The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-31

A new s250.000 hotel will be erect
ed on the site formerly occupied BY
the Kenilworth Inn, near Asheyille.
DR.. Charles S. Boyette, prominent,
dentist of Clinton. died Friday from
heart trouble, after al months Ill
ness.
Claud Black was convicted at Ashe-i
Vile Saturday Of attempted criminal
assault on a woman OF his race, and
was sentenced to serve six years on
the county roads.
The Dunn Silk Mills, OF Dunn, Har-'
nett County, has been chartered with
$4,000 capital for silk cloth andl
knitted goods. The incorporators are,
A. E. Mcneil and others.
The residence of DR.. Tyson, near
Greensboro, was burned last Friday
morning with all it's contents. The
family was aroused by the flames just
in time to make their escape.
Mr. Charles II. Hix, Vice-Presi-
dent and General Manager OF the Sea-
board Air Line Railway, has been
elected President of the Norfolk
Southern Railway, effective Novem-
Der l.
Oscar Robertson, a negro OF Char
lotte, shot and killed another negro
named Harmon Sunday night. Rob-
ertson was beastly drunk, and asked
for another drink after being ar
rested.
Mrs. II. S. Anderson, aged about
thirty-fve years, Of Winston-Salem,
committed suicide Saturday morning
by shooting herself with a 22-caliber
rifle She was alone at the time, her
two sons, aged twelve and ten years,
were playing in the yard.
Enraged because his wife refused
to give him a lunch at the circus
grounds in Asheville last Thursday,
Joe wilkins struck his wife on the
head with stick, killing her instant
ly. wilkins said he had given his
wife the money to run the lunch
stand.
J. West Sutton, a farmer of Nash
County, was thrown from his wagon
when his mule became frightened at
a passing automobile near Louisburg
Tuesday. Mr.. Sutton fell on his head,
the fall breaking his neck. He had
been to Louisburg to sell load of to-
bacco.
North Cardinals part of the mon
ey appropriated by the last Congress
for the National Guard is $76,963.61
of this sum $31,353 is to be used
in purchasing ammunition and 9TH
er supplies and $45, 61O.61 for camp
purposes and the promotion of rifle
practice.
DR.. Ira M. Hardy, superintendent
of the State School for the Feeble
Minded at Kinston, announces he has
received notice of an appropriation
by the Carnegie Institute at Wash
ington, of $500 for the employment
of field agent of the school for six
months.
J. A. Crandall, of Pitt County, VINO
had been drinking, killed himself a
few days ago with a shotgun. He
told his family on leaving the house
what he intended doing, and when
they attempted to follow him, he
threatened to kill them if they didn't
stand back.
The dead body of Mr.. Fred VOL
fenden, a prominent farmer of Beau
fort County, was found by the road
side near Washington Saturday aft
ernoon. His horse and buggy were
found without a driver a little dis
lance away. It is thought the man
died from heart failure.
A Winston dispatch of October &c
says: John Scott, a white prisoner
recently brought here from Davie
County to serve a term on the For
syth County roads, was shot and kill
ed to-day by Guard Holder. Scott
was attempting to make his escape
and was shot in the back running
from the guard"