The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-06
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. Taft. as a Yale professor, will
receive $1,000 a year.
The sale of cigarettes in Vidalia,
Ca, has been limited by law to nf-
teen minutes a day.
DR.. J. T. Haiti made an unsuccess-
full attempt to commit suicide In
Charlotte Sunday night
The Charlotte Observer says that
Mrs. Mary Mcclure, of Davidson, who
died recently. left $4,000 to David
son College.
Fire destroyed seven dwelling
houses on the outskirts Of Salisbury
Friday night with a loss OF $4,000.
The houses belonged to w. H. Wood
son.
Mr.. Chas. D. Hilles, former Secre-
tary to President Taft. will go to New
York as resident manager of an in
surance company at a salary Of $20,-
600 a year.
Walker Crow near Charlotte Sunday
night. Conner objected to Crow
walking with his girl All parties
were colored.
A site has been selected and plans
outlined for the erection of gener-
al dining hall at the University, to
accommodate 500 to 900 students.
The cost will be about $4,000.
Mrs Henrietta Settle Reid, widow
of the late Governor David S. Reid,
died Sunday night at he home in
Reidsville. Mrs. Reid was sister Of
the late Judge Thomas Settle.
Tony Costello was sentenced to
eight years in Sing Sing prison, N. Y,
for "stabbing" a man to death with a
revolver Costello pushed the revol-
yer in his opponents eye through to
the brain.
An antitrust suit filed at Detroit
Mich, Monday against the Burroughs
Adding Machine Company, was fol-
lowed Immediately by an agreed de-
cree terminating alleged unfair prac-
tices.
Secretary of State Knox few days
ago issued a formal announcement tC
the public that the income tax
amendment is now part of the con
stitution, having been ratified by
more than three-fourths of the
| States.
A double tragedy occurred in the
residence section of Roanoke, Va.
Thursday afternoon, when David E
Linkenhoker shot and killed Mrs
Warren L. Painter and then turned
the revolver on himself and ended his
own life.
President Taft Tuesday night sum
marily dismissed from office Thad
deus s. Sharretts and Roy H. Cham
berlain, members of the Board Of
United States General Appraisers a.
New York, because Of malfeasance
in Office"
Carl Jennings, eleven -year-old sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Jennings, O
Gibsonville, Guilford County, was &C
cidentally killed by playmate Fri
day. Young Jennings and his play
mates were playing Indian" wher
the "unloaded" gun got In its fata
work.
Dissolution of the Corn Product
Refining Company. an alleged starcn
glucose and syrup trust" Is sougn
by the Federal Government In a civi
antitrust suit filed In New York Sat
urday charging the $80.000,000 com
bination with entering conspiracie
and contracts to destroy competition
in violation of the Serman law.
| Inc ~ OoI "oo SSSs~S->S>
by the Government In q civil anti
| trust suit seeking dissolution OF th'
alleged attempted monopoly by th'
"Coats interests" of Great Britain o
the thread trade of the United State
| including that of the American
thread company itself, q consolida
ton of fourteen American compa
nies.
! Seventeen Zapatistas, who carried
their vocation of looting and murde
to the edge of the federal district
eight miles from Mexico City, wer'
captured a few days ago and exc
cuted. Juan Vargas, commander o
the rurales sent a terse message t.
President Hueurta, in which he said
CT have the honor to report the exc
cution of seventeen bandits. taken
outtlawry and rebellion"
One Democrat Cooled OF Before tn
Inauguration.