The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-04-27
STATE SQUIBS.

| Sa va ZIG oLlce-1CiIets c0lIeele
| appears II present different point.
Ia the Atlantic l. North Carolina Rail-
road case the idea Of part private
| ownership enters. In that of the keeps
| er OF the capitol the question is
whether the board OF public buildings
ah's grounds can grant term Of Office
TO Its appointee, which the Law does
lot authorize. Iu the cases involving
The Buncombe County Criminal Court
| clerkship the point was made by At
torney Ffauk Carter land in very
| able way. too. that all statutes must
| be treated as in pari materia. This Is
sad to os the great point in his case; +;
hat 1t Is the duty OF the court to con-
strue an act altogether.
The penitentiary has been in a
pretty bad muddle for some time, but
the decision Of the Supreme Court in
favor o. Capt. Day puts IT in worse one
unless he decides to resign and retire.
| He will be without funds to meet
the current expenses of the institution,
for it seems that the $4,000 appro-
| priation by the Legislature had a
string to it, the condition being that
Cal tain Day pull out, but instead Of
i pulling out he has pulled in, and
that's the way the matter stands now.
lie can't draw on that appropriation,
the Democratic members of the Board
OF Directors will not recognize him.
The Whitney Reduction Co. is al
ready actively at work developing the
| old MacMackin mine, below Gold Hill,
and Is down $50 feet on vein Is feet
wide, which is opened for distance Of
LOCO feet. The average value of the
ore is said to be So. 50 q ton, which can
| be treated on large scale at cost of
| Sl.5O. This company has under con-
slderatlon the erection Of large plant,
capable OF handling $50 tons day,
and as the ore contains some 42 per
cent. of sulphur, it is proposed to
manufacture sulphuric acid and save
| nil tie by-products. The capital is
| $500, 900, and it ie O close corpora
| ton.
Owing to the failure Of the legisla-
lure to make appropriation of $4,000
for the care of the criminal insane at
| the States prison, and it being neces-
sary that the money should be OBJ.
tanned in some manner to care for
| these unfortunates, the executive COM
| mittee of the board of directors of the
| State Hospital at Raleigh have written
State Treasurer Worth letter for the
| purpose Of finding out whether or not
the money cen be borrowed from that
Office. Treasurer Worth has referred
the letter to the Attorney General for
| his opinion and will act in accordance
with it.
Under the new school law counties
are authorized to hold institutes, the
expense to be paid out Of the county
school fund. Not more than $50 can,
however, be appropriated for this pur.
pose annually. AS both white and
cclorad institute is authorized, to be
held separately and apart. this will
| mean only $50 to each institute. This
being wholly iadequaten, Superintend-
ent Mebane will recommend that the
white institute be held o-e year and
the colored one the next. The law
institute work and combine their funds,
If they care to do so.
Lewis Gillis and Henry Mclean,
colored, were arrested by the police at
Port Norfolk,a a suburb of Portsmouth,
Va, upon the charge of murder. Or
February 26 last well-to-do forme,
named Mcbride, of Robertson county,
n. c., was murdered at Carthage,
Moore county, N. c., by two negroes.
The killing is said to have been en-,
tirely uuprovoked. Upon their arrival
at the county Jail the prisoners con
fessed the crime. Chief McIvor, OF
Carthage, has taken the prisoners tc
Raleigh. He fears that if they are
taken to Carthage they will be lynched.
The tenth installment Of claims
against the government, growing out
OF the mobilization of volunteers last
spring and summer, has been sent out
by the State. The total is now $26,.
044, with the expense accounts by this
captains of the First Regiment of Vol.
unteeers yet to come in, as not one Of
these is filed.
superintendent II. P. Frazer, of the
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Institution, fo,
| the Blind, is in Raleigh making a spe
cial visit of inspection to the institute
which is in charge of Mr.. Johu E.
Ray. His visit is high compliment,
as he viii! visit only six such 1nstitu,
tions in the United States.
Mr.. W. A. Sossamon, a we'll know
travelling salesman Of Charlotte, hat
smallpox at the residence of Mr.. D.
F. Dixon in that city.
A party Of capitalists from Mich.
gan are negotiating for the purchase
Of several tracts of farming and tim.
Der land near Garland, Sampson
county, with view of locating there.
They will, if they succeed in making
the purchase, engage in the trucking
and lumber business.
The bonds of Wilkes county vert
held in the United States Circuit
Court at Greensboro to he valid and il
the hands of the bona fide purchasers.
This suit attracted wide interest. anc
apon its determination will depend the
fate of various other municipal bond.
in this State.
Raleigh has had one death from
smallpox.
While the hook and ladder company
at Greensboro were practicing with
their new truck, ladder fell and
badly hurt Mr.. Bird, barber, and q
coiored woman. The woman had a
leg broken and Mr.. Bird received cut
on the head. It is not yet known how
seriously the parties are hurt
Chairman Travis, Of The peuiten-
tiary beard, says it seems that the
debts will exceed $4,000.
Chapel Hill is to have a sl00, 600
| bank. Colone! j. S. Carr is to be
president.