The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-01
State News.

Ike Dees, colored, shot and killed
d. Dalton, also colored, near Monroe,
Saturday night. Dees surrendered to
the authorities, stating that the kill
ing was in seIf-defense.
Charles Sutton, OF Kinston, was
sentenced TO thirty days on the road
last week for striking his baby step
child in the face with his fist and
badly bruising it, some days ago.
An epidemic of smallpox in La
Grange is giving the health officers
considerable trouble. General vacci-
nation has been ordered in the town,
which has a population OF from 1900
to 800 people.
Cornelius y. Lucas, who shot and
killed w. c. Jones in Cumberland
County some days ago over trivial
dispute, and who afterwards made
his escape, has been caught in
Charleston, s. G.
A barn on the farm of William
Brothers, at South Mills, near Eliza
beth City, was struck by lightning
and burned a few days ago. About
$500 worth of feed and farming i'm
plements were destroyed.
Leonard Cameron, son OF H. D.
Cameron, of Rock Branch, Harnett
County, was found dead in the grad
ed school building at Rock Branch
last Monday. He had committed sui
eide by taking carbolic acid.
M. F. Newson, a news butcher on
the Atlantic Coast Line, r.!nning into
Rocky Mount, soaked pennies in an
acid which gave them a silver luster
and then passed them for dimes.
When his crime was discovered he
fed.
The Roxboro jail was broken last
Saturday night and all the prisoners
made their escape. There were four
prisoners, one white and three color
ed Their escape was a mystery.
None of them were charged with very
serious offenses.
During the term Of court last week
in New Hanover, eighty or ninety
capiases were issued for persons SELL
ing whiskey. Among those arrested
on charges of violating the prohibi-
ton law was Charles Rogers, a men,
Der of the grand jury.
The sheriff and county officers of
Burek captured and arrested Mary |
Williams, a moonshiner, at her still
house in the South mountains few
days ago. This woman has proven
the most skilled moonshiner the Off
GERS have had to contend with.
court a few days ago against the
Stewart Bros, proprietors of the
Stewart Printing House, for setting
fire to their building some time ago.
The building was a four-story brick
building in the heart of the business
section of the city.
The case of n. Glenn Williams and
D. C.. Foster against Collector Brown,
which came up in Federal Court in
last week, was postponed
until this week Williams and Fos-
ter are trying to keep Collector
Brown from disposing of a number
Of barrels of liquor seized from them.
While Mrs. William Nissen and a
party Of friends were enroute to
in Rockingham County,
4 few nights ago, the chauffeur, Mr..
was struck in the eyes
with a sand bag, which burst, filling
his eyes with sand and completely
binding him. The sand was thrown
by some unknown person.
Mr.. C.. M. Dalton, hotel proprie-
tor of Slick Rock Inn, thirteen miles
from Hendersonville, has offered a re-
ward of 500 for the capture of W.
L. Moore, who he alleges passed a
worthless check on him for the |
of $1S5.85. Mr.. Moore had
been a guest at the Inn for two weeks
and on leaving, gave Mr.. Dalton the
check, from which he was to deduct |
his board and give him the remand
err. which was about $3.50. The check
was later found to be worthless.