The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-07
Items Of State News.

The grand jury here W edneSday al
ternOon returned a true bill against
Is. S. Finch and V. E. McBee for con-
spiracy against the State in the ap-
uclntment Of receiver for the At
lantic & North Carolina Railway. The
bill as returned has four counts, the
first, charging them with conspiracy to
injure the property OF the railway and
obstruct its officers; second, to deprive
It's officers of possession OF the road;
third, in having a receiver appointed;
fourth, in attempting to force lease
Of the road Each count recites that
they did unlawfully. fraudulenty, ma
liciousIy and felon!ously conspire, com
b!ne, unite, confederate and agree
among themselves by unlawful and in
direct means and diverse acts. devices
and practices" do the various things
charged. Argo & Shaffer and r. II.
Busbee have been employed to aid the
defense.
The State of Virginia has adopted as
a textbook in its public schools Ag-
riculture for Beginners which last
year was adopted for the North Caro-
| liza schools. Virginia IS the fifth state
| n nine months to adopt this valuable
and well-prepared work. The other
books adopted by Virginia were IN
| groups and counties were allowed 10
| select any books from each group, but
as 10 the book referred to. no other
| was named in connection with II.
| Lewis Mcleod, of Ramseur,- is laid
I'm at Greensboro with a cat off and
| badly crushed foot. He was beating
his way Tuesday night on No. 80, the
train coming In from Ramseur. rear
ing arrest from the officers at the sta
ton he tried to get off the moving train
as it approached the station. He maze
q failure in his efforts at jumping and
fell under the wheels. One OF his feet
unfortunately was pushed from the
! rail: the other was ground into pup
Dr. Charles l. Scott was Immediately
summoned by the railroad authorities
and pronounced the injury very seri
GUS one. probably necessitating ampu
tation OF the foot.
The colored church and eight o.
Zine negro houses in Rockingham
we're destroyed by fire about ocioci
Tuesday night. The county Jail is JUS
across the street and when the fame
I were at their height prisoner raise'
a window and announced to the crow
below that Owen Mclean, fellow
{ prisoner. had Just died. Mclean va
last week committed to jail with a L
Mcdonald as the result of an aTslT a
Z Holman in which Mclean and Nc
Y Donald attacked a man named "a'
z son and the latter inflicted 4 woun
: which cause Mclean s death.
i A charter has been granted the Doi
:. ham Union Station Co, cspits
$4,000, the purpose being the eref
= tion and maintenance of union dt
e pct in Durham. \. D. Andrews an
X. H. Miller are the principal incorpol
stors. Stock is to he taken later Q
the Southern. Seaboard and NoTfo!
& Western Railroad Companies
VI Wood & Mornings store in Asheboi
# was broken into Tuesday night ana
3 lot of clothing, jewelry, ETC., was take
n An entrance was gained by removing
It large glass In the front door. The pos
IS office at Aberdeen and the hardwal
l. store at Tryon were also broken TO II
J. guilty parties. Two strange negro
Is we're seen approaching Asheboro Tue
ID day night from Montgomery conh
ID and suspicion points to them.
co The annual statement OF the cop
right Office of the Library Of Congre
shows that the copyright business Z
1908 was the largest in any one ye
IS IN the history CT the Office. No le
- than 1oO.743 titles were received I
OF registration, the total fees receiE
e. amounting to SIC, e,230-50. The NUM-
De in any previous year totailing is
=. SGT. On the entries for the year tne
ne were 14.6oo Looks and pamphlets,
sh 56s booklets, leaflets, circulars
BE cards, and 7.S41 newspaper and MAJ
ID zine articles. This speaks Voiunl
n for Tho literary activity Of the count