The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-09
CURRENT LOCAL NEWS.

ia Glv. ID. L.. Russell spent last week
An Raleigh in attendance upon the
suprems Court. he looks as though
be is enjoying life.
Mr. J.E Bryan, OF Chatham coun-
ty, spent Monday in the city, and
was in bright humor and cherry spir-
10 about things generally.
Er-Secretary OF State, Cyrus w.
Thompson, left here last week for
bis old home in Onslow county. and
will resume the practice OF medicine.
Baseball continues to DO q rage in
Raleigh Nine gamss will be played
here during the sir days OF the cur.
rent week aud the frst days OF next
week.
There will be twenty eight gradu-
ates at the Agricultural and Mschan
zeal College this year. The exercises
OF commencement are to be held in
the Academy OF Music.
The alumni Of Wake Forest Col
lege are arranging for great re-
union and banquet May 18th, in hon.
or Of the new century. IL IS one OF
the best endowed colleges In this
Btate.
A movement is on foot in RaleigL
for building q new modern hotel. 1t
10 to cost about one hundred ihous-
and dollars. Outside capital is said
to be backing the plan and local par
ties are pushing il with interest.
The business OF growing watermel-
Ions for market is becoming an i'm.
portant one in this county and from
Auburn, q few miles south OF here.
perhaps $50 car loads will be shipped.
These Wake county melons are OF
fne size and quality. The South ern
Railway has built three sidings for
use by the melon growers.
Negroes are leaving here in large
numb RS to work in brick-yards in
\ New York state. One hundred and
forty left last week and 80 also left
from Gary, this county. 1t Is said
that one thousand more negro labor
ers are wanted. Last Thursday rs
women and Is men left, to do house
work.
Last year q residence owned by
\ Mr.. Joseph K. Pogue here was burn
cd. The Western Assurance Com pa
ny, OF Canada, paid loss Of 81 500
and took an assig nment from Pogue
OF the latter's right of action and
now sues the Raleigh Water Compa
ny for failure to maintain the prop
or water pressure during the lee.
The Raleigh municipal election
WAS held on Tuesday. There was
no opposition to the Democratic
ticket which was selected by a
"primary" some weeks ago. The
political trusts in some localities, if
they continue unopposed, will be
far more dangerous to the people
than any other trust.
The Attorney General decides in
case . wife is insane and her hus-
band not INDECENT, he must pay for
her maintenance in the insane asy-
lum, and that Q father is thus re-
CURED to pay for an insane child un
der Il, provided the father be not
INDECENT; but that he is not liable 70,
the maintenance in an asylum oil
his children over q.
J. Frank Ray, of Macon county
who arrived here last week said the
phenomenally cold weather last week
killed practically all the peaches in
his section, which is the largest
peach-growing section in the State
Apples escaped injury. W. c. New
land, of Caldwell county, was also
here. He said he was in Mitchell Co
o few days ago and found snow from
four to FIVE feet in depth in drifts
Miss Fannie Heck, we'll known
among the North Carolina Baptists
writes the State superintendent o
Public Instruction that she has made
arrangements to have Atty publ,
schools continued after the ending
Of the regular terms, by volunteer
teachers. The superintendent OK
presses his qualification at her wor
in the past, and pledges his hearty
cooperation.
The Governor has pardoned Raney
Mills, q negro woman convicted il
Rutherford county Of murder IL
the second degree and sentenced TO
two years. Her husband killed
Mr.. Flack and was lynched for it
and Raney herself barely escaped
She is young and has child only
eight months old. She was con
victed because she gave her HUSBAND
pistol and told him to shoot.
May 10th will be observed il
Raleigh as Memorial Day when tn
graves of the Confederate Dead vii
be decorated with flowers. Ma.
3Oth is Federal decoration day. Flo
few years past the ex-Federa
soldiers, resident here, have bee
attending the Confederate Memoria
and the ex-Confederates have bee
attending the Federal Memoirs
exercises.
The directors Of the Soldiers HON
met this week. The members prese'
we're DR.. B. F. Dixon, Col. A. B. Al
drews. A. B. Stronach, and Maj.
W. Ramsey. Col. Andrews was ele'
ted chairman of the board. The,
are IS inmates Of the Home and
applications on fle. The director
investigated charges Of desertio
against w. w. Kelly Of the 3lst I
@. Regiment, from Wake county. b
made . full confession Of the chare
and was dismissed from the lnstit,
ton.