The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-04-06
STATE SQUlBS.

iournei, and rot until q week later.
March 18th, we're the printers able 20
Get q sheet Of parer. Despite these
draw backs. however. rap;d psoSreSs
has been made IN get,in. ont tic Laws.
and this for the reason that all tho
type settlers that could DO employed
have been set to work aud tho prssses
have been running day and night. In
stead OF tae usual O, o01 copies Of the
Laws there Wiil this year be .. 500 cop
les printed. The Revenue and Ma
chinery Acts contain e5 page. aud the
index TO il vas not received by the /
printers till Saturday, hence the delay |
in getting 1t out. There will his year
be 6, OOo moro copies than usual print
ed. The Insanity Laws consist Of %
pages. OF these 5000 extra copies
have been printed. The insurance
Laws make Sc pages. Both Of these
Insanity aud Insurance Lavs-hAvs
been printed aud delivered.
Deputy Collector J. p. II. Adams
captured and destroyed . 2s5 gallon
illicit whiskey distiilery in Nash
county. ltwss the property OF . man
named Brantley, on whose property IT
was located. An interesting feature OF
this capture was that BrSEtley
was seen at his home. and
at the request of the officers. accompa-
MED them to tho illicit distilliery,
whero he held the light as the still was
cut up. He denied any knowledge Of
it at first, but upon being PRESSED con-
fessed that it was his property and that
he had paid $50 for tie outfit. TITS
is one Of the largest stills ever destroy
ed in that district.
There will be material decrease in
the cotton acreage OF North Carolina
this year, as com pared with last. Tho
Increase in the acreage Of tobacco and
wheat will, however. be very materi-
ally increased. Reports received at the
Agricultural Department indicate that
more small grain bas been sowed this
year than ever before ana the crop is In
fiourirhiug condition. Blanks for
monthly crop reports TO the depart
ment will be sent cut about April 1st
fer the May report-thc first this year.
Tint valuable water power, near
Salisbury, including 1873 acres OF land
lying on both sides of the Yadkin river,
has been sold by the owners, Messrs.
]. NJ. Brown and T. G. Hearne, to the
North Carolina Power Co., for the pur-
| pose Of carrying On the great enter.
! prise undertaken by the company.
| This deal embraces the Falls, which
taken in connection with the Narrows,
! forms what is probably the finest
| natural water power cast OF tie Missis-
sippi river.
| Governor Russell is in Washington,
stopping Mt the Ebbitt He called on
Assistant Attorney General Boyd, but
did not visit the White House or the
Departments. It is understood that
he is there to prevail upon the author.
tiles to send the cruiser Raleigh to
Wilmington and give the citizens ol
North Carolina an opportunity to do
honor to one of Dewey's warships that
aided in the destruction Of the Spanish
fleet at Manila, May !.
The number of the Naval Reserves a.
we'll as of the infantry OF the Stata
Guard is being considerably increased.
Under the new law there may be a
many as 5000 men. The State is able
to secure equipments now for only 81
| men to q company. There may be mel
in excess of that number, but If SO they
will have to get along as best they ca;
for q time.
Attorney General Walser expresses
, the opinion that the antitrust bill re
Gently passed by the General Assembl!
, will in no way interfere with the oper
atoms of trusts in this State. The At
torney General states that he will no
, institute any action against trusts.
. he considers the law Ineffective an'
does not think that such action coul'
accomplish anything.
Il DR.. H. T. Long, OF Statesville, tn
Z smallpox expert, who was employed b.
n the State Board of Health to lnspec
n infected districts, has returned to tina
city from tour of Eastern counties
where the disease is prevalent II
=. said the smallpox had been stamped on
, in many localities and that the situa
ton is improving.
a The program for the annual com
mencement for Salem Female Academ
and College has been announced. Re'
Dr.. Egbert w. Smith, of Greensboro
will preach the animal sermon. Tn
annual literary address will be mad
: by Rev. DR.. j. w. Stagg, of the SCI
ond Presbyterian church. Charlotte.
Deputy Collector S. P. Satterfield
Revenue Officers w. X. McBroom an
j. B. Barnett, all Of Roxboro. made
. raid on some moonshiners in Oraus
:. county. They captured horses. . sti
= and everything III sight, butthe moo1
u sinners escaped. The names OF til
Il
be learned.
Y North Carolina will be we'll repr
;; sented at the Grand Camp of Confe
" crate veterans which meets in Charlie
ton, s. G., May 10.
l. The Silver Hill gold mine, ten mil
70 from Lexington, is now being deve
D oped by the owpere-an English col
;, pany. The ore will be sent to Germsi
!. for smelling. The ore of the Sily
Hill mine is of very good quality.
turns cut $50 to 500 per ton
" Treasurer Worth has paid the n,
"a executive board Of the penitentia
"a $4,000. This sum will be used for
is purchase of fertilizers for the Sti
at farms aud for number Of mules, Viii
are badly needed to prepare the soil
!, the farms for planting.
E. Roxboro has voted on the question
st issuing bonds not to exceed Sl0,000
be expended in o system Of water wor
n, and ether municipal imrrovemen
The proposition tissue" was CARR
IN almost unanimously, only six voies
ing cast against it
II The other day eight United Sta
prisoners from Alabama and Arkani
were discharged from the penitentia
"a. i IN h8lelSus OuCu pIlSOo0SU 1x0 Slv
>" transportation home, S12 suit
clothes and s. in money.
- Some nice specimens Of gold hs
~ been found at tho old Gibbs mine, .,
ersl miles from Concord. The misc
not being worked, but the gold v
IN found by . man who farms ON tlse ID
ID thereabouts.
No Winston Furniture Company has
cided to increase its capital stock fr,
nt $40. 600 to $50. GOO
~ On the ssst Monday in May, au sl,
tion will be held in durham TO auth,
ize the city to issue school bonds. T
amount Of the bonds proposed to
OF issued il SIG, 600.
lss Revenue Collector Duncan. of r