The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-11-04

Mr.. T. L. Moore vii Issue the Lex-
ington Leader this week and the
paper will be Published az q Demo
cratic weekly.
Governor Ritchin has appointed
Mr.. s. NJ. Gattis, of Hillsboro, to sue
ceed Mr.. Jones Fuller as Solicitor In
the Ninth judicial district
The North Carolina State Corpora
tion Commission orders a new union
passenger station at Statesville. and
also orders the Southern Railway to
provide better passenger service be
tween Sanford and Greensboro. It Is
probable that mixed train will be
put on for this purpose.
The plan recently inaugurated In
Raleigh and Greensboro Of running
'em out to (the town of no
where. 1t is inferred)," is now being
adopted in Durham. Last week the
local justice sentenced four work
less women" fwhite) to the roads
ESQ say the dispatches) for thirty
days each.
State Treasurer Lacy says that the
sheriffs are not paying in money as
we'll as they did last year. and that
the demands upon him for funds are
pressing. He says the sheriffs did
not receive the tax books as early
this year as usual. and this may ac-
count, in part, for the slowness In
making settlements with him.
The trial at Asheville of the Black
Mountain constable, Watkins, who
killed Bunting OF Wilmington and
nearly killed Collins of Hillsboro
some three months ago. took UP
nearly all Of last week. and on Mon
day (after the jury had been out
two days) a mistrial was ordered.
The Jury Is said to have been evenly
divided for and against conviction.
Hon. James Bryce, Ambassador
for Great Britain to the United
States, and one of the greatest Of
English statesmen and diplomats,
will today Thursday deliver two
addresses in Raleigh-one at the an
nual meeting of the State Historical
Association and one before the Ma
tional Convention of farmers of the
United States now in session in Raj
eigh.
Francis " Barrer. one OF Sails
bury's best known citizens. dropped
dead In his home Friday last. Re-
turning from his work to dinner, he
left the dining-room and was later
found In dying condition by mem
bers OF the family. Death Is said to
have resulted from heart failure and
acute indigestion. He was ffty-six
years old and is survived by widow.
one daughter and two brothers.
In the last issue of this paper 1t
was stated that Albert Ipock. OF
New Bern, had been tried in the Fed
eral Court in that city for aiding al
a blockade distillery and sentenced to
the Atlanta penitentiary for two
years. This was a mistake. There
was no charge against Mr.. Albert
Ipock. The reporter cheerfully makes
this correction and sorry that sim
ilarity in names caused this mistake
The reporter Is Informed that the
person tried and sentenced was Ar.
thur Ipock.
The five-year-old son of Mr.. VIII.
liam Fields met with a strange and
sad death last week. says the Hills
boro Recorder. He was playing in
pile of seed cotton. Digging hole
in it. he entered and the cotton fel
in on him. smothering him. A sad
death 1t was truly. but 1t can hardly
be called strange one, for at this
time of the year fatalities from such
cause are distressingly frequent. Ths
papers have already chronicled tive
or three such deaths In this State
since the cotton harvest began.
A special from Wadesboro. N. C..
says: The all absorbing topi,
throughout the country districts o
Anson County just at this time is th.
Patrick Carnival" announced as thu
Farmers Encampment and Eduea
tional Fair, carnival OF fun, pleas
ure and inforatmion, to begin q
Wadesboro on Wednesday, Novem
ber 10th and after three days in th'
county seat, two weeks to be spen
in the townships of the county. Col
J. T. Patrick, who is at the head o
this movement gives the credit TO
the genesis of the idea to Mrs. Jane
G. Boylin, woman deeply interest
ed in the betterment OF the intel
lectual and social conditions Of tn,
people, and especially of the countr.
people
The casket containing the ashes o
Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Da
Wis Hayes, daughter of the Presiden
Of the Southern Confederacy. was de
| posted In the Davis section in Holly
wood Cemetery at Richmond, Va
last Friday. after services at 81
Pauls Episcopal Church. which wa
the church attended by Mr.. Davis an
his family during the War Betwee
/ the States. The services was simpl
that of the Episcopal Church, an
were conducted by Rev. r. w. For
lsyth, rector Of st. Paul's Church. al
sisted by Rev. L. r. Mason. rector c
Grace Episcopal Church: Rev. job