The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-17

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The large department store OF ".
+. White & Co., at High Point. was
destroyed by fire early Sunday morn
ing.
The State Association OF County
Commissioners OF North Carolina
will convene at Asheviile next We'd
nesday.
Willie Speight, of Hamlet. aged
fifteen, was run over and killed by
Seaboard engine at Hamlet last
Thursday night.
Thirty OF Greensboro's merchants
were fined last Saturday for having
the awnings at their store too close
to the sidewalk.
Asheville was visited Saturday by
the seyerest rain and electrical storm
of the season. More than 2.65 inches
OF rain fell in Is minutes.
Thurman Wise was tried in Burke
County Superior Court last week Tor
killing Turner Vance and was &C
quilted. The homicide occurred some
weeks ago.
DR.. w. P. Few, President of Trim
ity College, will be married to-day to
Miss Mary Reamy Thomas, of Mar
tinsville, Va.
Mr.. James A. Marsh died sudden
ly Saturday at his home in Marsh
vile. Mr. Marsh was an eX-Confed-
crate soldier and one of the most
prominent citizens Of Union County.
Tom Riddick, a negro of Pasquo-
tank, near Elizabeth City, has been
arrested and placed in Jail on the
charge of assault on William Rid
dicks wife.
The village of Hillgrit, four miles
from Hendersonville, was practically
destroyed by fire Thursday. The post
Office building was included in the
loss.
]. C. Brooks, Charley Sloan and
Jack Campbell, three white men Of
Jonesboro, were arrested Tuesday
charged with having caused the dis
astrous fire at Jonesboro few weeks
ago.
Six suits or more have been insti-
tuted at Durham against the V1r-
carolina Chemical Company al
leging damages to health and prop
erty on account of the East Durham
plant.
Electric cars are to be in operation
between Salisbury and Concord by
February 22nd, at least that is what
is promised by the gentlemen now
operating the lines in these two cit
ies.-Salisbury Post.
The Standard Oil Company has
paid over to the North Carolina De-
partment Of Justice the sum of $42,-
1860 as cost in the dissolution suit
brought by the Government under
the Sherman antitrust law.
The fifth annual meeting of the
Country Bankers Association of
North Carolina, was held at Wrights-
vile Beach last week. Mr.. Claude
Gore, of Rockingham, was elected
president of the association.
A forest fire of considerable pro-
portions has ragged in Old Fields
Township during the past few days
burning over some 500 acres on the
lands of Messrs. T. R. Lamm, Will
liam Simpson, and William H. Har-
rison.-Wilson Times. I
At an election held on the first in
slant in Avery County, upon the 10
cation of a county-seat, the Old Field!
of Toe won by a good majority. The
name of the county-seat will be New
land, in honor of Lieutenant-Gover
nor w. o. New1and, of Lenoir.-
Boone Democrat.
Thursday afternoon, about a mil,
and a half out from Bailey, on tn
Norfolk Southern Railroad, two whit
men, boy" Bailey and William Wal
ker, got into a war of words, whel
Bailey inflicted several wounds on tn
person of Walker. One of the gashe
was across the stomach, from whicl
the wounded man bled freely.
An electric storm which passe
over Rockingham, in Richmon
County, Wednesday afternoon struc
the home of Less Pressler, KILN
Pressler and so badly injuring JAG
benson, ten-year-o1d boy, that b
died in about half an hour after be
ing struck without regaining consc
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