The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-22
STATE S3u!BS.


College, will parade on the afternoon
OF the 22nd, Wsshington's birthday,
and viii have dress parade In front OF
tne governors mansion in Raleigh.
Tuesday, the 20,h, the f. l. synod Of
North Carolina met IN Salisbury 70
consider any and all propositions
placed in the committees hands fer the
removal o. the North Carolina College
The concentrating mill at tbs Union
copper mine has been set in motion
and the first ore was put through the
mill last Saturday ard It worked adj
R,ra5ly. 1t Is expected that the mill
Tnl be regularly in operation In
short time.-Saelby Star
The corn and gri=t mill at Double
Sho2ts was washed away las Monday
night By the swollen streams. The
olills belonged to the Double Shoals
cotton mills and the loss IS probably
s.oout $500. The river was higher than
It has Been for some time-Sheiby
Star.
For the first time the throttle OF the
Few engine at the oil mill was turned
Tuesday afternoon and the machinery
started upon It's work. No seed were
rnt iGtc The n2ill th.t afternoon, but 1t
Is nov busy a. its work. They have
an abundance CT seed piled back wait
Ing for the mill.-Concord Standard.
On Tuesday night the safe in the
store OF Max & Brown, at Davidson,
was blown open, and the money
amounting TO about $500 was stolen.
The news first came here to Policeman
Harris. From the looks or the explos-
ion iC Is thought to have been the work
Of experts. There is no clue wia.eyer
az this time as to who the parties are.
1Ae Durham correspondent Of the
Ch2r-otte Observer says the victims Of
the explosion are all doing we'll and
physicians hope for the recovery Of all
OF them. He adds by way Of peculiar
incidence that while the heavy ma
chinery was twisted, mashed and r,un-
ed the power house clock was blown
| across the house and left without in
| jury. Mr.. Dickson's watch. too, was
gathered out CT the debris. ticking
| ahead and none the worse for what
! had happened.
| The disappearance of Solomon Pool
/ the CID negro who lived near Wake
| Forest remains mystery. There has
been another hearing in the case c.f his
| Wife and son, Who are charged with
murder. The evidence IS entirely cir
cumstantial, and Is that he was killed
In the house by blows On the head !;
that efforts were made to get the blood
/ stains from the floor; that the body
was sunk in the river, and that let
ter was forged purportirg to come
from the old man. and dated at Rich
mond, Va, saying he was there and
we'll. The son is still in jail. without
privilege OF bail.
A. L. Thorn, OF Point Pleasant, w
Va, member OF the Mason count,
court, and man of wealth and usually
astuts business qualities. was beaten
out OF 81 900 by novel scheme few
days ago. Tuesday evening last q
stranger, in clerical gaI'b, stopped al
his house and asked to stay all night
explaining that he was a Baptist cir.
cult rider who had lost his way. Al
$3.50 a young looking couple drove uI
and asked to be directed to minis
Thorn's romantic turn cropped out
and he Invited the couple indoors to bt
married by the itinerant minister. The
knot was tied and Thorn signed tht
! certificate as witness, treating to cot
fee. cake, pie and apples in honor O.
the event. The next day Thorn Wen
to the bank and was astonished to fins
that hls check for $1,000 had beer
cashed. He had signed It. payable t
bearer, through q slit in the narriag.
certificate.-Monroe Enterprise.
Lenoir is to have a grain elevator
Moore & IIutZ have purchased of Mr.
Wildly the lot upon which his mattress
factory, which was recently destroyei
by fire, stood, and will build an eleva
tor upon it il which the farmers cal
deposit their grain, resolving certiii
Gates fCr the same. Upon these Ger
tifcates they can borrow money an,
will thus be able to hold their crop
so as to market them to the best ad
i vantage. Il will be a great benefit +
many and we trust these enterprisin
gentlemen will find 1t profitable.
The Chronicle says that nearly ev
cry lumber dealer in Wilkes count
has been indicted for failure to pa
State tax imposed on lumber dealer:
| Some two Or three weeks ago we print
, ed letter from State Treasurer Wort
On this subject, and also a suit whic
. had been brought where the decisio
! Of the treasurer was overruled in tn
classification of dealers. It might pa
those interested to look it up.
Lieutenant w. B. Lemly. our forme
business manager is at Manila, 1000
, miles away. He writes hts father ths
9 he thinks the war Is about over; th<
. the rainy season is passed and tn
weather is fne-WinSton Republican
n There were burglars in Hickoy
Monday night. The store OF Mr.. wa
: Keever, on Morsanton street was er
tered and something over a dollar
small change, some flour and other a
1 ticles taken. The stores OF w
I Shell and Shuford Hardware compan
q were also entered and the doors wel
e found open Tuesday morning, but no;
q ing was missed from either. We n,
9 tice from the papers Of neighb0riI
e towns that burglars are continual
= getting in their work and it 5ehooy,
every one to be on the lookout
An important suit has Just been d
cided in Greensboro. Miss CORE
sued the water company for lack
: sufficient water pressure fire wink
n destroyed her property some time ag
}. The case IS without precedent and /
= the decision Is an eye-opener to q
water companies generally. The jul
brought in a verdict OF $4,000. An a.
;. peal was taken.
e The report that Nine. Nellie Melb
|. the Australian prima donna. is to ma
- ry DIR. Joseph Joachim, Of Berlin,
> declared to be absolutely baseless.
Mr.. Billie Maynard. Of X Rnas
Church, Yadkin county, was riding
. mule when the animal fell on him al
" broke his leg. The mule in trying