The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-11-11

c.. THURSDAY. n
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Mr.. W. E. Bartholomew, of Loui
burg, lost his stock OF goods by fiji
Monday.
Lewis Johnson, a negro boatmaI
| was drowned in the Pamlico Rive
near Washington, n. c., Sunday.
Fire destroyed eight bales of CO,
ton and the cotton platform at MOI
wood, Anson County, Sunday morn
ing
The postoffice at Mocksville wa
robbed Monday morning, though tn
burglars did not make a very bi
haul.
The body of a newborn babe wa
found in a marsh near Vaughan, n
c., Sunday. The child was evidentl.
murdered.
Durham was visited by a $4,000
fire Sunday. The grocery stock @
A. c. Beck was desaroyed and the
furniture stock of NJ. Shevel was
damaged to the extent of $1,000.
There have been several great
losses by fire in the State during the
past week. Probably the greatest
loss is sustained by the burning OF
the Norfolk and Southern Railway
shops at New Bern, where over 100
workmen are thrown out of work by
the fire.
A very disastrous fire occurred on
the premises of Sol Greenway, near
Oxford, Sunday evening. The stable,
one horse and a fine mule were burn
ed A quantity of feedstuff and the
tobacco from thirteen barns were
also destroyed. The loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ken
lucky, says that while lying helpless
N bed, Thomas Stafford, early Fri
lay morning, saw his tobacco barn,
with all it's contents, a crop valued
at $4,000, burned by night riders,
IN Jessamine County. Stafford had
been warned to join the pool, but he
1efed the threats made against him.
In the Wake County corn contest
the following reports have been made
Of yields of corn: J. F. Bats, Gar
ner, 226 2-3 bushels an acre; w. H.
Raleigh, 157 "; G. M. Will
iams, Raleigh, 100 II; G. M. Allen,
Jr., Auburn, SIS; L. M. Knott, Wen
dell, 80; G.. w. House, Raleigh, 76.
Other reports are yet to be received.
The following invitation has been
issued by the trustees of the East
Carolina Teachers Training School:
The trustees of the East Carolina
Teachers Training School request
he honor of your presence at the in
of President Robert H.
Wright, on Friday morning, Novem-
DER a. 1909, at 10 o'clock, Green
Vile, n. c."
In United States District Court at
Asheville, Robert Christian, on trial
before Judge Boyd, charged with
1eonage, submitted and was fined
$4,000. The charge against Chris
ian was that during the construc-
ion of a railroad in Macon County,
le held certain negroes against their
will to work out a certain item of
Former Governor Glenn, a special
from Winston states, left this week
for Columbia, where he will renew
MS work in the interest of the Pres
Dyterian Home Mission Society. He
will travel through South Carolina,
md Georgia, but says he expects to
'eturn in time to eat his Thanksgiv-
ing turkey at home.
Among the deaths of widely
known North Carolinians since the
asst issue of The Caucasian, we note
hat of former sheriff D. R. Julian,
Of Rowan, at Salisbury (aged 60),
and William Meroney, of Winston
(aged S4). The latter died at the
home of a daughter in California,
and was brought to Winston for in
today Thursday.
Governor Kitchin has called two
special terms of court, the first for
Anson County, beginning December
18th and continuing two weeks, for
the trial of civil cases; the second
for Washington County, beginning
January End and continuing two
weeks, for the trial of civil cases
only. Judge G. S. Ferguson has
been assigned to preside at both
terms.
At Wilmington the board of alder
men and board of audit and finance
in joint session, decided to place on
the market at an early date $780,
900 worth of the street Improvement
bonds voted some time ago. The
work will be commenced within the
next few weeks and will be pushed
to a rapid completion. The propo-