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LP l9ll .atiaii HineiJErser Jenkins! .HAN T.iNF.HKRiiKH Jknkixs IS the youngest son of Hon. David A. Jenkins, wIhp lield ihr ..liir.. .,j Statr ' i-|r;«,Min ' r of North Carohna from 1868 to 1877. Born D m-ciiiI. t M. IMII, iipuii ;i l;iini in i;ist on County, young Jenkins was given the best educ;ition ..nd |iriin:il training the institutions of his native State could provide. In 1873 ilic !:iniily removed to Charlotte. During the school ye ar, 1876-7, young Mr. Jenkins was a student in the CaroUna Military Institute in Charlotte. In 1S77, tlie family left Charlotte and .settled in Gastonia; the young man ' s studies were continued in institutions near his new home and itiiin a couple of years he was prepared for entrance to Wake Forest College. In this institution he pursued a full course and graduated in 1S83. During his career at College, Mr. Jenkins gained much reputation as a speaker; at the age of seventeen years, his associates recognized him as a leader in debate by electing him to represent them as their first debater at the joint anniversary celebration held by the two college associations, which maintained a friendly rivalry. After completing his general studies, Mr. Jenkins accepted a jiosition as Assistant Post- master at Charlotte; in this office he remained from 1883 to 1885; he then taught school for about a year. In 1886 his father died and left a very substantial inheritance to the son. In 1SS7 he began his career as a banker in Gastonia, where he entered into a partnership wliich was known as ( ' raiji tt Jenkins; tlirei- years later this firm was succeeded by the First Nation- al Hank of laslonia, in whirl. Mr. Jenkins was i-Iected to the cashiership. In 1894 he removed to A ilniiny;lon, and there assisted to form the National Bank of Wilmington; in tliis institution !ie was chosen to fill the cashier ' s office, but after serving in that capacity for a few months, he re imi((l tlie place in order to return to Gastonia and again enter the First National Bank as its IVesident. His election occurred on January 1, 1895, and since that time he has remained at tlie head of the institution. The bank ' s capital is $100, 000; its surplus and undivided profits arc about $50,000; and its deposits average nearly a half milUon. Mr. Jenkins has invested largely in the cotton manufacturing industries; he is President of the Flint Manufacturing Company of Gastonia, and is extensively interested as a stockholder in a number of other similar establish- ments there and elsewhere, being Vice-President of the Arlington Cotton Mills, the Trenton Cotton Mills, the Gray Manufacturing Company, and the Holland Manufacturing Company, of Gastonia. Mr. Jenkins has always been an ardent Republican; he is one of the recognized leadi-rs of the party in his section. In 1892 he was elected Delegate from the Eighth District of Nortli (. ' aro- lina to the National liei ' ul.liian Convention in Minneapolis. Under Presi letii ILiiri-nn, Mr. Jenkins was made Postmaster at Gastonia, and he occupied the office from iss ' j in is ' .i:;; President McKinley reappointed him in 1898. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Baptist Churcli. He is zealous in the work of his denomi- nation and strong in his convictions. Though differing in his political doctrines from a great numlier of his most intimate friends, his courage, honesty and fairness compel their confidence and iespeet . As a banker, he is regarded as one of the best informed officers in the Carolinas. Mr. Jenkins is President of the American National Bank, Asheville, N. C; the First National Bank, Gastonia, N. C; the Bank of Dallas, Dallas, N. C. ; and the Bank of Belmont, Belmont, N. C. He is a director of the First National Bank, Kings Mountain, N. C, and of the Gaston Loan and Trust Co., Gastonia, N. C. On February 28, 1911, he was elected President of the North Carolina Interurban Railway, the proposed electric railway from Gastonia to Ashe- ville. To Laban Lineberger Jenkins, distinguished representative ol liis .Vhna Muter in tlie world ' s work, this edition of The Howlkr is atTectionately dedicated.
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