The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-02-27
WAKE COUNTY NEWS.

Very little was done in Wake Su,
perior Court Monday or Tuesday on
account Of the illness OF several OF
the lawyers employed in the cases
set for trial on those days.
Prof. E L. Middleton, principal
of the High School at Cary, has
been elected TO the position OF Sec
retary OF the North Carolina Bap
fist Sunday School Convention to
succeed R5v. Hight C.. Moore, who
has become editor OF the Biblical
Recorder.
The Wake County Republican
Cow ntion will meet In Court
House at Raleigh, SATURDAY, March
9TH, for purpose of electing dele
gates tc State and District Conven-
tfons. The primaries in the vari-
Gus precincts will be held Friday,
March 9Th, at an hour to be desig-
mated By the township chairman.
Beginning March 10Th Raleigh
VIII have two postoffice stations
Station No will be led in the
store Of Messrs Smith and Son,
corner of Jones and Salisbury
streets, and Station No will be
located in the store Of E. II. King,
4O8 HiIsborO street. These stations
will issue money ord-rs, registered
letters a1d sell stamps and postal
supplies, but will not deliver any
letters.
Bob Robertson, a negro. of Wen
dell, Wake County, died Friday
night Of wounds received some days
ago at the hands of white man
named Knott. The report is that a
white man named Lawson Knott
hit the negro, woundrng him Sc
velely, from which wounds he died
Friday night Coroner Separk went
to Wendell Saturday to Investigate
the matter, and a hearing will be
held in Roleigh Saturday.
Two old veterars passed away at
the Soldiers Home In Raleigh Sat-
urday They were John T. Smith,
of Chatham County, aged eighty
eight, d member of ompany F, 53rd
North Carolina, who had been in
the Home for four years. His body
was sent to Siler City.
Aud Eli G. Beam, 81 years old.
He was an Iredell County man, q
member of Company B 18th North
Carolina. Was buried in Raleigh
Sunday with 1.-THE services of tn @
Catholic Church
Gov Glenn, County Superinten-
dent q V. Judd. Mr. Cary J. Hun
ter, and others left Raleigh Satur-
day morning for Holly Springs,
Wake County, to attend the exer-
cises at the laying Of the corner
stone at the new school building at
Holly Springs. Four miles from
Raleigh one Of the freight cars IF
the train was ditched, caused by the
spreading of the rails, and the car
broke from the engine The passen
ger coach wss left behind, unable
to pass the wreckage. Gov. Glenn
and MIR. Hunter counted the cross
ties back TO Raleigh, while Super
intendent Judd and the balance of
the pa ty boarded the engine and
were ca. ried on to Holly Springs
3 Jones, who has been in Raj
eigh in the piano business since Au
gust, 1906, was arrested Saturday
night at the request of Parker Gar
den & Co., of Charlotte, charg ne
embezzlement of 5000, and was
placed in Wake Jail in default of a
$500 bond. Jones sold pianos for
Parker Goodwin & Son on cousign
ment, and they claim that he had
failed to Remit proper amount. A
representative of Boston firm was
also on the ground when Jones was
arrf sted and stated that Jones
owed his firm $500 for pianos he
had sold Jones conducted a music
house in Gladstone also. Jones is
a man about thirty years Of age
and makes a neat appearance