The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-12
State News.

The next session of the State Farm
era Union will be held in Wilson,
December Is. IA, and ID.
The trial OF Ben Hubbard for the
murder OF DR.. J. A. Petit, at Low
ington, Va, has been continued IN
I'll November 18th.
]. ". Simmons, pressman, oz
years old. was shot and probably IA
tally wounded by T. l.. Carter, q
plumber In Roanoke, Va. October
9Th.
Arthur Spencer, the negro who en-
tered the home OF Mr.. s. NJ. mccall.
In MocksyilIe, on June 5th, has been
sentenced to 80 years in the states
prison.
George Reed, a small boy OF Meis-
enheimer, StanIy County, stepped on
a nail a few days ago which pierced
his foot. Blood poison followed and
his foot had to be amputated.
Az a result of a conference Of ten
DAYS between the representatives and
officials, the telegraphers on the Nor
folk and Western Railway System
will be granted an increase in wages.
George Glover, a negro boy, was
shot September 18th, by Wilson
Thomas, another negro, while watch
ing for watermelon thieves in the
field of his employer, near Fayette-
vile, N. c.
Two Richmond papers, the Rich
mond Evening Journal and News
Leader, have been indicted, charged
with publishing and mailing improp-
er matter in connection with the
Beattie trial.
James Rutherford, a capitalist,
who recently moved from Carbon
vile, Pa, to High Point, dropped
dead on the street in Winston-Salem,
October 9Th, where he was attending
the Piedmont Fair.
81 bmas Baker, an operator at the
plen mills at Spray, Rockingham
inty. had the misfortune to get his
Int arm caught in the machinery
the mill a few days ago, and the
I'm broken off at the elbow.
Of have
been prepared by the prisoners
counsel in the Beattie case. The
State Supreme Court will convene
November otn, and the appeal in the
case will be promptly presented.
Lumbertcn Robesonian states
Lat in accordance with an act of the
is Legislature, antitoxfn for diph-
eria can spe had at manufac-
cost. Al.dose formerly cost
d can now be had for $1.95.
cdy of Oscar Wicker, we'll
mer of near Jonesboro, was
b near the track of the
Atla, Dast Line, October 7th. The
coroner turned the verdict that he
came to his death "by being hit by
train"
A lodge of Pythian Sisters has
been Instituted in Asheville by Mrs.
Fannie Dreeson, with about 35 lady
members. This lodge bears about
the same relation to the Knights Of
Ptyhias as does the Eastern Star to
the Masonic Lodge.
Mrs. Lucy O'Brien, an aged lady,
who resides in Goldsboro, N. c., has
entered suit against the town of
Mount Olive for $4,000, on account
of injuries received from a fall over
a stump near the sidewalk in that
town several months ago.
What is believed to be the longest
electrical TRANSMISSION line in the
world, from beyond Charlotte to Dur
ham. a distance of 173 miles, was
opened October 7th. Power gener-
ated in the Catawba River turned
e. WneelS In factories IN durham.
The dead body of Will Owen, a
young white man, was found near
the tracks of the Western North
Carolina Railroad at BARRIERS juno
ton, October 9Th. 1t is believed
that he was killed and placed on the
tracks with the view of hiding the
crime.
Richmond, Va, suffered from an
100000 fire, October Z. The In
ternational Harvester Company was
the principal loser, but the stock of
the Richmond Dry Goods Company,
at 1904 East Cary street, was dam
s aged several thousand dollars by
smoke and water. The fire was sup