The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-16

Superintendent Denmark. Of the
Southern Cotton oil Company, Fay
eteevfIIe, was caught in the machin-
cry last Tuesday afternoon and very
badly hurt.
Jess Pemberton shot and killed Eat
Parker. near Mt. Gilead, November
18th. Pemberton claims self-defense
and gave himself up 10 the onicer
Both are eolored.
The proposition for the establish
ment OF farm-life schools In CASTOR
County was defeated By heavy ma
tority a few days ago. The farmers
vote killed the proposition.
Mr.. Henry II. Rosemond. a we'll
known citizen of Durham, fell dead
on the streets last Friday. He had
been in apparent good health and
was a man of splendid physique.
Revenue Agent r B. Sans, OF
AsheyiIle. reports the capture OF ~
Illicit distilleries during the month OF
October, as a result of which twenty
six prosecutions will be remommend-
ed.
B. d. Brown, a night policeman OF
Hamlet, was shot last Saturday night
by q negro named Benton whom he
was trying to arrest. He liz not
thought to be seriously wounded,
however.
During a storm of wind and rain
Monday, a barn on the farm OF Mr..
Lee Albertson, near Statesville, was
bolwn down, injuring his son and lit
tie daughter, who were in the barn;
also seriously injuring Mr.. A1bertson.
The State Department OF Agricul-
ture reports that during the month OF
October 9,S65,98O pounds of leaf to-
bacco were sold on the various mar
kets of North Carolina as against 49,
754,487 for the same month last year.
David Mcneil, colored, of Lemon
Springs, was shot and killed by his
fifteen-year-old son, Will Mcneil, No
vember 10th. The boy stated that
his father was attempting to strike
him with an axe when he fired the
fatal shot.
Frank Snyder, of Winston-Salem,
was instantly killed and fourteen
others injured, several fatally, by a
runaway street-car in that city last
Saturday. The accident was caused
by the car skidding on slippery rails
at the top Of hill.
The three-year-old son of Mr.. w
e. Kirkman, of Winston-Salem, fell
into a we'll at the home of the pa.
rents last Friday and was killed
There was very little water in the
we'll, but the child's head struck the
bottom and was crushed.
J. M. Hail, an aged man Of Lum
berton, was killed by the V. & G. S
train No. 70 from Hope Mill last Fri
day. The engineer seeing him, blew
the whistle, but being deaf, Mr.. Hal
did not hear it, and was struck be
fore the train could be stopped.
Capt. G.. P. Erwin, a prominent cit
izen of Burke County, died at hi
home in Morganton, November IA
in his seventy-second year. Hi
death was due to paralysis. He wa
chairman of the Board of Commits
sioners of Burke County twelv
years.
Capt Tom Jolly, travelling repre-
sentative of Cooper Brothers Marbl
Works, Raleigh, and formerly freigh
conductor on the old Cape Fear an
Yadkin Valley Railroad, was shot an
instantly killed near Pilot Mountain
November Sth, by L. Tilley, as re
suit of a quarrel.
Deputy Sheriff ]. D. Med. Mona
CHAN was shot near Fayetteville M
vember 9Th by one Of a party of me
whom he asked their destination
q search for some suspicious chara
ters said to be lurking in that III
savcry quarter. His wound Is n,
thought to be dangerous.
As Sheriff Smith, of Scotland Coul
ty, was In the act Of committing
Jail a negro under suspicion for Il
murder of another negro at Laure
burg, s. c., on the night of N
vember 9Th. he was stabbed in Il
back and probably fatally wound'
by two other negroes who attack,
him with knives.
The brick dry-house Of the Fa
etteville Wooden Ware Compan
containing $50 cribs Of season
funinar and oak slaves warehnu