UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (NORTH CAROLINA.) 



be cleared for an experiment farm. Most of the 

 recommendations were carried out; and the board 

 established 120 agricultural scholarships, and ap- 

 propriated $2,000 to pay agricultural students for 

 labor. Last year the students earned $2,480. In 

 the coming year nearly $5,000 will be available 

 for employment of student workmen. In Decem- 

 ber the Watauga building, in which were the 

 dining-hall and kitchen and dormitory-room for 

 50 students, was burned. A fund was raised by 

 subscription to indemnify the students for their 

 lost property, but the majority refused to accept 

 anything. The burned building was erected in 

 1894, cost $9,000, and was insured for $6,000. 



The State University, at Chapel Hill, graduated 

 a class of 50 in June, and the Law School gradu- 

 ated 70 in September. The number of students in 

 the institution at that time was 537. New build- 

 ings and improvements have been added, costing, 

 in the two years past, about $120,000, and several 

 instructors 'have been added to the faculty. The 

 regular annual appropriation from the State has 

 been $25,000; this year it was increased to $37,- 

 500. 



The State board awarded $990 to 99 schools 

 that had raised each $10 as a condition of receiv- 

 ing $10 for a rural library; each county also con- 

 tributes $10. 



In January a free library was dedicated in 

 Kaleigh, the gift of Richard B. Raney. The cost 

 was $41,000, and it is estimated that the rent 

 of stores and hall in the building will yield an 

 annual income of $1,500. 



By the will of Mrs. Virginia B. Y. Swepson, 

 educational institutions in the State receive about 

 $45,000. 



The public-school authorities of Asheville have 

 been severely criticized by newspapers in the 

 State for including the name of John Brown in 

 an outline of study to guide the teachers of the 

 sixth grade. The directions said : " Use freely 

 stories from lives of great men and women as 

 Washington, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, 

 John Brown, Lee, Jackson (Stonewall), Edison, 

 Audubon, Garrison, Longfellow, Agassiz, Clara 

 Barton, and others. The name was omitted from 

 subsequent editions of the course of study. 



Charities and Corrections. The State School 

 for the Deaf and Dumb, at Morganton, had an 

 enrolment of 230 in the year ending in June. Im- 

 provements that were undertaken were delayed 

 by the washing away of bridges during the floods 

 and the scarcity of laborers and materials. 



There were 225 in the Institution for the Blind 

 at Raleigh. A census list shows 189 blind chil- 

 dren in the State who are not in the school. 



The State insane asylums have been so crowded 

 that it was decided to notify paying patients to 

 seek accommodations elsewhere, and decline to 

 receive any more sent for inebriety. The Consti- 

 tution requires that the indigent insane be cared 

 for at State expense. The report of the Central 

 Hospital for the Insane shows that on Nov. 30 

 there were 420 patients, of whom 168 were men. 

 The expenditures amounted to $83,195; the re- 

 ceipts to $82,127. 



The financial report of the Penitentiary shows 

 that for the two years 1899 and 1900 the ex- 

 penditures, not including old debts and amounts 

 spent for permanent improvements, were $385,- 

 801.12, an average of $16,079.17 a month. From 

 April 3 to Sept. 7, under new management, the 

 average was $10,390.86 a month. The State farms 

 were badly damaged by the floods, which washed 

 away the dikes. 



Industries and Products. The preliminary 

 census report of the manufacturing industries of 



the State shows a total capital of $76,503,894, an 

 increase of 133 per cent, during the decade; num- 

 ber of establishments, 7,226, an increase of 97 per 

 cent.; average number of wage-earners, 70,570; 

 total wages, $13,868,430; cost of material used, 

 $53,072,368, an increase of 132 per cent.; and 

 value of products, including custom work and re- 

 pairing, $94,919,663, an increase of 135 per cent. 

 The city of Wilmington, which is separately re- 

 ported, shows a total of 123 establishments, cap- 

 ital, $1,819,333, an increase of almost 4 per cent.; 

 1,469 wage-earners; total wages, $446,413, a de- 

 crease of more than 3 per cent.; and value of 

 products, including custom work and repairing, 

 $2,246,237, an increase of 18 per cent. 



The number of companies granted articles of 

 incorporation during the year ending Nov. 30 was 

 375; their capital stock amounted to $26,458,- 

 385 ; 3 of the companies were authorized to issue 

 $1,000,000 in capital stock. 



There was a large increase in 1901 in the sale 

 of fertilizers; the revenue from the sales was $67,- 

 988.24, an increase of $12,740.55. 



The Government report on the turpentine in- 

 dustry shows for the State, in 1900, 361,729 bar- 

 rels of crude turpentine with a total value of 

 $1,055,685. 



Estimates of the cotton-crop vary, but the most 

 reliable one appears to be that placing it at 328,- 

 040 bales, which is a falling off from the pre- 

 ceding year's record of 514,000. 



The estimates on the tobacco-crop make the 

 acreage 89 per cent, of that of 1900, and the 

 crop 75 per cent. On the other hand, the prices 

 were much higher. The industry, while better 

 this year, is not as profitable as it' was ten years 

 ago. There are fewer manufacturers, the trust 

 having absorbed many of the larger independent 

 plants. 



Banks. The condition of the banks at the 

 close of business April 24 was reported to the 

 Corporation Commission as follow: Capital of 

 State banks, $2,488,750.77; of private banks, 

 $151,500; of savings-banks, $172,351.39; total re- 

 sources, $16,321,160.68; deposits subject to check, 

 $9,824,011.20. A new ruling has been adopted 

 by the Tax Commission in regard to the taxation 

 of bank stock that owners can not deduct the 

 amount of their debts from the amount of their 

 stock, but must pay taxes on the full value. Thir- 

 ty-two building and loan associations were doing 

 business in the State. 



Railroads. The total railroad mileage at the 

 beginning of the year was 3,637, an increase in a 

 year of 63. 



The value of this track is $38,010,426; of the 

 rolling-stock, $3,320,882; of the other property, 

 $770,693, making a total valuation of $42,102,002. 

 The gross earnings of railroads of North Caro- 

 lina aggregate $14,919,832; of this amount $9,- 

 336,881 are expended in operation, leaving an 

 income of $5,582,950. The number of persons em- 

 ployed by the railroads of the State is 10,609. 

 The number killed in the year was 87, of whom- 

 28 were employees and 51 trespassers; the num- 

 ber injured was 992; of these, 805 were employees 

 and 74 trespassers. 



Eight telegraph and telephone companies have 

 lines in the State, 36 companies operate steam- 

 boat lines, and 7 electric railways are in operation. 



The commission reduced the fertilizer rates; 

 the Seaboard company brought suit against the 

 reduction, depositing more than $6,600 with the 

 Treasurer to be paid back to shippers if the com- 

 mission should be sustained. The decision was 

 in favor of the corporation commission, and the 

 shippers receive nearly all the indemnity money. 



