The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15
State News.

Mrs. A. <. Smith. OF Greensboro.
died after a lingering case Of pei
legra. The disease is becoming prev
alent all over the State.
Mr.. Frank scheII, OF Catawba
County. was killed At ut. Savage.
Md. By the oyerturning Of a locomo-
tive. His remains were brought
home.
Mrs. sallle Underwood. OF Reds
Vile, died in Danviile hospital from
injuries received by being struck by
a Southern Railway train. She was
terribly multilated-
Mr.. Isham Braxton. a young man,
while cleaning out saw-dust beneath
a circular saw, had his arm caught
and cut off below the elbow. The
accident occurred just across the
Alamance line near Chapel Hill.
The latest from the bedside OF
John 81. Julian. editor Of the Sails
bury Post. who is suffering with a
typical case of peilagra, is that he Ia
resting well. His physicians hold
out bright hopes of an early recoy-
cry.
Tom Max. a negro, charged with
murder in Fayetteville last July, that
OF his mother-in-law, and who fed
from justice, was captured at Red
Springs by Sheriff n. A. Watson and
brought to Fayetteville and lodged in
jail.
In Wilson Superior Court Ed. Pey-
ton was arraigned for the murder of
Will Dew at the county stockade on
the 5th of August last. The trial Is
set for Saturday morning next, and
a special venire of fifty will be sum-
moHed.
Postmaster Benjamin G. Green
died at his home at WarrentOn. He
was the son of Mrs. Mary Green, and
succeeded her a. her death as post
master here. He leaves a wife and
many relatives. He was highly es-
teemed
Mrs. Louis G. Utley, of Chapel
Hill, vhs drank carbolic acid Tues
day Morning in an attempt to end
her life, died Wednesday. Mrs. Ut
ley's mind had been deranged, and
several years ago she had been sent
to an asylum for treatment.
1t is reported that the contract was
let this week by the Norfolk and
Western Railway for a branch line
from it's line at Ridgeway, Va, tc
Spray, the contract price being 800,
900. 1t is predicted that the South.
ern will at once build it's proposed
line from Louisville to Madison.
Just after the jury had been Sc
cured in the Zeb Griffin murder case
at Wilson, attorneys for prosecution
and defense agreed On a verdict O.
murder in the second degree aRt
Judge PEBBLES sentenced Griffin tt
twenty years in the penitentiary
Last month Griffin killed Calvin
Thorne, another farmer, with an axe
Rainey Cothran, young whit
farmer Of the Nelson neighbour God
is in Jail at Durham under a seriou
charge, that Of committing crimina
assault upon the wife of white far
mer near his home. Testimony
that Cothran assaulted the woma
while she was milking COWS in after
noon. Inability to get all witnesse
caused a postponement of the tris
till Saturday morning.
The Governor of South Carolin
has made requisition on the Cover
nor of North Carolina for Jake L
yer, wanted in South Carolina fo
enticing laborers from that State t
come to North Carolina. Lever, VIII
is under arrest in Rockingham, hs
asked Governor Kitchin for a hea
ing before the requisition is honore,
which request will be granted.
A movement is on foot to drai
Brown Creek Swamp, and a meetin
Of those interested will be held !
the courthouse in Wadesboro on Sa
urday, September II. At this NEE
ing the question of draining tt
swamps Of this creek will be discus
ed and ways and means for dom
the work may be formulated. It
believed that with the expendftur,
Of little money, thousands of acr,
of fertile soil can be reclaimed