The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-23
/ MINING IN THE WEST.
Unusual Activity In the Industry In
.'.' Several Mountain Counties.
THE MICA MINES EMPLOY $500 MEN
Elfsy Square Mtios or Marble in Ono
County Murderer Gets q lease OF
zife freight Rates on Cotton Re-
eiueed-senator Butier Goes for
Harry skinner.

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Raleigh. N. c., Sept. 22.-(special)-
j. 7. Hamrick, State Labor Commission
pr, returned to-day from O. tour In the
extreme Western counties. He says
fheTo ts much activity at the marble
quarrleS In Cherokee, where there are
hfty square miles of marble. 1t is nil
shipped to Georgia and Tennessee. There
st rs passed off as, marble from those
states. Thus some of it was used In
ahe new library at Washington. A
.phousand men are mining tale in Chero-
Gee, end In Swain and Macon; some in
Clay. In Jackson and Swain at least 500
are mining corunduin. No less than 1900
are OF work in the mica mines AT some
OF these 100 are employed. Mitchell and
madison arc the centres of this indus
ary. Mr. Hamrick visited the DuclStown
copper mime, where over 1000 men are ut
work. 1t Is in Tennessee about Il mile
over the line. There Is dispute as to
the line. The vein leuds into North
Carolina. Mr.. IIamrlck next goes east
20 get uD facts relative to .the trucking
Industry.
The Railway Commission hns heard
the dispute between the MeherrIn
Steamboat company and the Atlantic
Coast Line relative to frcights from
Mprfreesboro. The matter is now In
course OF adjustment and a compromise
IL probable, by which the Citizens Line
OF steamers can haul freight daily to
Murfreesboro
Constant inquiry Is made as 10 what
steps Governor Russell will take regard
ing the Two Wilsons. railway commits
sioners. Private Secretary Alexander
Gays: only one man knows and he
wdll not tell" This means Governor
Russell. But Senator Butler probably
knows equally as we'll.
Senator Buffers paper intimates that
the State Will repeal THE charter OF the
Eputhern's new line from Mocksvllle TO
Mooresvllle. = 80 IS. - i,,,
The Senator In his newspaper to-day
jumps on Congressman Skinner, say
ing."He has deserted his principles and
betrayed the people by supporting n gold
bug for the United States Senate, and
by enlfsing in the employment OF the
Southern railway to try to debauch
members OF the Legislature to vote 10
sustain the Infamous midnight 99-year
lease OF the North Carolina railway"
Il. 3. Barbec, a well known cotton
buyer here, says the prices are SO low
that the farmers hardly care whether
they pick the crop or not The fact Is
the cotton growers In North Carolina
are now suffering the greatest blow they
have: ever had. They arc entirely dis
spirited. Prices arc put down by people
VINO calculate on buying cheap and
selling high.
1t Is learned that in the Western dis
trict Revenue Collector lIarkIns is at
ter the distillers with an iron hand.
In spite OF any efforts so far made 1t
appears to be impossible ito get rid OF
the families in the penitentiary. One
FAMILY has been for over two months
Quartered In the hospital The chair
man OF the board is thoroughly disgust
ed with this state of affairs
Very few OF THE North Carolinn edi-
tors went to the Nashville Exposition
yesterday. Fears of being quarantined
was the cause OF their staying at home.
The showing as to rates on cotton in
nhis State are shown to be reasonable
This the managers OF the North Caro-
gina Freight association admits
The hearing September 3Oth of the
telephone rate matter by the Railway
commission will be the final one
The funeral Of Bernard r. Harding.
OF the Seaboard Air Line, will be held
here Tomorrow. His wife was in Ten
nessee at the time of his death
The house of Engineer Loftin Norvell,
or the Seaboard Air Line, here. was
burned yesterday afternoon. 1t was the
hrst fire in nearly three months.
The State Superintendent of Shoots
says that North Fork township is found
20 have voted for the public school
special tax. This makes seven town
ships which SO voted. In 81 others more
people voted for than against the tax.
There will he divided among the var
fous counties in the State by the Board
OF Education $56.Si9 or this New Han
over gets s6S4s1; Mecklenburg, 81, 2O4. Sc,
and Wake s1,595.16
The State Board OF Tax Equalization
has increased the taxable value of
mules nearly z per cent; cattle, per
cent; hogs, 13 per cent; sheep, 6 per
cent, and bicycles, 6 per cent
The Agricultural Department gives
1,Oo9,s77 as the spindlcs in North Caro-
Una cotton mills. These spin daily of
No. 20 yarn 529,9S9 pounds. on a basis of
one-half pound OF raw cotton to each
spindle. or iii bales daily of 44T pounds
each, a total of 333, 800 yearly. This lacks
1885 of being the States cotton product
IN 1889. The commissioner says the es-
fimate Is n very conservative one.
Governor Russell has reprieved until
November 5th Lum Haynes, a negro
who was to have been publicly hanged
at Whiteville next Friday. The reprieve