The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-09
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
A COTTON WEIGHER STRUCK DOWN
BYA HEsVY BALE and INJURED
CoIored Mssons TO Lay the Cornerstone OF
the Only Negro Owned and Operated
Cotton Mil In the World.

RALEIGH, y. c., February ESPECIAL.
Federal Court began for the trial OF
civil and criminal cases to-day. Bernard
has not yet received his commission from
washington as District Attorney, so he
has requested Mr.. Aycock 20 attend this
term CT court.
At one OF the cotton platforms yester-
day 475-pound bale Of cotton was acct
dentally thrown from a wagon and struck
one Of the cotton weighers. crushing him
to the ground. lie is probably internally
injured.
The fact that - out OF 50 applicants for
law license failed to pass IS about the
biggest percentage that was ever turned
down.
The cornerstone Of the Coleman Manu-
featuring Company, OF Concord, will be
laid by colored MasOns. This will be the
only cotton factory built with capital
owned By colored men In which only
colored labor Is employed I'm the South.
NJ n. Chadbourne. OF Wilmington, has
sent In his resignation TO Governor kus-
sell as a Director OF the Penitentiary.
TO A COLORED PRINTER.
The County Commissioners OF Wake
county are giving the county printing 70
Jim Young who is the editor OF the ia
zette. the negro organ here.
II the Lamb bill. now before Congress.
becomes law It VIII distribute NVoO
here. The bill is to pay depositors IN the
defunct Freedmans Saving and trust
Company.
There is constant complaint that hre
insurance companies not licensed in this
state are continually writing insurance
in North Carolina In defiance or the ia"
Many cotton factories are thus insured
because they can get such reduced rates
Secretary OF state Thompson estimates
that the State loses fully $4,000 a year
bv this Overhead" insurance work
The Secretary NJ state has incorporated
he Carolina Soanstone Comnanv II 's
10 mine manufacture and sell tale. con-
rer and other ores IN Moore and Chathar"
COUNTIES. The incorporators are Raleir'
men II rs for thirty years with cani'
stock OF si2 0O0 70 he increase 10 500 N
There Is much indignation felt ond ''
messed At the action OF the Board OF ~
derreu NJ their last meeting In decidin
10 charge the school committee N9O m
nual rental for the Centennial Graded
School.
A MAMMOTH WAREHOUSE,
The largest storage warehouse In the
state owned by Messrs. Johnson and
Thompson. cotton buyers will be ready
10 be occupied next week. II IS JUST
north Of tn city and on the seaboard Air
Line.
The expense account Of the Railroad
Commission IS made public some OF the
items may interest pconlo elsewhere. For
instance J0mes Mott IS paid sl6 for hold
Ing and guarding tho Railroad Commits
sioners Office against "thc two wilson's.
Grockwel the locksmith gets $3.50 Tor
breaking into the office for CaldweH ana
Pearson (Russclrs too's) and then repair
ing said locks This is pretty way
IN which 20 spend the people money
Tx-Conprcssman Thomas Settle IL now
here. he IS ready, with the opening or
no next campaign 10 enter politics once
more.
Ihis morning the Supreme Court began
the docket for the sprinS term. There are
no important cases doCketed so FAR.
Next week there will De quite large
excursion here Of northern neonle. who
arc wintering at Plnehurst and Southern
Pines. They came TO see the public
buildings.
All OF the fruit nurseries In the state
are now pronounced free Of the San Jose
scale and have been given certificate
certifying the same.