The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-06

Two negro boys. Ernest and lobe
Duggin. living near Kinston. were
struck and instantly killed by hgnt-
ming last week.
At Durham last Saturday night. .
Tom Simmons. negro, killed his
brother, John Simmons. The muir
derer escaped.
A severe wind storm passed over
the Randleman section in Randolph
County last Sunday afternoon, do
ing considerable damage TO crops and
property.
Constable Raymond Hall captured
a forty-gallon still in Lebanon town
ship, near Durham, last Friday. The
plant was ready for operation, but
the men had not arrived.
In AshevilIe last Friday night,
Fred Avery shot and killed Will Max
well, both colored Liquor was said
to have been the trouble. Avery es-
capped.
Mr.. Joe Swain, of Henderson, one
of it's most highly esteemed citizens, /
shot and killed himself while clean
ing his gun Monday at his home. He
was nephew of Gov. Swain, of North
Carolina.
A mysterious fire, believed to be
of incendary origin, badly damaged |
the five-story brick building and job
printing plant of Stewart Brothers in .
Wfnston-Salem. The building was
valued at $4,000.
Mr. E. J. Taylor, a carpenter, of
Wilmington. was instantly killed by
the falling timbers in the collapse of
a building on which he was at work a
few days ago He was fifty-seven
years old, and leaves a wife and ten
children.
Gus Holmes, a negro, was acquit-
ted in Superior Court in Fayetteville
Of the charge of murder for killing
streets of Fayetteville several weeks
ago. The evidence plainly indicated
self-defense.
Ed. Hadley, a bad negro, wanted
on several charges, was shot and kill
ed by Policeman Hart in Goldsboro
Tuesday. Hadley resisted arrest and
was shot by the officer without in
tent to kill after having been called
on to halt several times.
Mr. Charles Gibson, in charge of
the mechanical department of the
Morgan Mill at Red Springs. was IA
tally shot last Saturday by a negro
emp1oye, George Swami. The shoot
ing was without provocation and
much indignation exists.
Perry Stallings, small white boy
of Kinston, son of prominent citi-
zen, was stabbed to death last Tues
day evening by Charles Randolph,
son of another prominent man of the
same city. The boys were about the
same age, and had had a quarrel.
Mr.. B. 0. POmorOy and two colored
men were killed near Creedmoor last
Saturday by the bursting of boiler
belonging to the saw mill at that
place The accident, it is said, oc-
Cured by the turning in of cold wa
ter after the water in the boiler had
gotten low.
Little Edgar Suggs, the eight-year
old son of Mr.. Charles w. Suggs, Of
Wilmington, was drowned in an old
rock quarry near that city one day
last week. 1t seems that he and an
other child were playing around a
very deep hole and he fell in and was
drowned before assistance would
reach him.
The manufacturing plant of the In
terstate Cooperage Company, at Bel
haven, Washington County, was de-
stroyed by fire last Thursday. Two
and one-half million feet of lumber
was burned, four box cars of the Nor
folk Southern Railroad, also a valu-
able tug belonging to the company.
The loss is estimated at 100000
: with no insurance.
st. Johns Day, the time honored
celebration, will be held at the Ok
ford Orphanage, Oxford, N. c., on
Saturday, June 22nd, instead of the
gath This has come to be one of
the most representative gatherings
which occurs in our State each year,
bringing large crowds of friends OF
the Orphanage all over the State.
The address of welcome will be de-
livered by Mr. T. G. Stem. of Oxford,