The Nortlj Carolina Yearbook c«y3'r PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR BY The News and Observer. L R-L EIGH.N.C. v B. F. Co I VI Johnson Publishing 1 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. T i I THE ONLY HO'JSE providing a series of text-books designed to secure all-roand development, having regard for the i I I PHYSICAL and : | MORAL as well as the t .J. I 4- 4. I T TH] en LIBRARY ison I'u jre's noi OF THE and Wu Take J lea UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, cted 4* Wi Societies Endowed by the Dialectic and Philanthropic ..T.. T ..'.*T Alcove Shelf t L i T * * 4> Wo cure Cancers, Tumors, and all Chronic Sores without the use of knife. We will furnish testimonials of many cures if desired. ALL EXAMINATIONS FREE. 12th and Bank Streets, RICHMOND, VA. H-^W-4H-H^**-I"^;"l-******-H"I"frK ~V\urU>^ LJjuj a\ GENERAL INDEX. c£* (5* «(5* Page. Page. Architectural League 137 Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F 72 Associate Justices 49 Grand Lodge Masons 70 Association of Academies 119 House of Representatives 140 Attorney-Generals 49 Insurance Department 3 Bankers' Association 130 Judicial Officers 49 Eank Examiners 3 Judiciary Department 5 Banks and Bankers 82 Junior O. U. A. M 71 Baptist Church 100 Justices U. S. Supreme Court 51 Bar Association 133 Knights of Pythias 72 Board on Crop Pests 3 Labor Organizations 135 Board Charities 3 Librarians, State 121 Board Medical Examiners 133 Legal Holidays 73 Board of Pensions 3 Legislative Department . ." 5 Board of Internal Improvements .... 5 Libraries 57 Board of School Examiners 5 List of Physicians 85 Bonds, City and County 127 Literary and Historical Association. '.•:'. Bonds, State 128 Marshals Supreme Court 49 Calendar 148 Medical Society 133 Catholic Church 105 Methodist Episcopal Church, South.. 110 Census of 1000 125 Methodist Protestant Church ...^.. 115 Census of School Children 122 Moravian Church w 1)5 Chief Justices Supreme Court 49 Negroes' Higher Institutions 122 Christian (Disciples) Church 105 Newspapers , 74 Clerks Supreme Court 49 North Carolina Geological Survey... 3 Colonial Dames 133 North Carolinians in Congress 9 Commissioners of Labor 55 N. C. Sec. Amer. Chem. Society 71 Confederate Veterans 69 Orphanages 123 Congregational Church .. 123 I'liarmaccutical Association 70 | Congressional Vote 44' Popular Vote for President, 1900 47 Corporation Commission 3 Population of Towns 4^ Cotton and Woolen Mills 78 Population of State 48 Cotton Consumption of South 81 Population since aojO 128 Cotton Crops of States 42 Populist State Executive Com ii7 Cotton Growers' Association 56 Populist State Platform 60 Cotton Mills Incorporated 1900 81 Postmasters (2d and 3d class) 68 Cotton Mills North and South 81 Practising Attorneys 94 County Affaiis and Officials ..... 11 Preface 1 County Superintendents of Health... 85 Presbyterian Church 115 County Superintendents of Schools.. 120 Presidential Vote 46 Criminal Court Calendar 53 Presidents United States Senate 55 Daughters of Confederacy 133 Press Association 99 Daughters of Revolution 133 Primitive Baptist Church 104 Dem. State Executive Committee.... 66 Prohibition State Committee 67 Democratic State Platform 65 Prohibition State Platform 59 Dental Association 99 Property Valuations 131 Eclipses for 1901 147 Protestant Episcopal Church 106 Educational Institutions 118 Railroad Commissioners 55 Electoral Vote 137 Railroads 57 Electoral Vote of North Carolina.... 56 Red Men, Great Council 72 Evangelical Lutheran Church 109 Reformed Church 109 Executive Department 3 Religious Denominations 100 Experiment Station 133 Republican State Executive Com 67 Farmers' Alliance 70 Republican State Platform 60 Firemen's Association 123 Seasons for 1901 147 First-Class Post-Offices 68 Secretaries of Navy 55 Fish and Fisheries 99 Secretaries of State 55 Former Commissioners Agriculture.. 55 Senate of United States 138 Former Judges Supreme Court 50 Senatorial Primary 16 Free Will Baptist Church 107 Signers of Declaration 133 Funeral Directors' Association 70 Society of Friends 1"T Graded Schools and Superintendents 119 Solicitors 50 Giand Army of the Republic 73 Southern Christian Convention 104 Governors of State 56 South Atlantic Lumber Association.. 84 Grand Chaplain, R. A. Masons 71 Speakers of United States House. .. 55 Grand Commandry, Knights Templar 71 Speakers nf North Carolina House., "i Carolina Senate... ~A Grand Encampment, I. O. O. F 72 Speakers of North INDEX— Continued. Page. Page. 55 Supreme Court 49 Hers 55 Sup* rior Court Calendar 51 v Court 70 i griculture 5 Superior Judges lucation 3 Supreme Court Reporters 49 f Health 85 Taxes 1898, 1899, 1909 130 Di bt and Im 128 Telegraph Companies 57 Di ntal Association 99 Tobacco Statistics 130 123 i loard 5 Truck and Fruit Growers' Ass'n 3 United States Courts 51 nl 73 United States Senators 56 Horticultural Society 98 Vote for Congress 44 5 Vote for Governor 77 ii Isbursements. .. 128 Vote for State Officers 43 !'i. i;i] Vote, 1900 43 Vote on Constitutional Amendment.. 44 s - Ass'n 98 Water Powers 136 irefs 55 Weather Signals 146 "f Crime 53 Weights and Measures 144 Suffrage Amendment 58 Woman's Chris. Tern. Union 103 Summary Religious Denominations.. 117 Young Men's Christian Ass'n 117 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. Page. Page. B. F. Johnson & Co 1 Preston Fiddis Co ... 26 Kellam Cancer Hospital Cover. Tucker's Granite & Marble Works... 26 oard Air Line, inside page of cover. Oxford Seminary 26 Va. -Carolina Chem. Co., outside last A. H. Washburn 28 e Cover. Silver, Burdett & Co 28 Merchants National Bank 2 The S. B. Alexander, Jr., Co 30 University Publishing Company 4 Duplex Printing Press Co 30 John L. Williams & Sons 6 Raleigh Marble Works 30 Va. Fin- and Marine Ins. Co 6 Simpson Shields Shoe Co 32 Lit'. Ins. Co. of Va 8 City Xational Bank 32 or Pump and Well Co 8 American Book Company 64 Univ. of X. C. Law School 10 N. C. College of A. and M. Arts .... 119 John R. Williams & Co 10 Greensboro Female College 120 Tower-Rinford Electric & M'f'g Co... 10 X'. C. State Normal & Ind. College.. 121 Smithdeal Business College 12 Wharton, Photographer 122 Sydnor & Hundley 12 Feele's Business College 122 Va. State Ins. Co 12 Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City 123 The Worthington Co 12 Atlantic Coast Line 124 Nottingham & Wrenn Co 14 Commercial and Farmers Bank 126 Pa nk of Commerce 14 Charles Pearson. Architect 132 Norfolk Pank 16 Twentieth Century State Fair 134 St. Mary's School 16 Richardson & Co 134 Hank 18 Mechanics' and Investors" Union .... 135 Norfolk & Southern R. R. Co 18 Southern Electric Company 136 Marine Bank 20 Continental Fruit Company 139 Dobler & Mudge 20 Edwards & Broughton 139 Edward H. Best & Co 20 State Fair 140 Hill & Mass< y 20 I Dion Central Life Insurance Co 141 Young & S'ldon 22 Hotel Sherwood 134 Fertilizer Chem. Works 22 The Raleigh Times 142 Southern Oil and Supply Co 24 P.aptist Female University 143 Liddell Company 24 Southern Manufacturing Co Margins. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. NEWSPAPSRS.—The Salisbury Daily COMMITTEE.— Post-office address of Sun, D., d., Joe X. Roeche and Clint Wilson G. Lamb is Williamston, not N. Brown, Publish* rs. Wilmington. SUPREME COURT OF N. C—Chief SEABOARD AIR LINE ADV'T.—Mr. R. William T. Faircloth died on E. L. Bunch, formerly of Ral igh, has 1 1 !9th. just been appointed General Passen- LEGISLATURE, HOUSE.—Post-office ger Agent. address of E. C. Beddingfield, of TREASURY DEPARTMEXT. — Chal- Wake, is Raleigh, X. C, Rural Deliv- mers Glenn, of Forsyth, Assistant ery, net Nl U Clerk, and Miss May Jones, cf Bun- DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE combe, Stenographer. The North Carolina Year Book. t^* St?* (!?• There has long been felt the need of an annual publication in North Carolina which would be to the State what the World Almanac is to the United States. "Please give me the name of the sheriff of X county?" "What is the tax rate in Y county?" "What is the name of the weekly paper at the town of Z?" "Who is the cashier of the national bank at A, and what is its capital?" "What was the vote in B county for Governor at the last election?" "How many spindles in the D cotton mills?" "Who Is Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina?" "Who was Governor in 1812?" These are some of the many questions that are asked every day about the State. In many instances, the information cannot be obtained without corres- pondence, and in nearly all much time and research is required to give the answer to information that ought to be easily obtained, while in the case of some inquiries the information cannot be had at all. In order to supply this "long-felt want" the editor has determined to publish on the first day of every January THE NORTH CAROLINA YEAR BOOK. This first issue has been wholly prepared in less than two months. It is not perfect. It is not complete. There must be a No. 1 of all things, however, and this is presented as an earnest of better things. If there be any good in it, it will improve like old brandy from year to year. This number contains much information that has never before been collated. Other mat- ter heretofore printed has been corrected, verified, condensed. "Boil it down" has been the motto, to the end that as much as possible could be crowded into every page. As to the motive that has induced the preparation and publication of the Year Book, the editor has hoped thereby to render a public service and at the same time advance the interests of the News and Observer, which is always seeking to promote every oause that helps the State.