The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-20
Local NJ t ters.

There we're FIVE DRINKS In Raleigh
Police Court Monday.
The commencement exercises at
peace Institute will be May 23rd to
10Th.
The term of Federal Court at Ra-
.i.a. which was to meet May oath,
lee. been adjourned until May 31st
Mr. N. \. Parker. a prominent cot
ION merchant of Raleigh, died Fri
G.r after lingering illness from pa
raIysis.
Mr.. ]. II. Ray. an aged Confeder-
ate veteran. died Monday at his
home near Epworth Church, Wake
County.
The Secretary Of State has grant
ed a charter to the Nashville Publish
ing Company to publish a newspaper
at Nashville, n. G.
Maj. John Gray BlOunt Grimes, of
Raleigh, died Tuesday night after a
lingering illness. His wife is daugh-
ter Of Ex-Governor Manly.
Three persons from Caldwell Coun-
t. who had been bitten by mad cat,
have arrived in Raleigh for treatment
at the State Laboratory of Hygiene.
commencement exercises are be-
ing held at Wake Forest College this
week. DR.. John G. Kilgo, Of Trinity
College, will to-day deliver the liter
airy address.
Appeals from the Sixteenth Dis
trict were heard in the Supreme
Court this week. When decisions are
rendered on the cases heard the
court will adjourn until the fall term.
Governor Kitchln Tuesday granted
pardons to three cOnvicts. These
were d. NJ. Stevenson, of Guilford
County; Thomas Brown, Of Rowan
County: Waverly Mills, of Granville
County.
Zebrit chopin, of Houses Creek
Township, Wake County, was tried
before Justice Separk in Raleigh
Monday on the charge of vagrancy.
The boys father paid the cost in the
There are now 142 Confederate
veterans on the rolls at the Soldiers
Home in Raleigh. There are fourteen
applications for admission, but the
authorities say they cannot be ad
mitted until vacancies occur
The Department of Agriculture
has issued a circular on how to get
rid of the hOuse-fy. Copies of these
circulars can be obtained by writing
to Division Entomologist, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. c.
The "Festibule" season is opening
up in Raleigh. Beulah Riddick, a
colored damsel was tried before
Judge Roberts Saturday for carry
ing concealed weapon, and was
bound over to court under a $50 90
bond.
The Carolina Construction Com
pany of Greensboro has been award
ed the contract for charging the
State Hospital at Raleigh. The new
addition will provide for seventy-six
more patients. The contract was let
for $2O,5OO.
Mrs. Aisle Afford, reIict of LODI
wick Afford, died Thursday morning
at the residence of Mr.. D. c.. Afford
in this city. Mrs. Afford was one
of the oldest citizens in Wake COun-
ty. She was nearing her eighty
eighth birthday.
The Farmers Union will hold a
State Convention in Charlotte this
week. The Union is growing very
fast in this State, and is very strong
in Wake County. This county will
have a good representation at the
Charlotte meeting.
Many of the farmers around Ra-
leigh have replanted cotton. The
heavy rains of April Goth packed the
ground so that much of it did not
come up and then the cool weather
chilled great deal that had come
through. But it is not too late to
plant cotton where the land is fertile
and with good seasons the farmers
will make a good crop.
hClS nave lSCSuCly uSCA ILL CO
cases of rabies treated in Raleigh.
One is Murphy Williams, Of Kenans-
vile, bitten on the face; another,
Hugh Satterfield of Raleigh, who
was attacked by dog which ran
away after he had bitten him and SO
was not killed. The third is Ada
Walker, of Altamahaw. These in
crease to seventy-eight the number Of
patients treated or under treatment.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer sends that paper
the following bit of news: 1.-THE
most novel claim for damages ever
laid before North Cardinals Corpo-
ration Commission was made to-day.
A man says he shipped by express
eighteen cocks from Servint to North
Wilkesboro and that after passing
Salisbury the birds broke through
the cloth partition, had a free-for-al
fight and half of them were killed
He prays for $12 damage from the
express company"