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HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION OF THE GASTON PROGRESS
Come to Bessemer City, North Carolina
A Wide-Awake and ‘^Live-Wire” Community that is Rapidly Making a Name for Itself Through
out the State—Splendid Factory Sites—Ideal Homes—A Land of Opportunity.
See Bessemer City Locating Elsewhere!
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HON. R. F. COBLE, Mayor.
Bessemer City is, delightfully located
in one of the most charming spots of
the South, and strongly appeals to the
home-maker as well as the seeker
after business opportunity. It has im
measurable possibilities with magnifi
cent manufacturing sit'^s, beautiful
home building lots, and the most fert
ile farming lands. It is a most pro
gressive place, and one that promises
to soon become much better known
throughout the country and foremost
in the Piedmont section. It is full of,
energy as is shown by its excellent
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emer are: R'
Rollins, reco.
attorney; I.
J. K. Collins, -leberger, W.
Woodle, H. A. M. Lindsay,
Commissioners; J. W. M. Jenkins,
Clerk to the Board; C. W. Fuller, chief
of police. They are a wide-awake and
energetic lot of men, full of true public
spirit who are ever ready and willing
to give both their time and money to
any cause that will advance the inter
ests of the community. At the present
time the ever live city council is
seriously considering the erection of
a magnificent and up-to-date municipal
hall, one that will be a credit to the
growing town. In the way of the
water supply, the city is furnished
with the purest from various crystal
mountain streams, and it is expected
by next October, if all goes well, that
the water system here will be perfect
in every respect. In the matter of
schools Bessemer City stands well in
the front rank for a town of its size.
The graded school employs 11 teach
ers, all of whom are of the highest
class in the way of refinement and
education. There is also a good school
for colored children. As for churches,
the Methodists have two edifices,
while the Presbyterian, Associate Re
formed Presbyterian, Protestant-iilpis-
copal and J/iutheran, have cnj .ti,
which are doing an extensive
Dusiness. Bessemer City has many
large manufacturing industries among
them being the Altas Manufacturing
Company, the Osage Cotton Mills,
Huss Manufacturing Company, Harbor-
o;igh Cotton Mills, and the Saunders
Spinning Company, all of them run
ning on full time, and employing a
large force of the best skilled labor.
Then there are wood working shops
and planing mills, grist mill, three
livery and feed stables and a score of
excelent shops. Under way is a fine
new hotel that will contain every
modern comfort and convenience, and
will be second to none in this part of
the old North State. Bessemer City
is located on the Southern Railway
and has the distinction of 'being one
of the most beautiful towns of Gaston
county, and the natural attractiveness
of the site is attributed to the wise
judgment of the men who first settled
the locality. Bessemer has a popula
tion of 3,200 good, sturdy people, and
few places can boast of a more honest
and industrious set of American men
and women. Constant improvement is
going on in Bessemer City, and the
transformation along this line, during
the pa,g^'few years, has been nothing
’ nderful, but so gradual that
i-Jants hardly realize-^it.
th^feciated
umerous
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urest f
visitors who can see and appreciate
the improvements between one visit
and another. Bessemer’s civic im-.
provements is due . to the wise
and progressive City Fathers, who
have always been possessed with
plenty of push, and the right
kind of energy that transforms
villages into big and prosperous
cities. Bessemer, among its score
of other good things, has an
excellent drainage system, and one
that would be hard to beat anywhere,
but still further improvements are con
templated. The mayor of the city is
the Hon. R. F. Coble, who is the right
man in the right place, and one who
is always to be found fighting in the
ranks of the progressives for the city’s
advancement in any, and all directions.
He is a native of Chatham county, N.
C.. where he was born in 1871. He
received the major part of his educa
tion at the Concord High School, and
while a resident there served as
an Alderman with credit and distinc
tion for 12 years. In 1906 he decided
to come to Bessemer City to cast his
fortunes, a move that he never has
had reason to regret. He is now serv
ing his first term as mayor. Among
other things Mayor Coble is superin
tendent of the Atlas Mills, one of the
most prosperous here. In fraternal
circles he is a popular and prominent
member of the Masonic fraternity and
the Knights of Pythias. Mayor Cob^®
C. W. FULLER, Chief of Police.
is ably assistant in the management
of the city by the worthy commission
ers whose names are given above, by
Recorder Rollins and City Attorney
Whitney. Bessemer is making gi
gantic strides, and will some day be
one of the big cities of the South. Its
industries are growing fast, and its
people are all mighty active. Bess
emer is a little Paradise. Better come
at once and settle here—its God’s
•country. . 7'’ ••
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