The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-28
STATE NEWS.

a W1t<r spout Tell Ao0us sfJ miieH
EAST Of franklin in the vicinity Of
Holly Springs. completely d~moli, hi K
. mill belonging to Mr.. Frank and de-
stros ing the bridges on Cat Greek
Rev. X. S. Abernethy, pastor Of " God
leaf Circuit. in Rowan county. has dis
covered gourd that challenges COM
| petition aud causes more talk" This
Kourd is l01 years Of sge ard hold one
and a half bushels This statement Is
sworn 20 by Prof. weliman and others.
--Wiikesboro Chronicle.
In throwing the mail from Lexing-
ton from the fas. train from the North
| last night, the sick fell under the car
| wheels and was ground TO shreds. 4
number of newspapers, books, . pair
| Of shoes, and other second-ciass mat
ter was ruined. There were no letters
| IN the sack.
samuel McMUrray, \ well-to-do far
mer near L1wndale, WAS overcome by
gas while cleaning out an old we'll, and
just as he was being pulled out faint d
and fell to the bottom OF the well.
striking the water head foremost. The
fall broke his neck.
Dick Crawford, colored, attempted
to assassinated CrssI McIaurin, also
colored, Wednesday-s,ening at Point
| Peter. His murderous attempt may
prove successful, for McI.aurin was
stabbed twice to the hollow in the
back, just below the right shoulder
blade.-Wilmington Messenger.
Joe Williams, a colored man, was
lynched near Scotland Neck Saturday
night. His body was found by the
roadside the next morning tied to q
pine tree, his face to the tree and his
| arms in front Of him. There q bullet
hole in the back of the head and one
in his back.
MARION, July 24-News has Just been
received here Of the killing of Chris.
Conley, which occurred yesterday at
BakeEsville. Bob Young shot and
instantly killed COnley, and Young
slsO was fatally wounded. learn that
| a woman is connected with the affair.
Young was the town marshal of b
Observation-Disclosures Observer.
| Bitten by Horse.
Mr.. Alfred Miller, a clerk at Win
stOn, was painfully bitten on the lower
lip by a horse last week. Mr.. Miller
was standing near the horses head
when the animal suddenly snapped,
catching him in the Logger lip.
Farmers Picnic.
| A farmers picnic has been called to
meet at Ball's Creek camp ground on
Thursday and Friday, Aug. and 5.
Every body and especially farmers are
invited to attend. Congressman Shu-
ford will speak on that OCCASION
Times-Mercury.
A Carrier-Piseon at Naj. Graham's.
| The readers of your paper who are
interested in the carrier-pigeons may
like to know that one came to Mai. w.
A. Graham's on July 10th, and is still
there. 1t seems to be very tame. 1t
has band around each leg. On one
is o. r." and on the other "69."-Char-
lOtte Observer.
Walked off Roof.
| Mr.. w. 5. Cushman,a prominent real
estate man of Asheville, while attend
ing concert at the Asheville Semi
nary, walked off the roof, and was i'm
mediately killed. He walked out of
the chapel on the roof from the bril-
liantly lighted hall and could not see
where the roof ended. No railing sur
rounded the roof.
A New Corporation.
The Secretary of State issued arti.
Giles of incorporation last week to the
Fayetteville Electro Gas Company of
Fayetteville. The incorporatOrs are
II. Lutterlob, j. r. Williams, of Fay
etteville, n. c., and G. L. Hogan, OF
Baltimore, Md. The capital stock is
to be $4,000 and the company is au-
th0rized to begin business when $1,000
of stock is paid in.
Badly Crushed,
The Times Mercury says that Mr.
Lee Whitener of near Maiden, aged
about 35 or 40 years who is with Black
burn Bros, threshing machine, while
helping to push the machine in the
barn at Mon Pitts on last Thursday
somehow he was caught between the
machine and barn and was badly
mashed. 1t is thought that he will not
recover.
Death by Lightning.
HENDERSON, July 20.-Durlng a ter.
rible thunderstorm Sunday afternoon
the two sons of Mr.. Dudley Gooch of
Berea, Granville county, were struck
and killed by lightning. The boys
had taken refuge from the storm un'
der some trees in an orchard when
killed. A younger brother who wa
with them at the time escaped un
harmed.
Washington Mans Position.
Mr.. Joseph r. Atkinson, a graduate
of Woods Commercial College of thi
city, has been engaged as instructor o
bookkeeping and shorthand in Tur
itnf oil 4
Atkinson is young man of exceptions
BILE ability. lie has had experience il
the business world, and his friends pre-
dict for him brilliant future.-Wash
ingt0n Post.
Senator PrItchard's Narrow Escape.
AsHEv1LLE, N. c., July 2O.-Unite
States Senator j. G. Pritchard, of Mort
Carolina, left his home Sunday to at
tend court at Burnsville. 1t has jus
been learned that when crossing
swollen mountain stream his bugg
was overturned and the Senator had
: narrow escape for his life. He had a
t exhausting struggle with the fo0t
q His horse and buggy were swept ava
8 and the Senator came to Burnsvill
n bruised and moist, and with sever.
9 ugly cuts, none of which is serious.
S Cranb cry Culture in Our State.
In the North Carolina railroad ca
exhibit there is displayed glass j.
filled with mountain cranberries fro
near Asheville, North Carolina. The:
Q cranberries compare very favorabl
= with the best grades of this fruit frol
4 the New Jersey bogs, or from the Yves
The Cape Cod grower gathers his crt
- in September and October. There al
pears no reason why the cultivation
!, these highland cranberries should n
e become profitable industry.-Winst<
f. Journal.
The Postal Telegraph Case.
II Judge Simonton's opinion in Il
- Postal Cable Company's case was
= day filed in the clerks Office OF t.
y; Circuit Court. This cause was I
O. Gently heard in Asheville, on . m
ID ton by the Cable Company vs.. t
ID Southern Railway to remand t
Of cause to the State court for trial.