The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-19

L. p. Muilinax. manager os TIE
Troy oil mill wax shot and perhaps
fatally wounded Ut Troy. $ c. oc,o-
Der 10th. By G. W. Long. q druggist.
OF that town.
T. j. Hill and j. u. Rsvels. farm
ers living near Adele. Ca. engaged
In . quarrel the corning OF October
18th. and Hill shot Revels- A son
Of Revels then shot Hill through the
head.
Chairman Mack has called q meet
Ing OF the Democratic National. Com
mittee at Washington. ID. c.. on Jan
uary sth TO fx the time and place OF
holding the Democratic National Con-
vention.
Reports from the regular monthly
meeting OF the Anderson County
Farmers Union. were to the effect
that one-half of the cotton crop Is
being held by the farmers for high
er prices.
Two negroes, A. B. Richardson and
Ben Woods. were taken from the
city jail In Caruthsvifle, Mo-. October
10th, by a mob. and lynched. Feeling
against these negroes had been at a
high pitch for some time.
A negro at Louisville, KY, who at
tackled two girls and their mother
October 14th, was seized by a mob
OF angry citizens of that city and
beaten so badly that it is thought he
cannot recover.
Bishop Van De Vyner, of the Cath
Ollie diocese of Richmond, died Octo-
Der Is, of complications resulting
from a cold. He was CT years of
age, and had been bishop of Rich
mond % years.
A cyclone struck Indiana October
14th, wrecking homes and destroying
property to the amount of $4,000 in
one village called Ben Davis, near In
dianapolis. Other cities and towns
were damaged also.
HOke Smith has announced that he
will relinquish the Governohship of
Georgia November 18th, preparatory
to taking up his duties as United
States Senator, to which office he was
elected by the late Legislature.
Governor Colquitt, of Texas, has
called conference of Governors of
the Soutehrn States to meet in New
Orleans on the 23rd, to discuss ways
and means to prevent a further re-
duction in the price of cotton.
Slight earthquake shocks have
been recorded on the seismograph at
Layola college, New Orleans, for the
past few days, and are believed to
be the forerunners of a more serious
quake within the next few days.
The News-Leader, Richmond, Va,
indicted recently, charged with hav-
ing mailed papers containing objec-
tional matter in it's report of the
Beattie case, entered a plea of nolo
contendere and was fined the nomi-
nal sum of $50.
Burglars dynamited the Planters
Bank vault October 18th and escaped
with what is believed a large sum of
money. J. ]. Clements, who slept in
room above the bank, was awaken
ed by the explosion and exchanged
shots with the robbers.
The woman suffrage amendment
to the constitution of California.
which was first reported to have
been defeated, was adopted. The re-
call-which includes the recall of the
Judic1ary-was also adopted along
with the initiative and referendum.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock has
authorized the establishment of the
longest railway mail route in the
united States. 1t will begin Novem-
Der LIST, and will extend over the
Western Pacific lines between Salt
Lake City and San Francisco, 992
miles.
Two Atlanta women, Mrs. M. A.
edwards and her sister, Mrs. A. e.
DobDs, were struck by an automobile
just as they stepped OF a street car
on October 18th and Mrs. Edward
was killed and Mrs. Dobbs was sert-
ously injured. The chauffeur was
placed under arrest.
FOUL play is suspected in the death
OF Smith Walsh ho