The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-09-04

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MINGO.
Mr.. Editor: Seeing il believing
and seeing that the County Institute
is humbug on wc teachers Of the
county, am in favor Of no institutes.
Our farmers are done pulling up
land fodder and are picking cotton.
Mr.. VI. ID. Lee sold the first bale OF
cotton from the upper part Of the
county at Dunn on the 9th, at lOt
cents. Our August crop is an Ell tire
failure.
The school taught by Mr.. W. Il.
Jennett closed on the 18th Of August.
One case OF scarlet fever at Mr..
Jesse f.. Jernigan. His little daugh-
ter. We have never had case in
this vicinity before.
Mr.. IL. w. Jernigan is has a
large two-story building nearing
completion, built by Mr.. Kennedy.
Messrs. Daniel Collins and Edgar
Jernigan, while Filing fence jams
some few days ago, ran into a den
of tifty-five snakes three old
ones and fifty-two young ones. They
say like the Irishman: "Ore 1T a
time, my Lord"
Miss Mary Hudson is very sick
with pneumonia.
The Messrs. McLamb have moved
their engine back to Draughon x
Roads and will be prepared to gin
and saw ty the first Of September.
We learn Misses Leonia Daughtry
and Geneva West are visiting Mrs,
DR.. w. J. Strickland and others OF
Westbrook's. Wishing you and THE
CAUCASIAN future success, l am
Yours truly,
Cross EYED SAM
Wiley Williams, cOlOred, went to
Wilmington on Il raft recently for
Mr.. Burwell Warren. Upon his re-
turn he went over to Mr.. Warren's
for settlement and fell dead in the
yard while there. 1t is supposed
that he had heart disease.
PINEY GROVE.
Burial service of James f. Pen
nirgton, a member of Goshen ALI
ance, will take place at the grave,
nea- William BIRTHS. on Saturday
before the third Sunday in Septem
Der. All Alliance men in goOd
standing are invited to attend.
Alvin King, Esq, has one of the
finest crops we have ever seen in thi.
section. He has new variety 0,
corn, from which he expc, IS to give
a heavy yield.
The protracted meeting at Go
shen closed last week with twelve
additions to the Church and the mem
bership greatly revived.
SOUTH CLINTON.
Mr.. j. r.. Former killed a coach
whip snake last week that measure,
six feet and four inches The plat
; ted portion of its tail was over tire
feet.
TAYLOR'S BRIDGE.
Rev. ID. Il. Clayton of Columbia
S. c., will preach at Red Hill on tn
I'd Saturday and Sunday 18th an
14th) Of this month.
There is faithful old hen in thi
community fifteen years Old, and
now Matching another brood of chick
ems.
HONEYCUTTS.
The stockholders of Salem Hig
, School will meet on next Friday t
J let contract for improving tn
buildings and grounds. The school
/ under this management Of Mr.. Gee
| E. Butler, is we'll patronized and tn
stockholders are more intereste
than ever over the success and pei
} manency of the school.
MCDANIELS.
Me.srs. ii. B. Culbreth & Bro, G
Boykin's Bridge, is doing consit
cradle business. They have mad
, and shipped over $50 casks Of spirit
, since the first of May and have no
between four and five thousand ba
, rels Of rOsin on their yard. The
r are paying $3.50 for turpentine t.
day. This is the business of the low
er store alone, while their distill
ry at Stevens Bridge has done equa
Yas we'll.
HALLS.
Miss Mary Herring returne
home last Monday from Taylor
L Bridge, where she has been helpin
: her uncle calculate the taxes for tn
cOun'y.
Mrs. j. ID. Carpenter, who HI
d been helping in meetings at Goshe
Il and Browning's Chapel, left for Lii
erty, Randolph county, Monda
e morning.
LITTLE COHARIE.
. The farmers of this section are nes
ly through pulling fodder and thu