The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-01-04
A STORY OF PROGRESS


ing industry of North Carolina is par
ticularlly gratifying, as showing the
development of the smaller industries.
1t was this class of industries which
made New England so wonderfully
thrifty and prosperous; so much SO
that 1t was once said that q person
could go into a hardware store and
find nothing in it that was not made
in New England. Most of the thrift
in this line in North Carolina is West
of Greensboro, where almost every
thing is utilized in some way, though
a great deal goes out in a crude state.
1t Is III that region that I le medicinal
plants, for example, are all known,
saved and shipped, and hence the peo-
pie III the mountain region known far
more about botany than country pco-
pie i'll this part of the country, very
few of whom know even the common
names of a majority of the plants they
see in their daily life. The woods in
this section, for example, are full of
such plants but none of these are
utilized. There are about eight thou
sand manufacturing establishments,
great and small, in this state, and the
increase during the past year bas been
very marked, indeed.
North Carolina, will very probably
within couple of years, do much
more for its Confederate pensioners
than it has ever done before. It has
not been very many years since pen
slons' began, and as far along as
the year 1900 the annual appropria-
ton was only 100000. This year it
was increased to $275, 200. But there
are so many worthy eX-Confederates
and widows that the proportion these
get is smaller than any other of the
Southern States. Your correspondent
| was the first to make this nuite un-
pleasant fact public, and no doubt it
will result in quite a liberal increase
in the Appropriation, since the matter
| is certain to be brought to the atten-
tion of the Legislature.
The State this year applied to its
common school system, exclusive of
special levies Of taxes and districts
million and a half dollars, besides
the 100000 which it approproiates
directly from the treasury to the
needy public schools The appropria.
ton to the University this year was
$4,000; that for the Normal and In
dustrial College at Greensboro fol-
women, $1O6,S65, Of which $4,000
was to replace the burnt building; ant
$54 900 was given TO the Agriculture
and Mechanical College at Raleigh
and $19,500 to that for the coloret
race at Greensboro. In the case o.
these two colleges the appropriation
of the United States is included, thi
being ST., 800 to the white college ant
$500 to the colored one.
The total amount of the appropria
ton this year by the State for til
care Of the insane is 1857 ,034, Will
to the blind school here and that fo
the deaf-mutes at Morganton, both o
which institutions are for white
and to the deaf-mute and blind insti
tuition for negroes here, the total ap
preparation is $4,000. The school
for deaf-mutes and blind are up +
date in this Respectfully accomodat
all who apply for admission, and al
really built for some years ahead. I
is to be regretted, however, that thi
cannot be said of the hospitals for tn
insane. There will certainly have t
be an extension of dormotory room a
the Agricultural College here. / hav
been assured that the moral Of th
students there who live in the dormi
tories, which are full to the limit now
is better than that of those who ar
quartered outside Of the college. Thu
is a matter Of no little Importance
and the State should see to it tha
there Is plenty OF dolmitory room
This ia another one Of the question
that il going to come before the Legis
lature. The fact is that II there wer
plenty Of room there could be 100
students, and the majority would tax
the agricultural course.