What Northern Men Say of the South (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from What Northern Men Say of the South If you run a line North and South, through the middle of a map of! North Carolina, this city lies a short distance west of that line, and about ten miles north of the southern boundary of the State. It is a remarkably healthful and fertile country; is situated on high lands, between the valleys of the Catawba and the Yadkin rivers; it is a short distance from the foot of the Blue Ridge range of mountains, and there is no disease incident to the climate. It supplies a large territory and has a larger wholesale trade than any other point in the whole State. Charlotte has 10,000 inhabitants and a debt of $5,000; taxes have been reduced more than fifty percent, since 1876, and the valuation of property was also reduced, the tax being fifty cents per one hundred dollars on a less than half valuation. The principal streets are McAdamized and paid for. The expenses are light and the management economical. The city is well lighted with gas. The government of the city is run on a cash system and no bonds are issued. None of the bankrupting systems obtaining in other Southern and most Northern cities find any refuge here. The officers are the Mayor, Clerk and Treasurer, Marshal and Tax Collector. The city is divided into four wards, each ward having three aldermen; there is no other board. There are two steam fire engines, one hand engine, three hose carriages, and an improved hook and ladder truck - all well equipped, in tine order and admirably managed. The advanced schools are the Carolina Military Institute; a most imposing structure, healthfully situated and overlooking the city on the south side; President, Col. J. P. Thomas, over 120 students from all parts of the South. The Female Institute, a fine Brick building, Italian style situated in a perfect grove of rare trees and plants, overlooking the city, on the north side of the city, Rev. W. R. Atkinson principal, over 100 students from all parts of the South. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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