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A special from Winston Salem says :
Rufus Robertson, who stabbed and ia
tally wounded Hubbard Hasten in
Kernersville on the evening of Novem-
Der IS, was placed in jail. He surren-
dered to his brother-in-law, DEPUTY
Sheriff Brown, in the northeastern
part of the county. Robertson says he
has been in Virginia and West Vir.
ginia since the crime. He admits that
he is guilty of cutting Hasten, and
then taking him in buggy to and
leaving him in barn, two miles from
Kernersville. He claims that he and
Hasten were drinking, though they
had always been good friends UP to
the time of the cutting.
Mr.. j. Louis, a farmer living sever.
al miles from Greensboro, came near
losing his life Monday by falling into
the fire. He is subject to having fits
and while in the commissions of fit
he fell into the fire. No one was in
the room with Louis when the acct
dent happened, and he had been lying
IN the fire some minutes before he
was discovered. When found he was
lying with his face ina bed of Goals
His face and tue upper portion of his
body was badly burned and the ply.
stefan attending him fears that he
will lose the sight of both eyes if he
lives, which is doubtful.
The trustees of Trinity College met
In Durham Monday evening at 8
O'Clock to consider the criticism of
certain opinions expressed by DR.. J.
s. Basset in the October number of
the South Atlantic Quarterly. Twenty
five members were present. The
board remained in session till $3.50 a.
m. Several memorials were present.
ed, the subject was thoroughly dis
cussed and the board declined to re.
quest Prof. Bassets resignation,
which he offered to present il it was
desired. The board issued a 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 crossover at the
top of fifty-foot pole, when he lost
his balance and fel to the ground.
He in some way managed to light on
his feet and this no doubt kept him
from meeting instant death. AS it
was he received injuries that may
prove fatal. He had both legs broken
just below the knee, and his right arm
was also broken. The physicians at.
tending Griffith fear that he received
internal injuries.
The people of Charlotte are expert
encing the novelty of strike, and
the experience is shared by people of
all classes and conditions. Every one
of the 48 conductors and motormen
employed by the 4C's in operating
the electric cars in that city went on
strike Tuesday morning on account
of the refusal of the company to heat
the cars. When the time arrived to
take the cars from the shed not a
single conductor or motorman report.
ed for duty.
DR.. G. M. Strong, of Charlotte, is
suffering from an unusual accident.
Monday he was passing his horse
while the later was standing near the
sidewalk when the animal turned it's
head suddenly and it's nose came in
contact with DR.. Strong's cheek. The
horse was evidently surprised and
not knowing what else to do, opened
its mouth and closed down on the
doctors cheek, removing chunk of
flesh.
Four houses on Happy Hill, in Gas.
tonia, were destroyed by fire Tues
day afternoon il about 30 minutes. |
Very little furniture was saved. The |
losses were as follows: Three houses !
belonging to George Quinn, Lizzie |
and Dennis Wilks, one
store belonging to Jim Miller and oc-
cupied by Albert Erwin. The entire
loss is estimated at $.4o or $1,000.
The suit of the Sawyer Spindle
Company, of Maine, against the Lily
Mills and B. Frank Mebane, of spray,
for the infringement of patent, has
been settled by. consent degree,