The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05

John Strader. a young man OF For
syth County. near Winston-Salem,
while out hunting q few days ago. ae-
cidentally shot and killed himself.
Conductor Charles E. Russell. of
Kings Mountain. was very painfully
injured in the falling of a trestie az
the Lowell cotton mill September %.
Deputy Collector Merritt, together
with Deputy Marshall Jordan, cap
tured a ninety-gallon still in New
Light Township. Wake County. Satur-
day night.
The large building known as the
High sanitarium at Southern Pines.
was destroyed by fire during a thun-
der-storm September goth. The loss
was about $1,000.
Mrs. r. G. Bell, wife OF a we'll
known conductor on the Southern
Railway, was seriously injured In
runaway accident near her home in
Spencer. October 1st.
A special term of court for Robin
son County was ordered by Governor
Kitchin for the trial of civil cases.
Court convened October 1st and will
last the remainder of this week.
Il Is rumored at HendersonvilleI
AaS hos
ed In the Myrtle Hawkins case and
that it will be given to the grand
jury when 1t meets next week.
The town of Tabor suffered from
a most disastrous fire Tuesday. Octo-
Der 3rd. Nearly an entire block was
destroyed and not a particle of insur-
ance on any of the property or goods.
The house Of Mr.. Howell Swami, |
near Weaverville, was struck by light |
ming Sunday night, last, shocking, |
though not seriously injuring, Mr.. |
Swami and several members Of his
family.
that bonds are to be issued for the
purpose of erecting a modern school
building for the Troy graded school.
high school department will be es-
tablished.
Great preparations are being made
for the celebration Of the thirty-frst
anniversary of the battle of Kings
Mountain next Saturday, October 7th.
Speeches will be made by prominent
speakers.
Mr.. C. c. Brown, of Troutmans,
while working at cotton gin near
Statesville, had the misfortune to get
his left hand caught in the machinery
and so badly lacerated that it had to
be amputated.
At an early hour Sunday morning
fire destroyed the garage, together
with an $1,000 touring car, belonging
to Mr.. E. c. Prince at his country |
home near Goldsboro. Both we COW
cred by insurance.
John Simmons, white, and John
Rhyme, colored, died in a we'll at
Bridgewater, Friday, from the effect
of gas Rhyme died first, and it was
in trying to get the body out that
Simmons was stricken.
On September 3Oth, while out
hunting, Clifford Adams, the eleven
year-old son of Mr.. J. B. Adams, a |
prominent citizen of Jonesboro, was
shot by two colored boys, aged thir-
teen and fourteen years.
Dick Prevette, bright young man
OF twenty-five years of age, shot him
self in his room in the Central Hotel,
North Wilkesboro, on the night of
October End. It is thought that des-
pondency was the cause.
The gasoline boat, Edna Mae, own
ed by Mr. T. S. Meekins, at Manteo,
blew up, caught fire, and was totally
destroyed September 28th, destroying
all mail and freight, and seriously
injuring several passengers.
Isaac and Doc. Franklin, two
Burke County men, have been lodged
in jail in Newton by Revenue officers
in default Of bond in the sum of 81,
600. They are charged with making
Illicit whiskey in the South Noun
tains.
The body Of a Miss Gilbert, an OPP
erative in the Rhode Island Cotton
Mill. Spray. was found floating in the
mill race at o'clock, October 3rd.
AS she was subject to epilepsy, it is
supposed she had fit and fell into
the race.
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