The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-02-18
NORTH STATE MATTERS
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Hurntng with featisA desire 10
peTseca,e hts wife. with whom he had
qgarrc2ed automatically for q year
or more. VIII Mckay. a Young negro
walking about as X nothing had hap
tory In Wilmington. ven, home Sat
uriay night lifted bis only child
three months old, from rs crib AMI
literally drenehci IL from = pint aask
of powerful aid used in the rlAnufac~
ture of fertilizers where the neKrs
worked. The child died In great
agony within three hours. aud ghe In
human wretch 90 n father made good
his escape. The poisoning took place
before The very eyes Of the mother.
who had escaped 10 an adjoining
room Ia avoid her husbands wrath
Seeing tho acid running out Of IL"
Child's mouth on rs body. and burn
ing the clothes about IL. the mother
snatched the infant from it, fathers
arms and hurried with il la tho ofsic.s
OF physician. but IL wss too late
Lee Crceran employees Of the Gull
ford Cafe. at Greensboro. Eai a piEfo,
ball shot through his breast Tuesday
night rs he was going home lie
saws that iust as he was crossing tho
railroad somebody fired from some
where and hit him. He went hoire
and next morning MS mother 'phoned
the chief OF police TO hurry a doctor
there. as Lee had been shot and vas
bleeding to death. when the doctor
and the chief arrived they found Leo
employed at the Navassa Euano fac
pened. The pistol ball had made
clean hole through his body. The
chief of police had his own idea as Ia
how Lee got his wound. and Is on tho
lookout for the man who did III"
shooting.
William b Page. father of John
Page. OF Asheyille. died suddenly
Tuesday morning near Smiths bridge
in Buncombe county. Mr. Page. who
lives about four miles across the river
from Asheyille. near Dryman Noun
tain. had started TO Asheville in one
Of his farm wagons In company with
gentleman OF that section. and when
near the Cancy Brown Cut just across
the river, he was attacked with parai-
ysis. but remained In his seat In the
wagon. The wagon was driven on
towards Asheville. and just az the
wagon crossed Smiths bridge. ent.--
ing the city, Mr.. Page expired.
Gladys DeArmand. the five-year-old
daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. J. Mack De-
Armand, of Charlotte, was seriously.
although II Is thought not fatally.
burned at the home of her parents
at Gint Hill Tuesday morning. Gladys
and her six-year-old brother. Frank
DeArmand, were In the room by them
selves. The little girl was standing
before the fire place when her dress
caught fire. Her screams attracted
her parents. who ran to her rescue
The flames were soon extinguished.
At the meeting TO be held in Greens
boro Tuesday. Feb. 16, by real estate
agents from the various towns OF the
State to form a real estate association.
Mr.. NJ V. Richards, land and immigra.
tion agent for the Southern Railway
| will be one OF the speakers. A letter
| was received from him Tuesday. dated
at Chicago. strongly approving the
| objects OF the meeting. ard accept
| ing an invitation , address the body.
his subject being. The Peal Estate
Agent"
Three neg-oes. Tom Parker. jim
| Richard and Eugene Salisbury. ar
rested in Julian last week charged
| with wholesale robbery Of Southern
| Railway freight cars at Pomona shift
| ing yards. near there. were given q
| preliminary trial In the cases Tues
| day Afternoon. In default of bond
| they are in jail TO await the next
term of the Superior Court.
| The Greensboro Hardware Com
| pany has obtained the contract for
| furnishing all the mill work for the
new government building at Colds
| boro. The contract has just been
made with the King Lumber CO.. OF
| Charlottesville, Va