The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-24
Local M a t ters

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city attorney,
Abner Paris, a former convict
guard of Craven County, was COM
mitted 10 the penitentiary Monday to
serve two years for shooting to death
= convict who attempted TO escape.
Governor Kitchin Monday issued a
conditional pardon to Haws Keebler,
of Mcdowell County, who WAS con
victed in September, 1907, of larceny
and sentenced to two years on the
roads.
The Corporation Commission is
sued an order Monday for the Sea
board Air Line, Southern and At
lantic Coast Line to join in the cree
ton Of a union station at Sanford
commensurate with the town.
The State Treasurer opened Satur-
day bids for the acknowledgements
bond issue provided for by the last
Legislature. The Raleigh Savings
Bank was the highest bidder, and
will take the bonds. Their bid was
1913.
In this issue will be found an ad-
vertisement of the Home Cannery
Company, of Hickory, N. c. AS fruit
is plentiful this year, it might pay
the fruit growers to write them for
their cheap plan for canning their
fruits.
Jimmy Inscore, a white youth who
lives midway between Cary and
Apex, was brought to Raleigh We'd
nesday morning and landed in jail.
He is charged with the theft OF a
box of tobacco from Mr.. G. ]. Bright
of New Hill.
William Thompson and Luther
Thompson, of Houses Creek Town
ship, Wake County, charged with OPP
Grating an illicit still, were tried
Monday before United States Com
missioner John Nichols and bound
over to Federal Court under a 5000
bond each.
Governor Kitchin has committed
the death sentence of Junius Mckay
to life Imprisonment. Junius was
under sentence to be hanged for the
murder of Alex Mckay at Rowland,
Robson County. The Governor
thought there were discriminating
circumstances.
Navy" Cassel, a white boy, who
was convicted of robbing the United
States mail at German, in Durham
County, at the last term Of Federal
court was taken from the Wake
County Jail yesterday and carried to
Washington to serve a term OF four
years in the reformatory for youth
full criminals.
During a rain and electric storm
Thursday afternoon a horse and mule
were killed in the stables of Mr..
Henry BuffalOe, who lives near Ra-
leigh 1t was also reported that Mr.
M. w Buffaloe who lives in st. Mat
thew's Township, near Hope Church
lost a valuable mule on Friday eve
ming, killed by lightning.
Courtney Jeffreys, the young ne
inal assault on Miss Marie Curtice
of Raleigh, the sixteen-year-ol6
daughter of Dr. Cooper Curtice, was
Monday bound over in the sum o.
$1,000 for the July term of Wake
criminal court. The other negro wa:
discharged, as the girl said she was
sure Jeffreys was the one who at
tempted the assault.
Claud Butler, colored was tried II
police court Wednesday on the
charge of assaulting his step-mothel
Lena Jones by striking her over thu
head with bottle of whiskey. Their
were other charges against Claut
and he was sentenced to 27 month
on the roads. William Jones, color
ed, was sentenced to the roads TO
Is months for cohabiting with
white woman. He took an appeal.
Secretary Fred A Odds, of the Ra
leigh Chamber of Commerce and In
dustry, is now prepared to issue t
all the Wake County farmers tn
rules for the corn tests this veal
winch may U0 ndu dC Iue CudlUc
of Commerce rooms or upon applica
ton to him, if postage is sent. H
must be advised before August Is
the intention to compete for one {
these prizes, as the judges may wis
to inspect the crops.
Raleigh and vicinity was visited b
heavy rain Thursday night. TIL
basement of the printing plant {
E. M. Uzzell & Company, of tn
city, was flooded with water an
much damage was done to the m;
chinery, including boilers of tn
heating plant and several motor
The overflow was caused by the drai
pipes at that point on Martin Sire
stopping up, which caused the wat'
to back into the building. The eli
will probably have to pay for II
damages to the plant.
Mr.. J. Sherwood Upchurch, of tn
city, was arrested Saturday charge
with cursing on the streets. At
meeting of the city aldermen a fe
nights ago Mr.. Upchurch, who is
member of that body, was told tn
he was not wanted in the caucu
and Mr.. Upchurch, without furth
ado, left the meeting. Some of Il
aldermen later heard hoisterous cur
ing on the streets and one decIa r,