The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-21

THE CAUCASIAN was adoD' ed a. the official
Organ Of the sampson County Alliance at the
meeting in January 18th, IssJ.l
Mr.. Editor TO keep my pro-
mise with many Sampson friends
who wished to hear from me |
propose 20 make your paper a
medium of communication as
they are legion, and it would re-
quire too much time to write to
each one individually. | would
therefore say to my friends that
] am yet trying to preach tue
Alliance gospel to MY brother
bayseeders.
Alter leaving Clinton on april
10Th / went TO Red Hill Alliance
where / met some friends of
years ago. addressed a respect
able audience of both sexes and
hope that some Of those who
have heretofore been scrupulous
about .ecret societies may have
been converted. Next day [ en-
tered precincts Of Pendef cOun-
ty, sacred to me because OF fond
recollections OF youthful by
gone days. Dinner time brought
me to the house Of a lady friend !,
now Il bereaved widow. \ two
hours conversation with one Of
such piety and gentle christian
character causes one 10 feel more
profound by the force Of chris
tianity. ! spent two nights with
the wholesome clever sheriff
Of Pender county, Mr.. Il. M.
Johnston.
4 Il
The County Alliance meetings
Of Pender, Duplin, Wayne and
OnsloW were attended. Much
enthusiasm with a determine
ton to win was evinced in every
county. Nothing worthy Of note
occurred until OnslOw county
was reached. At Tar Landing
met d whole regiment Of men,
women and children-tlle beau
ty and elite Of the land. They
Came early md came to stay
All anxious to hear Alliance
principles enunciated, and the
writer was materially assisted
by q speech from that giant of
intellect, Rev. Mr.. Howell. The
action Of Mr.. Frank Andrews
and DR.. Nick Armstrong deserve
more than . passing notice
rLey are the local merchants OF
the town and they furnished at
their own expense all the ice
lemonade the crowd could drink
Thus ended one of the most sue.
Cessful Alliance jubilces.
Well, there is no use for a dog
law in Onslow county. The all;-
gators have about cleaned them
up. When a dog runs an ole
cotton-tail through the branch
he is most apt to come out Of
that branch missing. 1t seem:
that the Sanian has about The
same fondness for dog meat thai
the dog has for sheep or the
common Garkey has for fried
chicken. One day | was cross
ing a small stream and saw wha
! thought was 81 log lying in thu
water. | ran my cart whee
against it and sure enough i
was a log but as the end flew VI
| thoughtsure old gator had me
The meeting at Peanut was ;
success in every respect. More
pretty girls, and there is reason
to believe that several little AL
liances We're formed, az tn
young men were there toe. Tn
Onslow people are noted 70
their kindness and hospitality
and the only thing We regretted
was that we did not have tim
! to go home with them all.
, Next we visited Seaside ALI
ance, on Topsail Sound. Nor
\ good things to eat, more prett,
| girls-my gracious! What beau
Y ty producing food these clam
e and oysters must be! This ma
be the cause, but, then: | notice
that i. had not done any yer
: great things in this direction f.
= the men.
Your correspondent made hi
home at Mr.. George Shepherd
for two days and for that lengt
OF time was bewitched, bewil(
cred and enchanted by an ARA
y of beauty and lovely music
but the spell hal to be broke
>, and we had to tear ourself ava,
n | have heard that rusic eve
since. | hear it now in IN
30 dreams.
70 / think the people of Eas
" ern North Carolina should su
r tain your paper. 1t is ce
tainly gratifying to know tn;
II. there is at least one newspapt
= that is not subsidized, that Ca,
not be bought. The idea of OF
enemies is that the press is til
power of the land and | am tol
that a powerful sum is beir
raised to bny off the press
n order to crush the Alliance. I
doubt many will sell but I'll
8 friends OF your paper feel su
that she will stand as firm