The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-22

Mr. ATtnuT FElCks q yodnS 14ao "a
Craven County. while returning from
a spelling match at a country school
house a few nights ago. vas hit By
stray bullet and seriously injured.
Revenue officers IN company with
other citizens captured tao stills last
Thursday several miles north Of Hic-
kory. in Burke County One nan
named Lael was captured.
VIII Bryant. a negro. near Fayette-
Vile. killed VIII Evans. another ne
gro. in the same section, last SatuF-
day. Bryant was bound over to
March Superior Court withing being
allowed bail.
A fire in Southport Monday morn
ing destroyed three houses. entaiiing
a loss OF about 5000, partially COW
cred by insurance. The origin OF the
fire is believed TO have been caused
by rats.
Mr.. S. Johnson. deputy sheriff OF
Cumberland County, was found dead
in the road near Dundaroch last Sat
urday. He was seen driving along
the road in a buggy about an hour be-
for his body was found.
Thirty years in the penitentiary
was the sentence given the negro Eus-
tace Robertson. at Carthage few
days ago, for the murder OF Francis
Ruggles, the young white man at
Southern Pines Christmas night.
Reports from Cherokee County
show that there is more blockadlng
in that county now than there has
been in twenty years.. Revenue Off
GERS destroyed another large distillery |
in the western end of the county last /
week.
$1,000 acres of land in Macon |
County has been purchased by the
government, and will be converted |
into the Appalachian forest reserve. !
1t Is understood that the price to be
paid was 100000.
The store and entire stock of Mr..
J. T. Ratledge, of Advance, Davie
County, was burned last Tuesday, en-
failing a loss of $4,000, with no in
surance The office of DR.. Watkins
adjoining was also damaged about
$1,000
The department store of Rosen-
bacher and Bro, Winston-Salem. 10
Gated at the corner of Fourth and
Trade streets, was destroyed by fire
one night last week, entailing a loss
of about $35 900, partially covered by
insurance.
The Dallas cotton mill, with all its
equipments was sold at public auc-
ton, in Gastonia one day last week.
1t was bid in by Mayor T. L. Craig at
$4,000 Unless this bid is raised 10
per cent within thirty days superior
will confirm the sale.
A series of robberies and burgla-
ries have been going on in Stanly
County for the past few weeks, and
as a result Began futile and B. G.
Fraley, two young white men, have
been arrested, and they have impli-
Gated several others.
Mr. George w. Smith, an employe
in the Lenoir Manufacturing Com
pany plant, Kinston, was trying to
adjust a belt, when his clothing be-
came entangled in the shafting and
he was thrown against the timbers,
killing him instantly. +
Mr.. A. Wiley Klutz, aged seventy
eight years, was found dead at his
home near Salisbury one day last
week. He had been i'll for some time
and a member of his family entered
his room to administer medicine and
found him dead in bed.
A. E. Burgess, who poisoned the
stock of Mr.. J. A. Whitaker, in Sur
ry County, and tried to poison the
family by putting Paris green in the
spring, was convicted in Surry Supe-
rior Court a few days ago and SEN
fenced to six years on the roads.
James Houchins, an employe in a
tobacco warehouse in Winston-Salem,
was instantly killed last Saturday by
the breaking of cord on the eleva-
tor, dropping eighty feet to the floor
of stone basement. He was moving
tobacco from one floor to another.
The United States Court of Appeals
has reversed the District Court of the
Western District of North Carolina in
the case of G. H. Brown, collector of /
internal revenue, and the United /
States Fidelity and Guarantee Com