The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The editor paid a brief visit to
Spencer, \. c., last week. The shops
OF the Southern Railroad are loca-
ted there and the town has grown
from nothing to a population of five
thousand in the short space Of four
years. 1t is the newest and busiest
town in the State so far as we know.
The southern has eleven miles of
trackage in it.-Webster's Weekly.
a meeting was held in the may
or's court room Tuesday night at
1870 by the colored people for the
purpose Of devising and considering
plans to institute and maintain a
weekly newspaper for the colored
people. Rev. j. f. Gibbons, former
ly OF Greensboro, but now of this
city, is the prime mover. DR.. Jones,
OF this city will assist in the organ
ization OF the enterprize.-Winston
Journal.
Warrenton will soon establish
communication with Littleton. Lit
Teton is waking up, and soon a
cotton manufacturing company
will be organized to build a first
class cotton mill at Littleton, l am
informed.
The WarrentOn Gazette, the old
est paper under one continuous
management in the State, has sus-
pended publication. This is to be
regretted, and it is hoped by his
many friends that editor H. A.
FoOte may at an early date see his
way clear to resume the publica-
ton of the Gazette. Mr.. Foote has
been editing the paper for twenty
five years.
Suit For $4,000.
| The papers were filed Saturday
by Messrs. Jones and Patterson for
a suit against the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company for $4,000: 1t is
brought by William Pringle, ad-
ministrator of VIM. Hairston. col
ored, who was killed by the explo-
sion of licoriee boiler in the fac
tory of the above company. The
case will probobly be tried at the
next term of Winston Sen.
tinel.
Fayetteville Military Academy.
| Last week DR.. S. w. Murphy met
the Fayetteville Military Academy
committee at the mayors office
and after a pleasant interchange OF
views, decided to purchase the
school outfit of the late Col. Drew.
ry and to take charge of that in.
stitutiOn. He will begin work on
Monday.
! This is great news for our com
munity. 1t assures the continu
ance of this important school, anG
it's continuance under the very best
auspices; for every one is delighted
with the new principle.-Fayette
vile Observer.
Store Breaker Arrested,
REIDsvILLE, n. c., March 7.-Th'
I authorities have arrested youn}
Spanish woman giving her name a.
Viola MerdOsa, and claiming to be {
native of Madrid, with her accomplish
Frank Gilland, for robbing the store o
Mrs. j. A. Roach & Son. In default o
bail she has been committed to Jail t.
o await trial.
Warsaw's Basket Industry.
A correspondent of the Wilmington
l Star describes the basket making in
dustry at Warsaw as follows: 9TH
number of hands employed, of all size
> and ages, is 325. The capacity of tn
= plant is 5000 crates per day. In tn
various departments children are EN-
), plOyed as young as seven years. Tn
Y cOlored hands work in separate build
ings- The work is thoroughly system
affixed by Mrs. Pierce, who is the mos
Thorough business woman l ever saw
o In addition to the crates and basket
j. for berries, baskets are also made fc
e shipping beans, grape and other fruit
,e and can be furnished on the shOrtes
=. notice to the trade. This plan runs il
r own saw aad planning mills; has col
oil ton gin, run by the same machiner
IS and every facility necessary for extir
ID gushing fires, it being possible to fioO
any building at two minutes time.
Attempt t, Wreck Train.
ar NINslON, MdECu |.-1"o ny naNI'
- cartridges we're found on the trest
70 on the Mocksville Railroad by a viii
1 man half an hour before the passeng'
rs train arrived this morning. The trai
s. was stopped and the cartridges give
8, to the conductor, who brought them
re- Winston. The train crew and passel
it gers were badly frightened when a.
m vised of what had been found. Tit
believe that the train would have bef
!; knocked into the river if the dynami
= bad been struck by the engine.