The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-06

ton at Wilson.
The rural delivery carriers Of North
Carolina held their annual meeting IN
Winston-Salem Tuesday.
The people OF Charlotte Tuesday
voted for $4,000 bond Issue for
permonent improvements.
The First Presbyterian Church OF
Concord, erected at a cost OF about
S27 900, was dedicated Sunday.
4 special term of Buncombe court
convened at AsheyilIe Monday with
forty liquor cases on the docket.
Mr.. George Gurley. of Princeton,
Johnston County, was killed some
days ago by stroke of lightning.
State druggists will meet at More
head City in their thirty-second an
nual convention July IL, 10, and Il.
The Durham Tobacco Storage Com
pany has let the contract for the re-
building OF the big warehouse which
was blown down last May.
Vernon McGlamery, of Stanton,
Wilkes County, was kicked by
horse a few days ago and received
injuries causing his death.
Z. c. Mcconnell, a policeman of
Asheville, was shot and dangerously
wounded Monday by John Hun whom
he had in custody. The negro made
his escape.
Edward Bumgardner, assistant
electrician for the Thornton Light
and Power Company of Hickory was
electrocuted Tuesday night repairing
street lamp.
At Wilmington Saturday afternoon
Jim Brown. a negro, killed John
Lance, another negro, by slashing his
throat. Brown was arrested and
placed in jail.
Children under sixteen years of +
age are not allowed to roam over the
streets of Asheville after 9 O'Clock at
night, unless they are accompanied
by their parents or guardians.
Mr.. j. S. Pierce, of Henderson, fell
dead Saturday at the Poythress coal
yard, where, he was employed Mr..
Pierce appeared to be in perfect
health that morning He was about
forty-five years of age, and leaves a
wife and several children.
The headless body of Ayron Wal
ker, young negro residing near EN-
ma, Buncombe County, was found
Saturday night by a crew of one of
the trains between the railroad bridge
and the Murphy junction. The body
was still warm.
Mrs. w. H. Corbett and Miss Alfred
Edwards, of Pitt County, were killed
by stroke of lightning last Thurs
day afternoon while working in
held. A son of Mrs. Corbett, who
was at work near by, was rendered
unconscious by the same bolt.
The lifeless body of Isaiah Miller.
colored, was found on the railroad
track at Asheville Saturday night.
The barn and stables Of S. E. Coch-
ran, OF Mecklenburg County, were
destroyed by ire Saturday. A horse
and mule were also consumed in
the flames.
Following injuries sustained by be- ,
ing run over by his own train at Nor
wood Thursday afternoon, Rudolph
Melton, Southern Railway fireman, of
Spencer, died at a sanitarium in Sal
lsbury that night. Both legs were
cut off by the wheels of car under
which he fell while making a COUP
ling. He leaves a young wife and two
small children.
The hot wave had a bad effect on
a large portion of Charlotte's popula-
ton Saturday. During a baseball I
game the umpire, named Nugent,
made decision that displeased many
OF the crowd, and but for the protec-
ton OF policemen the umpire would
have been mobbed. Several wanted {
him strung up and lynched. The UNI
pire had to be hustled out of town to {
save his life. |
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