The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-04-27
Tar Heel Topics.

A year ago the stockholders OF the
Modcna Mills, at Gastonia, authorized
the president of the mills, Mr.. J. d.
Moore, to build a new mill. Friday
afternoon the directors met and de-
cidcd to build the mill at once. 1t will
be known as Mill No 3. The building
will be IS by $50 feet, and will be two
stories high. 1t is to be built Of Fort
Mill brick, and will accomm odateT
10000 spindle.s, 5000 of which will be
put in at once. The two old mills have
ZIG looms ind 9,O72 spindles. When
Tie new null is completed, the three
mills together will have little over
1900 spindles. TncI night .ork will
stop, and only day work will be done.
This new mill will give employment
10 all the present night hands. Work
is in progress on the building and will
be completed by cold weather.
Telegraphic reports Tuesday night
to The Carolina Friut and Truckers
Journal, from many points in tho
strawberry and vegetable district OF
age by the cold weather and frosts
Of the past two days is general
throughout the belt. The old berry
plants sustained but little damage.
but those of last years planting were
rather hard hit, the damage being es-
timated at something like 25 per cent.
The average injury up to the present
is estimated as follows: Strawberries,
Is to 20 per cent; Irish potatoes, 35
to 40 per cent; beans, peas, etc, 50 20
So per cent.
The date fixed for the corner stone
laying of the Crittenton Home, stu,
ated on the corner Of Mcdowell and
Ninth streets, Charlotte, is Easter
Monday, April Gath, at O'Clock in the
afternoon. Mr.. Chas. Crittenton will
be present and participate in the exer'
cises on this occasion. Many Char
lotte people who remember Mr.. Crit
tenton and the great meeting that ne
conducted there year or mere ago,
will doubtless be present, together
with a large number who have not yet
had an opportunity to see the site and
the commodious building now nearing
completion.
Plans have been completed for the
third annual May music festival to bs
held at Greensboro, beginning May
18th. Besides the best vocal talent oI
that such, such eminent vocalists al
Dr. B. Merrill Hopkinson, of Baltimore,
and Anita Rise, of New York, will aid
in one Of the concerts. The chorus
will consist Of 100 singers from
Greensboro and nearby cities, and a
large number Of these have been train
ing on the Messiah" Handel's match
less oratorio, ever since November.
President F. P. venable, of the State
University, says work on the new $45,-
600 laboratory building began Tues
day, Contractor Underwood, OF Dur
ham, doing the work. Dr.. Venable says
he is receiving letters from alumni In
all parts Of the country pledging them
selves for donations toward the raising
of the $4,000, necessary to be raised
in order to secure the $4,000 from
Andrew Carnegie for library building.
He is confident of securing the amount.
George Williams and Will Tucker,
desperate negroes of Goldsboro, were
bound over to court Monday in 500
justified bond. They had robbed an
cid colored man who was standing on
a corner counting his money. They
grabbed his money and jumped cn an
outgoing passenger train, but were
captured and taken back to Goldsboro
with the above result.
The Governor appoints w. T. Brown
of Winston, director of the North Car
olina Railroad to succeed George p.
Pell, resigned.