The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-02
STATE NEWS.
summary OF = w ssk's Events Thst .r,
Boiled Down to Suit Our Resdsrs.

sSso DoPSibt convention OF
North Carolina meets in Oxford 9th
to 10Th December.
The M ethodist Protestant Confer
ence has been in session the past week
at High Point.
Nearly two hundred warrants have
been drawn in Winston against par
ties, who failed to list their poll and
property tax in the county this year.
In the football contest between the
Universities Of Virginia and North
Carolina on Thanksgiving Day the
Virginians defeated the Tar Heels BY
a score Of 12 too.
man named Cole, of Greensboro,
while painting the smoke stack of the
Edna Cotton Mills at Reidsvllle, fell a
| distance OF q hundred and five feet.
landing on the roof of the boiler room,
sustaining only slight injury.
II. X. Reid, An old landmark at Reids-
vile, died last week at the age of 80
years. Mr.. Reid at one time owned all
Of Reidsville and the town was named
after him. He was a brother of the
late Governor Reid.
Hebron church, at Mewborne's X
| night. A singing class met in the
church that night, and it is thought to
| have caught from a defective stove
| fiue. Loss about $3.50; no insurance.
A special from LumbertOn dated No.
yember ~ says: Near Fillmore last
night at q negro festival Charles Nc
Neill was killed by James Thompson.
VIM. Addison was seriously shot in
the knee. Whiskey the cause. Sheriff
Hall went after Thompson.
A committee was appointed in Will
mingtOn to investigate the advisable
ity of the city having an artesian
well drilled for the purpose Of supply
ing water for public fountains for citi-
zens and beasts. The water company
has made the generous offer to supply
the water for this purpose free of cost.
Mr.. Earnest Miller, of Waco, Cleve-
land county, was seriously wounded,
one of his eyes being shot out. Shot
also penetrated his forehead and cheek.
1t was the result of an accident Thanks
giving day. Mr.. Miller was out hunt.
ing, when gun in the hands Of one
of the party was accidentally dlscharg-
ed. At close range portion Of the load
struck Mr.. ,r in the face.
We see it stated that the Pasquotank
Lumber Company propose to build .
, six mile railroad from the Dismal
Swamp Canal near South Mills to Pas
quotank river, in order to enable them
to get their lumber from the Swamp
to their mills here with greater facil-
, ity.-Elizabeth City Carolinian.
A special to the Greenville Reflector
I from Tarboro last week says man
name Enoch Ahton, who was
sent to the penitentiary from
Warrss sso 'ou1'y ana made fas hs P,aass
0 in NovemberOf thesame year
a was to day captured at Nashville and
q returned to prison.
z A confederate organization held an
Q outing last week at Shelby in which
:, over two hundred Of the old heroes
u participated. Col. Bennett, of Wades-
: boro, was the orator on this occasion
= An elegant and abundant dinner was
r spread in the court square and pre-.
sided over by the ladies of the city
The Boiling Springs band was prese nj
:. and added much to the occasion.
The following fOurth-class postmast.
t ers in North Carolina were appointed
g Bundy, Jos. s. Bundy; Churchland. L
F. Barnes Coddle, B. w. Pressly; Mil
lers Creek, Reuben F. w yatt Old Hun
dred, John w. Wood-ard; T. j. Sad
ler; Stewart, P. r. Cameron; Summer
3 vile, Mrs. Cora G. Bryan; Wakefield
l. L.W. Robertson; Winnie, Robert J.
8. Bryan.
If An attempt was made last week t,
y wreck the west bound Chattanooga
% train on the Southern Railway neal
Alexander. Some person discovered
that the spikes had been drawn ant
= the rail elevated so as to cause wreck
II He signaled an approaching freigh
It train " hich came to a stop and thu
IS saved it from being derailed.
q John Barnes, who attempted rape Of
Miss Cora Marlborough at Rocky Mt
some time ago, was tried at Nashvill
j. last week and found guilty. He wa
sentenced by Judge Timberlake to sew
en- years in the penitentiary. Barnes
< lawyers at once took an appeal to tn
S. Supreme Court and pending it's decis
m ion it was deemed advisable by tn
80 court to remove Barnes to Wake cOun
u ty Jail for safe keeping. He was take
We to Raleigh Friday.
III We were talking with some of th
r farmers in in this section last wee
ne and they said that they themselve
O. and most of their neighbOrs, were NJ
80 compelled to sell their tobacco, an
VI were holding back for better price
" One man SAID he kept his crop tW
be years once and realized nearly $1(
ali more than he would have received ha
90 he been compelled to have sold at Il
a' low price. This clearly shows that Il
\ e. of q
he ple.-High Point Citizen.
1t Letters patent have been granted
To- the Twin-Clty Furniture Company
cd Winston-Salem for thirty years wi
:. a capital stock of $5,45O, in shares
re- $50 each. Power is given the col
Tor pany to increase the capital to $lO,O(
The incorporators are I. F. Wrenn.
oh E. Weldon and f. Fl. Umstead. II
81 company is empowered to manufa
W. ture, buy and sell ard handle
An, kinds of house furnishing goods Al
sl- to carry on an undertaking business
re- What Is said to be q genuine bea
Dre er's dam has been discovered on Seve
ew Mile Greek, few hundred feet abo
. Dimock's pond, about two and hi
miles west of town. The dam is abo
. 1t one hundred feet in length and
pa built of mud, sticks and logs. T
bis beavers must have put in full til
while at work, for it is claimed tt
A1- there were no signs of the dam at fe
the der pulling time. A good many p'
hes ple from town and country have v
oh. tied the dam the past week.-Hillsbs
Observer.
s.H. Fishblate Ass'g
w WILMINGTON, n. C, Nov. 23.-S.
can Fishblate, dealer in ready-made cio
by ing made an assignment TO- DAY. 4
the sets estimated at $4,000, are salo
We exceed liabilities. Preferences amo'
to twelve or thirteen thousand dolls
'ub-
90. WINSTON, n. c., Nov. 24.-The Pt
office at Leaksville, Rockingham CO.