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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
a Negro Steals $500 and H. Arrested.
Especial TO THE CAucAaAsl
MINcn Samnsnn Gn ~ n

Negro Steal. $500 and L. Arrested.
Especial to THE CAueAuAsl
MINGo, Sampson Co., n. c..
April Bird, 1893.
HoS. NJ. BUTLER, Goldsboro, n. e.
Dear Sir: On Saturday, LIST inst,
fire broke out about one mile from
Antioch church, in Cumberland coun-
ty, burned to the church and burned
the church, doing much damage to
plantations and tupentine trees;
crossed Black river below Starling's
bridge, reaching about four miles 20
near Giles mill in Sampson, doing
considerable damage. Another fire
started near Wades Station, am in
formed, and burned to Black river, a
distance of about eight miles, doing
much damage; burned Mr.. Martin ID.
Demming's stables and barn and 3
mules. Another broke out in Har-
nett, one and half miles from Dunn,
doing considerable damage.
One day last week negro, named
David McDoaald, entered the dwell
ing of David MeAlister and carried
off $500. He was arrested and con-
fined. Mr.. McAlister got all his mon
ey but $40, which the negro had
spent.
Ii you can conveniently, give a di-
gest, or the substance Of the bill
passed by the Legislature to encour-
age the killing of hawks. MISGo.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
New Occasions"
Pitt county.

New Occasions
New occasions teach new. duties; Time
makes ancient good uncouth,
They must upward still and onward who
would keep abreast of TRUTH
New Occasions, magazine of
politics and economics, will appear
in May. 1t will be edited by B. F.
Underwood, for many years editor of
the Boston Index and later of the
Open Court, aud will be published
by Charles Q. Kerr & Company, of
Chicago, who after May first will be
located at It's Monroe street. Arti-
cles will appear in early numbers
from DIR. Lewis G. James, DR.. Ed
ward Montgomery, Mr.. G. Stani-
land Wake, Mr.. c. G. Church and
other specialists. The editor and
publishers of New Occasions believe
profoundly in the present need of
reforming the social conditions
which deprive the worker of his just
earnings, and while New Occasions
commits itself to no one panacea, it
will offer free platform for all
who have some particular suggestion
to make, and can put it into concise
and forcible form. There are
enough high priced magazines of
social science: New Occasion will
compete with none of these, but will
be offered at ten cents copy or one
dollar year, in order to reach the
great mass of thinking farmers and
Workingmen.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
CAN'T SPELL TURKEY.
A Little one Horse Editor "Goes Foot at
a Spelling Match.

Little one Horse Editor "Goes Foot at
Spelling Match.
HADLEYs MILLS, N. c., March Doth
1S93.-MR. EDITOR.-About the time
that the last legislature convened
the Chatham Record seemed to take
great pleasure in giving publicity to
the false report that Mr.. A. M. Self,
one of the representatives from
Chatham, could not write his name;
and when letter containing many
misspelled words and pretending to
have been written by Mr.. Self was
published in the Sanford Express,
the Record, apparently with much
eagerness to expose the defects in
spelling, copied it. Recently some
ladies in the town Of Pittsboro got
up "spelling bee' for the benefit Of
the Methodist parsonage in which
Mr.. A. H. London, editor of the
Record, participated. When, the
word turkeys was given him to
spell he said "t-u-r-k-i-e-s," and of
course was told to retire. under
stand that arrangements are being
made to have another "bee' soon
and Mr.. Self has been sent for to
spell against Mr.. London. Wagers
are being offered that Mr.. Self will
win, but as yet no one has been
found to take the wagers.
PHoENIy
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
WOMEN IN WYOMING.

Be it resolved by the Legislature
of the State of Wyoming, That the
possessson and exercise of suffrage by
the women in Wyoming for the past
quarter OF century has wrought no
harm and has done great good in
many ways; that it has largely aided
in banishing crimes, pauperism ard
vice from this State, and chat with
out violent or oppressive legislation;
that it has secured peaceful and Or
dely elections, good government and
a remarkable degree Of civilization
and public order, and we point with
pride to the fact that nearly twenty
five years of woman suffrage not one
county in Wyoming has poorhouse,
and our jails are almost empty, and
crime, except that by strahgers in
the State, almost unknown, and as
the result of experience we urge
every civilized community on the
earth to franchise its women with
out delay.
Resolyed, That an authentica led
copy Of these resolutions be forward
ed to the Governor of the State, to
the Legislature of every State and
Territory in the country, and to eve
ry legislative body in the world, and
That we request the press throughout
the civilized world to call the atten-
ton of their readers to these resolu-
tions.-Daily Call.
We publish the above by request,
without comment. We will say this,
however, we do rot know that fe-
male suffrage in the South would be
best, but we are far from saying that
the fair sex in North Carolina could.
not, or would not vote as intelligent
ly as the men do. In fact, if they
did not vote with more intelligence
and more right than many of the
men do, it is about time for the devil
to step in and close his mortgage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
NO. %.
for our party. Start a. soon az pos.
.elc 10 every Legion a Virginia

for our party. Start "a soon as pos.
ahle 'p every Legion a Virginia
fund.
The home of Thomas jefferson is
owned by jew, Who has changed
has name 90 jefferson. Let as res.
cue the state 10 is the great in.
pcrtant work og all this year. and
victory mast be won. The old party
leaders are dismayed. The Repah.
hean party is psralyEed. In its ranks
grand men Who believe We arr right.
We must win them. Recruit All
along the line. The humbles, and
poorest can give vot. or win vote.
The missionary spirit must FIRE our
hearts.
The Democratic party must hc
stormed in every citadel. They made
promises all over the nation they
Will never redeem. Cleveland and
has Cabinet represent in person all
the great corporations and trusts IN
the nation. He means to be the
Cxar OF this land-he sends his die.
tates To Congress even before he a..
sumes control. HIS imperial edicss
roll forth on the ears Of long saf-
fcring people day after dAv. lie and
has party must be crushed aud crum-
bied. and every alert member must
contribute 10 that end. Let us rally
ON old ''Firginia's shore" and ie-
deem the fair land that gave Us
Washington, Jefferson, Madison aud
Monroe.
The Legions of Rome conquered
the World. 4 solid phalAnx of In
dustrial Legions from ocean to ocean,
from gulf To gulf, will redeem our
enslaved people from the throtil,ug
hand of the money power.
| call the attention OF the Pcu.
pies party everywhere TO the follow
ing request of the National Peoples
party Executive Committee:
LEND A HELPING HAND.
We kindly request that the Peo.
pies party State, county and local
committee in eveiy State in the
Union do all in their power and lend
a helping hand 10 organize the In
dustrial Legion. Push the organi.
zation into every State, county, pre-
cinct and school district in the land.
III. +. TAUBENEcK, Chairman,
j. ii. TURNER, Secretary,
NJ. c. RANKIN, Treasurer.
Yours truly,
PAUL NASDERvooRT.
Com-inChief.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
JANUARY 29TH AND APRIL I2TH.

On January 28th the gold-bugs
and monopolist up North, who are
masquerading as Democrats, met to
celebrate "Old Hickory" Jackson's
birthday They made speeches prais-
ing the old hero, while in their hearts
they hate his pure democracy. In
an editorial we exposed their hy-
pocracy at the time. We now see it
announced that they will celebrate
tie birthday of Thomas Jefferson on
April the 18th, which is to-day. The
idea of monopolists and national
bankers celebrating the birthdays of
Democrats like Jefferson and Jack
son, who were bitterly opposed to the
very crimes they are to-day cemmit-
ting in the name of Democracy! Will
any of the speakers on that occasion
quote and endorse the following:
Shall the currency of the country
be legal tender issued and it's volume
controlled by the Government, or shall
it be non-legal tender issued and con-
trolled by banking corporations p
Andrew Jackson,
Or the following:
The question has been asked. and
ought to be looked at, what is to be
the recourse if loans cannot be OBJ
tanned? There is but -"Cartha-
go delenda est" Bank paper must
be suppressed and the circulating me-
dium must be restored to the nation
to whom it belongs. It is the only
fund on which they can rely for
loans; it is the only recourse which
can never fail them, and it is an
abundant one for every necessary
purpose. Treasury bills bottomed on
taxes, bearing or not bearing interest,
as may Ee found necessary thrown
into circulation will take the place of
much gold and silver which last,
when crowded, will find an effiux
into other countries, and thus keep
the quantity of medium at its saluta-
ry level. Let banks continue, if they
please, but let them discount for
cash alone or for treasury notes.
Thos. Jefferson.
They will not, for they don't be-
lieve in such Democracy. But the
bulk of the Democratic South does.
Will such honest men, and there are
over $4,000 of them in North Caro-
lima who believe in that kind of pure
Democracy, continue to sacrifice their
principles and follow the eastern
mugwumps and gold-bugs, or will
they join with the people in a fight
for honest government.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
The Mother and the Aunty of Monopoly.

The Mother and the Aunty of Monopoly.
Mr.. Bissell, Mr.. Cleveland's Pest
master-G General, is the president of
several railroads and monopolies con-
nected with the Reading combine.
Anti-monopoly, you know!
Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Inte-
rior, is interested in National bank
and railroad. Anti-monopoly, you
know!
Mr.. Olney, Attorney-General, IS
attorney for five or six Of the biggest
railroad monopolies in the country.
Dan Lamont, Secretary of War, is
president of street railroad combine
and monopoly in New York city. Oh
it is anti-monopoly, you know!
Yes, yes! the incoming administra-
tion is Auuty monopoly-that is while
it isn't the mother Of monopoly it is
the Aunty of all it can cover with its
benign wing.-Liberator (Wash.l
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

Mr.. Jacob Battle, Senator from
Nash, is evidently trying to bolster
the Legislature and forestall public
opinion upon the conduct of that
body in the railroad back tax case.
Here what he says in the Carollnlan
in his review of the work Of the Leg
isIature: at has been charged by
some that we oppressed the W. Il w.
Railroad Company. | am sure they,
4 the railroad, do not so regard it.
They, the railroad, came forward and
showed most commendable spirit
IN respect to settling this long vexed
question: This reminds us of how
we used to manage our little brother.
We would get to playing and he
would get hurt and begin to cry, and
all We had to do was to pretend we
were hurt worse than he, and it would
at once pacify him, and he would
begin to laugh. This is Mr.. Battles
idea. He knows the masses are 60
ing to cry two years from now, and
he is trying the experiment of pre-
tending that there are some who are
saying, "we oppressed the railroad
company" If there are any outside
of those who are directly under the
Influence of the railroad who claim
that it was oppressed, we have got to
hear from them after now. The
complaint comes altogether from the
other side. The oppression" was
Vhe other way. He further says
After the decision of the United
otates Supreme Court it would have
0een pusilanimous thing if the
representatives. had surrendered the
fruits Of that victory. No one ex-
Pected them to do it." Most assur-
elly no one, not even the railroad
company itself expected them to dc
1t. 1t would have been pusilanimous
Indeed, and there is rather more pu.
sllanimousness than their ought te
oe IN their surrendering as much Of
taat victory as they did surrender.
InlS fake is too thin, Mr.. Battle. Il
Tie members have no harder job in
the future than defending themselves
from expressing the railroad compa.
ny, who, according to your own say
So' do not regard themselves oppress.
ed, then they, indeed, may consider
Il themselves lucky.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
LETTERS FROM THB PEOPLE.
ABOUT SALARIES OF coNeRE.sxEx.

ABOUT SALARIES OF CONGREAsMEN
The Legisiasure--we Know a Coed thins
When we See IL.
WADE, Cumberland county n. C.
April /, EDITOR CAUCASIAN.
Dear Sir:-About a year ago heard
a prominent Democrat of this BLACK
River) Township, say that the salar-
les OF Senators and Congress men
be.s were too much, that Congress
should at once reduce the salaries to
- 500 year. He among the few
of the township voted the so-called
Democratic ticket last November.
We wonder what he now thinks of
the Democratic ID Congress increas-
ing their pay $1,000 a year. We
have not yet heard of single man
expressing himself as regreting vot-
ing the Populist ticket, they say
they will do it again, but we
have heard of several who voted the
so-called tickets say they will not do
it again, but will vote for Molly aud
the baby next time.
Well. the North Carolina Legisla-
tuie done their sowing in the months
of January and February of this
year. and we feel sure they will reap
reward they richly derserve the
latter part of next year.
Most of the people of this section
know a good thing when they see it.
Many have seen THE CAUCASIAN and
say it is the best paper in the State.
Several have already subscribed and
many others will With many good
wishes for THE CAUCASIAN's futnre
success.
Yours truly,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
TOO HARD ON THEM.
Correspondent The Caucasian. }

Mr.. FDITOR.-You are too hard
on congressman for increasing their
salary to $4,000. Most of them did
an extra twelve hundred dollars
worth Of lying in the last campaign.
And surely you don't expect them to
work day and night trying to get
their office-seeking constituents
"fixed'' for a, a,paltry five thousand.
do you. F. J.
Pitt county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
A RlGHr 10 QuiT WORK.

The labor world is again brine
disturbed by most remarkable de,
cision rendered by Judge Ricks, oi
Ohio, in the case of the Toledo Ann
Arbor and Michigan railroad cor.
poration against their employees.
A refusal on the part of the
road to grant more pay for extra
work done by the employees has pre-
cipitated the trouble. T.. VI. Ar
thur, Chief Engineer, it's alleged.
issued an order to the Brotherhood
of Engineers to refuse to handle
freight on this road. The men i'm
mediately quit work, and the rail-
road appealed to the conrt to re-
stain Arthur from issuing or
ders or in any way interfering with
the men in their employ.
Judge Ricks, in obedience TO the re
quest of the railroad, ordered Ar
thur into court to show cause why
he interfered in behalf of the en-
ployee. The court held (the most
extraordinary and usurpatory decis-
ion we ever heard of that as the
railroads are common carriers used
for public benefit that the railroad
employees are quasi public serv-
ants aud cannot quit work when
they wish to, in order to force an
adjustment of the difference between
themselves and the corporation. Un-
less there is an equitable and salts
factory adjustment, to both sides,
the future holds within the grasp
many serious difficulties of this char
acter which may materially affect
the public welfare.
AS long us railroad corporations
are permitted to place on the bench
their henchmen to interpret the laws
in their favor then the laboring peo-
pie need not expect justice.
TO Geny the employees the right
to quit work when they see fit, is to
take from them their most sacred
privilege, their freedom, their liberty.
This case is without precedent or
parallel. 1t is revolutionary, and
meant to destroy the rights of the
laboring people.
There never will be perpetual
peace between the railroads and the
men who operate them until the
roads are owned and operated by the
Government. This question is a |
fruitful one for discussion at this
time.
The action of Judge Ricks only
makes lt more necessary for the rail-
rsads to be tak9n out of the control
Of combinations. The employees
need not expect justice as long as
the roads are owned by corporations
who dictate who shall preside over
the courts when thsir interests are
involved.
If the railroad Judge holds that
the men haven't the right to quit
work, he should hold also that the
roads haven't the right to discharge
their men unless they are willing to
surrender their position.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
HAYsEEDER ..RoDRICK" AFTER sENr
ATOR COOPER.
He Calls Upon the senator To Deny what
He Had to Say About Him II He Can.
TGr.o<ria1 10 Tho DarIoaasnr,

He Calls Upon the senator tn Deny what
He Had to Say About Him II He Can.
Especial to The Caucasiani
Big BLUE SWAMP, n. G.
We suppose that Senator F. r.
Cooper says that "Rodrjck" has been
making ~personal aings' at him, and
he doesn't ike it. If we have used
his name but twice we don't remem-
Der it. We stand ready to substan-
tiate and defend anything We have
said in THE CAUCASIAN. If Mr..
Cooper will say that we cut at him
in any other paragraph in which we
did not use his name, and will men
ton the paragraph and substance of
same, we will make an explanation.
What was it that the Democrats
said they put tag on and sent off
last January? We have most for
gotten it. It was something, for we
heard them speak of it.
RoDRIcK.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
EASTERN CAROLINA TRuCkEK's As
S0CIATION.
Business Arrangements'---Impo
Truckers.
Special Correspondent

business Arrangements'---Imp a
Truckers.
Special Correspondent
FAIsoM, y. c., March 81. 1898.
Pursuant to an adjourned meeting
the Eastern North Carolina Truckers
Association met at this place to-day.
Most of the shipping points were rep
resented.
The report of the Committee on
Transportation was submitted, which
eliminated in the Associations adopt
ing the proposition of the Express
Company to run "A regular freight
train. The day of the month and
hour of leaving Wilmington To be
controlled by the Association Commit
tee on Transportation. The charges
for these services to be 81 % per crate.
This train to arrive on time in New
York and about three hours sooner
than the passenger train. The re-
frigerator ears will hold TO old rates
of $l64 per crate to Nes York.
Committee TO confer with "The
Fruit and Produce Trade Associa-
tion," of New York, submitted long
report from the Association, the pur-
port of which is that the Association
have resolved and reresolved that
they will not buy any berries in re-
turnable crates. After a thorough
discussion of this report this Associ-
ton resolved not TO ship any berries
to any market or commission mer-
chant who would neither pay sor nor
return standard crates.
No other business before the Asso-
citation il was adjourned sine die.
w. j. HILL, Pres't.
III. J. FAIsoN, Sect'y.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

In 1892 the L. S. Senate passed q
resolution instructing the committee
on agriculture to investigate and re-
port on the causes of agricultural
depression. The report which has
just been published, referring to the
cotton crop says: "There are causes
for this low price coming from leg
iSlation now in force, and there are
other causes coming from needful
legislation yet to be enacted" This
IS exactly what the Alliance has
claimed and charged from the be-
ginning. And if the committee had
gone Oh to specify the real causes for
depression, the bad laws to be re-
pealed and the remedial ones to be
passed. it would have been bound to
have practiced the Alliance doctrine
in detail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

hmOaSSduOf, court OF St. James.
Mr.. Bayard has gained the honor
of becoming the first American Am
bassador and has received the mis-
sion in London. The nomination is
a recognition of the courtesy shown
us by England in promoting Sir
Julian Pauncefate to the rank of
Ambassador. He was born on the
29th of Oct. 1928. He was elected to
the L. S. Senate in 1869 from the
State of Delaware. He was a can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
tion for the Presidency in 1880 and
again in 1854. He was defeated
both times by the jackson Demo-
Gratis in the convention on account of
his pronounced views against green
back and in favor of the national
banking system and gold standard.
But Cleveland has proven to be no
less so.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
From Wire Grass Region of Georgia.

MoULTRIE, Ca, March Goth 1898.
Mr.. EDITOR.-I have seen one copy
of your valuable paper, like the
manner in which you down the
monopoly, l hope you will have good
success and do much good in the
cause of poor down trodden man.
Mr.. editor, please send me one copy
of your valuable paper months.
l am a wire grass boy. but l love to
hear the truth. L hope that God will
bless YOU Mr.. editor and help you
to hold forth the truth as it Is.
j. S, BALDY.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

The silver fight in the British
parliament is getting to be red hot.
The bimetallists are in all the politi-
cal parties and they threaten to
break or disarrange political llues.
Mr.. Harrison and his friends, Roths-
child and Sherman, did more good
than they intended in calling that
Brussels monetary conference.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13
REFORM.

The time has come when men with
hearts and brains
Must rise and take the misdirected
reins
Of government, too long left in the
hands
OF tricksters and Of thieves. He who
stands
And sees the mighty vehicle of State
Hauled through the mire to some ig-
noble fate,
And makes not such bold protest as
he can,
Is no American.
ELLA WHEELER Wilcox.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

The Dekota Ruralist One Year For S1.OO.
The Dakota Ruralist is one of the
pioneer Alliance papers of the north
west. 1t is edited by 81. L. -Loucks,
president of the National Farmers
Alliance and industrial Union, with
j. R. Lowe, president of South Da-
kota Alliance, as associate editor,
which is sufficient guarantee that it
will be a stalwart advocate of the AL
lance demands.
We have made special arrange
ments whereby we will furnish THE
CAUCASIAN and the Ruralist for
$1.75 per year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

The dishonesty aud deception
practiced by the Eastern goldbugs
to prejudice the silver cause is IL
Illustrated by the following figures
read by Willard before the New
York chamber of commerce and
sent broadcast to bankers and boards
of trade east and west. Silver Is
quoted as IA commodity at so much
per ounce. There las been purchased
by the treasury:
Ounces. Cost.
Under the Bland act of
1878 2S7, ,474, 1862 1906, LIS, ,4g7
Under the Sherman act of
1890 l13 32j 735 127 OBI $40
Totals IFS, ,40I, ,497 s432, ,s72. .9O7
Market val of the lot Jan. 25 '93. 351, ,457 ,357
Loss to the government S80.9i6. $50
Average yearly loss (more than 100000
The silver purchased by the gov
ernment under the Bland act was
for coinage, and as there is said to
be only 20 cents worth of silver in a
dollar, the government made a large
profit instead of suffering loss.
When the silver now accumulated IN
the treasury is coined the govern
ment will realize at least S5O,O0O,-
600 clear profit. Why don't the
goldbugs tell the truth?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

If you want all American farmers
to become paupers, demonetize sill
yer, borrow money at Sper cent in
terest, give mortgages on homes, and
the thing is done.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-13

What will the "disinterested visit
ing statesman" get from the Cleve-
land pie counter: Or will the Will
mington & Weldon railroad have to
provide for him?