The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-05-07

The Columbus section Of Polk
county was visited with a large hail
storm Monday morning. doing much
harm TO fruit and small garden Vese-
tables.
Rev W + Watson. pastor OF the
First Baptist church in Gastonia. who
was unanimously called some weeks
ago To the pasiorate Of the First Bap-
tist church in Monroe. has notified
the church that he has decided TO &C
cept the call and will begin his pas
,orial duties there about the first OF
.lune.
a prominent supporter Of Mayor p.
anonymous letter Monday which
stated that evidence was being col
lected against him which will figure
in $4,000 slander suit that will be
brought Immediately after Mondays
| election. The letter in question is
| written with lead pencil on a por-
ton Of fools cap paper and was
mailed in the Charlotte postofiice.
| Miss Lois. the 14-year-cld daughter
| Uf Mr. j. w. Freeman. of Charlotte,
| received several painful bruises Tues
day about o'clock p. m, through be-
ing knocned down by runaway
horse at corner Of Fourth and College
| streets in that city The horse had
broken the bride bits and was run
| ming amuck. Fortunately, The young
| girl was not run over. and the acci-
lent was not serious.
The appeal of James Wilcox from
the sentence imposed on him at Hert-
ford for murder of Miss Nellie Crop
sey is at the end of the Supreme
| Court docket The twelfth district
arguments were completed WedDes-
day and the thirteenth will probably
lie fniahed by May 20. Attorney Gen
eral GiinCr will probably ask the
Supreme Court to set time for hear
ing the Wilcox appeal.
The safe of Rouse Bros. of La
Grange. was blown open after mid
night Tuesday and about $500 taken
by burglars, who effected their es.
cape There were six men in the
gang an3 i is believed they left in a
stolen Iis, owned ~ Dr.. J. u. Hodges
While operations were IA progress
Prllt:s Wcotcn. who Iooms across
the street, pat his head out of the
window. but a bullet from the bur
glars forced him to take cover. Blood
hounds We're sent fer.
The town OF Halifax is in a state
OF intense excitement over the sen
| o+i>01i Gcvafonrrnp
cip2l campaign 4 bench warrant wat
served Cn L. c. Fenner. register, FOL
alleged pniawfully closing the regis
tratiCn books before the time pres
scribed by law and refusing to ALLOW
an examination when demanded b!
the Hill faction. Hill has undoubtedly
lost support By having the registra
arrested. The warrant was issued b,
Justice Conner and is returnable be
fore Judge Moore at Windsor, May I
Public feeling is high at this an,
! other recent sensational occurrences
A number Of Southern cotton mil
men who are identified with the Erie
,, merger scheme were in conference Fl
Greensboro Tuesday night. While
is understood that several matters Il
connection with the formation Of tn
merger We're discussed, nothing wa
given out for publication. The orgar
ization of the proposed merger is
greater task than was expected whe
the matter was first taken up, almos
= a year ago. 1t had been hoped t
/ have the concern in working orde
} early this year, but the stringenc
in the money market and other cause
: interfered. The meeting was attende
by New York and Philadelphia cap
talists, who are interested in tn
merger in financial way.
/ Wife beaters should take warnin
] from the sad end which befell WI
e loughby Sawyer, colored at State
= Vile Tuesday afternoon. Willoughb
: and his wife, Maggie. have been Il
/ ing in the rear Of the Key FurnituI
Company, near Trade street, and Wi
loughby had been In the habit
beating his wife whether the cha
a tisement was merited or not. In SON
way Maggie had provoked his ang'
= and he belabored her with a switc
}, and Maggie in selfdefence ran ar
y he pursued her about 25 yards, whe
n he fell forward on his face and die
in few minutes. Whether this W;
a just retribution or not cannot
Il said: at any rate he his whipped Ma
], gle his last time Willoughby was
,- well known darkey about 65 years cl