The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

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| The little5-year-old daughter Of
| Mr. Frank Kavlor, who lives 8
miles from Hickory was terribly
mangled in the machinery Of q
-four mill near his home q few
days ago. The tot got caught In
the machinery and its mother
rushed to its rescue. She was.
likewise drawn into the apparat-
us and nearly all her clothes torn
off her q
The Washington Duke building
at Trinity College burned to the.
Eground at 3 o'clock last Wednes-
day morning. The hundred stu
dents got out safely although
many had to make use of the fire
escape only scantly attired. H. r.
Hunter, of Cary, was the first per
son to awake. He heroically
rushed through the halls awaken
ing his fellow students and con
sequently lost his entire belong.
ings and $50 in money.
Philip Jones, a man Of property,
and once a Wake county deputy.
was perhaps fatally wounded Fri
day about three miles from Dur
ham, when he was struck on the
head by brick hurled at him by.
Pink Johnson. johnson and
Jones quarreled several days
ago over settlement and renew
lit Friday. Jones was taken to
durham and placed on an oper-
ating table. Eleven broken places
in his skull have been removed.
At meeting of the board of
/ governors of the Piedmont Club
of Albemarle Friday night, the
question of how to entertain the
State Press Association came up.
1t was decided to spare no pains
or money In giving the editors
warm reception during their stay
of an hour on their Winston-Sa
em-to-C Charleston trip over the
ISouthbound on. the Goth instant.
ELuneh will be served and general
Fly a good time given.
Rev. R. P. Bryson Of Spencer
Lmet instant death In the South
Tern Railway shops Friday after
moon by being crushed under
Ethree pairs Of engine truck wheels
and axles, which were being lifted
/ by a huge crane The crane bear
] ing the ton or more of truck
! wheels suspended bysa chain was
passing over. his head and the
chain suddenly broke, precipitat-
| ing the mass of iron down upon
the head of Mr.. Bryson who was
caught at an unguared mo-
ment, and he never knew what
killed him.
Charles Murphy, who about ten
! days ago shot and killed John
Simmons In Yancey county be-
cause Simmons would not give
i'm a drink Of whiskey, was taken
to Asheyille Thursday night by
Sheriff Edwards of Yancey and
placed in the Buncombe county
jail for salfe keeping. Murphy
has the reputation Of being very
desperate character, and the
sheriff was accompanied by two
men. Murphy was handcuffed,
tied with a rope and was led by a
man.
Mrs. Bayister, wife of H. 0.
Banister, manager of the local
Office Of the Western Union Tele-
: graph Company, at Raleigh, and
seventeen-months-old son were
asphyxiated Friday afternoon in
the bath room Of their apart
ments. Mrs, Banvister prepared
! flor bath, using an instantan-
eous gas heater. Her child ac-
companied her. Later servant
,1hearing the water flowing into the
: bath tub for an unusually long
: time, Investigated and was horri-
fed to find the lifeless form Of
} Mrs. Bannister on the floor and
: that ofethe child across a chair
I just how the accident occurred is
not known.
One Of the greatest events II
the history Of North Caroline
took place Friday on the banks Of
the inland waterway canal, eigh
! teen miles long connecting Beau
Z fort harbor and Neuse river
Fifty-six steamers and motor
boats, moving in two separat,
! fleets from Newbern and More
! head City, met midway in til,
canal and landed three THOUSAND
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