -v ..1 ni.trW-i h : ro, T/H‘ 1K-. ! r.: i ’ i; ••.oc ■.'■..a : ' iV'-[; r ■■ M r r-L ♦ - \h- i;t Ii-i:, ' : ;.iV',r. ; i-‘.‘ - ' '• 0- :P'.;c r. .vl Vh(' i;M ;.-c »n Ujc t;'.> h:\-, iv il-U :t > bii^c rrni'ki'l jrtuv'^ ■■ lu.'.Tativt? ».‘\Of*V r.car.-,v.:s of Burli (:irc« pi‘it{. thf i‘:lyd CO :jncJ thi:s sa'.o ;! i:v\-\ !■-; Wir oiM-.-: ' :v hvv A:^ r-V.'-;'c- •;'r-ip’o ijUrl- n ailii .-c- I'.'.-j and roni’- : :;‘i -riV ->!’ )!k‘ :?;Ly hu=: bci?" I ui't ! ^-I’d incro:;‘^-.\l' i;'e poop'C I'avo : r'iUlwhJS and ro*i- 'dc-r.j-es u::d a ,^pie:idid Pi;'!- [lu- ScliCal Thero ary i:iue idi^rcron^ ^oli.u'inT' de'.caninath-ri^ rep- j r.t'r'-. . The* pastors of tiio-fe • ar? iiii eanj^sc Ciir-\«tla?' they i’ll have the welfare of L-uvlir/vrto:! ai heart. V»Tient'ver a rw:u>>hi’.:r-; staitcd whivh j-'CL'ro'? t • ro fore the in'ittM nieat of Bui ji:^jr- L r:. y-'*if :lio ^urc- to find every ojic of doi:-'^ hi. best to hnnii' it to Ai^ the V'Uriifies?^ .MiV of liic* City ha.': r.ro-porod rnd cxpaadod the citi/OP.- h^’.vo r-i'.iil rna:'y hiM.sisonic i-esidi-nrvs. iinj»rovc-s :h-:* !oak. of a city rnnv-'h as bc'autif;.'- homes su?TC*und- •;.l !-y v-t']! ^cpl Ir.wr.a;.d r.'-t-.i'. ’’'dij..-,-:'- p.-.>*•*;' ‘l>> rp : • .1 i\-‘L::ify i!U*:r h'lr'.vs as- iho v.’iv{.' I.\ .'i''.'" ' l-y i^:i «hi:; Ii- : !y v.-'ij k’r!;r o ',r.‘ -ir|-c.ir...i;v'o i-:' ‘b-j ;i-.y, .• :•;•=! .P.-i '.h'.' ; ’T ] al>le .surveyoi'S down to study the location and to see if the lat^d was such as he deisired. The surveyors canii?, carefully studied the .ground, and hot only saw an admir4ible situ ation ior. a road but also saw fav orable. outV-r.k for a strong city. They wc'iiidored Lvrhaps why such prdmis- i!)>C- fields for whetit nnd tobacco iuid bet')i 50 long overlooked. It la.'id. u pr{?Kii!:-o. Thas, 1th nia.-.y ar.d . nany eoinpiimoiu?^ fv.-: ih-i C'-.uatry, they returned and od in t’ ‘,'ery .5.aiii^fa‘-tory report. :'r. i)y ihv‘ir advice houjjht tlic 'a::ii far thirty fu-ros around a:rd .-c- curod tiu* io:=->:c for ar. indciir.ite r.-.irn* I'cr ^.f yir.r.;. V\’;th a feW niis:;lvif.-:.v- :is .he vij-d;.vn> t;f tiie a^ t bA> hr-rc f’iv .'i‘ xh 'Ar.'.* impovitv.it Thi' hir.d }:a;J t' tie ‘^radtd and VA-.ivy 'uvs iVilcd t-!\.>re thi? road couid re - ri!l. t .-JcT lo pu?h forward Cdi p'-o: :• t ..jddiy he statio.^cd h.^Vv hi* Pre.ii.U;r:.. ^'.crrciMry and the C^iof i"':c.rr r'f th.} Mark. }n the yc:‘.y tho v.-oi l: v.'as flushed, the v >-.id v.'a.' ia?i;t nnd it wt>s now possible ••r’:vei ijoldsboro to Chnr'i-'.t:’ w'iih-MjX i:.;i*rru|Ji5oM. Near th* 3ai!- .o:-d a iVv-' :‘v*p:*«iii‘'!;r shops v.\‘i'0 l'r^:W;\ cp. Krnri'. these shop? lVr.‘ 'a';-/v«.d it.=; r.ame, Coinpary Sbo;*-. As iho rralilc grrew thr.-i^h here : ..itJ'r::ily pr-.)p!C’'3 atention '' a?, •ir*:;'.-;; : ; ihii-; rcfiion. They saw >uit- I:5r:-.J fv.r farr.is and home^•. Thc-y -.wvrx- 5v!i?.'t:i::ily at first as thou;ih M.'xWvw- \}'\\zX their fortunej here. ;J:'t (-.■«• !.y families moved ia ;:.';d av.‘.;j ;i ]].> j.-'.nd ov/ned bv the- Several stores were built and roads planned. Three or four $mall fac tories were raised by Messrs. Gant. Lawrence, Ir\’ingr and James Holt. They wc-rv* known as The Tanyard, NVorth & Co., and-a few others. .These w^rt ii«proved from time^to time and v.ys :iow{ Aurora, The Plaidniill«5 Bellevtie. Lake.side, v.r.s 'dills, .^viverai kidtiing mills, and a factory have sir.ce been added I ) ihenj. . The.-:e now constitute the i.uijiufacturing: section of our town ■ i::d 2‘a:i!c ys high as U2)y cotton or any other mills- ii: the .Siate. The- -“-cv.- pr?>itJer;t of the- r»iij-oad sa\v this ■a>]w b'.^c«>niint’f a city a.nd realized that ;h^ r;;;.:dri*ijT s-hop:> i\o longer be! iipr- .-.I 1, r. I. .short while after the v.-r:;> eli ir:vcd.. he moved thoni ■-i> N'. C‘. Tpon the rc-nsoval ih-i' r«;’S|-.:'^r.rir Iji:y of i}'.e low;^ -.v^ 1 ct: uh.-‘ railroad l-at on ho .-h >L;idi-ri“- of iho ciiize.?.'^. it wa- a vy Ifiad, bwi they bore up nobly j.Vi-r ii ;if}d we]l nught their uan:es rra'sed for thcy’vo made our town 'vh.u it is. I:*: thi.f y^nr lJi3rling-i-.>n cla-im- v:\ throe thousand six hundred and .‘.r!‘*ty-two citj;ier.., a.'id naturall'y wi'h 'Uth a jjopulaiion the people be^aii to intfn‘o\'e their toun. The roads vr;*rt-' i;ut a better conditio!i and .nu;r;y more were built. Li the year is;?!' the firs* macadarriiacd ri>ad had V’Oi: ,1 \:i'.iit. ;}j!cl people obscr\'ii*sr bv'iier conditions, had bnilt all 'he rnaj.n reads siniilar to it. In the year 15;>4 Mr. Cilos Mebyne. ir'.K'A C’re-^:^-boro, had succeeded i;^ es- i.ki: ' r--[: iiro?ido>:t he'd laasc i i,; Buvli,, JLI'!'.".. . ■ is not at the h^gltt d®d to it and changed the name la of her ambition. She is not content “Aurora Cotton Mills.”' The Plaid to remain the medium-sisie town she Mills was built during 1880 to 188.^ is. She win plod steadijy lovward by Lawrence Holt, Banka Holt, W. A. to>v5ii-ii her gosl. uiiiii sometime in the Envin and W. II. Turrentme. Tlie near future .she will be’written in the Elmira- v.’iis built by W; L. and E. records of North Carolina one of the C. Holt. Next was the Windsor Got- ieading cities in the State. I can Ion Miil, ijtiilt bv Jaines and TVai see her us .->he will h? then, with Hoit, It is now’ called ‘‘Bellevue beautiful mansions in tJie place of EliUf;.” Japies Holt also built ch- the two-story stiuetures-now'. In the I-;^eside Mill. Soon after Lawrence ijiace of the .sc.-.ttered homes on .the Holt had boaght the Aurora MiUs borders of the towi. in the place of Bui-iinffton Coffin Factory was ?.urj-ouiidir.gr woods that still remain, established. The lumbei- plant oxvn-t people Vflll be thickly settled. I can ed by Cl. W. Aisthony & Co., began see her when, by a mighty sweep of operation about this time, the law. the tpivn is free from all .During all these years the people the whisVip;,-, saloons and all vice, had not had any suitable burying wlie.’t every woman nad child as- grounds, bat in 18S9. the Hill ■M. ts in the uplifting of the towr.. Cemetery wrs laid out and the first Ti'.u-! our r'-'ofic will be proud to |irierreii was the wife cf'Dr G ;ir,d poi:-.t cut laj-.d to Ktr-anffer^ W'. .^t.^.fT.jrd. suying. -ihi.^ is my native home. Sir.' T’io ftrst More house was located ihc be.^t little city in the land, Burl- wl-.yc the .N’alional Ban!; notv stands ” Dnr.iel Worth, EflerwJirdsC)c- 5-y A. McCauley and later by Vv'i:;i!'.in and Janjes Holt. Sut it was ri' i.- (.Je.itvoyed by fire. i'in-.,i;y Eurnnffton begnn to wake* r'CT!!'' r.rj::it ipal improveiSs.-its. Elec- iHc v.ere installed in 1902, and ako v.'ate;-v.-cr>;s. ill the suburb-:, BuHinKtjn has one .f tile h re.ft iinil most up-to-date i^ower i. la -,1s in the .State, which is ex- {URLINtiTO.V. V. C. ?Jy M!t;s Lucy Brown. Every town has to have ;i begiii- rin.^. ard a Jay of small thinjr^. Bur.rtinfrton likewise had ;uch a day. Let u^ glance back at its early hi:-- iory and compare it with today fp.d pe::tc.i t,> furnii-.!; Jighf and meVhanical . i. ■■-•'V ■ ii: for a few yeii.js lo rent :in.v of h:-' : ; lie consentv.i in an-,! Tiiis iiepf ihc people i i ••f’ ■.'.utMi^.•a'io^ ard bound thein by a ciorf;'r Li-.‘. W3:-^! esfab- • UU’ 7'iji-rc y.-tco ,i'i.' (ny op- ' ' i ll'. i;* b ■•■’ UV\,b:i5,j ar.d 5;;-'\V • V s iivj-v to fhr:-: \\\' now ih.« : . , -.V: ; ' h-' ■' t'\:v 'I’Tvh S.4:0‘’i p' - •. -..A I’.rndi’rit;;.- i't-? .'d* cx;un‘.j-;:Uir,»!3 to t'.'.'y i-i' • 1,1' -.lie"'".' .'f the \Vp ■•' :» .•p^'v.iid «:f I- O': v-';.,*y ;j:.d l- ’■-vp !’■ '• . I'v j.- v,':ty. i’ •- aho triwn much proia- {M;,- r; B: :cbr«![ );d 1V Inirh L.! fj: I niarl'.c: i-f IVOj.i ih-." to!-.a \\U' lo i!i;“ton GV(-ry y. h;:s p^rciitiy i;rcA-.r.'i tj i.r>. r.-i.'ti importance of ihc- city. The 1u.) i::s‘!i..s of ijurlin^T?i»ti arc the nridc of iJie )»t only aic vhe Uu;’:di.-.p.:^ l',o;>.ulifui, \>ul what, is p:rcaur in a c.>m:r.crcijJ s-onsc is the f;;ct Ihul tiio b;.’il:;; Iheni.^dvcs are i^irontr :sj'‘d i-rovi'lc p!;u*(‘ for the peoploV mv.'.'.J'y. ihrco yonrs ?;jro the .M:in'nnce I.(K;n ^ Trust (-•).. uf lintiinclon, ;n*:'a!dzed v.hm V-VM cal'.v:d a “Chrii.tmas Sav- in';-s Club,” This has iiideed proved a j^roai hlc.s.'-i‘:p:, fur it has taujTb.t ihc people the viiluo of the .^^mall amounts. This yc-nr the other bank, The ^'alio;v.il, ha.'. uv;!:aiuxod a f”. . n Ji; ' our city iy '•'i' b-'.' Hii'h ■ I • •- ••;.■. ' r SUiti r-r ihi- ; i*. j.j ; f."ht .'•h‘»rt y»';u*.-, ‘lie ''rls -f I'J n ii»'ut.«n. Xc.rlh Ciirolina, 'i, . «■ ?i:i hMi'di;i*r uj) :-;uch ;i - i!.;. a ! hci\‘f iJcsi’vibed. does insy •o;r* daro \ > :-nv v.hai v.v c.-iu r.ol do l'.vc‘!,(y-i*5i*l-t niiiro? The people- i::;''‘i!irh the :ijid "th'>r jiiicnfies -f :i( j(J!! art- ab'oaiiy de- :.:-!’diiie- ;j I’cw. up-to-date tuiildirtr. a ibivernmenl huild- i'::: f r ih.* r.iiisC. a hn.>;,itaS. a.'ul Mih'C oiuh-in in;|»r-vvxW.'>>1 ■.. ’«« d-> u!! rhe.'C wi* ritjcf} ii{i/.e;:>. citizvfis wh*» are pio- t!', Un- triM' spirit of llu- v.ord, Aij.vi’- -vvl.n win help us to ideaiiiie ’-rjY dream for onr city. To this end vr«r coi'tlially i.-ivite all v.dit) desire a i f’:ui:ifui home. p;ca.'--‘ :t oei'chbors !■■• J;'vi elcxtvic li',^ht in fr'nriirif’-tuii ai:J v.ri' i tdlt. ('iiiv^C: wci'e s)ov.’ t-.' I'd;-" M tjjj.- ;.j i,.,. > - ‘Pc; c.-ero .-■lor-'d av.'.-5y liie irar- i'-— r-td \'hc !a:v-p5 hidden in dusiy r-ri.c-!^ viiiio ihc cVj’t:ic li-ht'^ rcitri^ c-d auprc;nc. The water^vorks full.- the remarl-iable pro?re;^s it i:^ maViincr. At ihp Ses-do»i of 184S, the latyre chartered the JCorth Carolina Kidiroad. It was beKUn in I80O, and the track.' came toffether belwee?i ^Ircensboro and Jame.stown. April l.v. The people of Alamance Coun ty ;rave the company rlx hundred and for'.y acres cf hr;d, pro\ided they i^ov.-'i- iiv^t only fc/r the city, but for distant towns, h has in 'successful operation i\ number of banks, several large trupi companies, and many cot ton mills. It has some able financiers and nobl.» mi.ided citizens. T.'ie tovm is .:i.s'.s dp'-clopint; a.®; a tobacco market, and know.i far and wide for its sales- stabies. Notwithslandinsr the advancement a poverlioi,..* secti^.n, ■ It l-:w in.-do. we cs:rrol close our eyes vn,l (ni-: fhe nearest midway j'-j i‘:^ presriU. .r,ec-d«. Among- these po;:,t of ihf iwid beuvccn (:olds:;or«; eUld ChprJ*;!te. *he iv.*') toT.iinn! it wa* dcddcd to locate hfit:. j I addii’p;, ^rcatr.r civic pride, well Bnrilvric.i 'V,-.,; v-iicd- “Company;paved ^tr.-i ts ar,d thoroughfares, to (he pta^c of the un.si(;htly. :-iX' .-..t-r c-!ucatio;i;d facilities, such •■ ■■« a -'iv.dern woil-equippcd sc'iool ■f'l' A . li: :• ]-i;t :r'‘sonc lit vie villa;:e. Were '^'•attcr-ivj :;nd -• iir; pa.'-'scd •h!,‘ :‘.:id the up ■ ihe town v.a^ nc.jrlect' y"::; • pv!::-'j.d a Ut.ic clrurch • ■’ \ i.' 'VOY i.n-'r.V;} Li.*-- “th^* S'ir. (.’bti'ch. ’ A liUle oiio-storv Chops’' in 184^^ be^’uuse >i w’a.« iho '■d the intr«d(U'ik,;rorrh>c^riI'itv'r!ld o'" |'-t^nnly. muddy roads whSrare" a Mi;d_ mocnancai department. Tiie j dispraca to the town and a merace to r.radin-; ar.d rhe prclirainisr.v work forlOui public health. ■);c. shop-, were hcjrun in 1-S55 lisid ! {?r-i?hod I.' J I\Jafcr Gim;n wa‘ I " ——— chicf carineor of (he rnilroad and Charles r.’r::l?er was propidenl. who being killed at the batUe of Mana.'sa:.i, BUaLfXOTON. N\ C. fiy Miss lioFa Lee Hrijnitock. i.!’ t : . Oju- ! i : e iliey c:imo ■ i. ;V'; .'/t ^v'hocd vith thi' r ■ I- • V,. s-.r. aiCC -U'd th;- c ' • :• a :!’(?:.» j;s i; fe|| •..• jb. jv. •; built. w- t 'VKod, .1:-.' land vvas tillc-d -• "'I- I f:«. rii s u.d'.cf-. and tr-c. ;T r-jv.*s til C’-fvn. Vvhcat and tol^:;^ . ::;h' . l>;rc nia i,v Mr. X. E. Finin^ ‘'P nea-Iy, bi - - o:; t.) ih;/ ifcopic. Ard .iug- for t':n :: ih^- anpear >vater-t>ipcs. .\mi n,.w !iie flia;n,^ ru?t in the u:e!ls .-.r.d the little snri.rtr purfl'^s in vain for IJic wa;...,- r.^ed by (he ni,-i?jri[y ef the cii- i;w:v: .'oine:; thn.ufl! iijn-.-i fnirn jt . rc:fi*rvoir ■ J homas ffilli was elected to fill the },, , , 1 , . ! vacancy. ’ ' - Whc'.. Ih.. .1,0... were cnntplc!,-.-,! ^ fi«y-five yer.r.s ufco were 1,01 - hous, 3 i-.ad also bcc> cro:-;.-1 '’ity of Burlington was ne- ■•(■otio'n'' ic-ir th.> "r! ‘‘"'I’'"-'-®*''*- '•'he Shop.s. it took had loi’ir .«ince fallen i, t’, V. - ‘' I'li>e Shop tliiild-1 railroad .shops th.it t Uildii ■' Was rai-cd near this church l.-isir»r nn« \^nA i * j‘*l" I ami the BwrUngton Lumber Co.."^'^^ lof;jted heiv, tJiat time there a. d a:m^. l,m-..lirfr wilh pride at the .I;!, 1r,*!! m 1 BolinKbrooh." The | ‘-f l™siness, :rnp.»rfani najao “pDstonice" attempt- conn'inv Tk ^ ^ I rick (e»u:ment£ on the nojth optyjhlishrr.entA and ..i ca,ry out it, n.is.ic.,, with the ifa ttron-. J ‘he fir.st perm-!. aid oi il.s I'ostni.-arter, .Mr. Thomas (!,„ A ‘•'’•‘'■■'"P-- But the first pri-i wa.s not even ii 'ihesc huiUiinu::^ i-:>rstituted (er .schooI-hiirldjV-' h;.t h'.., 7 i ‘ by X G. 1runninj? thrtsueh Company :ln- i.iir ine; - sevtioii i.i' ( unipany r ,n,c r-iilro-'^H q ^"dieve Lawrence ' ‘I*® year they ‘Iroad.. Several hotels | . built ono called the Southern Railway For about thirty year,, tl.i. iittio ot -own"'' " i The ro.d wa. finally lea.sed to of May, the first vill:'.”,' -,v:is I'.intcnlcd lo liv,. an un-: ' Richmond A Danville Railroad. Xho!canje runninf; •V-.-:T-i-.'.od, ar.vepn'sentcd oNl.itcnce.! » « » ‘ .^h.jps were moved and the lots sold ' rhi'3‘ setined ti^ care nothin.iy for the' Ihis h;‘s l>een the j^row'th (if our . parties livinj^ in the vicinity and* In ISoi ihe name was changed from >nlt^,!d:‘ world (itijy workinjr diligently 1 in fifty year.s. it is a record'-'' comers. The citizens wanted Shops to tht present name ■ ihii:- hii^d. Hut such perfect har-i*’*^ ®'”-‘ need he ashamed, .^ind it a name fcr their town as it was no Burlingtorj at that time there mony and pc.-ice could siot remain a record on which the old citizens longer “Company Shops.” -A.nd in ® grocery and dry goods long ill .-iach a growins; cuunlry and lack with pride. January, 1S37, it svas -decided ti :ocn a de.-ire arose in iiio hcart.s of' riow, how ranks our town “Burlington" and it remain he people for u ditferc-.it nanie. Why i’ Has it improved or has it di- "P-'irUngton" to this day. . ai' l eoi-.i; iius;ne.=' o-ppo;-tuni!ies to rhotiid they not be rcco^jr.ized as a i minished in power in the last few iov'n sought to TO HL'Rl.IKOTON'. increase its -!i.!:iie liary Ellis, v.'ere scores, about three or four cotton mills or.e tobacco warehouse, and ne church, known ns the Old Union Church, ij! \-.'l-.ich alnameES.cenotohfrcs-.. w io'vr. V Were tlicy not as large as ■’ The former, any person in cducalionly advantages and the first;'''''® denominations worshipped !he county seat, Craham? Should ^-'oith C arolina will declare that. It school house -?i'a3 located where the iSunday school. The old ih y nermii the world to suppose lo.nger occupies a mere dot on the Cardwell Building now stand.-;, ‘Church is stil! standing and is used that a few .-.hops composed their N'orth Carolina, hut holds an 2nd utilized both far church ; Primitive Baptist.*; as a place town? No! they would be represent- place there- It stands in school purposes. Dr. Wilson, wosrhip. 1 in rovernmenl, acknowIed(;ad by j of the world as a busy, pro- who cond'acted the, Melville School for' *^*6 departmant store !hu world. The.^c wc-ra the enthusi-1town. Its educational advan- Boys, in the Hawfields section, was "’S'S erected, which Sonit-v.'hcTo ()ack in the sixties, be- a^itic thoughts that rang in the heads ^agos are the very best in the county pastor and held services once a mo:ith. ■''' largest d^pai-tnient stor^ in and rank as one of the highest in the 1^'S -school was finally given to the town. State. It has a population of iivs riegross and wa."' moved to the prer-; in ,1891, ISM, 1899, 1908 thousand, eleven hund?e(! of which site of the Christian parsonage, j®"'y good schools here are enrolled in the graded schools. It Later it wa5 moved and located on the i eiuBate the children or the com- has a stirring . _sines.s section with where now stands the ‘Calaboose.” jS^''®‘ation, so in 1300 the towns- the trade of Alamance centered in it. Services were also held from time to ®'‘ cifeens.were thinking of » It has five or six blocks of bu-'.y, well- by the different denomination.s qualified stores, savera? beautiful in the Union Church, which the Eail- banks vfith good capitals and long Company had erected for the experience. Several splendid hotels benefit of its employees and 'their with good reputations are situated families. The different denominations here. TTie t,obaceo from all over the finally built churches of their own. rang m forii ihc Civil War. there Vfas a little people. di>l on the map of North Carolina ^lucslion was handled, discussed Icriw:-. as Company Shops. Before argued until in the year 1886, the !ar chib, and tbousana.^_of (Ijlliii-.s that r.ii;road v.-as built through here it maitc-.r was placed in the h,".nds of a i-.th-’rv.'i." would have been wasted ar^ •"> "tret-rh of rich and fertile, committee-. This committee was com- now bii:.‘ii’.ved. '-ut ’aninhabited land. It was situ- po.sed of Mr. W. A. Irvi.ig, Mr. Mur- Eiii: ih'. jrroaifst strength of Burl- ated in the northern section of North P*'}'! schoolteacher, and .several oth- inrb)n r.-'d the deep underlying cause Carolina and r.hoanded with deep for- prominent citizens. After much of her r.spid dtvelopment lies in her timber and many wild iirgument about different suggestions, inr.nufacluring eriterprises which con- J;amc, fields of tall grass and bushes Murphy proposed the name “Borl- .sist of cotton mills, knitting mills, lay scattered between the .strips of ington.” Tlie committee was satis (iyeworks, finishirg mills, a sewing The i pa'tant railroads of the United States respeutively. The Presbyterian, Bap- runs through here, TSie Southern-tist and Christian were all built about woodland. No one saw ia this wild with this, and after a popular, room, (i.nd a coffin shop. The four uncivilized land the splendid prospect been received from the pec- county is brought and sold in our churches built were the large cotton milla .ocated here form °2’ great and powerful city; No p'-e, the question was submitted to the, One of the most im-'Episcopal Mct!>odist and Lutheran, the real backbone cf the city. Their one journeying through this region State Legislature at Raleigh owners are con.st&ntly adding new ma- a® farsighted as he might be, dream- Legislature also considered ths mat chinery and trjing to improve the, ed of it ever being the site of a beau- thoroughly and in the year 1887 mills i-i every possible way. These tiful city. ®ur land was written in the records mills f::mish a sure market for all yea*" 1855, President Charles North Carolina as Burlington, then the cotton growji around here besides Fisher of the North Carolina Rmlroad aisd forever more. With what pride 3' gTsc.t deal shipped in from other sa-w in this land a good location for *^1*® citizens took up their new namel places. a railroad. He had been looking about With -»bat joy they ctklled themscitTas Next in importance come the knit-' for some time for a good, deidrahle “Burlingtoiisens.” ting mills, these are also modem and pliice through which to build a rail-' 'with the new name came a itrprovcd and there are - spx located road connecting Goldsboro and Char- "ew life for the people. The popnla- ?i!’r9. Then come the dyeworks and j lotts. At laat his eye feU upon leaped from several hundred to It 3 fi.VisMog mills. By the aid of this land. He saw here a £ood place a thousand. Asd in the yecr 1890 ^e these tvro suptU all the work co!»nect-! for repairing shops and perhaps &e census taker handed in the proud re ed vrilh the jaanufaeture of cloth and! saw the possibility of it sometiine Port ^ one thonss,nd seven hoi«b®djt*** “>os*—jsr9gwssive towns In the Siosiery can be done here. The fact becoming a s^reat eity. He sent cap- “«* airtoea dtSsea* of BarlingtMS. St«t«, itailway. We are not the largest dty ia the State; we are not the most beautiful city ?n North Carolina, and we can not boast of riches and immense pop ulation, but we can offer any one ■«*o desires it a happy home Jn a joy- fni little town. And ve can boast of our g?owth tor with all our mo&rn improvements, with all our past rec ord, I dsfy any one to say tliat B«rl- ington is not one of the most—if not the same time. Eventually the town began to grow more progressively and Mr. John Q. Gant built a tannery \riiere the Cof fin Factory is now situated. About the same time J. A. UsCauley, J. •A. Turrsntiiis, W. H. Turrentine laanofactured smoking tobacco in a huildios iriiere the Alatnairce Lean & Trust Company ia located. Tbe aext step ic manufacturing ms Uie Lafayette Cotton Milla, liiiiit by Poter Holt, vrhieh ran aw^le «nd was sold to Lawrence Holt, 1l4lo »d- better way in wliieh to educate their phildren, and the play they thought of was to have a graded school. So in 1001 what is knovm now as the City Graded School was erected »t tho place it now stands. We started with only a few student.s and teach- cps but now we hnve grown so large that wo have ‘ twenty-two tea^e7a and over o'ne thousand ehiidren (white and colored) in the graded schoola. ^ The city has electrie lights and ^ity water which was started only a few years ago. Up until this year we had only a small Ught plant, but in 19J3-1914 they hive erected » mew power or light plant which is one of tlie finest and best et^cipped in tho South. . We also hsTO telephones, trie- ifraph ofScae, and banks, First Nat- ioiml and Abunutnce I.oan S Tract Co„ wifch ware b(sgtttt eoeso yea?* S£0.
The Twice-A-Week Dispatch (Burlington, N.C.)
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