The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-07-10
LOCALS

Madam RumOr has it that three
weddings vii! take place on Sarup-
son street next week. Who are they?
The County Board Of Commits
-ioucr5 met OH Monday and Tuesday
and transacted the regular business.
TIL" book Of the Secretary and
Treasurer were examined and found
correct. We will give fuller ac-
count Of the proceedings in next
issue.
TUESDAY We SAW letter as
neatly written with a type writer
~ We have seen in many a day. 1t
vas done by master Warren Johu-
son, the IS year old son OF Capt.
VIM. y. Johnson, who got his
instrument only on last Friday. We
had no idea that such perfection
could be aqulrcd i'm 50 short a time.
The County Board Of Educa-
ton met here on the 18th and Sth
inst, and examined the report OF
the County Supcrindcnt and Trca-
surcr, the reports were found correct
and ordered forwarded. We gather
cd statistics from County Supt., but
haven't space to give them this
week, they will appear IN Il future
, issue.
Nv another column there appears
Il card headed GA Personal TRADE. -
We suppose that some will say that
it j. not proper for Us to publish such
Il card in our own paper, but we
write it simply i'll the cause Of JUS
tiCc and harmony. If it does not
do Mr.. Kerr justice, our columns
stand open, rs they always have to
him or his friends Tor any one else
in which to do justice to him and all
men.
Little Avery Butler, who was to
be executed on tomorrow, had his SEN
tencc committed for life imprison-
ment and was taken by Sheriff Spell
to the penitcntiary on last Saturday.
! Rev. J. w. Turner, who constantly
! visited the young prisoner while in
| his cell here had sOftcned his heart
! into Il willing convert to the Church
and had, as spiritual adviser. in
structcd him, and thus prepared
him for baptism, administered the
ceremonies, in the Jail yard, on
the evening previous to his leave.
Last Saturday after the adj
journmcnt of the county convention
the citizens of the county who were
here attending the convention
called upon Mcssrs. b. f. Grady and
C.. b. Aycock, two prominent candi-
dates for Congress i'll this district.
Each responded in ringing, alb le and
telling speech Of half an hours
length, endorsing a. cminentiy just
and prominent the demands of the
Farmers Alliance, pointing out the
causes Of the present depression i'll
agriculture and stringenCy in money
matters, and showing how in their
belief relief could be secured by the
abOlishing Of certain unjust laws
and the passage OF others that would
secure equal and exact justice to al
classes alike.
-Sevdral weeks since Mr.. Thos.
Bryan of Magnolia was aroused by
the sounds of distress by the fowles
of his chicken house, upon going
out to ascertain the cause of the
CONSERVATION among the winged
tribe, he saw that it was caused be
the uutimely and unwelco ne visit
Of a stranger of the same genus bu
of the owl species. The visito
however friendly was unable to
commit any depreciation, for the
| prove bially wise owl was hung
over knot on one Of the roo5t by ;
small steel trap, Mr.. Bryan KNOWN.
he had set no trap for the owl wa
surprised, and upon investigation
found that his Owlship must hav,
been carrying it for some time Il
/ the flesh had partially grown aroun'
the jaws Of the trap. The foot 0
! the owl fastened in the trap is upo
! our table, if any one in the Magr o
= liza section who set a trap severa
months ago which has disappeare,
! he will please inform us and recove
his property.