The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-09

STATE NEWS.
State Press Association are hold
Ing their annual session al wrlghts-
Vile this week
The Johnston County Republican
Convention Is called TO meet al
Smithfield June 25th.
Claud Durham, colored, was run
over and killed By a freight train at
Clayton Saturday night
The commencement exercises at
Trinity College were held this week.
DR.. Kilgo preached the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday.
The trestle on the Seaboard Air
Line at Vass was burned Saturday.
and for several hours 1t was neces-
sary TO send trains around by Fay
etteville.
Catherine Sutton, the three-year-
old daughter Of J. J. Sutton. who
lives at Greenville Sound, near VIII
mington, was frightfully burned Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr.. L. c. Bagwell. of Raleigh, an
nounces himself a candidate for Cor
poration Commissioner. He has been
candidate for the nomination sew
eral times before
DR.. w. P. Few was Monday night
elected President of Trinity College
to succeed DR.. ]. G. kilgo, recently
elected Bishop by the General Con-
ference at Asheville
The birthday of Jefferson was OBJ
served last Friday throughout the
Southern States. A very. elaborate
program was carried in many of the
towns on that occasion.
j. A. Bennett, an employee of Wy
song & Miles Co., at Greensboro,
was struck by a locomotive while
walking on the Southern Railway
track and instantly killed.
The home of 53e Hines, colored
who lived near Wrendale, in Edge
combe County, was destroyed by fire
q n oh
also perished in the flames.
The State Chapter of the United
Commercial Travellers was held in
Wilmington this week. and was
largely attended. Greensboro was
selected as the next meeting place.
At Lenoir on Friday last was un-
yelled a monument to the memory of
CatawDa County'S Confederate dead.
The occasion was largely attended
and Chief Justice Clark was the ora
tor of the day.
Thomas Gill, aged ninety-one years
and the oldest resident of Fayette-
Vile, died there on Sunday last. He
was noted for his strong resent blance
admirer.
Mr.. Ike Meekins, of Elizabeth City,
has been appointed Assistant District
;cfr iot Of
the Federal Court to succeed Mr. j.
A. Giles, who is now postmaster at
Durham.
Alfred E. McRae, a student at the
University and a grandson of the late
Judge McRae, committed suicide by
taking poison. No reason is assigned
for the rash act. He was native of
Fayetteville.
Will Hartis, a young man of Neck
lenburg County, who shot and killed
Robert Simpson last November, was
placed on trial at Charlotte yesterday
afternoon. A venire Of $50 men
nave US0u "AiCA W
select the jury.
Mr.. r. c. Lineback, of the State
Department of Agriculture, reports
that he seized 10 bags of Virginia
meal in Wilmington Saturday. The
meal was in a state of fermentation
and entirely unfit for use. He also
seized two lots of meal in Washing
ton last week.
1t is currently reported that the
American Tobacco Company have
subscribed for a million dollars worth
of the 4 per cent bonds that it was
feared would cause a special session
| of the Legislature. A meeting OF
the bankers has also been called tC
aid the State officials.
| Watching the Scramble
From Western Carolina Enterprise.
That Wake County row is furnish
| ing lot of fun for the paragraphers
and some Of them are asking. variou!
and sundry questions concerning The