The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-26
Local. Matters.

The county authorities will give
Christmas dinner to the fifty or more
,rfsoners in the Wake jail.
Mr. ]. D. Fletcher, of Oak Grove
,ovuship. was bitten by a vicious hog
few days ago and is in a serious
condition.
Will Pool, the negro who shot Will
Snow. another negro, some days ago
;, pool room on Wilmington street,
has surrendered to the police author
f,ies and has been released under
50 bond.
81 the stewards meeting of the
Raleigh Methodist Conference, held
IN Raleigh, the salary Of the presid-
ing elder, Rev. -. H. Hall, was fixed
at $4,000 and to apportion this and
the various conference assessments
among the different charges ]. D.
cniers. of Smithfield, was appointed
committee of one.
This afternoon Mr.. w. S. Crawford
hid in for $1,700 the valuable mill
site and farm of the late Sheriff Page,
situated on Crabtree creek, known as
company Mill" Two hundred and
Eve acres went with the mill. The
property was sold at public cutlery at
the court house steps by r. w. Win
stOn. commissioner.
D. G.. Wagner, manager and part
aer Of the firm of J. d. HOlcOmb
Company, dry goods dealers, has
been arrested for causing the 500
600 fire which occurred in Elkin on
the night of December 16. Wagner
gave bond in the sum of $4,000 for
his appearance at the preliminary
hearing, which will be held Janu-
airy 7.
Sherwood Higgs and James Hicks,
negroes, have been given road SEN
fences for cutting Frank Morrillas, a
Mexican, Tuesday of Fair week. The
negroes have been in the city jail
since that time. Higgs was sentenced
to a term of two months and Hicks
got thirty days. Fred Castlebury,
the third negro in the miX-up, was
discharged.
The Simpkins farm, three miles
from Raleigh, formerly known as the
Cobb place, has been sold in lots of
one and three-quarters to ten acres,
the total of 1913 acres, the total price
being $4,000 The bidders ran the
price up to an average of 5000 an
acre The farm has made yield Of
211 bales and always produced more
than two bales to the acre.
The report of the superintendent
of the Soldiers Home, Capt. w. S.
Lineberry, shows that there were at
the Home on November 80, 1911, the
beginning of the fiscal year, 1875 vet
Grams During the year there were
80 veterans added to. the roll, and 27
were discharged, GO being reported
as having died, leaving 1875 on the
roll on the thirtieth of November,
1912. The average age of the in
mates of the Home is rs years.
Mr.. r. B. Castlebury, driver for the
Capital Hose Company, was painful
ly injured Mr.. G. l.. Jones. motor
man on street car, suffered dislocat-
ed arm, and old George" a horse, is
dead as the result of a collision of
the fire wagon and & street car at the
corner of Blount and Martin streets
Saturday morning. In addition the
front vestibule of the street car was
crushed in and the glass broken and
the tongue of the fire wagon broken.
Governor Kitchin has granted par
dons to Plane Haynie, Madison Coun- |
ty, serving nineteen months for lar
ceny, and Otis Curtis, Wake County, |
serving eight years for second de- |
gree burglary and Communication to |
Annias Harrington, Moore County, |
sentenced to twenty-five years for |
second degree murder, changed to |
nineteen years, and Charles Rowe, |
Mitchell County, serving six years for |
manslaughter, changed to three |
years.