The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-16

The firm Of J. W. BlzzDII & co.
are, having the store adjoining their
present quarters on East Centre st.
lifted up to be occupied a. first
class grocery stone.
Rev. K. &. Bcaman, of St. Paul7s
Methodist church, and Rev. {. A.
.'ru kiu-, Of the First Baptist church,
returned to the city and filled their
respective pulpits Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Bizzell, Of the firm Of J.
W. Blzzell and Co., will be married
on Wednesday, Aug. 18th, at t p.
m, to Miss Sallie Ingram, at the
home Of Mr.. Fred Howell in this
city, Rev. Mr. Castall officiating.
The Board Of County Commission
els III special session Monday re-
elected as cotton weighcrs Messrs.
g.. +. Grimes, Richard johnson and
David Davis, and Mr.. r. II. Smith,
Of PIkeville section, was elected to
succeed Mr.. Jim Scott.
The Sunday School con invention Of
Wayne county held at Salem church
last Friday, was well attended.
Those Of this city who were in at
tendance report a good, pleasant and
successful meeting, while the topics
presented were ably discussed.
The infant daughter. Sarah, of
Mrs. Esther Finger, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Aaron Edwards, of this
cIty, died last Wednesday after a
few hours illness. The remains were
inferred IN the Jewish cemetery ad-
joining Willow Dale, Rabbi Meyer
berg officiating.
The new and imposing iron front
building of Mr., ". H. Borden, will
soon be ready for occupancy. The
welI-known firm of Bizzell Bros. q
Co., grOcers, have secured this desir
able location and will open with
full and complete line Of clothing,
dry goods etc.
During a passing storm Monday
night between s and 9 o'clock. light
ming struck one of the electric light
wires which caused all the lights in
the city to be extinguished. Some
Inconvenience was experienced by
those places using the electric lights.
No damage is reported except that
several poles were shattered
Two road hands, one Howell
white, and Will Lane, colored, be
came involved in quarrel while at
work on the road Friday, Lane strik-
ing Howell a fearful blow on the
head with a shovel which rendered
him unconscious. The negro fled
after the blow and is still at large
Howell is said to be in critical con
dltiou.
We have received from Mr.. r. Ed
ward Baker, of Four Oaks, Il denial
Of an item sent us a few weeks ago
that Mr.. Manly Baker, who lives
near Four Oaks, johnson county,
had assaulted and outraged a Miss
Noble Lawhorn and had skipped etc
Mr.. Baker assures us there was no
foundation for the report and we
publish his statement with pleasure.
Supt. Atkinson held competitive
examination at Goldsboro Monday,
of applicants for the gcho larship
from Wayne county at the State
Normal and Industrial School a.
Greensboro. The questions WERE
sent from the Normal School, anC
were the same as given to all the
counties. There were four appli
cants, and Nr. Atkinson said they
were the neatest and best set of ex
animation papers he ever saw. The
scholarship was won by Miss Ophe
liza Howell, daughter of Mr.. K. P
Howell, of Goldsboro, who graduated
ut the head of her class year age
at the Goldsboro Graded School.
The Rifles Monumental Bazaar
opened Tuesday night with a grea
throng of visitors. 1t is to be hopet
that all persons in Wayne and sur
rounding counties who cherish tn,
memory of the dead heroes of tn
Confederacy now buried around Ben
louisville, will attend and by thei
presence assist in the undertaking o
raising sufficient fund to erect an ap
prOpriate monument to mark tn
last resting place of the dead at tina
place. The Bazaar offers many at
fractions among them the body 0
John Brown. The iberality of GU
people in contributions to the Bazaa
can be seen on every side and it i
expected that snug sum will b
realized.
Mr.. j. J. Bellew, general manage
of the "HOme Comfort" Steel Rang
Company, Of st. Louis, Mo-, is a
present stopping in Goldsboro. MI
Rellew called IN at our Office an
placed an advertisement in TIL
CAUCASIAN describing these ranges
He also has many flattering TESTING
mails from persons now using then
and some of them are published wit
the ad. These ranges are only sol
h. tba commands ouD +ro vol;n ~ a.. l.