The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-29


University OF North Carolina, and
will assume the duties on aarch l.
Arthur Davis, a negro OF Failing
Creek vicinity. has been placed IN
Jail at Kinston for the shooting OF
a colored boy named Fields. IL ID
claimed the shooting was accidental
The Raraca-Philathea State Con-
vention Is called to meet In sails
bury April 18Th to 18th. From 600
10 500 delegates are expected ana
an interesting program is being pre-
pared.
While out hunting one day last
week a colored man named Risen,
located a still in the vicinity OF bla-
denboro, which he reported TO the
sheriff, who proceeded to capture 1t
at once.
The mercantile store OF G. T.. Fes-
perman, in East Spencer, was brok-
en- into and robbed by unknown par
ties on the night or the 26th, ana
from one hundred to two hundred
dollars worth of goods stolen.
A colored man named J. B. Sweat,
of near Lumberton, shot at his wife
a few days ago and killed their In
FAINT which was in her arms as she
was running from him. This oc-
Cured last Saturday morning.
A very destructive fire visited
Parkton, fourteen miles south of
Fayetteville, a few nights ago, de-
stroying several stores and other
property. 1t Is reported that there
was no insurance on any Of the build
ings.
Mrs. Carolina Gates, a well-known
lady of Durham, was found dead IN
her bedroom at her home one day
last week. She had supposedly died
of heart failure and fallen into the
CRATE. The discovery was made by
her daughter.
Robert Riggsbee, a lineman for
the Durham Telephone CompanQ sup
posedly touched a live wire on a
pole on Mangum Street few days
ago, and fell twenty-three feet, strik-
ing his head on the pavement, kill
ing him instantly.
At Lenoir Saturday morning the
home Of Felix Haigler, colored, was
burned, and two children, aged three
and six years, persisted also. The
parents had left the house but
short time when the house was dis
covered to be in flames.
Considerable damage was done by
storms in Union County last week.
Property was damaged, also cattle
and sheep were killed Fire broke out
during the storm, destroying a resi-
dence belonging to C. E. Houston.
A mistrial was the result in the
case of Mrs. c. L. Wyatt, of Sails
bury, against the Salisbury-Spencer
Street Railway, for $4,000 alleged
damages on account of the acciden-
tai killing of her husband last year
A new trial will be granted.
Spencer suffered from a severe
storm Thursday. Considerable dam
age was done to property, houses
being blown down, and also tele-
phone and telegraph lines being torn
down. The wind in come instances
reached a velocity of from 40 to SO
miles an hour.
While Policeman J. J. James was
chasing a colored man in Taylor's
tobacco factory, in Winston-Salem,
Friday, with pistol in his hand,
the pistol was accidentally fred and
shot James Jones, another negro
standing near. The wound, how
ever. is not considered fatal.
Mrs. Natalia Robertson, wife of
Mr.. T. H. Robertson, of Twin Falls,
Idaho, while visiting her sisters in
Scotland Neck, was standing before
the fire a few days ago when her
clothing caught on fire and she was
burned so seriously before help could
be obtained that fears are felt for
her life.
Rufus Moore, young man of
vile, who had charge of the furnace
for the Unagasta Manufacturing Co.,
went down to replenish his fires and
put on his overalls which had be-
come saturated with gasoline in some
way, and when the doors Of the fur
mace were opened, his clothing be-
came ignited, burning him to death
before help could reach him.