The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18


boro. throwing papers everywhere
but finding nothing Of value 10 them
Lonnie MiIlican. Jim Britt, and
Nick Joyner, the three negroe house
burners, OF Lagrange. were tried in
Kinston a few days ago and sentenced
to terms OF thirty years. respectively.
in the State Prison.
Two brothers. Frank and Jim Neal.
of Pamlico County. lost their lives
last Thursday morning. by the over
turning OF boat, a small fishing yes
sci. en- route to Norfolk with load
OF fish.
Mr.. John J. Sheenan. OF Whining
ton, Superintendent OF Transporta-
ton OF the Tidewater Power Com
pany, died suddenly OF heart failure
in a drugstore in Wilmington few
days ago.
The twenty-year-oId daughter OF
Mr.. George Baker, of Milbanks. was
attacked with an epileptic fit a few
nights ago and fell into the fire, re-
ceiving burns from which she died a
few hours later
J. NJ. Stickel. agent for a photo
graph enlarging establishment of Co
lumbia. s. c., dropped dead at the
home OF a customer In Durham Tues
day, where he was delivering pic
lures.
Mr.. J. ". Fisher, a we'll known
employe Of the Southern Railway, at
Spencer, slipped on the ice on the
yards there a few days ago and was
run over nv an engine. He lost an
arm and leg and his condition 9TH
erwise is considered serious
A hot water tank, at the home of
Mr.. ]. d. Langston, at Goldsboro, ex- ,
ploded last Sunday evening, killing
the negro cook, seriously injuring 8
two children of Mr.. Langston, and !
completely wrecking the house. ;
Mrs. Kin Grimes, a High Point :
lady, was very seriously, if not fatal 8
ly. injured a few days ago by the i
bursting of the pipes and the explos- +
ion OF the range in her kitchen. The
explosion was caused by the frozen 7
pipes. h
Capt c. NJ. Faircloth, prominent
lawyer, of Clinton, N. c., narrowly
escaped death a few days ago at the 7
hands of negro tenant and his wife.
The negro, assisted by his wife, cut
the lawyers throat, just missing the
jugalar vein.
Eugene Murphey, who shot D. M.
Vernon, of Spray, last spring. has II
been Identified by description sent q
out by local North Carolina author p
tiles and located at Utica, N. Y. He 0
admitted shooting Vernon because he
killed his dog" G.
The six-months-old child of Mr.. o. "
I. Gilispie, of Statesville, was left in e,
a carriage near the fire for a few n
moments one day last week, when
the carriage was overturned in some
way into the fire and the child was
burned to death.
Mr.. Charles H. Jacobson, who lives m
near New Bern. slipped on the ice ic
near the railroad track q few days n
ago and was struck by the incoming h
train and received such in "
juries that he died soon after. He fl
was about sixty-f1ve years Of age. b
Wheeler Godfrey. the sixteen-year- a.
old son Of Mr.. George M. Godfrey, of fl
the Waxhaw settlement, was acct is
dentally shot by his cousin, Willie tt
keziah, while out hunting few days q
ago. The shot took effect in the
young mans foot and it is feared will
destroy the use of it. T
Mr.. Norman Stockton, a we'll 0
known and popular young man of ID
was assaulted and &C. TT
riously cut by two negroes in his "
store in that city a few DAYS o.
ago. Mr.. Stockton discovered the st
negroes in the act of stealing a suit &c
OF clothes and interferred, when he N
was attacked by them W
News has reached this city of the ~
death OF Rev. w. G. Green, at Can >.
ton, China. Sunday. Mr.. Green was :.
a Baptist missionary to China. He -,
was professor at Wake Forest Col 90
lege prior to the time he entered the q
field. He was a native of =.
the western part of this State. He -
has two sons at Mars Hill College. =.
and is also survived by his wife, who =.
was with him in China. -