The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-02-17
Local M a tiers


are being argued before the Supreme
Court this week.
Ex-Judge T. B. Womack, a mem
Der of the Raleigh bar. is seriously
i'll at his home In this city.
Mrs. George Parker is critically
Ill with pneumonia, at her home
about four miles south of Raleigh.
Mrs. Sarah Baker, of Raleigh, died
Monday morning. The remains were
taken to Ellington Tuesday for inter-
ment.
Mr.. r. A. Chadwick died Sunday
at his home in Raleigh. His remains
were carried to his old home In Will
mington for interment
Mr.. s. B. Rogers, of House Creek
Township. Wake County. passed away
Monday afternoon. His mother died
just seven days prior to his death.
A new building will be erected at
the A. & NJ. College in Raleigh at a
cost Of $4,000. The building will
be used for the students in electrical
and civil engineering.
The Indian Oil Company, of Indi-
ana, is making preparations to open
place in Raleigh for distributing
oil. The plant will be located in the
southern part of the city.
Tally Rogers and William CAMS,
both white, were sent to the county
roads Friday. They were convicted
OF assault and battery several days
ago before Justice of the Peace E. M.
Bledsoe.
Mr.. w. L. Williams, Jr., has ten
dered to the Corporation Commission
his resignation as assistant State
Bank Examiner, effective March 1st.
The commission will elect his success
or within two weeks.
Mr.. Wilbur Allison of Charlotte,
committed suicide in Philadelphia
Thursday, by inhaling chloroform. He
was brother of Mr.. ]. G. Allison,
who is Secretary of the Raleigh
Building and Loan Association.
Mr.. James E. Wrenn died in hos
pital in Greensboro Friday morning.
The body was brought to Raleigh
Saturday and taken to his old home
near Mt. Zion Church, about four
teen miles south of Raleigh, for in
terment.
The Betterment Association gave
an oyster supper at Catawba Springs
school house Saturday night, and
nice sum was realized, which will be
used in improving the school build
ing. Miss Pearl Sorrell is president
of the Association.
Quite an unusual case was argued
before the State Supreme Court
Tuesday. The case was State VS..
Powell, from Halifax, in which the
defendant is charged with having
married his own daughter. Powell
claims his present wife was not his
real daughter, but his step-daughter.
The court has not given its decision.
Governor Kitchin, Monday, issued
a pardon to Joe Lance, of Buncombe
County, sentenced at the August
term, 1908, of court to nine years in
the States Prison, on conviction Of
manslaughter. Lance while on a
drunken spree killed the only daugh-
ter of Mr.. J. M. Green, who lives at
Beuna Vita, near Asheville. The
pardon is granted on account of the
ill-health Of the prisoner.
Governor Kitchin has committed
the sentence of Frank Purdee, SEN
fenced to serve five years in States
prison at the Wake County Superior
Court, July term 1908, for the crime
of larceny. He was convicted of
stealing some meat from a Seaboard
car near Johnston street. His SEN
tence has been changed to two years.
Collie Fisher, of Rutherford County,
who was serving a sentence of four
years for manslaughter, will have to
serve only two years, as his sentence
has also been shortened by the
Governor.