The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-04

on the I1th.
Noah Hill. . white man. was killed
near Lagrange on Christmas eve
night By the train. lie Sas supposed
10 have been on his say home from
LaGTange.
Granite Falls. village in Cald-
welI County. has a curfsw IaS which
prohibits children under the age OF
eighteen going abroad after o'clock
q. N.
DIR p. Il. Law. editor OF the Pres
byterIau Standard. and one OF the
best known Presbyterian clergymen
In the South. died al COOL, 5. c.
few days ago. lie was seTeniy-seven
years old.
At Southern Pines Christmas day
Francis Ruggles. boy OF seventeen,
yas shot and killed BY Eustace Rob-
fnson. a negro. The negro Is in jail.
but there was some difficult in avoid
ing a lynching.
II. y. Hacke:t, Grand Master OF the
Grand Lodge OF Masons, OF North
Carolina. has designated Tuesday.
January 9th, as the time for the lay
Ing of the cornerstone OF the Ma
sonic Home in Greensboro.
A colored man named Alex Nc
Il sHa anT
ton shed at Dunn one night last week
with his head crushed. II is sup
posed that he was killed by passing
train, as he was found near the track
George Brendle and his son, Mann
Brendle, OF Swain County. were kill
ed Christmas Day by Jesse Upton,
son-in-law of the older man. The
killing Is said to have grown out OF
a family fued which has existed for
years.
Train No. 80, on the Southern
Railway from Atlanta to New York.
was wrecked near Kings Mountain on
the 21st The train was running
into an embankment, but no one was
hurt.
Four hundred pounds of dynamite
were exploded at Elm City, the At
lantic Coast Line station, last Fri
day. The citizens were thrown into
panic About two bales Of cotton
oil inh dnctrnVn6
articles were scattered hundreds OF
yards.
The body of little Bessie May
Smith, the three-year-old daughter
of Mr.. Robert Smith, of Orange
County, who had been lost for several
days, was found in Collins creek, a
mile and a half from her home Mon
day. 1t is supposed that she fell in
the creek.
At Lucama, Wilson County, on De-
cember 23rd, DR.. w. NJ. Croker, a
prominent physician, was shot ana
seriously wounded by his brother-in-
law, a man named Smith. The shoot
ing was caused by domestic troubles
between Crocker and his wife, Smith
taking his sisters part.
Capt. r. l.. Miner, of Spencer,
conductor on a freight train on the
main line of the Southern railway,
was fired on from ambush early Sat-
urday morning near Brown Summit,
Guilford County. Seven cars on the
train, which had been standing for
some hours, had been broken into
and a part of their contents stolen.
Mr.. William Kendrick, a promi
nent citizen of Earl, near Shelby, was
attacked by negroes when he went to
his barn to feed his stock on the
morning Of December 26th, who pelt-
ed him with rocks and set fire to his
barn. He managed to rescue the
stock, then ran to his nearest neigh
boris for assistance in capturing the
negroes.
Under an act Of Congress, the Cir
cult and District courts have been
consolidated in to the District court,
the former Circuit judges being al
loted duties only on the bench of
the Circuit Court of Appeals. James
M. Milliken, of Greensboro, has been
appointed clerk of the District court,
and took the oath of Office January
1st.
1t is renorted that a wolf was
found and killed in Lincoln County
one day last week by Mr.. J. S. Holla-
man. He was riding along the. road
when he saw a strange animal about
the size of dog. He fired his pis-
toll, but the shots not taking effect,
he 10 q isrhh or