The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-15
NORTH STATE ITEMS.
The Course of Ev uts From -tufrhy
Go Nantco-

re wonderful desclcp1ncnt uf The gold
ly feids and nin-ral p-cPc~tios In
nearby counties. and tie Erozi numh-t
OF cotton mlil employees Add~d - the
popuiafica In wc-sra
North Carolina the coaainE year. al
give promisc of a E7catly inc7cEscd Do
lnand FOR farm prodncfs. especially ths
small by-p-oiacts, such a. poultry.
fruits. gaTsica truck. aiik. butter. sie
Our farmers who incrs-Ase the siE- 90
thslr poultry yards and ex-~nd tA~
boundaries % tAsar orchard ard gar
,icns sAis sp-1ag ~lii make no mistake.
Co-oali.d small farming = sure To b.
profitable In western North rarolina.
A correspondent writing 40 the At
lAniA Journal from Charlotte says
Yesterday afternoon a MncklenburE
farmer sold 10 a Charlotte buyer -
bales of coitna az tie c-op 81 is5s
WHOA he hai stuT~d in = eara -Se-
since tie received y c~nis pcr pound
for ne staple. the tucAl ArErNEAtinE
97e0. This Transaction furnishes n
basis for an Interesting calculation ou
tho Cu1foa Gius.. N the faIm~r hRs
marketed has 20 bales as soon a. gin
ned in lS75 he would have r-CelNrd ~
cents pee pound for a.. OF abyut 81 .Seo.
as the price in 1873 rnnE~d from ~
lie q IL - cents: had he received
his sl.i36 NJ 6 per cent .rc~S; and
saved the proceeds be would now have
something like s.. 800 aS the net result
II marketing 20 baies ~ oo.-un. Thu.
IL II seem that in this case II did not
pay 20 hold cottna." even though m
loss had beea sustained in weight.
which. however. would amount % con
siderable in 25 years. The farmers
actual loss Is about s. 300.
Adjutant General Roys;er EouE L,
Washington this week 10 unite with
other National Guard officers Ia ScCur-
ing the smendmcnt OF the militia iaw
Of 1898. which will give - the entire
National Guard OF the country g. 00o.-
900 a year in ordinance and qnartsr-
masters stores. This VIII give North
Carolina about so. ZOO. n the amend
ment Is adopted the Guard In this
State will be put In the very best
shape. This state ought 10 have about
1000 Guardsment aad naval militia.
always ready for n State of national
call
Rutherford and Cleveland counties
a
which promises large results. J. W.
Johnston. OF Washington. ~ G. act
ing for a Pennsylvania company. g.
working the old Monarch gold min-.
FIVE miles south of Rutherford. a Mr
| Heron. of Trenton. -. J.. IN drying 10
secure control OF the Allen mine the
I old Leod's gold mine The Boozier
I gold mine IL working and the monazits
operation are Increasing
Judge Walter Clarks hne brick
hotel al HalEsek was burned Tus-sday
morning at about 2.30 O'Clock and the
building and most OF the contents are
total losses. The hotel was a splendid
three-story brick structure. and cos;
$4,000 TO build. IL in said that Judge
Clark did noc have "a dollar % 1nNW-
ance on IT. The house was leased by
Mrs. ". A. Slater. who conducted a.
I Miss Mollle Little. OF Madge. Meek
lenburg county. took laudBnum a few
days ago and died. DiEappointmeni
in love. on rather unroquited love was
the cause A young man who had
forsaken her married come Cne cs3e an
hour after her death. She knew the
wedding was TO be and decided 10 die.
] The Sloan Clothing Company. 80
Saatesville. with a capital OF $500
. was granted articles Of Incorporation
yeEcerday. The in~opyrzro-7s are J. l.
Sloan. B. u. Adams. X. T.. PoBIon and
J. J. Shelton.
. There is a plan on foo, 10 Organi=.
a WeEcern North Carolina league con
sisting OF teams from Charlotte. Con
cord. Siatesyille and Salisbury. IL IL
the purpose Of the promoters when The
, teams are organized and the leag3e
formed TO give each cisy Represented
Two gamss Of ball each week.
The mining Interests in Greenvills
and the adjoining counties T. assuming :
! large proportions. A large capitalist
i. named Durges 5As bought ,hc old Van.
cy mine and Major J. r. Yancy's
: home place Of 1900 acres at a blr
a price and is putting in the most ap
: proved mining machinsry.-Oxforc
Leader.
Last week Mr. J. ". Ingo.d, mana
ger OF the Cumberland county dlxpsn
tary. paid over 81 200 each TO the cilJ
: Of Fayetteville and the county of Cum
berland. II was only last January tha
be made a similar payment-F1yeitc
willie Observer.
J The News says shsc the mS1fainegl
for the ne,x coffin factory a. cAariotn
: e,ss arrived ami cae factory will soo
be IN oprIt5o1.
North Carolina have a harvest On
= who lately It'd lfseIe sar mill nor
; oEns IA such mills. all Of vNslch are Il
operation. and u Is said has pct n
: come - rJw rsoCe than so a dry. On
man lately bought a timber tract 70
$4,000. sold Il sor $4,000. and sn te
days Il Was resold for s2s.voe
|. Mr.. VIII B. Snow and Mr.. Home
Whceler have bought the 5aske. work
~ Capt w. II Snow a. High P1GD
: end formed a stock company with
= capital Of $4,000. The officers OF sh
company VIII be Mr. ". p. Snos
!, president: Mr.. r. A Snow. vice pres
u dent and Mr. Homer wbeeler. seer
tary and treasurer.
The laEf of ahe rail for the Cbrzv
Coiumetn link Of the SeAboard Al
Line Is belcg carried down. and n
track laying Will be completed IN
day or two. Regular trains VIII Ike
n BE- running thzoagh 10 Columbia VII.
In the nelt two weeks
Wilmington Is discussing the prsct
ea1liSy Of Organizing shirt and c1il.
fsctoty With oIpsrsl saock OF SIS %
], or $50, 600: commencing b1Etness Nj,
70 sc, 900 OF $4,000 and drawing Q
stockholders for baiznce as occossn
would demand
The Greenstoro Record says TN
while trying case in a magistrate
Ia court Spencer B. Adams and John
se Barrsngsr. counsel On opposite Side
% nearly carne 70 blows and had %