The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-13

February 9TH will be devoted by the
Supreme court To the examination OF
applicants 10 practice law.
Treasurer Worth Gays that last year
less than 5000 Of old bonds came in
for exchange and adds that he does
not believe many more will ever come
in. There are outstanding some $780,
OOO.
It's claimed that some new evidence
will speedily be presented in the case
of John Evans, the Rockingham negro
in jail here and under sentence OF
death. His attorneys have been quiz
etly at work for hiEi.
Messrs. Charles T.. johnson and All.
A. Thompson are building en- immense
cotton storage warehouse near the
Raleigh cotton mills. The warehouse
will be- completed in about thirty days
and will be capable Of holding 5000
bales Of cotton.
The reader Of political and economic
subjects will find The New Times for
January an Interesting and valuable
number. Published by Charles II. Kerr
81 CO., No. - Fifth Avenue, Chicago,
III.
At the penitentiary it is learned
that for the present the chapel will be
used as the shirt factory, as only sew.
enty-iive COnvicts are to be employed
in that work, and as the big west wing
~ not fitted up. 1t will cost consider
able 70 fit up, a. there are no floors and
NO windows, There are no less than
l15 cOnyicts in the penitentiary. In
a. D. M ~
have been set out.
The Wake County Board OF Educa-
ton has passed a resolution asking the
public school teachers of the county to
use their influence with parents and
children to prevent the use Of cigar
cites by the children, and that the
teachers use their whole authority T.
prevent the use of cigarettes by chill
dren Mt school, and the committees of
the several districts are requested to
aid the teachers in prohibiting the
school children from using cigarettes.
Mr.. X. q. Burton, counsel for Major
James ". Wilson IN the Railway Com
mission case last week served notice
on Mr.. l.. q. caldwell and Mr.. j. III.
Pearson, the new Commissioners, to
appear before the | nited States Su-
preme Court in Washington, ID. &.
on the 18th, when n motion would be
made To attach them for contempt for
violating the supersedeas Of court and
To compel them to restore the Will
sons 10 offices of Hallway Commission
toners aud 10 restore the rooms, books
and papers of the office to them.
The Seaboard Air Line has made
big purchase Of land adjacent to its
property, Just north of the city. The
amount OF land purchased is fourteen
acres. IL was the property of the
North Carolina Car Company, and a
good, big SUN of money was paid
therefor. An official Of the SeabOard
states that shops will be rebuilt on the
site and that the acquisition of the
property will result in their early
construction, as The necessity for the
establishment of the shops in Raleigh
becomes more apparent every day.
Mr.. Charles McNamee, general
manager for George Vanderbilt at
Biltmore, has sent MIR. BOttOmly,
Nanderbilt's land scape gardener, here
to arrange the shubbery and other
plants in the square on which the
Governors mansion stands. The plants
hhN ohi"bS oifCouy oCCh PPCu
here. Mr.. Bottomly will make out a
plan of his arrangement of the man
sion square and submit it to the COVER
nor. All this is done without the cost
OF cent to the state. Mr.. BottOmly
remarked that if he had charge of the
capitol square he would cut out nearly
half OF the trees since they are entire
ly too thick.
"The 'Dickey Bird" in the Evening
Press Visitor says THAT any man OF
gang who attempts to smirch the char.
acter of gentleman on the basis of 8
clerical error, will feel boomerang
that will well nigh knock the stufiir
out of him or Them
That despite many prophecies ant
predictions from the fountain head O
falseness, nobody has yet been jaile(
for failure to pay taxes"
THAT despite the little nagging
which has been made at Keeper Burns
he is getting capitol square in better
shape and condition than it has ever
been before, and promises to show tina,
he knows how to do something besides
draw his pay