The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-07-04
CURRENT LOCAL NEWS.

Hon. Marion Butler left last week
for ALASKA, In the interest OF q
mining Company.
The Carrollton Hotel property
WAS sold Monday. Mrs. r. p. Tuck.
or bid It In at $l0,50O.
Blind Tom, the wonderful negro
musician played ut the Academy OF
Music, this city. J tuesday, night.
The deputy sheriff Of Cum berlsnd
county arrived In the city Tuesday
with two escaped convicts who had
been captured In that county.
Tents will be shipped to Wrights-
VILE this week for use by the State
Guard At the encampment. There
will be one hispital, 80 officers and
800 enlisted mems tents.
Tuesday, while assisting In NOV.
ing some heavy iron girders to be
used In repairs that are being made
In the Supreme Court building,
Tom Belvin, q white man, had the
ends Of his fingers cut OF and his
right foot crushed near the toes.
After the accident he was taken to
Rex Hospital, where his wounds
were dressed.
Mr.. Thee N. Hill, of Raj. Ugh, q
poet OF much note and reputation,
died In this city last week He was
the son of DR.. William g. Hill, who
was one OF she most noted physic.
isns In the state His grandfather,
Mr.. william Hill, was for more
than forty years Secretary Of State
Of North Carolina and served long
or In ofice than any official In its
history.
There are twenty applications
for the Professorship OF Agriculture
at the A. n M College, The Board
declared It's purpose Of getting the
very best talent. The salary 10
81 800 year, the hiRh hest paid any
professor in North Carolina, and as
much as Supreme Court Judge
gets IN fact. In this connection 1t
might be noted that there are some
engineers who make more q year
than q Judge Of the Supreme court
Postmaster Bailey has been col
Letting sub ,criptions for the Mitch.
ell county food sufferers. Governor
Aycock received letter from
Mayor Turner, OF Bakersville, who
was In the same class with him ut
the State University asking fer
aid for the stricken people. The
letter 10 an appeal, and says the
people Of the state do not appreci-
ate the true situation that there lie
much suffering and great want of
the neoessaries of life.
There were two wrecks on the
Ssabosrd Air Line at Neuse Tues
day. A passenger train ran into
the freie ut and both were consider
ably damaged, the COW catcher On
the passenger train engine was
broken and otherwise disabled
There was q general wreckage Of
freight cars and some damage was
done to the coac hes on the passen
ger train. An engine was sent out
from Johnson Street, this city, to
their relief, and 1t jumped the track
ut Millbrook and fell broadside
across the track. No one hurt. The
track is cleared and all trains run
ming on time now.
There were 263 applications be-
fore the county Pension Board in
Raleigh Tuesday. OF the 1873 SOL
diers applications, LOG were ap
proved, 6 were rejected, and rs were
referred to the county commission
ers. or the rs widows who applied
for pensions "a were approved.
A member Of the board Tuesday
said that there are 81 widows of
old soldiers who drew pensions
during last year who have not re-
newed their applications this year,
and IL they are not renewed before
next Monday they can not get a
pension under the new law. There
are also Is old soldiers who have
not renewed their applications. II
10 not known how many Of these
are dead.