The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-23
STATE NEWS.

~ the DAsl0Son county h9punn-
can convention. which was held Sat
urday. Mr.. zeb Vance waIser was
unanimously endorsed for Governor.
The Republican state Convsntion
VIII meet In Greensboro April the
10th. for the purpose OF eleeting
delegates TO the National Republican
Convention.
Eugene @. Blackburn, OF winston
Salem. was arrested in Greensboro
Saturday. charged with stealing a
diamond ring and other vaiuables
from a local ieweler.
The Republicans OF Forsyth County
held their convention Saturday TO
elect delegates 20 the State and Con-
gressional Conventions. Forsyth has
% delegates that will go to the State
Convention uninstructed.
The condition OF Miss Nellie Swim
ney. who was shot by her father at
the Normal School at Asheviile last
week. IL reported as practically un-
changed. with the hope of recovery,
IL no complications develop.
The Republican convention of Pas
quotank County was held Saturday
and Messrs. J. Q. A. Wood. J. p.
Overman and I. NJ. Meekins were
elected delegates to the State Con-
vention, which meets in Greensboro
April 30th.
There is a steady decrease in the
percentage of difference between the
Clearing House Exhibits for this year
as compared with the first three
months of this year, and for March
the decrease was the largest SO far.
That Is very clear demonstration
that better times are returning
Information has been received
in Asheville from Elk Park that
Luther NJ. Banner. former Repre-
sentative in the State Legislature
from Mitchell County, was convicted
of the murder of J. L. Cline, a prom
lent lumberman at Boone, Watauga
Coutny, and sentenced to a term of
thirty years In the penitentiary.
The Mecklenburg Division of the
Southern Cotton Association has dis
the Farmers Union, the new organ
ization which is spreading over the
State, has about absorbed all the
Associations membership. The Union
will doubtless take the place OF the
in a very short time.
Fayetteville Is to have a large
shoe factory in the near future with
nearly 100000 capital, the major
portion of which is owned by North
ern capitalists. At the beginning it
is proposed to make 500 pairs Of
shoes daily. Later the capacity will
be increased to 5000 pairs daily.
When the full capacity is reached
500 hands will be employed.
Last week the Thomasville Elec-
trio Light and Power Company start
ed their plant to running. They are
furnishing an all-night service. The
now plant is sufficiently large to fur
nish power for almost all the manu-
featuring plants in the town. and 1t
is learned that a number of plants
will discard steam power and use
electricity.
1t is said that the Thomasville
Female College located at Thomas
vile, and owned by Mr.. H. w. Rien-
hardt, has been sold to Mr.. o. r.
Cox, of Asheboro. 1t is not known
what the gentleman will do with the
property, but it is supposed that as
he is a mill man he will built and
operate a mill on the property. Mr..
Cox is one of the richest mill men
of the State, and will move his fam
lily to Thomasville.
! At Hickory Saturday morning,
Jake Hoke, colored, shot and proba-
bly, fatally wounded his wife. The
night before, when Joe went home,
his wife hit him on the head with a
poker and fractured his skull. He
was taken to a neighbor's, where the
wound was dressed. When he went
home Saturday morning his wife was
still in bad humor and threatened
to kill him, but Joe decided to use
representatives. by using his pistol first
He gave himself up to the authori
tiles.