The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14

while working at a planning mill
at Clayton on September sth, Marvin
Williamson was struck By plank
and killed instantly,
Ben Jordan. OF Wilson County, has
been sentenced TO serve one year IN
fall for bigamy. Both wives appear
ed in court and declared they had
enough of Jordan.
W.P. Bryant, a painter. vas found
dead at his home in Durham on Sep
tenn Der 8. he cause OF his death was
q hemorrhage Of the brain. His wife
was away from the house and found
him dead on her return.
James Porter, colored shot and
killed James Jackson, also colored.
near Lumberton, September 18th.
They were said TO have been drink
ing. Porter made his escape.
Six prisoners, five colored and one
white, escaped Jail at Troy on the
morning of September IL. The white
prisoner was fifteen years OF age Sid
was charged with stealing IS.
A solid gold nugget, SO per cent
pure, weighing nine and three-quar-
ter ounces, valued at 5000, was found
by Mr.. George Troutman at his mine
about five miles north of Albemarle
on September 8th.
Mr.. Philip Pritchard, aged sixty
six years, fell from a fodder stack
near Elizabeth City, September Sth.
reach him. His death was supposed
ly due to heart trouble.
The Statesville Lumber Company,
whose plant was destroyed by fire
some days ago, has purchased new
manufacturing site from Mr. 1sador
Wallace, at a cost $4,000, and now
mas a new plant under course OF con-
struction.
Mr.. Thomas Hughes, a blind man
and substantial business man or
Rocky Mount, who has been in Rich
mond attending the Beattie trial,
charges that he was held up in the
streets of that city by two policemen
and robbed of $21.
Miss Jane Stewart, daughter Of a
prominent business man Of New Bern,
had several friends out riding in her
automobile few nights ago when the
machine collided with locomotive.
The automobile was wrecked and all
it's occupants injured.
Two colored convicts escaped from
the convict camp near Wilmington
Monday morning. While looking fol
the escaped prisoners one of the
guards mistook an innocent negro fol
a convict and shot him, though the
wound may not prove fatal.
Mrs. Sarah A. Burris, aged seventy
two, of Wilmington, was seriously in
jured in an automobile accident neal
Wilmington a few days ago. The ca
in which she was riding turned turtle
and Mrs. Burris was caught beneath
the machine. Other occupants Of thu
car were slightly injured.
The Smithfield term of Superio
Court was postponed until yesterda
because Judges PEBBLES and Solicito
Norris were detained in the Mars
murder trial in Harnett County
There is a heavy criminal docket i
Johnston, with three murder cases.
Between FranklintOn and Kittrel
on September 18th, Mr.. J. E. AFFORD
wife and daughter, were met by
man in an automobile, when til
horses became badly frightened, an
threw the family from the carriag
seriously injuring Mr.. and Mrs. A
ford.
Cashier Roberts, of the Office
Collector Brown, in the Western Di
trict, reports Revenue collections f
last month as follows: Lists, $32
IA: cigars, $22.05; tobacco, 1895
7O3.13; special tax, $216.14-tots
$399,267.06. There has been no &C
lection on spirits for two months.
Mr. S. E. Sullivan's lumber plaI
located just across the Trent Riv
from New Bern, together with all t
machinery and several thousand fe
of lumber, was totally destroyed
ire Thursday afternoon. The fire "
of unknown origin. No insurance "
carried on the building or it's &C
tents.
The notorious blockader, Her
M. Hancock, was captured near 81
City, September 9th, by United Sta
Marshall Sloan and Sheriff Lane w