The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-01-15
HAPPENINGS In OLD NORTH CAROLINA

star: WMlle working at a SaWmlll,
operated by Mr.. Radford Royal, near
here, young Mr.. Robert Cooper was
accidentally thrown against a saw
which cut him almost in half. He
only lived a few hours after the acct
dent.
Charlotte special to News and OBJ.
server: Quite a sensation was caus-
ed in this city this morning when a
warrant was issued for DR.. w. S. Da.
wilson, charging him with Violating
the Watts liquor law. The affair re.
suited from the testimony of defend.
ants in the recorders court who said
they secured a liquor prescription bU
asking for it and that they were not
examined The case hinges largely
on the fact that they were not REGULAR
patien B. The case will he heard to-
morrow morning
Elizabeth City special to Green's
b0ro Industrial News: The little s.
year-old son of John Harris. a farmer
residing near here. was killed this
morning by being run over by cart.
Mr.. Harris was returning home with
a load of fertilizer and his little son
opened the gate for him and climbed
into the cart to ride. The wheel ran
into a rut, which threw the little fell
low out under the cart, while the
wheel Of the heavily-,aden vehicle pas
ed over him and crushed him to
death
Wilmington special to Raleigh
Times: The first of the. contracts
made by the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road for rolling stock since the new
year began have just been awarded.
The contracts are for $3.50 freight
cars and are awarded as follows: The
South Baltimore Car and Foundry com
pany ] 500 steel bottom box cars: the
Barney and Smith company, Dayton
Ohio. 1000 plain box cars: and the
Standard Steel company. Butler. Pa
$50 steel bottom fiat cars During the
year the Atlantic Coast Line will ex.
pend $4,000. 600 on road equipment.
New Bern Journal: 1t was a sick.
ening sight yesterday at market dock,
gray trout. croakers and spots, thou
sands Of fish. that II given a chance
TO mature are delicious fish. profita.
Bile TO the fishermen and the dealer
lay heaped M. with little value above
that OF fertilizers A schooner load
~ these fish arrived Yesterday and
sold for $50 Think Of % tons of gray
front, frOakers and sDOts selling al
such price! And thew were not
wanted ~ this price. for the fish werT
small The largest were picked ont
and strung I'm lunches and sold 10 the
20 ored people The great bulk will
h" thrown on the fields In James Citv
for fertilizer. These fish were caught
off Beaufort met. in nets used to catch
mcnhaden. nets small Of mesh, nets
which let no fish escape Here was a
lot Of immature FISH sold for $50. that
II left Ia grow into \ natural state,
would. according 10 Mr.. Geo. y. Ives.
be worth 81 400 and a fisherman near.
by said $4,000.
Asheville special to Charlotte OBJ.
server: Warrants have been sworn
out for the arrest Of f. T. Roberts. ar
active republican worker. Of Asheville.
and also engaged In the real estate
business In this city. charging embe7
element and obtaining money under
false pretense. II Is said that the ac.
Clsed has left Asheyille for parts un.
known. Leastwise the officer into
whose hands were consigned the wa.
rants has not been able to lotat" his
man Il Is alleged that several Ashe,
Vile people have suffered financial
lnss by the operations 0f the former
real estate man One of the warrants
for Mr. Roberts arrest was sworn out
by Frank Iugle Mr. Tngle charges
that Mr. Roberts owes him some Si2,
which he failed to turn over. This
warrant charges cmbezzlcmcnt. Tha
Piedmont Electric company was
caught for q small sum. it is said.
while Stradlry 4 Luther. a grocer"
firm, cashed check for Sl5 which
subsequently was tlrn"d down at the
bank.
Ashevillc Citizen: Special Agent r.
VI Jordan. of the Southern railway.
arrested William Lynch, sixteen.
yoar.o'd negro boy. "Wednesday charg.
I'd with attempting Ia wreck passenger
train No II between Asheyille aud
Salisbury. and took him before mag.
lstrNie in Marion and had him hound
10 the superior court under a bond Of
500 The boy was arrested in Old
Fort. after Mr.. Jordan and his as.
ststant. Special Agent McCanless. had
worked on the case several days. The
offense Is alleged 10 have been com.
mitted Tuesday. Lynch Ia charged
with pacing a large iron spike On a
piece Of Iron on the tracks nj a point
between Old Fort and Eberman. The
obstruction were found by, several
persons who were passing along the
railway tracks and removed Just few
minutes before the fast passenger
trains passed. Special Agent Jordan
was IN Hendersonvilie when he was
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