The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-12

cotton mill under che roof in the
United States and one OF the largest
In the world.
John II. Burke. OF Lagrange, Le-
noir County. twenty-three years old.
while standing on the porch OF his
home suddenly fell to the ground and
broke his neck.
The army worm has made It's ap-
pearance in Wayne County and, &C
cording to reports given By some OF
the farmers Of that county, Is playing
havoc with the hay crop.
The North Wilkesboro Hustler says
a patient at the Wilkes Hospital,
who was TO have been operated on.
Jumped out OF the window the night
before the operation and departed.
Charlie Graham, OF Mecklenburg
County, was caught under a falling
tree and almost instantly killed Sat-
urday morning while he was assisting
in clearing up the head Of a dredge
near Charlotte.
Forty dead deer have been found
on Vanderbilt's place near Asaeyille.
Authorities say they are dying from
tomatis, a disease that swells their
tongues and throat SO the animals
cannot eat or drink.
At the session of the Farmers Ed
vocational and Cooperative Union at
Chattanooga, Chas. s. Barrett was re-
elected president C. C. Wright was
made a member of the executive
board for North Carolina.
A big barn belonging to T. s.
Eanes at Lexington was destroyed by
fire Sunday morning during the
church hour Three horses and a
quantity Of hay were consumed in the
flames The loss is estimated at
more than $4,000.
Wednesday afternoon at Linville,
the eighteen-mon baby of G. P.
Moore, fell on piece of broken glass
bottle and severed the artery in its
leg and bled to death in thirty min
utes, despite medical attention.
In a meeting at Graham Monday
the rural mail carriers of Alamance
County decided they would furnish |
the split log drag to be used on the
public roads If the county commits |
sioners would see that the drags are
Notwithstanding Landmark.
President John T. Woodside, of the
Woodside Mills, gave out the state
ment that at a meeting of the board |
of directors the management was au-
thorized to increase the plant from |
$4,000 spindles and 2,O24 looms to
10000 spindles and 1850 looms,
making it the largest textile plant in
this country under one roof.
The North Wilkesboro Hustler
says: ''Mr. II. w. Horton has at his |
Office an old flint lock rifle carried by
Capt. Nathan Horton at the execution
of Maj. Andre during the Revolution !
airy War. Such old relics are inter-
esting and Mr.. Horton wishes to get !
as many as he possibly can together
and place them on exhibit at the
Wilkes County Fair"
Judge Cook holds that property Of
a church is subject to taxation. The
specific case is that of city of Sails
bury against the First Presbyterian
Church of that city. which was in
reference to the city's rights to taxi
the church for some very valuable
real estate owned by said church,
which consisted of two blocks of city
property. This has no reference to
the church building.
The Sanford Express is informed
that $4,000 acres of land near Hoff-
man, Richmond County, has been
purchased by Mr.. Walter Page, edi-
tor or worlds work, New YORK, and
Mr.. John D. Rockefeller. They pro-
pose to turn this land into a num-
Der of small farms and establish a
colony on it. A number of nice
dwellings will be erected.
Willie Hilderbrand, of Morganton,
committed suicide Friday by jumping
into reservoir at cotton mill near
the town. The young man was nine
teen years old and clerked in a drug
store at Morganton. The water in
which he drowned was only eighteen
inches deep and it appears that he
lay in the water until he strangled to
death. He had not shown any signs
of insanity recently but acted pecul-
lar at times in his younger days