The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25

GATHERED FROM EyEFY QUARTER
oF TIL WORLD
And Briefly Told For the Readers Of Tie
Caucasian.

And Briefly Told For the Readers Of Tie
Caucasian.
/ New Money Orders.
The Senate has passed a bill which
aboli=hes the postal Lote aud puts In
is stead money order for aIy
amount At present no money order
can br obtained for less than -. but
under the new Law a money order
will be the only way 10 send none,
/ thror gh the mails. The fee for or
ders Of S2 30 or less will be cents,
the price charged for a postal note,
while for orders from $3.50 to $ the
fee will be ) cents. The rate on
money orders Of high denomination,
is to be materially decreased, this
being for the purpose Of bringing
/ the business Of sending money into
competition with the express com
panies, which hitherto have carried
all the large sums, while the post
office Department hancl j the small
/ business. The new law also makes
it impossible for postmaster t.
tamper wi5n the figures Of a money
order, aud accompIIshes many other
reforms, not the least OF which is to
bring the work Of the auditing de
| partment Of the postal service up to
date and keep it there. IN order to
make the new system universal all
I fl 70 20 Ia II
mited money order Offices, with pow
er to issue orders up to, but not be-
yond the sum of s..
Tins will be a great convenience
to the people and is most needed
reform.
4.A-Isep. Foruey Dead.
E,- Representative Fornev, Of Ala
bams, died at his home in Jackson
vile, Ala, On Wednesday of last
week. Gen. Fornev was born IN
North Carolina IN 1923, served IN
the war with Mexico, and with the
Confederate army during the late
war. He was a member Of the State
Senate Of Alabama for several years,
and represented the Seventh Alaba-
ma district from the Forty-fourth to,
and including, the Fiftysecond Con.
gress. If our memory serves Us
right he was related to Col. II. A
Forney Of Newton, n. c.
Bank Cashier Arrested.
Lawrence Pulliam, late cashier of
the national bank of Asheville, has
been arrested, but it is impossible to
ascertain where. Nore but the bank
officials and Pulliams friends know
! Of his wherea bouts. 1t is now be
lieved that he is a defaulter. though
his friends will claim that he is in
sane.
| Benjamin Ernshaw, one of the
most prominent Democratic politl-
clans in West Virginia, and for ten
wears a member Of the Wetzal coun-
| ty court, was arrested on the 18th
| for attempting to negotiate forged
county orders. When arrested be
/ Il dtlEl pttu ~ SH dllON 7 ,Otp uiutt
be held in his hand. Ernshaw is the
man the Republicans accused Of sub
| stituting names on ballots after they
were cast. 4 man who Is dishonest
at elections will not do to trust with
other business.
G. T. Smith. Of Pitt county. who
/ Ia
n. c., last week was acquitted. The
readers of The CAUCASIAN will re-
member that on the 18th Of last No
vember that J. H. Smith and Abner
Slaughter who had bad a dispute
ever piece Of land shot and killed
! each other. G. T. Smith who was
present and took part in the dispute
and fight was tried as n accomp plice
| of his brother.
Deputy collector ". F. Gibson and
Nessrs. a. l.. Shaw and Alex Me
! MILAN, made an unsuccessful raid
on an illicit still near Lumber Bridge,
| Robson county. on the 18th. On
! their return they were wavlaid and
| fred upon by moonshiners. The
shot being small, neither of the gen
| tlemen were seriously injured.
The encampment ground at
Wrightsviile. which has ben used by
the State Guard, has been relin-
pushed by the State on account Of a
defect in the deed and will not be
used for encampment purposes any
| longer.
According to Bradstreet's, the
great commercial agency, there are
60l,S55 unemployed people in this
country.