The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-09-02

been discovered at Gastonia, the
victim being Mrs. Thomas Smith.
Her condition is not considered
as being critical.
1t is thought that Wilson's
proposed knitting mill will be in
operation by the first Of next jan
nary. 1t will employ between
200 and 200 women and girls.
By the explosion of a chemical
engine of the fire department. at
Brevard, ]. P. Aiken, colored, was
killed outright, and four Others
were injured, one being badly
hurt.
Luster Goode, colored, Of Win
Salem, after beating his wife
with rolling pin, shot her twice
with pistol and killed her Tues
day. Goode was arrested and
lodged in Jail.
w. Z. Rutledge. a Yadkin
county man, has bought the Yad-
kin Ripple from S. c. Williams,
apd will hereafter conduct it. Mr..
Williams will devote his time to
his law practice.
Mrs. w. A. Baton, a highly
esteemed woman of Rosemary,
near Weldon, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed on
Sunday afternoon, while standing
in the door Of her home.
James Bats, of Panther Branch,
Wake county, has an acre of corn
from which he expects to tealize
40 barrels or 200 bushels. Mr..
Bats is hopeful of winning the
sIoo prize offered for the best
yield on one acre.
w. E. Breese and ] E. Dicker.
son, who were found guilty Of
conspiracy to defraud the First
National Badk of Asheville, have
been sentenced to serve two years
each in the Atlanta prison and
each pay a fine of $4,000.
Several workmen were fatally
injured by the collapsing of mid
die wall of a hotel building at
Marion on Tuesday afternoon.
The men fell FIVE stories. Those
fatally injured were James West,
Ambrose Stroud and James Pom
der.
II is said that parties from Tar
boro have purchased the building
formerly owned by the Wells
Whitehead Tobacco Company, at
Wilson, and will convert it into a
knitting mill for hosiery, Under
wear, etc. II will employ about
900 women.
The three-year-old daughter Of
w. L. Gay, OF Pinetops. Edge.
mont county, died Sunday from
the effects Of drinking concentrat.
ed I've. The cook had placed the
box Of I've on a window sill and
the child drank it when the cooks
back was turned.
Id. MOBILES, OF Chocominity,
while packing tobacco at his home
on Monday. discovered a large
poplar leaf snake coiled up in the
tobacco. He killed the reptile
all right, but in doing so. fell and
struck his hand on a nail, badly
tearing and lscerating it.
w. n. Mckinney, deputy reg.
lister Of deeds of Davidson coun.
ty, boasts Of a spinning wheel
that is more than 100 years old.
II bears a date that is taken to be
1895, though it IS hardly legible,
and some declare it IS rag. Mr.
Mckinney has refused S. for it.
Joe Pepper, Of Masonboro
Sound, killed a large rattlesnake
last Friday. II had II rattles
and a button, indicating that il
was i7H years old. Mr.. Turner
was going from his truck patch
to his home, when he found th,
snake lying near the path. and
killed it.
Rev. Henry Sadler, colored, o.
Paw Creek, Mecklenburg county,
with a wife and several children
ran away a few days ago with III,
wife Of another man and went Il
Hickory. He was arrested Their,
and sent to the chain gang for 81,
months, and the woman wa,
given four months in iail.