The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18
State News.

Mount on August card.
The Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany is preparing 10 rebuild its
plant at Spencer.
Col. W. L. DeRossett. a leading
citizen Of Wilmington, died on Sun
day last and was buried on the fol-
loving day.
b. direction Of the Corporation
Commission new railway station is
to be erected at Shelby in place Of
the old one.
wireless telegraph system is to
be started al Thomasville by b. F.
w Bryant. manager of the electric
light plant at that place.
Fourteen Of the men belonging to
the High Point Rifles are reported
by their commanding officer TO be
suffering from the hookworm.
While riding his wheel in Ashe-
vile, last Friday, Thomas Justice,
aged 16. collided with a delivery
wagon and was seriously hurt.
Sufficient money has been raised
for the completion OF the Memorial
Church at Durham, nearly $4,000
having been subscribed to date.
A new division of the State Naval
Reserves was mustered in at Hert-
ford on Monday night. G. w. Nor
gan will be the officer in charge.
At Lincolnton last week a small
child of S. B. Hunnicutt fell from
an upper window and received in
juries that are expected to prove ia
tai
The Coast Artillery Corps of North
Carolina, in camp at Fort Caswell
for ten days for annual practice and
drill, left for their several headquar-
ters on Monday.
On August oath, T. A. Stephens, of
Macedonia, will give a barbecue to
the farmers of that neighborhood
DR.. J. NJ. Templeton will be one of
the speakers.
Requests are being received from
many State for the bulletins issued
by the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture on the subject of can
ming fruits and vegetables.
In Wilson County last Sunday Cal
via Thorn and Zeb. Griffin became
involved in a brawl and Thorn was
struck by an axe and cut with a
knife in the hands of his assailant
dying shortly afterwards.
Report comes from Montgomery
County that a Republican paper is
soon to be established there The /
curious part of the report is that the |
publisher formerly ran a Democratic |
paper in that locality.
The coroner's jury in the case of |
John McDougal, colored, of Lilling-
ton, charged with the murder of his |
wife, has returned verdict of guilty |
and the defendant was bound over to |
the Superior Court without bail.
The proposed Salisbury-Asheville |
highway is attracting wide interest |
and plans are afoot for a big canfer-
ence at Hickory of all the townships |
and towns along the line. The meet |
ing will probably take place Septem-
Der 1st
A meeting of the Board of Trustees
of Wake Forest College was held on /
last Monday in Raleigh, with a full |
attendance of the members. A COM
mittee was appointed for the pur-
pose of procuring additional instruc-
tors in English.
Preparations are being made for
the opening of the fall session of |
Trinity College on September 7th.
For some time force of men have
been at work renovating the dormi-
tories and making general repairs
about the buildings.
An order has been issued by the
Federal Court restricting the sher-
ifs of Currituck and Pasauotank
Counties from levying on any prop
erty of the Norfolk Southern Rail-
way Company until an Investigation
can be made on September 9Th.
1t is stated by The Tribune, of
Concord, that Mr.. E. H. Morris, for
merly editor of the Record, at
Mocksville, will arrive in Concord
shortly to consult with the local Re
publicans about running a Republi-
can paper during the campaign.
The Peoples Bank at Chapel Hill |