The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14

for the Southern Railway Company
at Spencer, died in Birmingham, Ala,
few days ago.
The Iredell County Live Stock Fair
4 has been inaugurated and the date
for the fair fixed for Wednesday, De-
cember II.
Cecil NJ. Jordan, sergeant in the
United States Army, committed sui
eide at York, Pa, Saturday. Jordan
was a native of Kinston, this State.
The fall term of Federal Court at
Wilmington Is in session this week.
It will require two or three days to
try the criminal cases on the docket.
The State Congress of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution which met last
week, reelected Mrs. William Rey-
nolds, of Winston-Salem, State Re-
gent.
The Charlotte Observer states that
sixty thousand dollars has been sub
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton in that city.
The Durham Evening Sun has
again changed hands. The paper has
been purchased by s. J. Flickinger
and Walter w. Weaver, who took
charge of the paper Monday.
Samuel E. Marshall has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Mount Airy.
Mr.. Marshall was a member Of the
House of Representatives from Surry
at the last session of the Legislature.
The Asheville Citizen states that
little daughter Of Mr.. James Ball
was killed by freight train at Mar
shall Sunday night. The child was
crossing the railroad track when the
train struck her.
Mr.. Cleveland Adams, of Clayton, |
was seriously injured in an automo
bile accident near Clayton Sunday. |
The machine was demolished and Mr..
Adams was brought to Rex Hospital,
Raleigh, for treatment.
AloZonZo Ditto, an Italian vaude-
vile actor playing at Salisbury, was
seriously stabbed four times with a
knife. Officers are looking for two
fellow boarders who are supposed to
know something of the crime.
The Southern Railroad has submit
ted to the Corporation Commission
for approval plans for a new $1,000
passenger station for Chapel Hill, |
and intends to push the construction
of this along with the $4,000 sta
ton for University Station
A Westinghouse air-brake instruc-
ton car has been located in Spencer
for two weeks. The object in sending
the car there was to give free instruc
ton and examinations to the hun
dreds of employees of the Southern
Railway Company at that place.
Mrs. Josephine Crowell was burn
ed to death at her home in Albemarle
mOuudy SFouIuS VI last W00h. one
was sitting by the fire alone and it
is supposed her clothes caught from
the fire. She was fifty years old and
is survived by her two sons and three
enthusiastically Landmark
A. G. Barnwell, aged twenty-six,
who has been in the employ of the
Southern Railway for six years as
brakeman, was killed Tuesday after
noon at Sloan, on the Wilkesboro
division of the Southern. He fell be-
tween two cars of a freight train
running from North Wilkesboro to
Winston-Salem, and was crushed to
death.
The legislative committee of the
Teachers Assembly which was in ses-
sion several days last week, will rec
ommend to the Assembly that the
minimum school term in each district
in the State be not less than six
months; and that the Legislature be
asked to increase the school tax five
cents on the 500.
With the exception of the register
of deeds, the Republicans made a
clean sweep of the county offices in
Mcdowell. r. E. L. Gibson, the can
didate for that Office went in by twen-
ty-one votes. The closest race was
that for House of Representatives,
former Sheriff P. H. Mashburn de-
feating his Democratic opponent by
the narrow margin of six votes. Mr..
Mashburn was member of the Sem
ate from that district two years ago.
A Kinston, N. c., dispatch an
nounces that thirty automobiles, car