Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-08-04
State News Items
News Concentrated for those who Want to
Know about Home Affairs.

Know ABOUT Home Affairs.
D. L. Oapps, head of a large
plumbing esta blishment of Viii.
mington. was shot and mortslly
wounded in front of his place Sat.
urday afternoon by Melvin Horne,
relative by marriage, as a result
Of bad feeling that has existed for
number of years, arising from
business transactions in which
Horne claimed that Capps ruined
him. Capps died at 6 O'Clock At
hospital. Horne was captured
a few minutes after the shooting
op chief of Police Williams and
swo officers. He had gone nearly
a mile before he was overhauled.
ospps was seated in his automo.
bile in front of his place when
Horne pumped into him five bull
lets from 80 caliber automatio
Colts revolver. He was leaning
against telephone pole only q
few feet away. The men had bsen
/ In conversation for few minutes
before tho shooting, though there
appeared TO have been no argu-
ment of any kind, Oapps was
tushed to the hospital in his own
automobile, but he was too badly
hurt for any medical attention TO
be Of any aid. Horne was al
one time in very good circum-
stances. Hs was tried for sci
ling whiskey soon after the pro.
hibition law went into effect and
although pronounced not guilty
by the court this was the begin-
ing of his downfall. His business
soon passed into other hands and
Horne has always acopsed Capps
Of having been responsibA for the
loss of his property.
A movement has been launched
to wipe out adult illiterscy in
Davidson county. A county com.
mittee has been appointed az fol- /
lows: H. B. Warner. chairman,
P. L. Fsezer, secretary; Fred o.
Sink, J. B. Steele, Ray McCrary,
J. F. spruill, Zeb V. Walser,
Dave Conrad, Adam Berrier, Sam
Finch, F. O. Robbins, Mrs. T. e.
McCrary and Mrs. w. II. Menden-
hall. This committee will plan
the county campaign against
adult illiteraoy and appoint local
committees. The districs com.
mittee will be appointed and no.
tilted at an early date and every
man and woman appointed on
this comm ttee is earnestly urged
to serve and do everything in his
or her power to eliminate adults
illiteracy in that district. A call
has been Issued for every man
and woman in the county who il
interested in this great work to
volunteer their services to help
push the campaign.
The contract of the Raleigh
Iron Works Company, amounting
to s05, 900 for the manufacture of
shells for the Navy Department.,
was increased 20 per cent along
with other contracts of a similar
nature.
| G. Clemens, q West Indian Por-
tugese in the employ of the Elso.
trio Light & Power Co., of Eliza
beth City. was instantly killed
Friday afternoon while sitting on
his perch on the crossbar of an
electric wirs pole, His hand
came in contact with wire carry
ing 1000 volt current. The
terrific shock paralyzed the vlo-
tim, his hold loosensd and he
dropped to the pavement below
where his skull was fractured in
striking the street curb.
Falling from the back porch OF
her home. where she had gone to
get drink of water, Bessie Peed I,
! II years old, of Belhaven, Satur-
day afternoon suffered instant
death. her neck being broken by
the fall. The deceased was the
daughter of Mrs. Mary Peed, of
Belhaven, Beaufort County.
In an alteration between Jim
Byrd and Jerry Inman, both COL
4 ored, three miles from Fairmont,
J.. Robeson County, Friday night
Byrd shot Inman through the
heart. killing him instantly. The
trouble originated about bicycle,
Coroner's jury held Byrd for court