The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-22
News Notes.


letter from Guilford county saws
that three employees OF the Deep River
shoe factory bottomed 247 pairs OF
shoes in five days last week. The
work of lasting. pegging and trimming
was done by hand. One OF the mea
drove pegs at the gala week in Greens
boro las. summer
Turner Mcdowell. a small white boy
who lives in the suburbs OF Green's
boro, got hold OF piece OF iron piping
Monday afternoon and rigged up a
gun. He loaded II with scrap iron.
and after supper went out into the
back yard to fire a salute. with the re-
suit that he lost an eye and had sey-
eral pieces of iron imbedded in his
was picked up several yards from
where the boy fell. The wounds are
serious, and will probably prove fatal.
Mrs. J. w. Wilkinson. OF West
StatesWlle, has more than an ordinary
amount Of patience, and this is proof
Of the fact. She has three quilts
bound with red white and blue that con
tain 36,120 pieces One quilt has 7,010
pieces, one 1906 and the third H.
Ola. What lady can beat that?
The Southern Railway is building n
bridge over Silver creek, two miles
west of Morganton.
The Auditors report as regards tax
able property came from the printer
this week. 1t shows 27,110,351 acres OF
Land, valuation $110. .563.70; s4.1S2 town
lots, $45, 5,64S, ,4l6; 171,s27 horses. s6,I53,-
l46; 125.85S mules, $i9,991, ,743; sheep.
309. .403, s311, ,174: goats. 4s.s35, s32.-
236; cattle 5s6, ,206. $4.s45.01O; hogs l.
R32, ,653, s1,604,1s5. The value of H.
braries is given as 1855. s.5s6; money or
hand or deposit, 81, ,249,764: stock in
incorporated companies In the State.
! S4,S25,14s; tobacco. 81 1.2sS.56s; cotton.
s1,217 ,049; gross income on property
not taxed, 1921; incomes from salar-
les and fees. s7Ss,o00.
Mr. ]. d. Church, general manager
OF .he New York Life Insurance Com.
pany in tue Carolinas, has resigned his
position and will leave for New York
where he will be associated with his
brother in the largest cooperative
business in the world. Mr. Martin A.
Lyon, OF Charlotte, succeeds him.
The State charters the W. T. wea.
yer Power Company, of Asheville. {,
will develop electric power az some
point on the French Broad river. The
capital Is $40, 900, and the stockholders
are w. T. Weaver. T. F. Davidson, w
W. Raoul, j. l.. Wagner, w b. vii.
Hanson and John II. Lange.
1t is learned at the Auditors ofic,
that New Hanover is the only county
which pays less taxes this year thar
1t did last year, the amount OF faIlin;
OF being about $780,
Secretary Roots Army Reorganiza
ton bill has aroused the greatest oppo
sition among the staff officers.
Secretary Root has arrived al Ha
vaAa.
A bomb was ahrown Friday rhroug
a window Of che Paris residence Of Al
fred Picard, Commissioner General Q
the Paris Exposition II did not ex
pbode- A lady who saw two men Ngn
the fuse and who baye the alarm wa
attacked and severely handled
them.
Terry McGovern. OF Brooklyn
knocked out Oscar Gardiner. the Oma
ha Kid" In the third round OF VIVA
was TO have been a 25-round bout be
fore the Broadway Athletic Club.
The Dolphin left the washingto
navy yard Friday with the members @
the House Committee on Naval Al
fairs for q short visit to Newport New
to inspect the battlships Kearsarg
and Kentucky.
Governor Longino. Of Mississippi
has appointed Hon S. S. Calhoun. c
Jackson, chief of teh Mississippi su
preme court to I'LL the vacancy cause
by the resignation Of Judge Thomas +
Woods. The appointment was cor
frmed by the Senate.
Capt. II. S. Bishop. OF the Fifth Ca,
. airy, stationed in Puerto Rico. report
, ed on the frightful condition 70 whic
, many islanders are reduced
J Orders will be issued by Secretar
Long organizing a board which WI
, take preliminary steps in the establis.
ment of a naval station at Pearl Ia
Dor. Hawaii
At the United Brethren Church col
, ference at Boiling Springs, Pa. B.shc
. Holt announced the appointments
ministers for the coming year.
{ A story has been made public
I Frankfort, Ky, 10 the effect that
S men conspired 20 murder Goebel ar
: drew lots TO see who should be Il
e actual assassin.
!: Secretary Long told the Hoase n
!. val Committee that his cilief reass
for opposing the building OF warshil
at the naval yards we.e hat il wou
I cost more than at the yards Of priya
firms and that the danger from pDl
tics entering into the plan was gre.