The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
North State Notes.

North State Notes.
Mr. John Potts. q farmer living nine
miles south OF Charlotte. in steele
Greek. has n family worth Dragging on.
Mr.. Potts. who Is himself s!r feet and
thre eand a half inches in height. has
two sons who go him 4 half inch better.
each being six feet and seven inches
high. The average height OF Mr.. Potts
and his four sons Is six feet and four
inches. He haa an ls-year-old daughter
who is FIVE fet and eleven inches high.
ard she Is stiil growing The other
children have not yet attained any phr-
| nomenal height. but they will probably
be heard from later. Mr.. Potts is the
| father OF ten children and he says they
have not cost him an average OF IS
| each in doctors bills. lie has not paid
Doctors bill during the past i've
years
Bud Kelly. a white maa about forty
years old. was struck by n train near
Old Fort Monday morning and injured
so badly that the doctors say he may
die. When discovered Kelly was very
bloody. his face being badly cut and
his arm injured. Despite this he Was
soon able TO walk and when placed on
the train held fast TO one OF the two
| Jugs OF wh!skey which he had when the
accident occurred the other Jug having
been broken. kelly's acquaintances nd
icule the idea that he may die and cite
Ihe fact That he recently fell 80 feet on
Swannanoa trestle and has been In nu-
merous difficulties without serious re-
suits. He was taken 10 old Fort
Butler Christopher. who was recently
tried for and convicted OF keeping q
disorderiy house and sentenced 90 four
E months imprisonment. TO be worked ON
, the roads OF CASTOR county. escaped
from the county jail Tuesday afternoon.
rot more than one hour before an OF
{ ficer from CASTOR county came TO re-
{ move him and other prisoners &c the
roads. Christopher In an old man. and
bing apparently simple-minded. he was
not kept in the cells with the other
g prisoners. A couple OF hundred yards
G from the jail. going ~ q brisk gate. ne
s yelled To some one passing; am
9 going home: ] will be back tomorrow.
% RI. Nichols. ex-sherin OF Mcdowell
= county. an Ebsconder. has been cap
tured at Mangum. Oklahoma Territory,
While in offlse Nichols misappropristed
d several thousand dollars. which amount
had to be made good by his bondsmen.
He left Marion some six months ago.
y and since then his Whereabouts have
q been a mystery. A detective was put
on the case. however and he succeeded
in tracking his man 20 Aangum. where
~ arrested him a day or two ago. hsqus'
IL sition papers have been forwarded 70
A the Governor Of Oklahoma and Nichosl
will be brought here 10 stand TRIAL foi
embezzlement-
A report on the convicts. made hy
State prison official. shows that there
al are now at work on the railway if
. Mitchell county los. al Dover "a. On n'
be Raleigh & Cape Fear Railway 20. at "a.
n, railway stone quarry a. Hillsooro ~
on the Wilksboro turnpike 80. OF tn'
ne State farm on the Roanoke 400 and u
B. the penitentiary 100. making a total o
IN si4. which Is about 500 less than th'
., total numbsz OF convIcts 25 years ago
The great decrease in the number o
ie State coav!cts is OF course due 70 tn
O. sentencing Of prisoners TO work oi
ountv roads
Tuesday night. between 10 and i
o'clock. during a violent thunderstorn
the Linden Cotton Mills were struel
d" by lightning and lot Of loose ootio'
'c in the carding soom was igniied- In
r. FIRE was Immediately discovered By II
o. .atchman. who called for help. an
'm although Il burned hercly for . fe'
IN minutes. was soon extingu!shed. Abou
co four bales Of cotton were lost II
all total loss amounts TO about soc.
nd All day long Wednesday and extene
be ing into the night a medium sire
az crowd OF negroes. led by an elder. ID
,at been in the county court house :
tn Washington praying and singing an
MIA passing a petition 10 Congress 10 pal
ay the Hanna bill introduced into the In
ne Congress for the purpose Of pensSonir
-. the ex-sIave. They have been loud
- their lamentations and are Jed by
GO, elder who Is dup!ng them.
he The life os q ehiiI one year old vi
ro- saved at Raleigh recently by pie
me Of beef. The child Was on the point
wo swallowing this when IL fell into q
at o. water and was found there with
sed head and body in the water and w
nj pulled cut The piece OF beef preFent'
any water from entering It's throat
The Lily MIL aad Power Compa'
was organized In Shelby last Wedre
a day under the charter granted by Z
Is Legislature. The principal stockbolde
ase are: Msssrs. Joan r. Sehenck. Chas-
ca Blan:on. IL r. Schenck and Robt
Isl Ryburn. This company owns the
Ade NOUS Stice's Shoai property and y
ISL begin at once developing this pow
Is Electric power will be transmitted
ro- Shelby and all the cotton mills In q
ar seetion may be furnished power LAT
ntil on the company vii lalso build ccst
mill