The word fire in Lincolnton prior to 1907 sent chills up and down spines and instigated discussions and plans devised at the courthouse, drug stores, hitching posts and other places and out of these discussions was born the Lincolnton Fired Department, which was formed and organized in 1907 with the following members: G.W. McAlister, contractor; Chief Guy M. Haynes, blacksmith; J.M. Smith, clerk;