The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
New Industries in North Carolina.


 Carolina has made his annual report. It says the most profitable work done has been the development of the monazite industry. This mineral is more abundant in North Carolina than anywhere else. It is found in counties which cluster about the South mountains, and yellow sand found in strems, and from it thorium is chemically separated for making in- candescent gas burners. The mining of monazite will this year be far Nlarger than ever before. Mr. Holmes announces two new industries, these being mills for making corundum and emery wheels. Corundum mining is now more extensive than ever. Plans are being made to restock with long-leaf pine the waste lands in the sandy regions in the easterp counties. l. Half million acres there can be re- stocked, the only thing necessary be- ing protection from fires and hogs, which destroy the young trees. Fires destroy as much timber as sold
 The Future of the Gotten Industry.
 With cotton at less than five cents
 
 the New Orleans Picayune, it is safe to say that it is below the cost of produc- tion, and, as a result, the cotton pro- ducers of the south have reaped no profit from the sale of this cotton crop, and in very large number of instances have been unable to meet their pressing obligations Under the circumstances, therefore, the future of the industry becomes a problem which must give serious food for reflection from the present moment until the time arrives for planting the next crop. The diversification of crops and the production of food supplies at home will of itself reduce the cotton acre. age, as good proportion of the avail able area will be required for that pur- pose. Should this system be generally adopted throughout the south, the acreage would be more than sufficient ly reduced to restore cotton production to healthy proportion compared with the worlds requirements.
 To Work For the Sugar Men.
 At the request of leading business men of New Orleans, Gov. Foster of Louisiana will go to Washington to use his influence to secure favorable con- sideration from congress of the bill to pay part of the bounty due on the sugar crop of 1894.
 At the Age of 1a5.
 Sophia Plunkett, colored died 1t Mobile, Ala, aged 125. The family to whom she belonged say they have pa- parS ShO1yiprr that ba ,yoo of tl,;c a,o She had lived in Mobile forty years, and was s5 years old when she was taken there.
 Increasd Revenue Collections. The annual statement of the internal revenue collector for the St. Louis dis trict shows an increase for 1894 over 1893 of S26l, ,4ls.66, due wholly to the in- crease in the revenue on tobacco. Will Not Give Him Up. Gov. Mitchell of Florida has revoked his order issuing a warrant for the arr rest'of Henry NJ. Flagler, the Standard Oil man, upon the acquisition of Gov. Hogg of Texas.
 Prominent Citizen Gone.
 Maj. A. O. Abraham, one of the most d, and for number of years president of the La Grange Banking and Trust Co, died recently.
 Avenged His aIher's Murder. Geo. Hall shot and killed Will Green in Muhlenburg county, Ky. Philip, the 1S-year-old son of Green, sought | out Hall and put three bullets into his body.
 Admitted to Bail.
 At Greenville, Miss. W. G. Clouston. who killed his father-in-law, Judge Scott, at Wayside. waived investiga- tion, and was admitted to bail in s .000 wah Sing Celebrates. Wah Sing, a New Orleans Chinese, attempted to celebrate New Year just like Mellican boy. rocket went off up his sleeve, and Sing is repairing
 Robbed a Georgia Colonel.
 Barney Starks, a convict, escaped from farm in Oglethorpe county, Ga, and travelled to Athens where he stole Col. A. H. Sage's Sunday clothes. For Breach of Promise.
 At Hopllinsville, Ky, Barrett F.. Knight was sued for S20O 900 for breach of promise. He appeared the day after the appointed hour of marriage. Killed in Texas.
 Jake Mayce, who formerly resided in Pike county, Miss, where he had many relatives and friends, was killed by Mexican cattle-thieves in Texas
 Man and Wife CIubbed to Death.
 Louis Galloway, colored, and his fa x.ra,a ol,hhaJ to Iao+h x~... E