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VOL. VI.
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1892.
NO. 2
Professional Cards.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offers his professional serviceto the
citizens of Lincolnton and surroun
ding couocry. Ofl3c at his resU
dence adjoiuing Lincoln too Hotel.
All calls promptly attended to.
Autf. 7, 1801 lv
J. W.SA1N,M. D.,
Has located at Lincolnton and of
fers his services as physician to the
citizens ot Lincolnton and surround
ing country.
Will be toand at night at the res
idence of B. G. Wood
March '27, 1S91 ly
Bartlett Shipp,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Jan, U, S'M.
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All business put into our
bands will be promptly atten
ded to.
April 18, 1890. lv.
Dr. W. .A PRESSLEY,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Terms CASH.
OFFICE IN COliB BUILDING, MAIN ST.,
LINCOLNTON, N. C
July 11, 1890. ly
' DENTIST.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Cocaine used for painless ex
tracting teeth. With thirty
years experience. Satisfaction
jiven in all operations Terms
:ash and moderate.
Jan 23 '91 lv
GO TJJ
BARBER SHOP.
Newly fitted up. Work aways
neatly done, customers politely
waited upou. Everything pertain
ing to the tousorial art is done
according to latest styles.
Henry Taylor, Barber.
J. D. Moore, President. L. L. Jenkins, Cashier.
No. 4377.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF GASTONIA, N. C.
Capital WW
Surplus ,n'o
Average Deposits 40,000
COMMENCED BUSINESS AVGUSTl, 1890.
Solicits Accounts of Individuals, Finns
and Corporations.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
Guarantees to Patrons Every Accommodation Consistent
with Conservative II link inc.
BANKING HOURS 9 a. m.to 3 p.m.
Dec 11 '91
for Infants
'Cm torU to mo well Uptd to children that
t reoommend It aa ruperior to any prescription
taown to me." II. A. Abchxjl, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits ao veil known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are tta
intelligent families who do not keep Castori
wltUn easy reach."
Carlos Mabttw.D.D.,
New York City,
Late Pastor Blooming dale Bel ormed Church.
TH Ckmtac
Itch on human and riorses and all ani.
mals cured in 30 minutos by Wool fords
Unitary Lotion. This noverfaila. Sole by
J M. Luwing Druggist Lincolnton, N C
-A. Xonely Mortal.
Bilkins "How de do ? Had the
grip yet T"
Wilkins "No."
Bilkins "I'm sorry for yoo, old
fellow. What on earth do yoa tali
about when yoa meet people?"
JXew York Weekly.
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
Is one which is guaranteed tobrins yoa
satisfactory results, or in case of failure a
return ot purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
Druggist a bottle of Dr. Kind's New Dis
covery for Consumption. It is guaranteed
to bring relief in every case, when used
tor any affection of Threat, Lungs cr
Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation
of Lungs, .Bronchitis, Asthma, Vhooping
Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It is pleasar.t
and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon, Trial bot
tles free at J M Lawincj's Drugstore.
Jealousy is a terrible infirmity in
a preacher 1 It is indicative of i
bad state of heart, and if not con
qaered will jaundice and canker th ?
soul. We pity sincerely the minis
ter who cannot hear his own people
praise other ministers when the
come to work with him, without se
cret regret and envy. Dear broth
er, you hurt only yourself by such
grievous weakness. Do not try to
get all the good out of your peoplo
but be glad that they can love oth.
ers. The Baptist .
MERIT WINS.
"VVe desire to say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling E'r. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, also Dr.
King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or tbat
have given such universal satisfaction. We
do not hesitate to guarantee them every
time, and we stand ready to refund th
purchase price, if satisfactory reesults do
not follow their use. These remedies have
won their grest popularity purely on their
merits. At J.M. Lawing's Physician and
Pharmacist.
"Longevity1? I should say long
evitv did run in the family,'7 said
Mrs. Spriggins. "Why, John was
six foot two, Bill was six toot four,
and George he was more longevity
than any man I ever see. He was
six foot seven if he was a foot."
BROWN ' S IRON BITTERS
Cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility.
Are you interested in Lincoln
county ? Then take the COURIER.
and Children
OMtoria cores Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives Bleep, and promotes u.
restion.
Without injurious medication.
For several years I have recommended
your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to
do so as it lias invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwiw F. Pabdks. M. D.,
Tbe Winthrop," 1:5th Street and Tth Ave.,
New York City.
Comfakt, 77 Mck rat Ptrx.it, New Yorf.
LINCOLNTON.
ONE OF AOIiTII CAROMXV
OLDEST AXI BEST TOUXS.
The HI ineral Deposits in IAw
coin Connty I.arce Milling
Interests Xotes About
tlicTwn anrt County.
Stafl Cor. State Chronicle.
Lincolnton, N. O., April 30,
Letters giving in plain language the
truth about the advantages and ops
portunities which various towns in
North Carolina possess, have been
frequently printed in the Chronicle,
and the purpose of this letter is to
show one of our best towns and
counties to the outer vorld. What
we write 18 no "boom" letter, bot
the statements are matters of fact.
In 1779 the old county of TryoD,
extending from the Catawba river
westward to the Iredell line, was d:'
vided into Lincoln and Rutherford
counties, the court-house falling n
the western portion of Lincolr.
where the courts were held nntil
1783. and f mm then nntil 17S5 it
, ., . , ,
appears they were held at the house
of Henry Dellinger, the county jail,
then spelt "gaol," being Dellinger's
spring house. The foundation of
this gaol is now plainly visible; the
lower story was of stone, the upper
. . . ' ,.
of logs ; m the lower story liquors
, ....
were kept, while the upper part was
r , . ,
April session? 1784 the prisoners es
caped from the "gaol" aud the court
ordered that prisoners should be
confined in one of the jooms of Del
linger's dwelling, until a county jail
was erected.
The connty was named for Gen
eral Lincoln, of revolutionary fame.
The first session of the court held at
the present county seat, Lincolnton,
was iu 1785, and a year later the
town was laid off. The first court
house here was a small wooden
building ; the present county court
houe is a large two-story brick
structure, the upper floor used as a
court room and the county offices
being on the lower floor. The old
court records are indeed interesting
reading and disclose much valuable
history. If space sufficient were
available columns of interesting and
amusing incidents could be culled
from these old records. The Lin
coln Courier, Mr. J. M. Kbberts,
editor, has published much of inter
est along this line, among others
some well-'written articles by Sher
iff Uixon.
Lincoln county is about ten miles
north and south by thirty miles east
and west. Catawba bounds it on
the north, Mecklenburg on the east
Gastcn on the south and Cleveland
on the west. The soil is fertile and
adapted especially to corn, wheat
oats, irish aud sweet potatoes, and
rye, of which crops much are raised,
and cotton is grown to no small ex
tent. There are other crops to
which the land is adapted, but the
above are the principal products
now raised. The lands are suscept
ible of a high state of cultivation.
Apples, pears, peaches, grapes and
other fruits attain an unusual per
fection here and this should be a
great fruit growing section. No
section of the State offers a better
opportunity for the farmer to make
a quiet, comfortable home. Every
thing required is to be found heie.
The people of Lincoln are pros
perous and the population is a de
sirable one. Thisconuty was set
tled by Dutch principally from York
and Lmcaater countie?, Pennsylva
nia, and the people still retain many
characteristics of their ancestors.
They are a plain ard industrious
and upright people. From this
sturdy stock sprang men of State
and national reputation Michael
Iloke, William A. Graham. Judges
Schenck, Shipp and Hoke, Generals
KfAnhfm D. T?,mennr. llnhprr, F
iti,o THr i Tfco
nany lesser light. :
Many minerals are found in all
parts of the county and several de- j
The
I csirs are profitably worked
I -on industry was carried on quite
extensively at one tim6 and there
ere eeveral oldtime furnaces still
standing; the principal deposits are
about eight miles from Lincolnton
It is said tbat there is a fine field
for investment in working these
mines ; this will well repay investi
gation. The ore is of excellent
quality, it is said, and can be work
ed quite cheaply. Just three miles
from the court-house gold is found.
I am told that at one time these
mines were worked and large nug
gets have been found there. So it
is natural to suppose that this is
another profitable field for the in
vestor. Fifteen miles Ironi Liocoln
tou there is worked a mica mine,
which is doing well, some tiue spec
imens having been taken from the
! deposit as fine as I ever saw. Here
is another pointer for capitalists.
Cotton and paper mills have for
years been successfully operated in
Lincoln county, there being four
large cotton mills now in operation.
One of these, about fifteen miles
from here, is said to be a large mill
and is thought to be doing well.
The Laboratory mills are sitnated
within two miles of Lincolnton on
the South Fork of the Catawba riv
er. During the war the government
established a medicine shop near
the spot where this factory stood,
i . , . .
hence the name ''Laboratory." The
building is of brick, one storj' high
190 by 55 feet, with a basement 75
by 55 feet, has G500 spindles and
pmriWa 12. haiifls nalncr 9ftftft IvaIpo
, ,, . - , t
of cotton annually. A fine grade of
. . . . c ... t .
yarns is turned out from this estab.
.. . . ... .
ilishment : this yeir they wdl turn
out 900,000 pounds of these goodf.
The water power at this factory is
exceptionally fine arid lasts the
whole year round ; the machiucry is
of the latest pattern, the mill is
lighted by electricity, and the ar
rangements for extinguishing of fire
are euperb. A. M. Frice, of Wii
mington, Delaware, is superintend-)
en I, aud J. A. Abevnethy is secreta
ry and treasurer.
The Elm Grove mill is situated !
not quite one mile from Lincolnton
in one of the finest points upon the
south fork of the Catawba. Some
years ago a small mill was built
here aud commenced operations in
1885. In 1890 a stock company was
formed with a capital stock ot $50,
000; they employ 100 hands. The
building is of brick, three stories
high, 100 by 50 feet ; the mill has
3500 spindles and consumes 2000
bales of cotton annually; this year
will bo produced 700,000 pounds of
cotton yarns; 6000 is now beiug
spent in improvements; the mill is
run by steam and an electric plant
is being put in. C. Mo'z is presi
dent of the company and 11. S. Rein
hard t secretary and treasurer.
The Del war cotton and woolen
mill is iuside the corporate limits of
Lincolnton ; it is not a very large
mill, but is doing a flourishing bus
iness. Iu the cotton department
there are 1050 spindles. It has been
in operation about ten years. Doub
led and twisted warps are made and
some 30 operatives employed. In
the wool departmdnt jeans, cassi
meres, blaokets and a general line
of piece goods for men's and boys'
clothing are woven.
Scattered throughout the county
upon various streams are some fifs
teen gri$t mills, all doing wq. An
other large industry which has been
carried on here for many ears is
the manufacture of paper. There
are four paper mills within a radius
of a few miles, and arrangements to
consolidate them are being made,
Tnere are five carloads of machine
ry iu the depot here now, and as
toon as the building is fiuuhed the
machinery will be put in. Lare
quantities of paper are shipped to
all parts of the country.
There is found, not tar from here,
a veiy superior qua'ity of brick
clay, and there is go betier Wcttion
lor a brick machine. There is no .v
u )t on iu the county, it is said.
While the large boiiies of timber
have oeeo cut op, there is jet uioch
,i!ok. hic ory, poplar and other
oods here, many of them valuable.
Some time in 18G2 the Carolina
Central railroad from Charlotte to
i Kutheifurdton reached point,
jaid the Chester and Lenoir railway
was bailt in 18S0. From here to
Charlotte is 30 miles, to Ratberford
ton 48 miles, lo Newton (on the W.
N. C- road) 15 mile?, to Gastonia 19
miles (connecting with the Atlan'a
and Charlotte Air Line), to Shelby
22 miles (connecting with the C's
road), to Chester (on theG. C. & N
and C. C. & A. railroads) 03 miles.
The town is situated on an eleva
tion, giving natural drainage; the
corporate limits include an area one
mile square, in which I no population
is about one thousand, and within
one mile of the corporate limits
there is another thousand, and a
cleverer, better people cannot be
found. There are five churches for
whites Methodist, Episcopal, Lu
theran, Presbyterian and Baptist;
and for the negroes thrre are three
churches. The public school is in
charge of Prof. A. C. Hottenstein,
who is assisted by Miss Mattie Mc
Lean ; the building, which is town
property, 18 a two story brick struc
(ure, 40 by 30 feet, with a wing 40
by GO feet, the wing having been
recently erected ; about 50 scholars
are in attendance. Ot the fra'ernal
orders there are Masons, Knights of
Honor and Ladies of Honor. The
business establishments include
three exclusively dry goods stores,
four general merchandise stores,
foar groceries, one racket store, two
hardware and two drugstores ; three
of the dry goods stores have special
milliuery departments. In the pro
fessions there are 5 lawyers, 4 doc
tors and 2 dentis's. In addition to
the manufacturing enterprises be
fore mentioned, there are J wood
working shop, 3 blacksmith shops,
2 shoe shops, 1 machine shop where
all kinds of repairing is done, 2 con.
tracting and building establish
ments, 2 furniture manufactories, 1
grist and saw mill and cotton gin
combined.
Lincolnton is fortunate in pos
sessing as neat a newspaper as is
published iu North Carolina, and
Mr. J. M. Roberts, the editor, is la
boring earnestly for the promotion
of the best interest of this section;
he deserves the patronage aud sup
port of this people.
There are here two hotels, the
Lincolntou and the Alexander. A
hotel company has recently been or
ganized and has purchased the Lin
colnton hotel property ; the build
ing will be remodeled and an addi
tion three stories high, eighty by
forty feet, erected ; this hotel is tc
be fitted np with all the modern im
provements. The traveler need
have no fears regarding the chars
acter of hotel accommodations.
Nothiug is more essential to the
health of a community than pure
water, and this town and county is
especially blessed in this respect
Just two miles from here is the cel
ebrated Lithia spring, which for
years has been famed for its cura
tive properties, being especially ben
eficiai in diseases of the liver and
kidneys. This water may be ship
ped to any portion of the country
and its curative properties remain
bnimpaired. There is a large hotel
at this spring, having all the mod
ern improvements, steam-heating,
water-works, electric bells, etc. The
v;ell8 of the town are of freestone
catore, containing some alum. Cha
lybeate springs exist near the town
Lincoluton's health record is good.
In a population of over a thousand
for the last two years the deaths
here numbered about 25, including
black and white; epidemics are al
most unknown here. The average
temperature in summer is from 75
lo 80 degrees, aod in winter the
thermometer ranges from 40 to 50;
th5 atmosphere In the wiuter is dry
aod bracing, while iu summer it is
cool and pleasaut. Standing on the
courthouse square the blue ridge i3
i-j plain view, acd the pure mount
a n breezes are gratifying to the
veary traveler.
To sum up this letter, I will sav
tii i people are clever and enterprise
i i;: and this is a goodly land.
H. B. H.
Scuttling For Dollars.
To get the dollars we have to
scuffle for them no mistake about
t '4t ; but there aie different ways
of going about it. and if you are not
srisned with your progress at pres
ent, then write to B F. Johnston
&CO., Richmond, Va who cn give
yoa a good pointer or two. Read
carefully this advertisement in an
other column, and write them at
once. 'The early bird," etc.
Subscribe lor the Uoueiee.
Strength ot tlie Stnten.
The following table shows the
number of delegates to which each
state and territory will be entitled
in too Republican and Democratic
r ational conventions, to be held in
June ; also the electoral vote of the
several States for 1883 and 1892:
Number Electoral Electoral
delegates vote 1S88. vote 18J"J
1S92
Alabama 22 10 11
Arkansas 16 7 8
California 18 8 9
Colorado 8 3 4
Connecticut 12 ;6 0
Delaware 6 3 3
Florida 8 4 4
Georgia 2G 12 13
Idaho G 3
1 linoi8 48 22 24
Indiana 30 15 15
I)wa 2G 13 13
Kansas 20 9 10
Kentucky 26 13 13
Louisiana 16 8 8
Maine 12 6 i
Maryland 16 8 8
Sf assachufett8 30 14 15
Michigan 28 13 14
Minnesota 18 7 9
Mississippi 18 9 9
Missouri 34 16 17
Montana G 3
Nebraska 16 5 8
Nevada 6 33
New Hampshire 8 4 4
New Jersey 20 9 10
New York 72 36 36
North Carolina 22 11 11
North Dakota 63
Ohio 4G 23 23
Oregon 8 3 4
Pennsylvania 64 30 32
Rhode Island 8 4 4
South Carolina 18 9 9
South Dakota 84
Tennessee 24 12 12
T-xas 30 13 15
Vermont 8 4 4
Virginia 24 12 12
Washington 8 4
West Virgiuia 12 6 6
Wisconaon 24 11 12
Wyoming 6 3
Arizona 2
New Mexico 2
Oklahoma 2
Utah 2
Totals
896
401
444
The Alliance representatives in
Congress have agreed upon and will
introduce a loan bill. The bill pro
vides that the United States treasns
iy shall, on demand of a state, iss
Hue to it non-inten st-bearing treas.
ury notes, in amount not exceeding
30 per capita of its population.
The state demauding a government
loan shall deliver to the United
States treasury its lawful bonds to
the full amount of the treasury
notes demanded. The bonds are to
be taxable at one per cent per an
num, aud the tax is to be paid iuto
ti e United Stat e treasury yearly.
The bouds are lo fall due at the end
of twenty years, but the state may
redeem part or all of them any time
before they fall due. The state leg
is ature is to provide for leaning
these government notes to the peof
pie on such terms as it may deem
bot for their welfare.
The bill provides for the ir.sue of
a currency, based on state bonds to
th? possible amount of 31 878,667,
5C0; an inflation that ought to sat
is?) the wildest financial fanatic.
1 he bill leaves a wide latitude for
st.: e legislation regarding the plac
iu ;j of loans among borrowers. Who
ar: to pay the one per cent tax on
by state bonds given as security
for the treasury notes ! Are all the
taspayersof the state to be assessed
for that purpose ? Or will the bor
rowers alone have to pay it T If
iho latter, as in justice they should,
ib-1 they cannct borrow money
anoer this ioan bill for two per cent.
It fill cost more than two or three
per cent to have the securities ofs
;ered by borrowers examined, morti
iat:?8 executed, the. loans safely
placed, etc. Money cannot be safe
ly loaned in comparatively small
sue: s under this scheme at a two-pfr-cent
rate of interest, unless
nor. -borrowing taxpayers are made
to bear part of the expense of plac
ing and Collect'ng loans. The bill
leaves room for a large amount of
unvie state legislation. Farm and
Fireside.
Democracy iu Iroutou.
Machpelaii, N. C, May 2, 1S92.
Editok of the Courieb :
Dear Sir : Thinking that yoa
would like to bear from Ironton, I
will take upon myself the task of
giving you what news I can gather.
The Democrats of this township
recently organized a Pemocratic
Clnb at Iron Station. The Club now
ins 50 members, who have pledged
themseJves to stand by tbeold Dem
Kratic banner, come weal, come
'voe, and to march in solid phalanx,
opposing Radicalism, Third party
isn and everything else that tends
tc disrupt Democracy, until the
grand old Democratic banner shall
proudly wave orer this whole land.
Your and our Democratic friends
may believe that Ironton will stand
by the old party. I regret the id.
activity of so many Democrats who
once were so active in all thai con
cerned our graud old party, greater
u.d grander to day than ever be
fore.
The continued cold weather has
prevented many farmers from plant
ing cotton yet, although the land ia
prepared.. The farm work is well
up and all seem hopefol, aud by a
diversify of crops and a Democratic
victory this year we hope for peace
and prosperity and plenty of money.
I am glaa to see your paper ao
much improved and look forward to
the reception of each issue with
pleasure. I trust it may always re
main a true Democratic organ,
pointing out in the future, as in the
pist, the dangers which threaten
the Democratic party, and may all
true Democrats te guided by its
counsels. "Ironton.,;
Bonuam, Tex., A pill 19. There
being so ranch controversy going ou
over the State, and especially m
Fannin county, since Methodist Jim
Davis in his recent speech here de
nied that the twelfth plank was in
the St. Louis platform ot the peopled
party, and knowing that Col. II. S,'
Barura, one of the editors of Farm
er' Review, a paper devoted to the
interest of the people's parly, was a
delegate to St. Louis people's party
conference, the News reporter called
on him yesterday and asked :
"Did the St. Louis industrial peo
ple's party pass the twelfth plank in
the platform as printed m' the St.
Louis dispatches on Feb. 24 f"
"Yes. and by a rising unanimous
vote." He said he was in the back
part of the hall aud that not only
the twelfth plank but the whole
platform was unanimously adopted.
He further stated that when he
heard the twelfth plank read he ex
pected to hear opposition lo it, bot
to his surprise none was raised and
the conference unanimously adopted
it. The twelfth plank reads :
"12. We demand tne government
isfrue legal notes and pay the Union
soldiers the difference between the
price of the depreciated money he
was paid and gold.'
The above is given for the infor
mat ion of those of Limestone couuty(
who, in commenting on an editorial
in i tie Ledger of last week, denied
the twelfth plank is in the St. Loo
is p 'at form. It is true that some
pap jrs advocating the platform left
ou: this plank in publishing tbat
doo iment for their readers. Mexia
(Tez:as) Ledger.
'I'.ae first through train trom At
tune over the Seaboard Air-Line
arrived here yesterday morning, on
tirxe to a second. Gen. R. F.Hoke,
ot Georgia, Carolina & Northern
divnioo of the line, came hereon
Ib'u first train. He is well pleased
at the admirable condition of the
new part of the road ; which is
certainly one of the best of the new
ly cc-nstrncted ones in the South.
He is confident that the road will
oecr rne a great truck lioe between
fbe Northeast and Southwest. Thf re
wen large assemblages of people at
ooth the stations here to see the
new train: It is not a last traiD,
but ater in the year one of these
will be put on. Cor. State Chronicle,
May 3.
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