The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-03-26

il charter was Friday granted the
AsheyiIlc LumL,r Company. Of Ashc.
Vile. capital SIS 900. ]. w Ruther.
ford and Oth"rs stockholders.
Mr.. Phillip Uarcs. who was kicked
In the abdomen by a colt in his barn
lot at Mocksvillc Tuesday afternoon.
died at bis home I'm that place at 12
O'Clock Thursddy night as a result Of
his injuries.
An incpndiary Arc Friday night de-
strOycd the passenger station and
freight warehouse Of the Seaboard Air
Lin. at Vaughan in Warren county. A
considerable quantity Of freight was
burned.
AS yet no statement can be secured
as to whether the Haywood murder
case will or viii not be tried in Raj
cigh this month. The term Of court is
only ten days away. Both the prose
CutiOn and the defense are keeping
very quiet, but it is known that the
search for witnesses has. never ceased.
J. S. Wynnc. secretary and treas
urcr Of the Raleigh Cotton Mills, OF
Raleigh is authority for the state
mcnt that new Fries merger will be
formed by the aid Of New York capi,
talists, and that the consolidation is
exp actcd to be effected early in April.
The Raleigh mills will enter the com
binatiOn
The one hundrcdth annual convcn-
tiOn Of the Evangelical Luthern Synod
and Minstcrium of North Carolina
will be held in St Johns church.
Salisbury, Rev. !. II. Wilson. pastor
beginning April the 2Sth, 1903, at il
O'Clock a. m; embracing the centen-
nial celebration Of the Synod, which
takes place On the second day Of May.
The printing firm of Joseph j. Stone
& Co., OF Greensboro. which has just
been incorporated with an authorized
capital of 100000. has elected the
following officers: Joseph J. Stone,
president Charles G.. Harrison, secre
tary and treasurer The capital has
been increased and the facilities will
be considerably enlarged. Later on a
lith0Graphing plant will be added.
A phone message from the country
TO High Point Friday evening said
that William Holt who lived near
High POint, and a negro man met
horrible death together. Mr.. Holt and
the negro were engaged in cutting
feed on steam cutter when the fly
wheen burst. cutting off both of Mr.
Holts legs ana killing the negro in
stantly. Mr.. Holt fingered an hour or
more.
Lane Morgan shot and instantly
killed John Richardson near CanaOr,
Montgomery county, Saturday. The
two men were at the home Of Marshal
Gilman. whose wife Is Richardson's
sister Morgan drew a revolver and
crying: You killed my brother and
I'll Kill YOU shot Richardson dead
few months previous Richardson
had killed half brother of Morgan.
Frank S. Eldridge, whose home is
In Greensboro, has been missing for
the past three weeks and it is feared
that he is dead He went to Philadel
phia some time ago to visit relatives
and wrote his wife from there that he
would stop over in Richmond on his
return. Investigation showed he had
not been in Richmond 1t was later
ascertained that the train on which
Mr.. EldridgC was believed to have left
Philadelphia was wrecked and two
men killed, and it is feared he was
one Of them.
A. l.. Gilmore. the Chicago attorney
for the g0ll brick trio Howard, Haw-
ley and Daley, captured at Green's
boro two years ago and sentenced to
the penitentiary, writes that he is
making an effort to have their case,
which has been carried to the Su.
preme Court of the United States, ad.
Nanced so as to give an early hearing
Gilmore desires the influence of Judge
i,, IN,,k &c, |,
probable that his wish will be graft
fed. 1t is understood that one of the
contentious upon which the case will
rest before the Supreme Court will be
that the trial judge erred in sentenc.
ing the gold brick men to the penten
tiary instead of to the roads
Policeman Frank George. one of the
most courageous officers on the police
force of Wilmington. Wa5 violently
assaulted by desperate negro, whom
he had arrested in a CoiOred eating
house Saturday evening. The officers
scalp was laid open to the bone for {
distance of about two inches as The
result of blow from a pair of meta
knucks and his shoulder was severely
confused by being thrown violently tC
the brick sidewalk after he had beer
stricken and rendered unconsciou;
from the blow with knucks. The ne
gro made his escape but was cap
tured two and a half miles from the
city Saturday midnight.
Mr.. l.. l.. Lowrance, a foreman EN-
ployed by the South Atlantic Con
struction Company, engaged in tht
company work on Wilson's creek il
Caldwell county. was instantly killed
Friday in making blast. From ac
counts received, it seems that a bias
of six charges, using seven kegs O
powder and thirteen sticks of dyna
mite. were set Off Five of the charge
exploded. Thinking them all fired, MI
Lowrance was leading the force o
hands to the cut in which they wer
working, and when within ten or fiji
teen feet of the blast. the sixth charg
exploded, killing him instantly. No on
else was seriously hurt. The body wa
taken to Maiden, the home of MI
LowranCe.
Strange to say. the Southern Rail
way won a suit in court Friday morn
ing. c. II. Jones. colored. of Winston
brought suit for 5000 as damages t.
his horse and dray, caused by trail
running into them on one of the yart
crossings The plaintiff claimed tha
one Of the employees of the Southern
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