The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-16
NORTH CAROLINA \
GATHERED reou VARIOUS souacE s
AND cOnoEnSEo FoR TINE
- CAUCASIAN READERS

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N.vn~ru q. kts.sou-A Destructive f1r~
n Nj. Airy-D~sth ct Dr. D~Res>ss
Coal Soaad Near King. Mountain
-gsss~rs~. Near High roias->s~ Post
master. And Other Ias~r~~sing News
The pupils Of the Drewry Military
Academy, Of Fayetteville. have
esta blished The Drewry Cadet,
n handsome monthly illustrated
paper. Cadet r. J. Dawson u chief
editor, and the assistants are l. w
Mcpherson, J. q. Exum, and W. :.
Pryor.
Ii Is announced from Baltimore
that the control OF the Cape Fear n
Yadkin Valley Railroad has passed
to the Seaboard 4 Roanoke, and
that the property Will hereafter he
operated under a perpetual lease
by the Sea board Air Line system.
At Greensboro SONY Ryan, the
wife murderer, was sentenced 10 b,.
hanged on Decent er 23rd, no trial
being necessary. a. Ryan had plead
guilty To the crime. Ryan was
perfectly Indifferent Ia his fate, and
declares that he would not escape
II he could.
The Supreme court decided in the
case OF the State against Jones from
Rockingham, that il i not the
duty OF the sheriff 10 make report
OF delinQuent~ To the court until
after the day OF levying and selling
has passed. This fully sustains the
attorney generals opinion.
1t is something very unusual Ia
see fine red, ripe strawberries in
December, but Mr.. j. T.. johnson
who travels for McNair n Pearsall,
brought some berries TO the city
yesterday that answered exactly 10
that description. They We're taken
from the strawberry field Of Capt.
A. II. Paddison, at Bursaw.-Wil-
mington Star.
The next annual meeting of the
State Association OF City School
Superintendent will be held i'm
Greensboro December 18th and 10Th,
'97. This is very important meet
ing to the school interests OF our
State. A very interesting and at
tractive program has been prepared
There will be a lively discussions
OF live questions.
The Wilmington Il Weldon Rail.
road has completed the survey OF a
line between Newbern and Kinston
1t is said it will quickly build it. II
will be quite blow at the Atlantic
e. 4, H.
Wilmington 4 Weldon has a line
to Newbern, and this link gives i,
connection with its line northwa I'd
from kinston.
A correspondent Of the Charlotte
Observer writes that Mr.. Geo
Ritche. thrifty farmer OF Rowan,
living in Litaker township, utilities
a novel continuance in the hog pen
line. He has hog pen on wheels
which he moves to different places
on his clover fields. In this way
he secures the distribution OF
valuable fertilizing material, and
avoids the accumulation OF objec
tiOnable matter. This would seem
an experiment worth following.
A destructive confagration tool
place in Mount Airy Saturday
The fire, which is thought to be o.
1ncendiary origin, is reported n.
having started in the livery stable
Of Messrs. r. ID. Harriss & Bro, ant
then quickly communicated tc
buildings close by, until nearly q
block Of buildings was on fire
The loss is said to be estimated in
the neighborhood Of $4,000.
The Board of Commissioners o
Mecklenburg county, has entered
suit against the Bell Telephon,
Company for obstructing the high
way. The company put up lines o.
poles along the roads leading ou
OF Charlotte, which the Commits
sioners regard as distractions. Tn,
Company claims the right to pu
!; up the poles along the roads. Tn,
suit will be tried in the crimina
court this week.-Charlotte Obser
!, yer.
The Asheville Gazette says tina
on Scott's Greek, jackson county
last Friday, two young girls by tn
! name OF Barnes, while at play ii
the house, picked up what was SUP
, posed to be an unloaded pistol lynn
on the dressing case. The eide
said to the other, II will xii
!, you" The pistol fired and the bal
penetrated the brain Of the I5-yeaI
: old sister, causing instant death.
: DIR. Almond J. DeRosset, one G
the most prominent citizens OF tn
State, died at Wilmington last wee
: In his 91st year. He was the oldes
: native Of Wilmington, and died |
{ the house in which he was borI
He was the son of DR.. Almond .
DeRosset, who died at the age OF 8
and who at the time Of his deaf
was also the oldest native OF til
| city.
: The Charlotte News says that til
{ geologist Of Clemson College, Pro
3 j. V. Lewis, has pronounced til
: mineral discovered at Kings Mour
4 tain genuine coal OF good qualit
3 and samples examined by exper,
at Washington have been said I
Q contain nearly 95 per cent. Of con
: bustible matter. II coal should |
found in available quantities q
{ near the cotton manufacturing dI
D trict OF North Carolina as King
Q Mountain it would give us an az
. vantage over any other manufac
Q ing section OF the country. Wit