The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-26
Tar Heel Notes.

1t is probable that the delegation
appointed to formally invite President
Mckinley to visit Charlotte during the
goth of May celebration will leave for
Washington the last OF next week. At
a meeting held on last Friday night
according to the Observer, it was de-
cided that the invitation itself should
be representative of Charlotte and this
section of country. Therefore the word
of welcome to the president will be on
cotton-plainly yet beautifully printed
ON cotton cloth. This is the artistic
idea: There will be a box IS by Il
inches in size, made Of white cloth
duck stiffened by compress to wooden
hardness. In the inside there will be
placed long staple cotton twisted and
shaped to the neatness of rare birds
nest. In this dainty receptacle Will
rest the invitation. On the clean
white cloth will be blue lettering. tell
ing the president of the greatness Of
this city's wish for his presence At
the edges of the wording red stars will
be printed. On the covering Of the box
will be a hornets neSt-emblematic OF
MecklenbVrg. and next to this will be
the United States flag In the center
Of the box at the top will be written:
The 125th Anniversary of the Neck
enburg Declaration Of independence
May 20, 1900" This box is to be en-
closed in another box made of native
cherry.
The Battle Ground museum has been
presented with plug of tobacco that
has a history. 1t was grown by
Johnny Greene and manufactured by
Yancey Jones at Yanceyville away be-
fore the war. During the war Greene
sent some of it to his uncle, Peter VIII
son, who was in the war and at Man
assas. Soon after receiving it he was
taken sick and removed to Lynchbure
where he died, his mother going to
him. When she left for home she
found about d plug and a half Of the
tobacco and brought it home with her
and has kept it ever since, sending
piece of it last week to the B. G.
Company.-Greensboro Record
Mack Fesperman, of Charlotte. the
negro who coliared his wife and shot
her three times on January 16, was
sentenced by Judge Moore on Friday
to hang between the hours of 10 and
o'clock May 31st. An appeal has
been taken, however Temporary in
sanity was plead out Judge Moore
charged the jury that if they believed
the evidence they would find the de-
PENDANT guilty of murder in the first
degree, which they promptly did.
The Catawba Placer Mining com
pany, which was organized several
months ago, for the purpose of dredg-
ing the Catawba river for gold, has
its large dredge boat nearly complet-
ed. The boat is seventy feet long and
twenty-eight wide. Mr.. Lewis. CT
Ohio, one Of the incorporators of the
company, is experimenting the build
ing OF the boat. The company has al
ready placed a part Of its machinery.
and will soon be scraping the gold
lined bed of the Catawba.-Charlotte
News
The wife of Mr. Bud Boone. of Mars
Hill, gave birth Monday to trip!ets.
two boys and one girl, all fine sized
children. At this time the mother and
all the little ones are doing Well
Prof. j. NJ. Rhodes has donated his
entire interest in the real estate prop-
erty Of Littleton Female College to the
North Carolina NJ E. Conference
which makes the college the exclusive
property of said conference-Littleton
News Reporter.
The Little Beach life-saving crew. OF
Atlantic City, n j., who went out to
the assistance Of the sloop Charles KEEL
ly, coaster from Southern port. re-
ports the craft light. but in a precar-
ious condition. An effort will be made
to float her at midnight.
Julian S. Carr, of Durham, will take
large delegation to the confederate
reunion in Louisville May 3O-June
They will be attractively uniformed
Another famous North Carolina COM
mank will take it's famous legend
First at Brig. Bethel; Farthest at
Gettysburg, and Last at Appomattox.
The State charters the Tarboro
Knitting Mills, capital $4,000 with
leave to increase it to 500, OOO) near
Tarboro; stockholders, Job Cobb
George Howard, Jr., and others. The
mills will make hosiery, underwear