The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Academy and College.
Levi Stubs. OF New Bern. con
ytc;ed and sentenced TO is months
for Illicit dlstiiling. vas pardoned By
President Taft October 2sth.
Mr.. 0. r. Cox. a prominent citizen
of Randolph County. member OF the
last Legislature, died last Friday 1T
his home In Asheboro. aged s..
The State Convention or the
Daughters OF the Confederacy. which
was In session at Winston last week,
decided TO meet In Salisbury next
year.
Ensign Robert 8. Young. Jr., ap-
pointed to the navy from North Car
oIina. has been ordered TO the naval
hospital at Washington for ooserva-
ton and treatment.
The four-year-old son OF Mr.. Chat
ham West, of sampson county, was
playing with a gun one day last week
when 1t was discharged In some way
killing the child instantly.
Robert Goodman, the boy convict
ed of manslaughter for killing Sid
ney Barrier, OF Concord, has been
sentenced TO three years and six
The Standard Turpentine Compa-
nv, of Wilmington, has been granted
a charter by the Secretary OF State,
with an authorized capital stock OF
s125.O0O, and with $4,000 sub
scribed.
Mr.. D. D. Grier, a we'll known
merchant and farmer of Gastonia,
died October 27th from an overdose
of morphine, or some other drug. He
had just returned from a Western
trip of ten days duration.
Dave Davis, colored man living
in Beaver Dam township, lost his
house and all his household effects
by fire October 9th. An old colored
woman about 80 years of age was in
the house at the time and was burned
to death.
Jack Meyers, a young man OF Dres-
den, N. c., was shot, probably fatal
ly, by Dick Lutrell, in pawn-shop
in Bristol, Tenn, a few days ago.
Lutrell was examining Meyers pistol
and claims he did not know it was
loaded
The Merchants and Farmers Ma
tional Bank of North Charlotte, the
Peoples Bank of Apex, the Citizens
Bank OF Marshall and the Citizens
Bank of Franklinton have been des-
ignated repositories for postal say
ings funds.
Lila Jordan, the six-year-old
daughter of Mr.. r. H. Jordan, OF
Pender County, was accidentally shot
and killed by her nine-year old
brother, one day last week, who was
playing with a gun, noe knowing ii
was loaded.
Suit for $1,000 damages against
the Kesler Manufacturing Company
of Salisbury has been Instituted in
Forsyth County Court In behalf Of
Lille Painter, the little girl who wal
hurt while working in the cotton mil
OF this company.
Mr.. H. l. Coble, of Chatham
while asleep on the train returning
from sNorlina last Saturday, had tn
misfortune to have his pocket picke'
and his pocketbook containing $40 Il
money and a check on the Citizen
National Bank of Paducah, KY.
Postmaster Giles, of Durham, Ia
made arrangements for the establish
ment Of a sub-station at Trinity Co
lege for the benefit Of the student
This went into effect November Is
The new station Will De located
the book-room of the college in th
Academic Building.
In making a trial flight at th
Fayetteville Fair Grounds in b
plane last week, Aviator K. Beltol
of Chicago, fell 80 feet to the groun
and narrowly escaped death by tt
unfortunate landing Of the machir
on the edge of a ditch, which thre
the aviator forward on his head.
Reports from Winston-Salem tn
revenue officers report the capture
four big illicit distilleries in Fran
lin county, Virginia, October 27t
One arrest was made, and 1900 g;
Ions of beer destroyed. Officer He
bricks reports the destruction of 1
distilleries in this same section sin