The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-30
LOCALS:

Mr.. c. p. Johnson has improved
his front yald by erecting new fenc-
ing.
Stay hoI anu attend to your
business and you will have not time
for gossip.
DO you gossip? Ifyou do, then
for Heavens sake, if not for human
tiy's, stop it! You don't do it |
Well, maybe you don't.
The Judge Boykin place, now
occupied by Mr.. J. r. Wedding,
foreman Of THE CAUCASIAN office,
is being treated TO a new fence.
-"Among the Breakers" again
on next Wednesday night. Be sure
10 go. The admittance price is low,
but the enjoyment is high.
Some say that our article on Cos
sip was too rough. Well, let tho @
whom it hit squeal. Then we will
know who are the nauseatirg sim
ners.
Our people are much pleased
with Judge McIver. He made a fine
impression the first court he held
here and he now more than sustains
that reputation.
"A good advertisement is the
doctor of business. When business
IS good you need it to keep it healthy,
and when it is poor you must have
it to invigorate it.
The vitality Of a lie .'are sur
prising.' No it is not, when we
think of how many gossippers there
are who delight in keeping life
pumped into the said lie.
The Grand Jury report that they
found the County Farm iu fine con-
dition. They say it is credit to the
county. They compliment highly
the management Of Mr.. Jas. Shipp,
the superintendent.
The number of papers that have
copied ard commented upo;. our
article Of last week on gossip shows
sadly that every little town in the
State is TO greater or less extent
cursed by the same social evil.
Mr.. William Kirby, of Turkey
township, placed upon our table on
last Saturday, April 25th, tobacco
stalk with blooms full open and six
ust opening. 1t seems TO us that
this is very early. Who can beat it?
Some preach and grow eloquent
against drunkenness and gambling
and such awful sins. These should
and must be stopped, but we chal-
lenge any one TO show that they are
a greater curse than gossip.
Whatever you do, do it well. If
sou can't quit gossiping wait It'll
next issue and we will give you
scientific receipt for manufacturing
and distributing, which we are sure
that Satan, your master, will ap-
prove.
MIR. w. G.. Hubbard succeeds
Maj. Fai5On as representative Of the
commission firms of A. S. Cook &
Co., of New York, and Simpson,
Littlefield & Co., of Boston. See
Mr. Hubbard's card in another col
umn.
-"Curse be the social lies that
warp us from the living TRUTH" says
Tennyson, and we might add cursed
be the author Of social lies, and
equally as cursed is he who runs
about to spread and aggravate such
social bIights.
Shall l ship my truck by express
or freight? Is a question often ask
ed. From the best we can ascertain
the express rates to Richmond,
Washington and Baltimore are more
favorable than the freights rates,
everything considered.
The Salvation Army! 1t is no
here, but Capt. Boyd, ''Soldier of
the Cross" is here alone to s'orm
the towns battlement of sin. He
gets inside of red shirt, arms him.
self with a hand organ and tackles
a crowd of any size or kind, at any
time or any where. He created a
little breeze the other night by
jumping the local option question.
: If you must gossip about people
be sure that what you say is true be-
fore you impart the wonderful news
and even if it is true and bad, can
you not keep it back and find some.
thing good to say. If you can't,
don't say anything or die in the eff
fort. If you should die from this
,, cause we write you attaining obitua-
ry that will make not only the living
> but even the others dead jealous.
Three weeks since we had our
) mailing book copied and revised
Since that time We have received 6
half dozen or more letters from sub
scribers complaining that they die
not receive their papers. Upon ex
amining our books we found tina
their names had been accidently
overlooked in copying. If you dom