, A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. II.
BURLINGTON. N. C, NOVEMBER 3, 1909.
NO. 25
THE ALAMANCE LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY
A Solid
Under Conservative and Progres
sive Management.-. An Iinpor
tant Factor in the Devel- '
opment of Alamance : r "
- County.
Ko better criterion of the solidity
and permanency of a city is afforded
than by her leading financial institu
tions, y-":.
The stability of its commercial inter
ests r re entirely dependent on the -pol
icy and conditions of banking houses.
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Banking
Institution
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Alamance Loan and Trust Company's Building.
Judged by these standards, Burlington
ranks with the first cities of equal size
in the state of North Carolina, and is
fortunate in having J among her fiduc
iary institutions one that is conduct
ed upon a sounds conservative, yet pro
gressive basis.
The Alamance Loan & Trust company
was organized and incorporated in 1902,
absorbing the Burlington Banking com
pany. It is now one of the strongest
banking houses in the state, with a
capital, surplus and undivided profits of
over $75,000, and having assets of more
than a quarter of a million dollars.
The conservative, sound and - legiti
mate business methods employedguar
antee that the interests of the stock
holders and patrons alike are protected
and maintained by careful and compe
tent official management.
The popular president, J. H. Holt, is
one of our leading citizens and finan
ciers, and has been closely connected
with the commercial growth and expan
sion of Burlington.
Eugene Holt, vice-president, besides
being a most excellent citizen, figures
largely in several of our largest manu
facturing enterprises, and is known far
and wide for his great interest in ev
erything that pertains to the advance
ment of the town.
The treasurer, J. M. Fix, i3 most ad
mirably adapted to the business by nat
ural aptness, long experience and a
thorough knowledge of men.
J. C. Staley, secretary, has been iden
tified with the bank 'since , its inception,
and is recognized as being , proficient in
the details of banking. :
The directorate is composed of J. H.
Holt, R. L. Holt, R. M. Morrow, W. E.
Sharpe, Lynn Williamson, B. R.: Sellars,
J. N. Williamson, jr., S. M. Hornaday,
L B. Whitted, J. B. Thompson, and W.
P. Lawrence. Every man connected with
its official management has achieved
success by force of merit, and the high
personal character of each inspires pub
lic confidence, j i :; '. s v..-'
Their new home is located in the Is
ley building, which is handsomely fur
nished with mahogany, fixtures and fit-
Proof of Our Growth
Census j Report ;
The following figarea 'relative to the population of Alam
ance County will probably be a surprise to a great many of our
own citizens. These figares.are from the U. S. Census reports
and the N..C. Department of Commerce and Labor:
Rank Among Increase J Persentage
Year Population Counties V, Percentage State Increase
1880 14,C13 45 22.9 ;r " 30.7 ,
1890 18,271 49 ' 25.3 - , : 15.6
i900 25,665 . 24 ,l2lS40.5T;f""s5-17.1
The percentage of increase in Alamance in the decade 1890
1900, namely 40.5 per cent was only . exceeded by two other
counties in the State, namely Durham and Gaston whose in- .
creases were 45.4 per cent and 57.1 per cent respectively I ;
COTTON MILLS IN. ALAMANCE COUNTY. -Year
Nor Mills' ' v No. Looms " No Spindles '
1880 6 - 400 - 11,000
1890 17 - : 1,810 - - ' - 26,000
1009 - . 26 5,758 ; 137,576:
6 Hosiery Mills V -J-
- 1 Hosiery- Dyeing and Finishing Mill." "
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ted up with -all modern improvements
and conveniences for the banking busi
ness, including time lock, fire and bur
glar vault, treasure1 chest and safety
deposit boxes. They do a general bank
ing business in deposits, loans, collec
tions and exchange and offer every ac
commodation as a bank and every fa
cility as a trust company. ' The trust
feature of the bank enables it to act as
trustee, assignee, receiver, guardian, ex
ecutor, administrator and in all fiduc
iary capacities. 5 ; ; , V v" !
Under its efficient management - it can
not fail to be considered one of the
solidest institutions of this section. ?
Davis"-0o;d Company
;;v Plumbing Contractors.
The progressiveness of Burlington was
shown by the action, of its citizens last
year in issuing $120,000 in bonds to es-
I tablish a waterworks - and sewer sys
tem. The system has just been Install-
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" ed and this has necessitated good
Win rn tiara " " ' I ' nln-m'Kincp iKnunaa in ft
city is one of the industries of modern
civilization and a' plumbing firm that
Ml Jl 1 A 11- I
win au nonest, reuauio wur bwu
builds up a business ' that gives them
stead v and nrofitable emplovment. This
has been the experience of the above
firm, or rather the business they have just
purchased from the Crutchfield-Maynard
Company. This latter company . came
to Burlington In June of this year with
years of experience behind them, but
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naving ineir nuua uuuse iu manjn-
Salem, they decided to close tneir dusi
nesa here, so thev sold out to Davis-
Lloyd company, composed of Messrs. J.
W. and.C. E. Davis and Luther Lloyd.
They are conducting a first elass plumb
ing establishment, carrying a compre
hensive line of sanitarv porcelain ena
mel plumbing fixtures of all kinds and
pumps and pipes. They have facilities
and are prepared to do anything in the
line of plumbing, making a specialty of
lead work. In this connection they
have devoted attention to the fitting of
lavatories and v enamel : baths which
have become almost indispensable arti
Tp from the ; Doints of neatness and
sanitation. .
" The business is in charge of C. E. Da
vis, manager, and Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Da
vis ia a native of the town, just start
ing life. He spent last winter in New
York city at a plumbing school' and is
up on the very latest improvements and
the best methods of installing plumb
ing fixtures. . Mr. Lloyd has been here
several years engaged in the dyeing bus
iness. J. W. Davis, the senior partner,
has been the Singer Sewing Machine
ftprpnt here for tne past ten years, aii
of these men , are energetic, straightfor
warrt business men. and merit success
and patronage. They have a handsome
office on Front street.
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dustrial Edition of the State Dis
patch can secure ; ame, wrapped
ready for mailing ten cents each.
The Official U.S.
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HOLT-CATES COMPANY
Head to Foot Clothiers ' ?
We . wish to call the attention of our
readers to a consideration of one of the
most elegant establishments in Burling
ton, that -of the Holt-Ca tea company,
the fashionable shoe dealers. The large
Handsome store, corner of Mam and
Davis streets, is externally attractive
by reason of two. large, tastefully, ar
ranged disnlav windows: and the careful
disposition : of a ' complete stock of. foot
wear, from, the most exquisite and
dainty shoe to the most coarse and dur
able i arm boot, : augmented by a com-
plete and . comprehensive line of -gents'
furnishings, renders the internal ap
pearance equally pleasing. They are ex
clusive agents : here for the r celebrated
"Edwin Clapp & Son," Bion F. Rey
nolds," and "Bates" shoes for men, and
Zeigler, Patrician and Sherwood shoes
for. ladies.. . They, have a- complete line
of nobby neckwear and the famous Stet
son hats. ' r::f : . . .'',r;'',' 1 ' ,.
They represent the Hopkins Tailoring
company arid have built up a tailoring
business with this line that has met
competition in popular price tailoring. J
They make suits. to your order for
$13.50 up, and deliver goods promptly.
Walter L. Cates, the manager, has
been very successful in this line and is
employed by the Hopkins Tailoring
company to travel and represent them
in North Carolina, .
The Holt-Cates company . was incor
porated in 1006 by Messrs. Jesse - Holt
and Walter L. Catcs, : S. G. Moore " and
W. A. . Shoffner. Thanks to their na
tive popularity, their years of previous
experience, their splendid location, their
excellent stock . and their splendid val
ues,' they, have built up a most flour
ishing trade and enviable reputation. .
Mr. Holt is a leading member in the
Baptist church. : They both are men of
energy and enterprise, and possess a
high standing in business and social cir
cles. V . -
B,
"The Home or Good Clothes." '
Model Emporium - of Correct
Fashions. .
.... Any establishment ia a town of Bur--
GOODMAN.
lington's population ; whose excellent comfortable, restful manner, well ven
etock equipment, .main tains r constaritl UlaJeUieleric lights, i baths Tand city
the best of metropolitan f features-' lii water.". It is in : every? respect strictly
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B. Goodman, "Home
the latest styles of high class clothing,
shoes and furnishing goods, and season
after season keep' such, splendid buying
opportunities before the public is an im
portant institution to any community,
and to say that it is popular is but to
mention the fact that the people as a
whole are generous in their appreciation
for progressive effort.
At the establishment of B. Goodman,
when a patron selects from the stock
a suit of clothes, a pair of . shoes, neck
wear and shirts and collars, he is get
ting standard goods, and can make up
his mind there and then, that he . is as
neatly and correctly dressed as he could
possibly be had he visited the fashiona
ble centers of New York or Philadel
phia. ...... "'. . , . : - : -
The premises occupied are 8x100 feet
in dimensions; filled to repletion with a
magnificent - assortment - of men's and
bovs clothiner and gents' furnishing
coods. - While " the shoe department is
equally as complete,? with a vast array
. . . f i it. a
oi j styusn rooiwear irora ine i uiubi ex
quisite and dainty ladies' shoe to the
coarse farm' brogan, which represent the
standard manufacturers oi tnis coun
try." . ,r -' ri' "i -" " ' .''-:''",
Mr. Goodman located in uuriington
three vears aero. ' cominff from Haw
River, where he resided for twenty-two
years, and was engaged in the same bus
iness. He is fully identified with the
commercial life of this section, "and has
made many staunch mends and. patrons
by his affable t manner and . honorable
business relation. In social and frater
nal orders ; he affiliates : with v the Odd
Fellows and Red Men. j :
Now is the time to renew or
subscribe to the Dispatch.
& Hodge.
Saddle and Harness Makers.
" - Those who have ever had any care of
horses appreciate to the utmost the val
ue of good harness over an inferior ar
ticle, and right here in Burlington they
find that they can get exactly what
they want of Russell & Hodge. Their
new harness shop is one that is des'
tined to receive substantial encourage
ment in the form of a thriving patronage-
. Their . handmade harness is stan
dard ' for excellence, and their stock iB
replete with harness of all kinds for all
purposes, . saddles, bridles, whips,' blank
ets, etc They are both superior work
man, use the best materials, and all who
have used any harness of their manufac
f acture are loud in their praise.
They . are" splendidly located ' in a
handsome, well lighted, new building
on Front street, and though their busi
ness is but two years old, it has a splen
did "and well-established reputation. The
partners,. Messrs. E. J.- Russell and J, E.
M. Hodge, are natives of South Caro
lina, but their short residence here has
made them hosts of friends. They are
everywhere -; esteemed and : respected as
industrious and honorable men. -
THE NEVLIN HOTEL.
New Modern and Up-to-date.
' The phenomenal growth of our city
has resulted ; in a phenomenal ' increase
in the number of the traveling public
that stop within our gates, and this ne
cessitated- more roofs to shelter- these
wayfarers.' To meet this need, not only
now but -with an -eye tothe future,' Mrs:
M. H. . Newlin has erected and opened
the,Newlin Hotel. She was fortunate in
securing the best site in town, a lot ad
joining the passenger station, 'and she
has .this summer: built a large, commod
ious," modern, brick' hoteL two stories,
containing nineteen rooms. Only this
month has she opened this hostelry, but
already it has become popular. Its close
proximity to the station, its location in
the heart of the business portion are
features that will always make - it a
favorite resort with the travelers. The
merit of the hotel will be established in
a" great measure upon its modern and
sanitary construction. It is on a large,
spacious lot to itself, has. oozy, light,
airy rooms finished and furnished in a
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modern,' comfortable and convenient.
But the fact that will draw and keep
the weary traveler is Mrs. Newlin's
splendid reputation as a landlady. For
twenty years she has kept boarders, all
of the time here, except five years spent
in Greensboro and Spencer. She is
known far and wide as a most success
ful caterer to the wants of the inner
man. The cuisine of the house is the
best to be had. Mrs. Newlin oversees
the preparation and serving of all meals,
thus insuring the guest the . very best
the market affords, prepared in the most
appetizing manner. The "homey" air
that - pervades ' the entire establishment
does much to woo and lure the weary
mind away from the cares of business
and -give him complete physical - and
mental rest. . . -
Mr. and Mrs. Newlin -are natives of
the county, two of, our veiy best, most
genial and ; popular people. With such
backing, aided by their long experience
their hotel will .easily..; become one , of
the leaders in this section. Mr. and Mrs.
Newlin ; are members .' of the Christian
church, and prominent in the social life
of the town. ' . W .
They.; make a specialty of transient
boarders. Prices are consistently low
with 1 the excellent ; character . of ,the
house. , , s
Street cars will be running be
tween Burlington and Haw River
in the early part of 1910. This
will be a great trade feeder for. our
merchants, to say nothing about the
vast benefits to the builder of homes
and lactones along the route.
Russell
First NatiohalVBaBufld.''
. (In CJourse of Erectipnl j
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
A Flourishinq Institution
IrOgrCSSlYO and CoDSeirative and
Backed by the Representative
.Business Men of This
Community.
It was a shrewd head that devised a some, modern, four-story building; one
specie of .exchange which has developed of the handsomest in the state, fitted
into a great banking system of modern with every convenience and necessity of.
times, and which i alone is one -of the the present day, consisting ' of time-'-marvelous
'evidences of a wonderful de- lock, burglar alarm, treasure chest and
gree of progress attained by this cen-! safety deposit boxes. ; !
tU7v I The savings department is one of the
A bank is indispensable to a business prominent features of this bank, where'
man, and an examination of the bank- the highest interest is paid and liberal
ing facilities is the first thing demand- encouragement given to the small depos
ing attention by capitalists, itor. "
When the above institution opened j " '
its doors for business in 1907 there was n It f O5 ' ' Ctm
no flourish of trumpets nor presumptu- il4o tr. HlirfinAf
ous .claims of superiority over existing
oanxs, dux just a quiet determination .
to deserve and secure a legitimate share
of the banking business in Alamance
county, which it proposed to transact
on a liberal, business principle. s
Since beginning the business the bank '
has met with one continual success,
extending every accommodation eonsis-
tent with liberal and conservative bank
ing.
The First National Bank is the out
growth of the Peoples' Bank, which was
established in 1903, which grew and -tlumnes. 'ineir business nas been es- :
flourished until it was incorporated in- tablished four years, but. only this sum- .
to a national bank with a capital of mer have they moved into their present '
$50,000. convenient quarters on Front - street. It
The incorporators are ' men who occu- has always been the aim-of its'propri- .
py prominent . positions in our commer- etors to furnish their patrons with as- ,
cial andt industrial life. The officials good a variety and quality,; of meat as '.
are J. A. Davidson,"' president, 6ne6f can he found in the town. Hence their
the strongest business men of this sec- place ; is a general favorite : with house- .
tion, identified with our best manuf ac- wives. They keep . all kinds of I fresh '
turing interests and therefore standing meats and sausage, and do their own
for the advancement of the section 6. slaughtering to be sure their meats, are .1
W. Anthony, vice-president, one -of ? the fresh and sound, r They have a delivery .
town's broadest-minded and most pub- wagon and -send goods to, all parts of "V
lie-spirited citizens ; . A. L. Davis, cash- the city. ' Their prices are always fair ;
ier, a sterling business young man who and reasonable. - 1
has done much to place the bank on its Mr. J. N". Malone, one of the partners, y
splendid foundation by his courtesy and was a . carpenter before he began his
liberality.' - The 5 board of directors is present trade. Mr. W. T. Huffines has 3
composed of ; the following well ; known
business men : S.-5ardwell," C." V.
Sellars, J. M. Browninff. W. W. Laslev.
J. R. Foster, and J. A. Isley.
xne aoove gentlemen who . mold - and
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We Have the FoUowing Industries and
Have Room For
6 Cotton Mills ' '
24 Cotton Mills within 8 miles
1 Bakery
t 2 Saw and Plaiuing Mills r
1 Coffin Factory - t
: 1 Picker Stick Factory
5 Hosiery Mills '
; 3 Machine Shops
2 Roller.Mills '
2 Brick Yards 11
, 1 Marble Workg ;
1 Overall Factory y
1 Dye Works V . ' ' V
Bell Telephone System ;
Low Tax Rates
Progressive v
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shape the policy of the First National
Bank are gentlemen possessed of the en
terprising and progressive' spirit of . the
twentieth century , business man, and
the growth of this financial institution
6ervatism which have won the confidence
ui wo puuuu, -iuiu i-- insure 11,8 i iuturo
prosperity.
Their progressiveness is shown by the ' :
fact that they have recently purchased" -one
: of the best business sites in the
town, and work is well under way for; "
their new; hmni ; wTi.5K will Vta' a hanAm
'IUVUV AllUlUiCd'
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The Meat Men. . ...
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Ane eai cry oi average men is
for good meat and plenty of it, and -
when they find a reliable place where r
fresh and fine meats can be bought at ;
' v, i
tinue as steady patrons. As a proof of .
this fact we will cite as an example
the establishment of Messrs. Malone and '
been many years in the market business.
He is a member of the . Junior order. .
Both, men are square, and straightfor
ward and stand for the advancement
of the town..
Many More.
3 Banks
2 Hotels
;3 Resturants
3 Bottling Works :
. 1 Harness Factory
2 Tin Shops
y l' Aatomobile Garage
, 2. VVeekly, Papers;",
' .2 Job Printing Offices:
2 Telegraph Systems
2 Bridge and Steel Plants.
1 Waste Factory
12;Chbrches . , . '
Temperate Climate: ; 1 .
Live Merchants
Opportunities