The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-15


-Four white men and eight negroes
were sentenced 10 four months on the
county roads few days ago In Eliz-
abeth City for violating the prohibit
ton laws.
The four-year-oId child OF Rev. {.
w. Williams. OF Rural Hall, Forsyth
County, was burned to death few
days ago. The child caught on fire
while alone in the room.
Ed. Mills, a very bad negro OF the
Asheville section, resisted arrest a
few days ago, after having escaued
from the chain-gang OF the county.
and was shot to death by the deputy
sheriff.
A bottle OF whiskey in the pocket
of a young man at Spencer, a few
days ago, becoming too warm from
the heat OF the fire near which he was
sitting, exploded. saturating his
clothing and burning him badly.
John Stone, a young white man OF
High Point, was found with two
sticks Of dynamite on his person after
threatening to blow up Kennedy's
restaurant a few days ago, and was
fined 800 by the recorder in his
court.
In Vance Township, Lenoir Coun-
ty, few days ago, lot OF drunken
negroes created a great deal OF ex-
element. and also did quite little
damage to property as a result. They
pulled down telephone lines and COM
mitted numbers of depredations.
The six-year-old daughter of DR..
and Mrs. G. A. Cation, of New Bern,
was very badly, II not fatally burned
a few days ago in playing with box
of matches. She struck one match
and the entire box became ignited.
setting her clothing af1re.
Reports from the local Revenue Of
fee at Asheville shows that sixty il
licit distilleries have been seized in
the State of Virginia, and two arrests
and thirty prosecutions recommend
ed, of these twenty of them are in
North Carolina.
Mrs. Thomas Robertson, Of Twin
Falls, Idaho, who is visiting her sis
tiers near Scotland Neck, was stand
ing near the fire few days ago and
her clothing became ignited, burning
her severely If not fatally.
Mrs. George Dooly, of Charlotte,
committed suicide at the State H.
Hospital at Morganton Thursday af-
ternoon last by burning herself to
death. She got hold of a box of
matches and set her clothing afire.
1t is said that Mr.. o. L. Flow
bought the liquor for the Rev. R L.
Davis, which he exhibited in the
Charlotte meeting a few weeks ago.
1t is also reported that he has disap-
peared, and intimations are that he
was hired to do so.
Deputy Collector r. F. Henry and
Deputy Marshall T. V. Slope located
and destroyed two large illicit distil-
leries Monday on Beaver Dam, in
Cherokee County. These make four
teen distilleries destroyed in this
same community within thirty days.
According to reports issued by
Commissioner of Labor and Printing,
M. L. Shipman, sixty-five knitting
mills are reported during 1911 for
North Carolina. Fifty-four of them
show capital stock of $3,043,125.
General proficiency is reported i'm
proved from forty-three.
Joe Greer, the negro who shot and
fatally wounded John Kerns, another
negro, an employe of the r. J. Rey-
nolds Tobacco Company, late Satur-
day evening, was arrested at Walker
town Monday and carried back to
Winston-Salem. Kerns died. Monday
Lumberton Lady Orders Her Own
A fire at Fountain, N. c., destroy
ed the town building and market,
burning to death Mr.. E. s. Nichols, a
farmer, who was in town, and being
under the influence of whiskey, was
locked in a cell. The general opin-
ion is that he had matches in his
clothing and set fire to the building.
Deputy Collector X. w. Merritt and
Deputy Marshall F. w. Knight cap
tured a large still in Durham County
few days ago. e. A. Whitfield was
found together with another man,
who escaped Whitfield was given a
hearing before U. 8. Commissioner
Skinner, and gave bond for appear