The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-16
STATE NEWS.

The Wilmington Messenger learns
that nearly all the burned stores in
Mt. Olive ars TO be replaced with brick
buildings.
The Pittsboro Record says that "the
wheat harvest is now in full blast and
our farmers are busy harvesting the
golden grain. While there is some
complaint, yet on the whole the wheat
crop is good"
The Salisbury Sun says that the
Mocksville- Mooresville Railroad is
about completed. and that trains
will be running through in about
two weeks. Trains are now running
from the junction of the Western
road near Cleveland to point a
mile or more beyond Woodleaf.
"There only lacks few more
bridges to complete when the work
will be DONE"
| In the presence of several thousand
| people, the cornerstone for the hand
some new First Baptist church in Win
ston was laid with impressive and ap-
prOpriate ceremonies last week. The
pastors of the city churches took part
dresses were made by Bishop ROnd-
thaler, of the Moravian church, and
Pastor Tiley, of the Broad Street Bap-
fist church.
W. &. L. L. State Convention.
The sixteenth annual convention Of
| the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held in the. Presbyterian
church at North WilkesborO, Mrs.
Mary f. Garland, of High Point, Pre-
sident, called the Convention to order
Saturday. The programme was very in
teresting and instructive.
Drunken Row in durham.
In a drunken row in a saloon in
Durham Saturday night, cutting
scrape occurred, in which Hal Crab
tree and Wiley Whitfield were seri-
ously Injured. Crabtree was cut about
the arm and body and neck, and Whit
field was cut in the stomach. Both
were carried to Watts Hospital. The
cause of the row is not known. Whit
| field is not expected to live.
| Colored Teachers.
The seventh annual session of the
Colored State Teachers Association
met at the A. and NJ. College, at
Greensboro, Tuesday night, continu-
| ing during the week.
Among the prominent educational
leaders who have given assurance of
being present are State Superinten-
| dert Mebane, Prof. ClaxtOn, of the
| Prof. w. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest,
and State GeologIst Holmes.
Indications point to most successful
session in the history of the associa-
ton. Reduced rates have been secur.
ed on all railroads.
Johns Hopkins Scholarship for North
Carolina.
| At meeting of the Academic Coun-
Gil of the Johns Hopkins University
the North Carolina scholarship were
awarded for the next year. The schol'
arships are honorary and ordinary
the first class paying tuition and SIS
and the second simply tuition, equiva'
lows:
HonOrary-NOrth Carolina, Messrs
William Blanchard, C. C. Holden and
j. B. Wharey.
| Ordinary Carolina, Messrs
w. NJ. Allen, G. f. Barnett, w. c
Coker, Jr., w. S. Drewry, w. l.. Fou'
shee, c. 81. Little. w. S. Myers, G. l.
Raper and G. G. Weaver.
Smallpox in Statewide.
| Charlotte can sympathiZe will
Statesyille in her Smallpox scare. Sh'
learned some months ago, although
there were only three or four case
here, that the situation attendant
upon asmallpox scare is anything bu
J pleasant. The Observer learned b,
phone, from a reliable source, yester
day afternoon that three or fonr new
cases were reported yesterday, two o
which developed on Saturday and tw
, yesterday.
Compulsory vaccination will be be
gun to-day and will be rigidly en-
forced. A pest-house will also b
erected at once, the work beginning
to-day.
, The town is being quarantine
: against by neighboring towns. So fa
the disease is confined entirely to ne
! groes Charlotte Observer June IL.