The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-06-15

Monday.
Mr.. Sol b. Williams. of Warrenton,
died a few days ago In a hospital In
Philadelphia. The body was shipped
to Warrenton for interment
The Retail Furniture Dealers As
ISOLATION are holding their annual
meeting in AsheviIle to-day.
Rayseur Allen was arrested at Con-
cord q few days ago and taken 10
Georgia on a charge of having three
wives.
The Long Winston Company has
been organized at oxford, with $780,
900 capital, TO do general supply
business.
Rev. DR.. Franklin Parker. OF New
Orleans, La, has been elected TO the
Chair Of Biblical Literature at Trim
ity College.
Two negro girls were killed by
lightning at Wadesboro Monday
evening. third girl was severely
shocked but will recover.
The North Carolina Retail Mer-
chants Association will hold their
annual meeting at Hendersonviile,
June goth, 21st, and 22nd.
RI
Sample, both charged with larceny,
and j. B. Little, charged with burg
larry, made their escape from Nash
County Jail Monday.
Pinkerton detectives are at work
on the Hill murder case at James
town, n. c. One negro has been ar
rested, but there Is no strong evil
dence against him.
H. L. Britt, who was arrested in
Richmond, Va, for attempting TO
pass a worthless draft, is also want
ed at Louisburg, n. c., for forgery
and false pretense.
Wilmington's new city government
has ordered that all telephone and
telegraph poles in that city must
come down and that wires must be
placed underground
Two mules belonging to Capt. l. H.
Kearney, in Franklin County. were
killed by lightning few days ago.
Other mules, standing between the
two killed, were uninjured.
Large quantities OF Irish potatoes
are being shipped from Elizabeth
City and surrounding country. The
prices have been very satisfactory
thus far. five and six dollars per
barrel being the average price.
In Concord Thursday afternoon a
team of mules became frightened by
a passing automobile, ran away with
the wagon, throwing out the driver,
Will HOWE, colored, who received in
juries, causing his death.
Mrs w. B. Pippin, Of Hobgood,
Halifax County, committed suicide
Monday night by taking poison. Mrs.
Pippin had been in poor health for
some time and it is thought her mind
was impaired.
The body of J. ]. Wiley, who was
drowned in the Neuse near New Bern
Sunday, was recovered from the bot
tom of the river, near Wilkinson's
Point, Tuesday by the use of Crap
ping hooks. The body was shipped
to his home at Norfolk, Va, for in
terment.
Henderson and vicinity was visited
by a severe rain, hail and electrical
storm Monday afternoon. Some of
the crops were damaged and many
trees were blown down. The kitchen
of Mr. Shaw, at Henderson, was set
on fire by lightning, but the flames
were soon extinguished.
After lingering at the James Wal
ker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington
in a precarious condition for eight
days, William F. Hufham, Of PendeT
County, succumbed Tuesday after
noon to the burns which he received
while fighting a forest fire which
ragged near his home at Keith's last
Sunday a week ago.
Salisbury and surrounding country
was visited by wind and electric
storm few days ago that did con.
siderable damage to property in Sails
bury. The roofs were blown off sew.
eral stores and a cotton mill. The
smoke-stack and part of the brick
wall of the gas plant were blown
down, and Bal Burgess, the engineer
at the plant, was injured in the heaG