The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-10
State News.

4 colored child named Beyill was
burned to death last Saturday at
Wernergville. her clothes catching
fire while her mother was out OF the
house.
An agent of the government has
been at Rocky Mount Investigating
the several sites that have been Of
fered for a public building TO be
erected there.
A fire of small proportions and that
did but little damage. broke out In
the cupola OF the court house at Tar
boro on Monday, originating from
defective fue.
The West End congregation OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Win
ston-Salem is preparing plans for the
erection of a church edifice on site
recently selected.
Jury at New Bern has awarded
E. A. Mason and G. w. Morris YER
dict Of 81 500 in an action for dam
ages brought by them against the
Standard Oil Company.
The Village Improvement Society
of Oxford held an annual chrysan-
themum fair last week, making fl
nancIaI success. A baby show was
part OF the attractions.
Sidney S. Wright, who has been in
the employ of the American Tobacco
Company in Durham for a number
OF years, has been assigned to work
in China, and will leave that city in q
few days.
A pan of gasoline exploded in n
pressing club at Greensboro Satur-
day morning, partly destroying the
building and causing a colored boy
to jump in haste from the second
story window.
William Pickett, of Henderson,
was run over and killed last Satur-
day while attempting to cross the
railway tracks on the outskirts of
town His brother, with him in the
wagon, was seriously injured.
Jacob Hedrick, a farmer, living
near Lexington, was found last Sum
day in his barn, fatally injured and
unconscious. Mystery is said to sur
round the case and an investigation
will be made by the authorities.
A probably fatal assault was made
against Marcellus Flowers by Claude
Jordan, near Elm City, while a dance
was in progress last Friday night.
Jordan made his escape and his vic
tim is in very serious condition.
d. J. Carpenter, a director of the
North Carolina Railroad, has been
acquitted by a jury at Newton on an
indictment charging him with having
set fire TO the warehouse of the New
ton Hosiery Mills about year ago.
4 contract for the drainage of sew
eral hundred acres Of swamp land in
Hyde County has been awarded.
About eight miles of canal work will
be done and the drainage will affect
a large area Of territory in that Sec
ton,
A case of murder, the victim being
a colored man named Gortch, Is re-
ported from Sharpsburg. William
Spicer and Claude Terry, both color
ed, were placed under arrest on su-
spicion of having committed the
crime.
A medal of honor has been award
ed by President Taft to Lieutenant
Gordon Johnston, Of the regular
army, for bravery in the Philippines.
Lieut.. Johnston is native of North
Carolina but was appointed from
Alabama.
A girl baby, only a few hours old,
was found one night last week on
the steps Of the county home at
Washington. The parentage of the
child is unknown and there are no
means of identifying it, so far as has
been reported.
George B. Mcleod, former sheriff
Of Robson County, was seriously
injured in an automobile accident
. near Raeford last Friday. The ma
chine was completely wrecked, but
the other occupants escaped with
only minor injuries.
Piney Woods Inn. one of the larg-
est hotels at Southern Pines, was de-
stroyed by fire on Friday night last
entailing a heavy loss only partly
covered by insurance. At one time
q general conf1agaration seemed
probable but this was prevented by
prompt action of the firemen and citi
zens.
Saying that he had accidental.