The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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AND CONDENSED FoR TINE
CAUCASIAN READERS.
Murderer ssassscsd-Asrehs.is Yan ..
Bssaaees ss Whisaksss and Winstss--
Tsurth-ciass Psssmssssss Appointed
A Prepesstiea 20 the Peniis. ,iary Aa-
sAositi.s. asd Other Mssssrs-
Winston sold ,995 Ola pounds OF
leaf tobacco during November, for
sli9, 9,6l3.93.
At the Superior Court in Winston
last week Bill Day was sentenced to
seven years in the State penitentiary
for killing his sweetheart, Laura El-
lis.
The Baptist State Convention will
meet in its 9th annual session Dec.
9th, with the church at Oxford. DR..
A. G. Barron. of Charlotte, will
preach the annual sermon.
J. q. Dingelhaef, who has conduc-
ted $ dry goods store in Winston IS
signed Saturday, naming j. Lindsey
Patterson as trustee. His liabilities
aggregate about $l2 900 and the as
sets are placed at SIS, 900.
Mr.. A. A. Shuford, president, and
Mr.. K. C. Menzies, cashier. Of the
First National Bank of Hickory, are
making arrangements for the oper-
ing of a new bank at Morgantou.
Mr.. J. R. Tillery. of Tillery, has
made : proposition to the State pen
itentiary authorities to lease them
his large farm on liberal terms.
There are 1000 acres in cultivation
on the farm, and the land is entire
ly free from the river freshets.
The following fourth class post
masters in North Carolina were ap-
pointed: Conway, W.T.. Bridgers;
Goshen, F. D. Meadows; Hub, Burdis
Anderson; Linwood, c. l.. Lopp;
Milbridge, Jennie L. Sloan; Red
Banks, D W. Townshend; Yancey,
George NJ. Yancey.
Messrs. A. w. Parker & Co., mer-
chants at Whitakers, made an as
signment last week for the benefit OF
their creditors. We are not inform.
ed as to the assets and liabilities.
The low price of cotton and Difficult.
ty of making collections is the cause
assigned for the failure.-Tarborc
Southernre.
A special from Greensb sboro, n. c..
dated Dec. 4th says 8only Ryan, shot
and killed his wife this evening, be
cause she refused to give him he,
hard-earned money. he was capt
ured by the police soon after com
mitting the crime and while bein5
taken to all brother of the woman
attempted to shoot him.
The Winston Salem electric ligh
plant, now in course of construction
by the Fries Manufacturing ant
Power Company, was inspected b,
nine prominent business men fron
Martinsville, Va, who contemplat
harnessing Smith river, about 4
miles from that town. They can Sc
cure water-power sufficient to pro
duce $4,000 horsepower.
The Davidson Dispatch says tha
Sheriff Kinney, of Davidson, went t.
Morganton Wednesday morning t.
carry q young married woman, b
the name of Essick, to the Stat
Hospital. The woman's husban
had never ridden on the cars an
couldn't be induced to make th
trip.
The Goldsboro Argus says: Their
has been more Fall plowing done i
Wayne county in the Ia st few week
than ever before in one season
Many of the farmers have put i
good crops Of wheat and oats, an
others are turning the ground owe
for next years crop. Our farmer
are working harder, going in det
less, and getting more independen
every year.
i The Tarboro Southerner says tha
the sale of cotton in Tarboro durip
the present season, as taken frol
the weigher's books, aggregate IL
sum of 5,847 bales, distributed ,
, follows: During the month of Sci
tember, 1.34O. October, 2442; n,
vember, 2,O65. This does not,
course, include the sales at otl
or points or the: cotton shippe
, for sale out of the county. It
probable that Edgecombe's crop tn
year will exceed 10000 bales.
|, The Tarboro. .Southerner says:
: away from home to learn the new
: The Raleigh correspondent of q sy1
, dicate of newspapers sends out Il
6 following to bis papers: 1.-THE co
= viction of white man Fields at Ia
boro charged with hiring . negro
= poison q bar-keeper named Kill
= not unexpected. There was q won.
in the case it is now positively .
serted. We do not know about t
:. last assertion but we do positive
assert that never before were the
! more errors crowded into so small
. space"
el We take the following from
t Winston Journal: A few days sin
f Peter Price, of Greensboro, and J
vi Vaughn bartered on . piece of Ia
l. at Madison, which they owned in {
Q partnership. Mr.. Price proposed
% buy OF sell at Mr.. Vaughn's figur
n Mr.. Vaughn set the price . 50 81
,e and Mr.. Price made the purcha
70 A day or two later, while having
is old cabin removed, . rich find Y
le made. An old halt. gallon pot u
q found containing S., 900 in gold. I
le gold is supposed to have been stol
d there by an old man by the M
% of Black, who had led . miserly
"a recluse life.
le Attorney General Walser recen
Q. gave an opinion that sheriffs eo1
10 not enforce the provisions Of sectit
Of 1886 OF the new revenue act agai
ir tax delinquents until after the :
1e ular time for the sheriffs to mi
l. q