The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-14

rt. Governor appoints Mr.. G. l..
..Ia,er FL. i.en0ir, a trustee OF the
NNgG.b,ro asylum, vice j. F. Souther-
l,nd ~, '''''
r5ys purnell has extended until
Jun IAN the time for the State to
V''og ,r.vrr in the Western Union
hlT a a" rate case. The case comes
lss Wilmington, November lst.
80, smith -ays there are LOO State
opP, Dt these GOO men are pick
GOV rort,n AT the rate Of sixty bales a
IhE NJ. .ay- he does not reduce his
ga! D., IF 5000 bales as the crop on
tbp state farms.
g. Harris returned from Win
an where he went to get the State
'sp nsr from steward Bros. There are
~, 100000 pounds, aud it is worth
$40 besides the envelopes, Of which
..,r are $4,000. There are also 80
sSndes Of state Records, of 400 pages.
Labor Commissioner Hamrick is
,nding out postal cards to cotton
mill men with the purpose of ascertain
ing whether the mills run at night
and also how much cotton Is spun.
Mr.. Hamrick believes the consumption
Of cotton by mills in the State is larger
than the production.
Two weeks ago THE CAUCAsI pub.
lished the facts disprOving the charge
going the rounds of the negro scare.
crow press to the effect that there wa.
snegro chairman of school commit.
Tee in Lenoir county, etc. SO far no,
asingIe paper that published this par.
tsan lie has made the correction. Car
the people trust such newspapers?
Labor Commissioner Hamrick ha'
received some very fine specimens o
kaoIin from Kings Mountain, the onl!
kaoIn mine in the State, and cOrun
dun from Rowan, Jackson, Macon ant
Swain. The kaolin is of course use'
in making china and the cOrundum il
the making of sand-paper.
One Of the reliable and pushing
firms in Raleigh is Sherwood Higgs 1
Go. They keep abreast with the time
and as result their stores are Away
crowded with buyers. Every wee
they have something new to tell tn
TtdutIS VI I'm CAOSASlhN ohu VIVA
they say can be put down as fact
This week the store has been especi
ally decorated for the coming fair wee
and visitors to the city will miss
treat if they do not visit SherwOO
lliggs IL Co. three mammoth stores o
Fayetteville street.
Ex.Judge George Vaughn StrOn
died Sunday morning in this city l
the SEVENTEEN year of his age Fl
several years past Judge Strong HI
not been himself and the Dalad
softening of the brain, finally result'
in death. Judge Strong was natl
of Sampson county and his father, L
Strong, was n physician of distinctiO
lie married Miss Anna COwan,
Wilmington, and from their uni
there resulted seven children, five
whom survive. Judge Strong W
probably one of the best known Al
ablest lawyers of the state.
Chief Clerk Denmark, of the Sta
Treasury, gives some interestil
figures regarding the increase in &
sales of commercial fertilizers in &
State, which will explain why Il
Cotton-growers feel so blue just nc
The first figures are the number
tons sold the second figures the amOu
of tonnage tax, % cents a ton. For t
year 1892, $l04,l7S tons, $26,O44; Is!
5,l66, $3.50 1866; 1894, 13l, 243, 1921
1895, III POS, $2S ,522; 1896, 1885, 27, 81
s75 1887 (ten months) 213,055, $5O,7
The total in the years 1924 was 49,
$50 tons, while for lS95-97 it was on
jll,693; increase, 130,S0l, or over "a p
cent,