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

/. c.. THURSDAY. +
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The weather" man las predietss
another cold wave for tomorrow.
Jane Adams. Q society girl. Va
murdered on the beach at Atlantis,
City Sunday.
A negro youth was lynchsd nosl
Mobile. Ala. Friday night for rs
saulting q white girl.
The lower branch OF the Souti
Carolina Legislature has passed 1
resolution favoring Federal income
tax.
Gidon Cutsaii was killed Friday
in boiler explosion at the Critten.
don Shelter Saw Mil in Madison
County.
Miss Mary D.. Spires, a native oi
this State, will become social secre
tary to Mrs. W. H. Taft about the
first Of March.
There are several cases Of smallpox
at the Southern Presbyterian Col
lege at Red Springs. The cases are
said to be mild.
Guilford County claims to have
a farmer who raised 730 bushels OF
corn on 10 acres of ground, at cost
of cents per bushel.
The Mount Airy cotton mill was
sold at public auction last week. The
r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. purchas-
ed the property for $11,799.40.
A building owned by the Southern
Real Estate & Loan Co., at Charlotte,
was destroyed by fire early Sunday
morning. The loss amounted to
dDOut 9I0,OUO.
The P. D. Gold Publishing Com
pany's plant at Wilson was burned
Sunday night. Nothing was saved
except a few desks. The loss was
covered by insurance.
John Collins, negro, who lives
near Brinkleyville, Halifax County,
was lodged in Jail Saturday charged
with having murdered his 1S-year-old
son on last Thursday night.
The Rivers and Harbors bill intro
duced in Congress carries an appro-
priation of nearly 100000 for this
State, $4,000 of which is to be spent
on improving the upper Cape Fear.
One hundred and sixty-five per.
sons were drowned during storm in
the Mediterranean Sea Friday night
The French steamer on which the
victims were passengers, was driven
The T. F. Lloyd Manufacturing
Company of Chapel Hill, was charter
ed Friday for the purpose of making
all fabrics from cotton, wool and
other material. They will commence
business with $4,000 capital paid in
On last Thursday night Jerry Will
lis, a negro who lives near Raeford
Cumberland County, cut his wife's
throat and shot his moth er-in-law
Annie Jones, as she entered the room
The latter died Monday night. Willis
made his escape.
Mary Tedder, a 14-year-old girl o.
Deland, Florida, was murdered neal
her home Saturday afternoon. Irvir
Hanchett, a laborer at an orangt
grove, is under arrest charged will
the crime. The girls body was hor
ribly mutilated, IS knife wounds be
ing counted on her body.
Mr.. J. w. Peeler of Rockwell, Row
an County, was assaulted and serious
1y wounded by Jacob and Richart
Brown, while Mr.. Peeler was en- rout'
to his home a few nights ago. M
Peeler's assailants made their escape
They had a grievance against hin
f, on account of some business matters
A special from Greenville, N. c., t
Tuesdays News and Observer say
that Rev. Jesse McCarter, pastor o
the Baptist church at Farmville, wa
knocked down on the streets O
Greenville Saturday by Mr.. S. N
Pollard and Mr.. J. A. Burnett, drug
| gists of that city. It was stated tha
the minister had written an articl
rejecting on the druggists of Greer
vile, and would not retract whe
| requested to do SO.
'sHow Great Minds Differ"