The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-09
General News.

Mr. ]. C. Locke. near Rock Hin.
s. C.. had his hand caught - . shred-
der a fsw days ago and 80 badly man-
gled that IL had TO De amprtated-
The Census Bureaus fourth report
OF the season shows s.sss.I72 bales
of Gotten ginned TO November ist. n
compared With 7.3ss.sss last rear.
Mrs. Tee Runge MeFea. who has
been held In jail IN Opeiousas. La.
since September Ist, when she shot
young Allan Garland. was admitted
to bail Monday In the sum OF $4,000.
John r. BIvens. Of Georgia. chief
of the tobacco division OF the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau. and formerly
thirty years connected with that ser
vice. died In Washington. November
/ LIST.
Col. William F. Cody buffalo Bill
retired from public lie a few days
ago and will spend the remaining
years OF his life in Wyoming where
! he helped to make American history.
He has been twenty-eight years
Snowman.
Five hundred persons in London.
England, are thrown out of work on
account of a fire in the business sec
! ton of London on November LIST,
/ causing a loss of $4,000. No cine
was seriously injured. The insurance
was $S35,000.
DR.. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief Stats
tician for vital statistics, has submit
ted to Census Director Durand table
showing the number of deaths and
death rates per 100000 population
from suicide each month during the
year 10. The rate per 100000 is
40 per cent.
| Two policemen in New Orleans
were fatally wounded and two other
men badly beaten up by an unknown
negro who ran amuck on the Algiers
ferry across the Mississippi landing
November LIST. The negro was final
ly killed by citizens who came to the
assistance of the officers.
/ Postal inspectors are trying to un-
ravel the mystery of missing pack
age of registered mail worth $40, 1000,
which disappeared between Bluefeld,
w. Va, and Lynchburg, while en-
route to New York a few days ago.
The package is said to have been
fully insured.
Walter Hayes, white boy Of eight
years of age, at the Manchester Cot
ton Mill, at Rock Hill, S. c., went to
the transformer house with other
boys, broke in and grasped live wire
which burned his left hand almost to
a crisp, and that he escaped death
seems miraculous.
Mrs. w. 8. Hamiter, wife of Pres
byterian minister of Biackstock, s.
c., was struck by big automobile
just as she was boarding a street-car
during the Fair at that place and re-
ceived injuries from which she died
three hours later. The chauffeur, a
negro, was arrested.
A memorial hall to Abraham Lin
coin will be dedicated to-day at Hodg-
inville, KY, in the presence of Presi-
dent Taft and other dignitaries. The
building was erected through the au-
spices of the Lincoln Farm Associa-
ton at cost of $112, 900, and $780,
900 for maintenance.
The Rev. Clarence V. Richeson, the
,, Cambridge pastor charged with the
murder of Miss Avis Lindell, a mus.
ic student, by poison, makes a public
protestation Of his innocence, but re
signs as pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church. The church, however, have
declined to accept his resignation.
Maine retains constitutional prohi
bition says the latest report. Cover
!, nor Plaisted and his Council decided
4 Monday to accept the corrections il
r the vote of four towns, cast in tn,
: special election in September, thu
: reversing the result as indicated OF
b the face of the first official returns
i
|, After a lapse of thirty-two years
g Richard Alternately, of Spartanburg
S. c., has been bound over to highe
e court on the charge of murderin,
l. William A. Abbott, a printer, o
Spartanburg, in 1879. He is reporte,
to have killed Abbott and placed hi
y body on the railroad track to be man
gled by the train.
The chief officer and two member