Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-27
Why Entitled to First Warrant For
Special School Appropriation.
PROSPECTS FOR 1900
Trnctsers Expec. 1t To No Prosper.
Gus Year-sofe Robbed In Loui.-
burE-Awardcd Damages For De
vers,ng Water From rlni-Names
and Locations of cotton mills
Chartered tho Past Year.


rant against the 100000 special school
appropriation. made by the last Legis-
lature
1t was drawn in favor OF Chowan
county and amounted to $51S95. 9th
ers will be paid as fast as they come in,
provided the sheriff OF the county pre-
senting the warrant has settled his
taxes in full for 1900.
1t Is very fitting and proper that
Chowan chould have her warrant paid
first, for it was in Chowan county
at Edenton-that the first school in
North Carolina was established.
THE BOUNCED SUPERVISORS.
Mr.. E. ]. Best, one OF the counsel for
the supervisors of the State farms who
were bounced by Capt. Day before
their terms expired, said yesterday
that no agreement had been reached
with the executive committee of the
State prison board. 1t Will be remem-
bered that at the recent meeting Of the
prison directors claims were presented
through their attorneys for amounts as
follows: w. r. Dixon, 1921; IT. e. Nc
Caskey, 1921; ]. t. Pope, s475. The
matter was referred by the directors
to the executive committee for settle
ment and compromise of 800 to each
was offered and rejected
FIRST IN THE SOUTH.
Your correspondent is In receipt OF
a letter from Mr.. D. l.. Saylor, Of
Wadesboro. in which he corrects an err
roneous statement in IL recent dis
patch to the effect that the silk mill
now In course OF construction ut We'll
don makes the second in the State,
the one at Fayetteville being the first.
The first silk mill in the South was
started in Wadesboro in April or May,
1883, and the second was at Peters
burg, Va. Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars" says Mr..
Saylor! "Wadesboro had the first silk
mill in the State and in the South"
PROSPECT FOR 1893.
vorable. the present outlook warrants
the prediction that the truckers viii
enjoy during 1900, one of the most
prosperous years in the history Of the
industry.
The strawberry crop Will be fully as
large this season as last year. but with
the substantial reduction that has been
made In freight rates, and the superior
refrigeration service that is assured by
the advent of the Fruit Growers Elk
press, the entire crop should be har-
vested at profitable figures. Last year
10000 crates of berries rotted in the
fields that would have been shipped
had the freight rates been even as low
rs those scheduled for 1900. The short
acreage at Southwestern competitive
points will no doubt create such a
demand for North Carolina berries in
Nnc ~ atya hot
~ offset any tendency of a glut at
Eastern points. The outlook is very
bright indeed for berry growers; the
plants were never known to be in q
better condition and all are more IN
clined than ever to strive to obtain
quality rather than quantity of pro-
duct.
The Irish potato crop. large as 1t was
last year, will be greatly increased this
season. If the extensive preparations
being made by dealers in guano and
seed potatoes are n safe guide on which
to base an opinion.
ROBBERY ATLOUISBURG
A special from Louisburg says: The
safe in Harris warehouse was broken
into last night and about S113 in money
taken out 1t was quite neat Job
and there is no trace whatever as to
the man who did it.
FOR STOPPING MILL.
The jury in the Geer case, at Durham
awarded the PLAINTIFF eleven hundred
and fifty dollars permanent damages
and one hundred annually since Deem
Der, "a; total sixteen hundred dollars.
The defendants will probably appeal
This suit was brought by f. c. Geer
10 recover damages from the Durham
water Company for turning water
from the Emo river and thus stopping
MS mill, the supply left being INSULT
Client to run it.
A YEAR OF COTTON MILLS
The names and location of the cotton
mills chartered by the State the past
year are as follows:
Revolution, Greensboro.
Iolar, Hart & Holt, Fayetteville.
Bala. Cabarrus county.
Fountain, Tarboro.
Bobbins, Goldsboro.
Glencoe, Alamance county.
Dtlgado. Wilmington.
Daniel. Lincolnton
Patterson, Halifax county.
Sh;lby, Shelby.
Maesclesfeld, Tarboro.
Sanford, Sanford
Avalon, Rockingham.
indian Creek, Lincoln county.
Gar4lina and Alamance. both in Ala
nance county.
Wirlton, Winston.
Genital, Davidson county.
Lula Castor county.
Kinspn, Kinston
Tuscarora, Cabarrus county.
Windfmere, Stanley county.
Nensd River. WAKE county.
CataWba. Catawba county.
Royal Wake Forest.
Elizatftn City, Elizabeth City.
Pemb'oke, Newbern.
Gibsol Concord.