The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-12-10

kcruersvlIi~ on the rvcnirE uf Norcxn-
b,r l.. vas placed In !au lie EgrrSn-
tcrcd 10 his brother In lA~. pepuu
sheriff Brown. IN the norihrAstcrn
part Of the county. Roecrtnon SAYS 30
las bccn In Virginia and West tu-
ginla since the crime. aie Afnis that
b, Is guilty Of cuttlnE Hastcn- and
then taking him In a euExy 90 and
leaving him In n harm. t~o rsiios fro-a
Kerncrsvilie lie claims that DC and
Hasten were dTlak!ng. though they
had always cccn good fFicals SP ID
the time % the cutting
Mr. J Louis, n farmer living sever.
al miles fruIn Grc~nst-oro. carnn near
losing his ufc Monday - falling into
the nrc he Is subject TO having nta
and while IN the CuaVuls!onA og NJ
he fcil into the nTr. No one wAa IN
the room with Louis When the Acci-
dent happened. and lie had bern lytng
IN the IRE some minutes before be
was discovered. When fuand DC wAz
lying with his fare ~ a bed ot Goals,
His face and tac upper portion OF hln
body Was badly burned and the ply
sician attending him fears that &c
Will lose the sight of both eyes IL 10
| lives. which Is doubtful
The trustees Of Trinity College met
| in Durham Monday evening a.
/ O'Clock TO consider the criticism of
certain opinions expressed by IT. }.
= Bassct in the October number of
tho South Atlantic Quarterly. Twenty
i've members were present Tho
board remained IN session ull 20 -
| IL. Several memorials were present.
cd. the subject was thoroughly dis
cusscd and the board declined TO re-
.HWWwa 20 \.
which he offered To present ~ ~ Was
desired. The board issued n state
ment which will be given To the pub
lie.
Sam Griffith, a lineman for the Bell
Telephone Company nj Greensboro.
, met with an awful accident Monday.
He was sitting on a crossoyer at the
, top OF a ffty-foot pole. when he lost
. his balance and Eel 10 the ground.
He in some way managed to light ON
! his feet and this no doubt kept him
q from meeting instant death. As u
, was he received injuries n 4 may
. prove fatal. lie had both legs broken
A lust below the knee. and his right arm
e was also broken. The physicians NJ.
e tending Grifith fear that he received
Q internal injuries.
L The people OF Charlotte are expert.
. encing the novelty Of a strike. and
= the experience Is shared bT people OF
Z all classes and conditions. Every one
e OF the IS conductors and motormen
n employed by the fCs in operating
% the elctric cars in that city went on
,. strike Tuesday morning on account
- o. the refusal OF the company TO heat
. the cars. When the time arrived 10
20 take the cars from the shed not
.! single conductor or motorman report
~ ed for duty
to DIR. c. NJ. Strong. OF Charlotte. ID
n suffering from ar unusual accident
d. | Monday he was passing his horse
oy | while the later was standing near the
In | sidewalk when the animal turned its
be head suddenly and its nose came IN
be contact with DIR. Srongs cheek. The
ed horse was evidently surprised and
ed not knowing what else 10 do. openet
-o- its mouth and closed down on To-
ce doctors cheek, removing 4 chunk o
m flesh.
III Four houses on Happy Hill. In Gat
so tonia, were destroyed by fire Tues
'e' day afternoon nSabout 30 minutes
Very little furnittpe was saved. Tn
li1 losses were as follows: Three house
+" belonging TO George Quinn. Lizzi
az Humphreys and Dennis Wilks, on
op store belonging TO Jim Miller and o.
m an cupled by Albert Erwin. The entir
~. loss is estimated at s.-S or u 900.
The suit OF the Sawyer Spindl
Company, OF Maine. against the IL
Mills and B. Frank Mebane. OF Spra
Cd for the infringement Of patent. h'
- been settled by consent degre
. 70 signed by Judge Boyd In favor Of u
- complainants-
~ The Judge Of the United Stat
Court in Raleigh Monday approv'
-. the dividend and disbursement she
a. in the bankruptcy case Of the Nor
-, Carolina Car Co, OF Raleigh. Cali
- having priority are paid IN full a
- others receive only SIS per ce'
Dan. This was one Of the biggest faiiur
|, 9, Raleigh ever had
ltes The State charters the Graham La
;ase aud Lumber Company. Of Raleigh. VI
rder a capital stock OF 800 900. The sto'
the holders are A. Il. Andrews. +. H. b
nich bee and A. Il. Andrews. Jr.
ver- During the past year &l,5s2sz
sion expended in North Carolina for p
) by lie schools This does not include
anal cal taxes in Hartford county.
anna which the State superintendent
the net been able TO receive a report.
per In Asheville Monday DR.. J. v.
the | = 80 .xtI,,- 90 ,n,,ha, 4,
the - 49, "a sa,,encad ,o
the -- -, 80 t.t.n- A fez we1ks
plea DR.. Jay, who Is one Of the best knt
anal aa 81. ,hx.. chu6,en
III mind was thought TO be affected.
c;ion The State Treasurer In speal
rant- about the States hnancies. said
70 M while on November goth there vi
, ,o,. balance In the Treasury Of slzo.c0
. fo, rad the very neIt day checked out
,.ber 800 for the current expenses OF
,,Ist. public Institutions and the state
pan. / ernment
,.. Luther and Mitchell Carter. age
: ,sa and 10 years. were drowned In
= %, French Broad river. near Dandr
,tons Tenn, Friday. They were In
osslv when Luther fell into the river
- 90 trying TO save his brother. Mitchell
- - pulled into the water. and both
,I,ors frowned. The boys lived at Ashe
y. c. Their mother Is z widow
years The Secretary OF State has
mt Of ON L. Gran. q Northern capt.
nven- 70 is looking for limestone an
ent deposits in this State and
1T ..iil be glad to have Information
any.