The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-07-04
State News.

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The government has increased the
candle power of the lights at Cape
Hateras from $4,000 TO 100. 900. oil
Vapors has the place of oil as the
iIluminant.
Revenue officers In Durham Coun-
ty captured three negro moonshln-
erg Monday in Lebanon, They found
and poured out over seventy gallons
of whiskey.
E w. Allen. nneman for the Car
DINA Telephone and Telegraph
Company of Tarboro, was killed
there Monday by coming in contact
with live wire.
Burton Finger, a well-thought-of
colored man, Of Lincolnton, was shot
and iIled by Zed and Tom Ramseur,
two colored boys, who were drinking,
and called at Fingers house and
were ordered away.
81. S. Burch, a travelling man,
making his home in Reidsville, y. C.,
died at his home there last Friday
night, as a result OF poisoning by
strychnine. 1t is stated that there
was evidence of suicide.
Mr.. Geo. c. Gurley, shoe manu-
4. facturer, of Tryon, was run over and
oh
Southern Railway track just above
the station last Tuesday. He was At
years of age and an estimable citi-
zen.
A baby was left on the porch of
Mr. Jacob Fisher, a farmer, living
near Salisbury, one night last week.
There was no clue to the parents Of
the child. Extra clothing and a.
nursing bottle was left with the
child.
Ex-Judge w. J. Montgomery, Of
Concord, died at his home there last
Friday morning after an illness of
more than year. He was seventy
eight years of age, and had been a
prominent man in public life since
1858.
young man named Cable met in
Simultaneous death in handling a wire
rope in High Point one day last week.
He was an experienced lineman and
had been with the telephone COM
pany for several years. His home
was in Burlington.
The State Bankers Association at
Morehead City last week elected
Leake S. Covington, of Rockingham,
president; c. A. Holderness, of Tar
boro, Thos E. Cooper, Of Whining
ton, and J. L. Armfeld, Of High
Point, Vice-Presidents.
Mrs. Fannie Lee Worsham, of Cas-
well County, while temporary insane
a few days ago, committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid. She had been
brooding over the death of her child
which was burned to death about two
years ago, and had seemed irrational
for some time.
The North Carolina Pharmaceuti
cal Association met in Waynesville
last week and elected J. G. NJ. Gar
den, of Clayton, president; Geo. c.
Goodman, of Mooresville, third vice
president, and J. G. Beard, of Chapel
Hill, secretary. New Bern was de-
cided on as the next place of meet
ing.
Edwin Borden, of Wilmington,
general superintendent of the Allan
tic Coast Line, died at Clifton
Springs, N. Y, June 30th. where he
had gone for his health following a
stroke of paralysis a few days ago.
He was SO years of age, and had been
with the Atlantic Coast Line since he
was boy.
Jesse Young, living in Beaverdam
Township, Cherokee County, sent his
two children over to the house of
his brother, who lived only a few
hundred yards away, to tell his
brother to come over at once, then
barricaded his house, shot and killed
his wife, and then committed sui
eide. 1t is believed that he was in
sane.
Two revenue officers made a raid
in Sampson county a few days ago,
found a still which had been in oper-
alton recently, but no one present,
and on finding some beer, proceeded
To drin of