THE CAUCASIAN
Raleigh, N. C, Feb, 1, 190C.
ACCIDENTAL 8U.OOTI?G.
Tragedj Occurred In Wilming
ton, at Colonial InnBoth Par
ties Claim Shooting "Was Acci
dental. 0
Wilmington, N. C , Jan. 30. An
cement of mystery surrounds what
purports to be the accidental shoot
tng of Eugene A. Hughes by Jlias
Vera L. Turner, both of Hillsboro,
at the Colonial Inn in this city this
morning about 7 o'clock.
Mr. lloghcs, who is understood
to be a deputy sheriff of Hillsboro,
and a eon of Sheriff Jno. K. Hughes,
of Orange, arrived here yesterday
morning and went at once to the
Colonial Inn where Mi?a Turner htd
been a guest fjr several days. He is
said to have Lee j under the influ
ence of liquor, and it la stated that
during a buggy drive to the sound
Monday afternoon MUs Turner took
a pistol from Hughes This morn
ing Jbe man is said to have gone to
Mis? Turner's room, knocked, and
upon the lady's appearance requested
a return cf the weapon, saying he
was going to leave ou an early train.
Both say the pistol was accidentally
discharged, the tall entering Hughes'
chin, knocking out two teeth and
ranging npward into the jawbone,
whence it was later extracted at the
hospital to which the young man
was taken.
Miss Turner left ostensibly for the
railway depot, but she was not on
any of the afternoon trains that de
parted. Her whereabouts are un
known. A police officer who went to the
hospital to investigate the shooting
rrwn1vrl f" rnm ITnrrhoa that IVio
Afiheville rcporiea eighteen incnes shooti wa9entirely accidental and
that there was no occasion for an arrest.-
A number of sensational ru
mors are afloat, but none have been
verified.
Kntered at the Post Office in Raleigh
N. C. as sacond-classmail matter.
Dr. Robert Pearson, of Morgan
ton, died Sunday morning. He was
a veteran of the Civil War.
Mr. John G. Tarwater, a promi
nent man of Warrenton, suicided at
his home a few days ago. '
Ed Sellar?, a young white ruan of
Kimton, committed suicide Sunday
night by taking laudanum.
Mr. Alfred Fox, of Madison county,
was urn over and killed by a freight
train Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Cyrus 13. Frazier has been ap
pointed postmaster at Greensboro,
and Mr. L. N. Grant at Goldsboro.
The Supreme Court will meet
Monday, which day will be devoted
to examining applicants to practice
law.
Mr. J. J. Sorrell, a well known
farmer of Wake county, died at his
homo in Cedar Fork township laet
Sunday.
Frof. A. J. Garner, superinten
dent of the public schools of Hay
wood county and county surveyor,
is dead.
Gov. Glenn will address the cot
ton growers of Wake county at their
convention in Metropolitan Hall,
this city, on February 3 d.
hte
nf snow Saturday, the heaviest lor
twenty years. This was accompa
nied by sleet and severe cold weather.
Kccra Atsltcd VfMtaGiri N'ear Attest
A tlanta, Ga., Jan. 30. Mrs. Ulna
May Dupree, a young woman about
twenty years of age, who lives with
W. H. Grogan, a prosperous farmer
about six miles from Atlanta, near
Cornell, was assaulted by a segro
this afternoon. After cutting her
throat and leaving her In a dying
condition from loss of blood and
nervousness, the negro escaped. A
posse of more than a hundred citl
rent with track hounds is following
the negro tonight.
MutPtr SI25.0OO Back Taxes.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30. Judge
Pendleton, of the Superior Court
here today decided that the Central
Railroad of Georgia Is liable for
State taxes on the thares cf stock
which it holds in the Western Hall
way of Alabama. The amount of
taxes due under this decision aggre
gates 1125,000. The railroad will
appeal the case.
Bajrli m of t Ottamltt.
Your troubles are not latereaiiss;
unless you are rich.
You caa generally come t" a square
understanding with an honorable
man.
Unless what you know I helpful
o those you know, ycur knowledge
snot culture.
Men do not ot jct so much to the
ar it's the feathers that annoy
them.
Mystery is the met bod cf the
quack.
1 1 'a never too late to marry.
American Magazine.
Xaed DttrRoad.
Now would be a good time to vote
on roads whllo they are eo bad.
We need better roads in Davidson
county more than anything else.
We will have these some day but it
may be after other counties have
gone ahead of us on account of their
good roads. North State.
Frederick the Eighth Now Kin er D-mark.
The new King Frederick the
Eighth now rules over Denmark.
His ascension was hailed ith en
thusiasm but great sot row was ex
pressed at the death of King Chris
tian the Ninth.
Mr. Joe Smith, cf Conleatnea
township, Pitt county, who was
gored by a vicious bull about two
weeks ago, died Friday night of his
injuries.
Deputy Collectors K. W. Merritt
and D. C. Downing captured two
blockade ttills and one prisoner last
last Friday afternoon about 10 miles
east cf Raleigh.
Mr. W. T. O'Brien, a wealthy
citizen oi' Durham, and head of the
Duke branch of tho American To
bacco Company, (lied at his homo in
Durham Saturday night.
The Wakefield Central Baptist
church, of Wake county, wa3 Uedi
cated Sunday. Dr. Tyrce, of llaleigb,
preached tho dedicatory sermon.
The building cost more than 3,000.
Fuller Poller, colored, was killed
by coming iu contact with a live
wire ai Spencer Tuesday. Dr. Carl
ton was knocked down and seriously
injured hy coming in contact with
the samo wire.
WRECK ON SEABOARD.
Four Killed and Several Wounded Acci
dent Near Colombia.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 30. A dis
astrous wreck occurred on the Sea
board Air Line ltaiiway between
Hamlet, N. C, and Columbia, 8. C
early this morning, by which four
persons are officially reported dead
and by which two others are said,
by current report here, to have been
killed.
The wreck was between passenger
train No. 66 northbound and an ex
tra freight train known as No. 658
southbound from Hamlet, N. C.
Those officially reported dead are:
Engineer A. A. Sneck, of Hamlet
N. C.
Fireman Andy White, of Ramlet,
N. C.
Two unknown United States rail
way mail clerks.
According to rumor here Engineer
John Itobertson, of Itileigb, N. C,
and his colored firemen, Don Doug
Business men generally, whoss af
fairs are in good shape, should re
member the party whose policies
ha3 brought about these conditions
when they look over the political
horizon this year. Union Republican.
las, of Raleigh, were also killed, but
The Governor has offered a reward according to an official report given
New ftfacazlBO Fiction. t
The deluge of short stories in the
magazines is so overwhelming that
It is usually quite useless to attempt
to point out the merit of any par
tlcular story. But In the February
number of the Cosmopolitan Maga
zine there is a tale so remarkable for
its laugh-provoking qualities that it
seems necessary for the good of tho
jaded magazine reader to call at ten
tion to it. It is eigned with the cu
rious name. Malvolio Jones, obvi
ously a non de plume.
Why a quiet and perfectly respect
able old lady should want to go over
Niagara Falls in a barrel and why
this proceeding seems perfectly rea
sonable is told with the most whim
sical touch in this story. It looks
like the coming of a new and dis
tinctive humorist.
An Irlihmm arI a He! few wem
V la the wotdt, lltlf ittrrrd
they killed a lcg cuvr, bkis,
not btlog enough for two, they do
rk! il to keep till tho nut morning,
ard tho etse having th roost p
ot dtcaei was tt hav it. Au
w hat did you dream? aiked Pat.
I drcamd that a r gels were draw-
leg me to heaven in a haskt t, ami I
never before wt so happy." Upon
the lit brew coccJudlcg his dream,
Pat exclaimed : -lV? JabUrf, I raw
yo goiu and thought ye wouldnt be
back, so I got up and ate , the gome
iu self. Travel.
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m
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Abe Crews, eon of Postmaster
Crews, of Dennis, Forsyth county, lumDia.
was killed near lloanoKe, a., rn
day. lie was fireman on a train,
and while he was looking out of the
cab window his head struck a beam
with such force that he wa3 jerked
out of the window and received in
juries which caused his death.
out at the Seaboard offices in Ports
mouth this afternoon, Engineer Rob
ertson and Fireman Douglas were
only iDjured.
Accident was due to men in
chargo of freight overlooking pas
senger train. Injured taken to uo-
THE YELLOW FEVER GERM
has recently been discovered. It bears
a close resemblance to the malarial
germ. To free the system from dis
ease germs, the most effective rem
edy is Dr. King's New Life Pilia.
Guaranteed to cure all diseases due
to malaria poison and constipation.
25c. at all druggists.
RESERVE ARMY OF FIFTY
TnOUSAXD WANTED,
An Old Colored Mn' Male KUled and
lie wat Nearly Frozen to Death.
On Thursday night, while Wesley
Jeffreys, a colored man, was driving
a blind mule going from Raleigh to
his home in Swift Creek township,
his muie fell into a branch and was'
killed. The old man got lo3t, wan
dered in the woods all night, and
when he came to the home ot a col
ored man about dayiight he was
nearly frozen to death. He was
cared for and it is believed he will
get over it. Wesley is a good colored
man aud has the friendship of all.
News and Observer.
May liive in Any Past of Na
tion, But Must Assemble Ten
Days Annually,
Washington, Jan. 30. Secretary
Seaboard Literature.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
has gotten out a very handsome cal
endar for 1906, also a booklet enti
tled "Sketches of the South," and
a winter resort booklet, highly de-
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6: 45 a. m. Leaves Raleigh 5: 00 p. nv
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8:20 a. m. Arrives Henderson C:29p. X3.
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Leaves Weidon
I Arrives Norllna
Leaves Norllna
Arrives Header on
Arrives Frankilnton
Arrives Ralttgh
No. 29
Lv. Oxford 7:45 am.
Li. Henderson 8: 30 am.
Lv. Loulsbarg 8- 50 am. ,
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No. 30.
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C:10pa.
(a 35 pm
In no way affect
Ar. Oxford
Lv. Frankilnton
Ar. Loulaburg
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