The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-16

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The city Of Rocky Monni and is
~uxaronm now have = population Of
II. 900 soul.
Their. ts "a epidemic Of cholera
among the hogs IN certain foeaiaiies
In Mcdowell conaiY.
Revenue osacsrs captured block
ade dlstilsery IL the northern sestioa
NJ Iredeu County Sunday morning
The graded school at Monroe VIII
closr The 3oth of this month There
were not funds sufficient 10 continue
To the end Of the term.
The store of Ar. w ". Woody. OF
xlnstead. Person County. was
burned Sunday night with Its entire
conteats. The origin Of the fire vas
ineendiary.
Work will begin May LIST on the
new 100000 Watts Hospital IN
Durham. This is princely oeneiac-
ton of a princely man. Mr. George
W. Watts.
Six horses and mule were burn
ed to death in livery stable IRE al
Concord Sunday morning. They
were owned by Mr.. J. W. WOODY
OF that city.
An agreement has been reached
| between the Southern Railway ana
Its employees whereby the present
scale of wages will be continued I'M
til July 1st
| Many people in the Eastern part
| of the State will appreciate the
Southern Railways new schedule
providing for a through train daily
from Goldsboro to Asheville.
At the Democratic State Convsn-
ton that will be held in Charlotte on
June cath there will be 855 dele
gates and it will therefore require
ATS votes to obtain nomination.
Mr.. Geo. Bell, a young man OF
Charlotte has been placed under
1890 bond for retailing because Of
the finding of several pints of whis
key and some beer in his room.
4 Bessemer City was visited by {
, disastrous fire Saturday night, which
destroyed a new two-story concrete
store building and other property
The loss amounted to about $40, 900
. The Harnett County board o
5 Commissioners has asked Governo
= Glenn for one weeks special term o
2 court for the trial of civil cases be
ginning May 18th.
| Dispatches to Duns Review indi
: ,cate further slight improvement II
the volume of business and tn
lpromptness of collections, although
conditions are still far from salts
:, factory.
The Western North Carolina Con
| ference of the Methodist Church
to establish an Orphanage and a
, exchange says that it is very likel
, that the bid made by Winston-Saler
= will be accepted.
n The next annual session of tn
oOuIucIu SAi ioIIdA SOuf ChIIOA lo Y
r be held in Greensboro April 28tt
:. May 1st. 1t lasts four days. 1t en-
e braces the Conferences in Virginia
IS North Carolina, Georgia, and Ala
bama.
. The Alabama Supreme Cour
. April 9th, held both the general pre-
. hibiton and the 8 o'clock closin
, laws to be constitutional and et
. fective. Attack had been made o
. both by the liquor forces of tn
% State.
n 1t is reported that Federal officer
y have been canvassing Nash an
d Franklin Counties asking delegate
l. to vote for Postmaster Briggs fo
,r delegate to National Convention {
t. course the officers were on a sti
hunt.
An automobile line has been e
tablished between Durham an
/ Chapel Hill. The large automobi
90 makes the trip three times a da
y and more machines will be put int
10 service if the passenger business ju
ts titles it.
j. State Commissioner of Insurant
esfJ. r. Young announces that receip
ID of the department for the fiscal We:
s. ending April LIST was $224,68O2
an increase of $9,34934 over tt
s. year previous. Of the collections f,
n. the year just closed, $10,782.72.
In the Superior Court at Boor
I'd last week L. M. Bonner was four
TO gully of the murder of A. H. Gin
n The judge sentenced Banner to
Years in the penitentiary. He toe
an appeal and went home under SIS
1000 bond. Banner had ten 1awye
iemployed on his case.
hi A good law has been passed |
he the New York Senate in which
as cuts out the race track gamblin
e. The bill was amended to take effe
III On February, but the persistent e
rs fort of Governor Hughes and its su
er porters it was carried and will !
Id put in effect at once.
81 Mr.. J. L. Davenport, a mill ma
~ of Bath, Beaufort County, shot an
- killed negro named Walter Robe
N son on last Thursday. The negl
: had drawn pistol on Mr.. Davenpor
10 Mr.. Davenport went to Washingte
"a and surrendered himself to the a,