The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-16

this State ia the value Of the crop
grown. THE most remarkable oc-
currenee during the year." says the
Commissioner, has been the neavy
deere ase IN the ou'pns Of cigarettes,
amounting to q ,7i9 500 While the
output OF cigarettes has decreased
that Of plug aud smoking tobacco
mas ineie ased By 6Ss i7Gi pounds
and cigars 8 $50 695." Toe cigar
cite ind ustry VAS AT =cted oy the n
crease in the revenue taxes. There
are l73 plug and smoking and 81
c'gsr and cigarette factories in tn.
State.
There are I67 whiskey dis,ilIeries,
located 10 50 counties, Wiki. lead
ing with 81, Iredell second, with 80
and fadKin third, with 81 To.
bloc k.de distillers are leaving the
mountain section and establishing
along the coast. Tae output of these
illicit distll.ries is said 70 oave be. L
greatly increased by the advance IL
ne internal revenue tax
the business Of the roller q ,uripe
mills Is on the il crease. There ART
In the State l29 Of these mills.
In eastern North Caroiiua tn.
lumber business Is thriving, and tn.
opening OF the market Of the West
Indies is already increasing tho de-
demand for pine lumu.r.
The numbel of WOODEN mills in thu
State has decreased from 50 in 1870
to Is in 1898, but the number of
spindles is now 5 354, against 2,8O6
III 1870.
or cotton manufacturing the com
missioner say: North Carolina, in
point of production and number OF
spindles, exceeds every Southern
State with the exception of South
Carolina. Tue only Northern States
exec edlng North Carolina in the
number of spindles and producing
capacity. are: First, Massac Oh usetts
second, Rhode Island; third, New
Hampshire, and fourth, Connecticut,
so North Carolina ranks sixth in thu
value Of this industry in the Uuion."
In 1890 this State occupied the ninth
place. The North Carolina mills now
number 22O, operating 1904 CSC
spindles and "a 535 looms. The con-
sumption of cotton by these mills
amounted, in 1898, to 1853 389 600
pounds. The State has water power
that will run l4O DOC, 900 spindles. Tue
averge number of hours constituting
\ day 8 work in the cotton mills is
III. Alamance county operates 49,
1863 spindles and 425 looms, leading
IN the number of looms and taking
second place as to spindles in use.
CASTOR, which has 81 spinning mills
and one knitting mill, with 118,070
spindles and 2,43l looms, is first in
the number of spindles and second
as to looms.
The raising of apples is one of the
industries in the western part of the
state that is now attracting special
attention. Mr.. Geo. E Boggs, of
Waynssvile, who has made quite a
reputation in apple culture, contrib
utes an article to the report, showing
the profit to be made in the business.
he recently shipped a lot of specl
mems Of the fine North Carolina fruit
to Germany, and expects to see big
foreign trade developed in the near
future.
The berry and trucking industry
of the eastern section is increasing
in value each year. The strawber-
ries sold last season by the Eastern
Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers
Association, brought $679,974.
The fish catch in the east in 1897
amounted to 142 1876 900 fish, valued
at ST. $685. 600 This, together with
the amount realized from oysters,
clans, etc., gives total of $685.
600 derived from this industry
There were $4,000 persons and $500
boats engaged in this work.
Two hundred and seventy-nine
newspapers and maya zines are pub
lished in North Carolina, including
13l Democratic, 81 Independent, "a
Republican, IA Popullst, indeperd
ent Democratic and 2 silver.
There are in North Corollna a
State banks, 81 private aud 6 saw
lngs banks, with aggregate resonrc-
IS of $40 500 10000. The number
of depositors in the savings banks is
estimated at 1913.
Of agriculture, the report says:
"For many years North Carolina has
been considered an agricultural
State, and can still be classed, al
| though the enormous increase in
manufacturing establishments has
to some extent, overshadowed the
agricultural interests. The farmer
here fnds some features that are
lacking in the great grain and live
stock sections of the West" Since
the depression in stockraising in so
it is noted, healthy growth has de
veloped in that branch of industry,
and it is increasing in value.
The principal deposits of coal are
in Chatham county. 1t is also found
in Granville and Stokes and is pro
nounced of an excellent quality, {
test by the Seaboard Air Line show
ing that 40, 900 pounds of the Cum
mock coal will do as much work il
the same engine as 50 600 pounds o
Pocahontas coal.
North Carolina, ever since the rev
dictionary war, has been one of tn
leading gold-mining States of tn
Union, and from 1904 to 1928 thi
State produced all the gold for tn
United States, says the commission
, or, amounting to about $4,000. I
3 1889 the gold production reache
$l49, 128. 40. The other branches &
. mining, including iron, graphit.
lead, marble, tale, mica, etc., al
b.. generally in a prosperous condition
: Tin is found to some extent, but hs
o not been developed on an extensiv
scale.
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