County Towns

This information was first published in 1888:

COUNTY TOWNS.

OUTSIDE of Charlotte there are four towns, either one of which is as large as many of the county seats in the State. They have handsome stores and residences and are populated by thrifty people, and are located on railroads leading into Charlotte. Huntersville and Davidson College are on the A. T. & O. road; Pineville on the C. C. & A. road, and Matthews on the Carolina Central road. Each town has a local government, composed of a mayor and board of commissioners. J. A. Younts is mayor of Pineville, J. Sol. Reid, mayor of Matthews, W. P. Williams, mayor of Davidson College, and H. A. Gray, mayor of Huntersville. All these towns are under what is known as the local option law. There is not a saloon in the county outside of Charlotte, and here the liquor traffic is well regulated under the high license system, each saloon having to pay a city license of $1,000 per year.