Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-12
STATE NEWS.
Items Of Interest Gathered From the Allan
tic 10 the AppaIachians.

Tic 10 lhe ApPalaClldnS.
| A Workingman's Clark club,
said to have 2FO memders, hal
Eeen organized in Raleigh to pro
mote the candidacy of judge
Clark for the United States SEN
ate.
Henry Campbell, a negro man
about 40 years of age, commit
led suicide last Thursday after
noon al his home several miles
from Mooresville by sending q
load of shot through his brain.
He had not been we'll fer some
| time and his mind had become
affected. Several weeks ago pao-
pie in his community said that
Campbell was crazy bus hs dad
not appear at all dangerous and
no steps ware taken to coz fine
him. He was Very large man,
seemingly in perfect health, and
had been considered p &c liable
harmless and a thritty 8 rt OF
fellow. t~.
Solicitor Frank A Linnoy, OF
Wan'auga county, says shat he
will not be o candidate f3r the
Republican nomination for Con-
gross in this district. Mr. Lin
ney spout Tuesday night e last
week in Statesvill, going from
here to Taylorsville, Wed lesda !"
morning, and when questioned by
u Landmark reporter ahoa5 the
statsment made IN the Salisbury
Post that he would be a caudl-
date fer the nomination. he was
very emphatic in his answer that
he will not be candidate. He
said the statement in the Post
was msde without his knowledge
or consent. Statesville Land
mark.
W. H. McEnsire has been cap
turai iii Tampa, Fla, aud will be
brought back t. North Carolina
to stand trial for the murder of
half q dozen men who disappeared
from time to time in Rutherford
c unity. Tha last murder be is
charged with is that of an old
hermit named Hines, disappeared
under very mysterious ciscum-
stances. McEntire tried to get
possession OF the old MATS prop
erEy after his disappearance and
when suspicion was aroused he
left the court. 1t is alleged that
he burned the bodies of all his
victims in the furnace of his illicit
distil!ery.
The college commission, having
in hand the choosing of a site for
the Mt. Amoena Seminary, will
visit the several places offering
sites and donations, and will meet
Oh Wednesday, March 27, to
make a final report, which will be
presented to the regular meeting
of the Lutheran Synod at Char
lotte in May. Salisbury, Albc.
marie, Lexington, China Grove,
Lands, and Mt. Pleasant all
havo made Inviting proposals.
The mystery of the death of
Myrtle Hawkins, whose dead
body was found floating in the
waters Of Lake Osceola Septem-
ber 10 1911, was brought STEP
nearer to solution Friday after
noon when the Henderson county
grand jury, sitting at Henderson.
vile, returned true bills charg
ing murder against Abner McCal.
his wife, Beatrice Mccall, anc
George Bradley, and woman
unknown to the jury
"Boney" Bradley, brother Of
George, is charged with being al
accessory before the fact to thu
murder, and Dan Mccall father
of Mrs. Mccall, is charged with
being aa accessory after the fact
Immediately following she read
ing OF the bill of Indictment, war
rants were issued for the indiote {
parties and all were arrested ane
placed in Henderson county jail.
One of the worst wrecks In tht
history of Wilmington occurred
Friday night at 8 o'clock, whel
the Atlantic Coast Line passenge.
train No. 5 from Sanford collidei
head-on with yard engine jus
; ag it wes about to enter the Cit,
limits, Instantly killing Yart
Foreman r.. B Goodnight, wit