The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-03-06

P"'h'eu ms residence on Mex on
street.
Special drill Of the Sampsou
Light Infantry to-night-every
Thursday night.
Mr., BCaz Lewis is gIiIdins spb
stantiaI six-rOom cottage on the south
corner Of McKoy and johnson streets
MIR. Il. r. Fcnnell's new resi-.
dence on DeVane street Is CONFLICT.
ed. lie moved into II yesterday.
The Masons, odd Fellows, Mil
tary Company and the Knights of
Honor will participate in the cere-
mony Of the cornerstone laying at
the NJ. f. Church, on Friday.
The Sampson Building and Loan
Association has granted two loans Of
300 and $500 respectively to be used
In building two residences, one on
DE Vane street, the other on McKoy
street.
"A two story addition, 20xl2O
feet, Is being added to the Carolina
Veneer Works. The upstairs will
be used for "aking berry-baskets,
the floor will be a dry room. In the
front will be the proprietor's office.
Examine this copy of The Cau-
casian. Is it creditabIc to the
county? Does it deserve support?
Have You 81 neighbOr who does
not subscribe? Show him this
paper and call his attention to the
fact.
There will he a special meeting
of the Clinton Alliance i'm the COURT
house on Friday night. The meet
ing will be public AID everybody is
invited to attend. The meeting is
for general discussions.
The Clinton& Warsaw telegraph
line is now managed by Mr.. Holland,
the Railroad Agent, and he saws
that it shall be kept in good repair
and that messages may be sent any
time, day or night.
We call special attentian to the
valuable article by Mr.. T. j. Lee,
Veterinary Surgeon, on the "Bot Fly,,
commonly known as Seattle Wolf.n
He will tell our readers Dext week
something about the "Grubs," which
is often said to kill horses.
W ork is progressing on the mann
moth concern that will contain the
planning machines and dry kilns of
Messrs. Stewart, Hines & Beaman.
When finished it will be one of Chm
toms big enterprises. 1t will give
employment to probably seventy
five or hundred hands.
MIR. IL. b. Sloan, Of Iowa, Of the
U. S, Census force, was in ,own from
last Thursday till Monday evening,
getting from the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds the amount of mort
cages on real estate in the county,
and also the number Of acres of land
covered by themortgagees. We fear
that he found the amount very large.
These facts will be published in the
18th Census report.
"A building and loan association
IS most ingenious and, when well
managed and we'll protected by law,
secure device to aid persons of small
means to save money. a mechanic
or other labOring man of limited in
come who seeks to establish his own
home can, by aid of such an associa-
ton, secure his home on most favOra.
BILE terms. The association loans
him money in manner and at a
rate that he could not otherwise
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Abel (Ga.) News says, Mr..
o. l.. Chestnut and family, of Clin-
ton, North Carolina, have recently
moved to our State, and for the-pre-
sent are stopping with his brother,
Mr.. j. H. Chestnut, living above
Sparks. Mr.. Chestnut was here on
a visit two or three years ago, and
was so delighted with our locality
that he decided to move here. He
was in our town prospecting this
week, aud speaks of purchasing
land, put up good dwelling and be-
coming one of. the citizens of Abel. |
We welcome him as he would, be-
yond doubt, be valuable addition
to the town.
Mr.. Livius Cromartie Perkins,
aged forty-four years, died in Balti-
more, Nd, February 18th. He
leaves a widow and five children.
The older citizens of Clinton reEem-
Der him as the little ten year old boy
who, about 1850, used to carry the
"Clinton Independent" to their
doors. lie entered the Confederate
army when about fourteen years old,
was in the battle when New Berne
fell into the hands of the Federal
army, served as courier most of the |
latter part of the war, and surrefi-
dered with Bakers cavalry at Smith
field, in North Carolina, after Lee
had surrendered. He married in