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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
SECRETARY DUNcANs LETTER

Onlv som" four or i've states ha.-
Vet made their S-mi-anpnxl rrpor'
TIE Nest of them hsS- promised "a
40 30 from time to tine. Some state
Sscre'ari-s say they hsVe no, the
funds with which Ia make their
>pn,i-ahnral r-por': Others xani Ia
know Whv the dues have b-ra in
creased. Some ssv II the frmf G
members are required to paw d. .
ha. they cannot collect IL Mauv
and varied are the excuses s~ut us
whv the semi-annual report has not
been sent IN up 10 this time.
Have the state, county. and SUI
alliance officers done their full duty
in this matter: fear not.
Ten cents per annum a. annual
dues TO keep up the only organiz y
ton that the farmers have in many
If the states. Only 10 cents per
anrur. know our farmers arr
IN financial distress. know only
too well that they are discriminated
against by those who make our law:
| know that the whole country is to-
day suffering from the actions Of
those who are engaged in speculat-
ing ard gambling in the ag'icnltn-
raj products Of the country and " ho
seeh 10 iiN the prices Of our great
stat le crops Of wheat and cotton b.--
fore the seeds are placed in the soil.
Those who run these grain and
cotton exchanges pay thousands Of
dollars for their membership, AS well
rs annual fees and assessments for
organized privilege of specializing in
your toll and labor. Iou hesitate.
You grumble, YOU kick. al, ut Ia
cents per annum for the purpose of
supporting An organization TO pro-
tect YOU against these combinations
which are reaping the clear prof,
that lie IN your products.
Neither of the three poliiic:.
parties are going ID give the farm I
the relief he is demanding and WORK
ing for unless the Alliance organ.
'zat'on is kept in line and used as a
power 10 force them to do what i,
Just aud right. The politician who
els yoi the Alliance has served it,
Aday and time, that you should fol
low him into some other organIza
ton, giving up YOUR own, is n.
trierd 10 YOU or your cause. Will
very farmer and wage worker .
working member Of the Alliance
YOU will be in "A position to demand
DUAL and just treatment from All ol
any political party that may be il
power.
let the sub-alliaces be all reor
gained and their dues, state ano
national, be paid.
See that your county organization
is kept in good working order.
Look to it that your state is dul,
repre- scented at the meeting of tn,
next supreme council in February
1898.
seId to the Waterman a list oI
the state presidents and secretarie'
As | have them. If this is not cor
rect send on a postal card an
change IN your staoe TO the Nafio
nal Watchman, Washington. ID. G.
SO this list may be corrected.
Again We urge the state secr-tari
es to make their emi-annual re
ports.
| All r.form and Alliance paper
please copy.
ID. i. Duncan.
SecretAry-Treasurer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
orr MILL, n. c., Jan. !, 1895.
NEW SOUTHERN LEADERS,,
Frank Ieslie's Weekly.

One Of the coming men Of the
South, unless all signs are deceptive,
Us Mr.. Marion Butler, the populist
Header of North Carolina. Mr.. But
! Ter is only thirty-one years of age,
but he has developed abilities Of the
hi hest order rs an organizer and
paDager of men and in his State is
recognized us II master force in cur
ent politics. He was the chief
|organizer of the fusion NOV, ment
which lately swept the State, break
ing the Democratic machine into
flinders, and stands ayowedly for
ideas of progress, pure elections, and
the right of the people to govern
| He is u type of the numerous class
of young and aspiring men in the
South who have tired of the rule of
the Bourbons and mean to place
their section squarely in line with
n the advancing thought and impul-
SEES of the time. Mr.. Butler will,
it is expected, be elected to the
UNITED States Senate as the success
or of Mr.. Ransom, and there can be
no doubt that he will in that body
command respect and influence.
The change which is going on in
North Carolina is undoubtedly
much more thorough than has been
generally supposed. A Tribune
correspondent, recently dispatched
! to max careful and exhaustiv,
study of the situation, gives some
conclusive testimony on this point
We quote;
zone of the most earnest Democrats lin Ra
eigh said to me: The revolution vii clea
the air. People will weary OF hearing war-tall
from the veterans, Senator Ransom ha
not been able to- make a speech for twent,
years without ringing the changes on tn
|t'onfederate cause Men have reached ,
point where they will not listen to the bri
sa,ia.s They dom careto hear anything mo
about what happened before, during or al
ter the war. They insist upon the retire
ment of the old leaders who are behind tn
hines. New men will be brought to tn
front, and that will be a great gain. DE
Jpocracy has ceased to be progressive. an
Hat is fatal to its claim of being the part
IL superior intelligence in the SOUTH
Talk OF that KIND Is to be heard ON ever
side, and it denotes that the fusion move
ment has impaired an impulse to new idea
IN North Carolina. Mr.. Butler believe
that it will accomplish the complete refol
nation of the politics of the State. TIL
fusion Legislature will enact new registr;
ton and election laws, which will make
possible for every man, black or white,
cast his ballot and to have it counted. TIL,
was the main Issue of the election, and til
Legislature will redeem its pledges.
Tree silver did not enter into the receI
canvass, nor were any of the follies an
vagaries of the Omaha platform discussed
II was fight for honest elections and hon
rule. II was a ring smashing battle, wit
Justice and righteousness on the side of til
victors. The fusion movement here IRON
ses to accomplish wholesome reforms. an
it ought not to be hastily condemned as
dangerous or immoral compromise.
may be the sign of political redemption an
of progress iu self-govornment in tt
South
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
Resolutions.

Correspondence of tine Progressive Farmer
At public meeting Of the Peo-
pies party and of the Republican
party of Onslow county, the follow
Ing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, The General Assembly
of North Carolina will soon assemble,
and as there is quite a lot of pat
ronaee to distribute among the faith
full, aud as the young men of the
State have contributed largely to-
wards the reform movement, and
have achieved n grand victory, and
AS the Hon. Marion Butler has con-
tributed more than any other living
man in the State,
Rp>oIrei, That we recommend to
the legislature of North Carolina.
and lay upon the altar of his native
State his work, We endorse him for
the long term III the Senate of the
United States and call upon
all Peoples Party and Heaub-
licans to give him their undivided
support l.. the legislature Of North
Carolina for Senator.
2. That We recognize and appreci-
ate the eiiing qualities am vatua
bic services rendered by Hon. Hill T.
King, Chairman of the Peoples par
ty of Onslow county, and as Chair.
man of the Peoples party Of the 81
Congressional district, and his splen
did Cab vsss made in behalf of re-
J form, and knowing his first rate cler
zeal qualification, We recommend
him to The Senate of North Carolin,
as fit man and in every respec
qualified for the position of Chic
Clerk Of the Senate, ard we trust ev
cry Peoples party man and Reput Ii
eau in the Senate will give him thei
undivided support.
3 That these resolutions be sen
to the Progressive Farmer and tn
CAUCASIAN, with the request tina
they he published.
: S II. KING
Acting ChEi'n Peoples party.
L. l.. HoYT,
Act'g Cbm'n Republican party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
The Hood and the Losses.

PARKEKsBuRG. VIVA, Jan. S.-The Pales-
tine boom up kanawha river has let go and
thousands of feet of ties, logs and lumber
are at the mercy of the wind and water. The
following are some of the losses: A. J kath-
bone, 5000; Pope IL Son, $4,000 d. NJ. Mil
Ter, $4,000; Burr d Bros, b. H. Huffman
$500; w. Il. Paden, $4,000 Parkersburg
Mill Co., $4,000 Conservative estimates
place the losses of the timbermen in the
little Kanawha valley at $4,000. The Ohio
river railroad shoots were ordered moved
today. River men look for thirty-six to
forty feet of water here.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10

The time is NEAR 1T hand when
business iriiuesces will control th'
politics Of the country. The recent
great political r.v"iut,on IN Nv
York Wa. due to this agency. Th'
reaction in public sentiment II
North Carolina will be lost if th-
political upheavai does not develo'
he business influence rs a dominant
force in State politics and end tb'
political sway of Pettifogging law
yers-
JONATHAN EDWARDS
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
VOL. Nil.
MARY ANN"

For THI tArCAsIAS.
When Mary Ann that lovely flint. into
the Senate gets,
She II wave her fan and wear her skirts and
smoke her cigarettes
She II vote Ia make the platform good. which
but two years ago
For coinage free Of silver stood and the pros
porous time of yOre
she'll call upon that mighty king, who now
~ of, I'm sure,
A-shOOting ducks upon the wing from the
steamer Baltimore.
Oh, Mary AIMS a leadinY trump, she Ran
sOmpd all the state
Into the pool sharp simmons dumped and
smashed the Jarvis SLATE.
she'll vote to tax the farmers wool and eggs
aud everything,
which patient. toiling laborrrs make and to
the markets bring,
Or else she VI vote Ia make ~ IRE" ~ J. rec
dom's GLORIOUS air,
The WOODEN goo,is and cotton goods ana
shoe. the millions wear.
No class distinction she u allow, TOO honest
far u she,
For ruth il written on her brow, brave
champion of tn" free
! Now every shining. vapient sheet which but
two months ago.
Lik. svelnng frog sat down elate 10 watch
the numbers grow
And laughed To scurf poor Mary Ann ana
nl her vanqui-hcd crew.
BY trusting dark returning boards their
thurVing work To do,
And every little poPinIay that role the rag
ing storm,
drowning wretrhc- torlUrn,
Are raging now tiiat Mary Ann will never
get the Plncca
Avaunt false prophets of the land, the fals"st
of your race.
You hut impute to truer men and nobler
OneA ! ~ sure,
The false designs you'd gladly WORK were
power given YOU.
Ia Your platform said ~ '2 that SILVER should
- At every mint the peer Of gold and we'll this
card you played,
The robber tax you loudly cursed ana swOrt
you would employ
The power whi'h the people gave, this rob
bier tO DESTROY.
Io' Toll in rags and dust bcgrmed your
4 chariot passed before.
y You Worned the mute appealing host, you
spurned the helpless poor,
And pauper wrote upon the brow OF man.
hood brave and true.
You pauteriz,d the labor here that gold
alone nigh sway
This glorious land, which sacred blood en-
franchi-cd for the free
That sugar trusts and coal combines, which
you SO loudly damned
Might sap the life and blast the hope of all
this fruitful land
While silver, which YOU loudly swore the
L. peer of gold shoul he,
You left To- canker III your vaults, ~ dead
| as dead could be
You issued bonds IN time of peace that
bankers might invest,
And milionaircs, through starving hosts
the very earth possess.
You wanted champions of the States and ol
their sovereignty;
You marched across their sacred bounds
! without authority;
l On IIungers WAN aud HELPLESS crowd, yoI
trained your guns of steel,
While cruel war spilled human blsod an,
| pullman swept the field
When Freedoms glorious banner SCARE,
above that fateful fight
| Each shining fold and cleaning star wer
wrapped in awful night
The ballot box alone remained to crush thi
cursed band,
And l;utIer ted the fearless no Is in Free
dom's chosen land
Then honored be his stainless name and hi
the shining crown,
The brightest known to earthly fame will
gems aud chaplets bound.
Mon -.
SCOTr MILL. ~ c., Jan l. 1895
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
CONTRACT AWARDED
For the Raising of q sunken Vessel With
&4,SQO, 900 on Board.

&4,s0O,O0O on Board.
WASHINGTON, Jan S-The Treasury De
partment has awarded to Francis NJ. Er4ey,
of East Orange, N. j., the contract for raising
the British frigate 'Hussar,'' which struck a
rocK and foundered off Fort Morris or Stony
Point, East river, New Work, during ~.
Revolutionary was. The "Hussar' is sup
posed to have had ON board $500, 900 in
British geld, sent over to pay the British
troops. The former contracts with one
Thomas, the latter with Beane and Hart
WELL who abandoned the work about nine
years ago, have been terminated by the de-
partment and a new contract with Epley to
run three years has been entered into.
RI ley's compensation is to be 80 per cant Of
all treasure found. the remaining 10 per
cent. together with whatever else is recovered
to go to the government. Mr.. Epley was
formerly connected with the coast and
Geodetic survey and is said to be man of
high character and wealth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10

Albany, n. Y, Jan. Slight bodies were
removed from the ruins Of the Delavau
House fire to-day. The bodies of only two
simon Meyers and Agnes Wilson-were
identified
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10

New York, Jan. SC harles ReapIin,
dancing master, blew out his brains this
morning in front Of the residence of Anton
Schuerman in East one Hundred and
iwenty-seventh St. He was in love with
Schuerman's laughter and had been ordered
from the house by her father;
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10

THE DAILY CAUCASIAN during
the Legislature $1.00.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
STILL IN A MUDDLB.
The Democrats Have Not Yet
Obtained any Clearpess Of
Vision on Finances
CARLISLE'S RETIREMENT DE-
MANDE,

We ns.A.r. Call t.s -. Csssssse-. ~
s~-ssi-shs, sss As tn~sssses vASe-
Tho, 90, he s.ss~s yN.~-yNs rv~ss-
d. 80. s.s-s.ry ssa-s. rss~nmou
sr-'. ssrss .. 60 o~~.ss... .s ~
rss '.'i'.,. niu as, r... sAs D
H.s o. q ...s..s 10 an. a~.sse
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-10
THE DEMOCRACY
BADLY RATIFIED.
The Results of Caucus Doubtful,
And The Friends Of The Car
Isle Bill Alarmed.
PLATE AND HEROD RECON
CILED.

HnI Visits The white Mouse. Hili ts
I.ad The Brok"n D~nocrscv Ean-"n
Lucky !" Escaping contact with David
H-nnrtt. breckenridge stunned And
I.-pi.-d. business To- Con roI Ia Future
Politics.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15
SORE AFFLICTION.

Representative Love informed THE
ENQUIRER yesterday of the death Of Mrs.
Jane Burris, which occurred at the home
of her son, Mr.. P. M. Burris, near Nc
Connellsville, Wednesday evening at
o'clock. The funeral is to take place
today at 10 o'clock.
When Mrs. P. NJ. Burris died on Octo-
ber 81, Mrs. Jane Burris, who lived about
three miles away, went to the home OF
her son, intending to stay only short
time, to give such consolation and render
such assistance as she could. She was
shortly afterward attacked by pneumonia,
the same dread disease that had just
proved fatal to Mrs. P. M. Burris, and
after an illness of only nine days, she
breathed her last. She was the wife OF
Mr.. William Burris, and was in the 18th
year of her age.
The year has been most distressing
one to Mr.. P. NJ. Burris. In February
last, he lost son, bright, manly and
promising little fellow ofl2. Next follow
ed devoted wife, and now, only two
weeks afterward, loving Christian moth
er. The numerous friends of Mr.. Burris
and of the family tender their heartfelt
sympathy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15
GOT HIS PAY.

It was stated in the papers not long ago
that Judge Earle refused to sign witness
nav certificate for Constable NewbOld on
the ground that the constable was in the
employ of the State, and, therefore, not
entitled to pay from the counties. Con.
stable Newbold was witness in several
cases before the court Of general sessions
for York county last week and drew bis
paw the same as the other witnesses. No
body raised any question.
The above paragraph appeared in THE
ENQUIRER of Wednesday. 1t is correct
but Constable Newbold, who was in. Y ork-
vile ON the day of its publication, has
given us some additional information. He
says that when Judge Earle refused to
sign the witness certificate, he protested
that under the law he was entitled to the
money, and remarked that, if necessary,
he would mandamus the county treasurer,
and requested that the judge withhold his
final decision until the matter could be in
vestigated further. Judge Earle did as
requested, afterward he came to the con-
clusion that under the law Constable New
bold was entitled to the money, and signed
the certificate. Constable Newbold says
that the fact that he is in the employ Of the
State has nothing to do with the matter.
If circuit Judge, who is also in the EN-
ploy of the State, should be called upon
to testify as a witness, he would be entitled
to the per diem prescribed by the law the
same as anybody else.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15
MENDENHALL'S GOT EN-.

Superintendent Mendenhall, of the con-
vict force, took charge of the convicts
sentenced at the recent term of the court
ofgeneral sessions last Wednesday. In all
are there H. Their names and sentences
are as follows: Westly Robbins, one year /;
Abe Patton, one year; Robt. Addison, one
year; James Cook, one year; Fletcher
Seals, one year; Edward Arledge, one
year; David Evans, one year; Henry
Whitesides, 16 months; James Dickson,
four months; Joseph Carroll, six months |;
VIM. Massey, two years; Lot Massey,
one year; Earnest Massey, three sentences
of one year each; Elias Burris, one year.
In addition to the above, Superintendent
Mendenhall has recently received several
convicts from the trial justice courts, and
in all the gang now numbers about 30.
All colored except Edward Arledge.
In sending up convicts lately, several of
the trial justices have neglected to send
commitments. Superintendent Menden-
hall requests us to say that this will not do.
He must have commitment in regular
form, in every case, or he will not receive
the prisoners.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15

President Cleveland and his cabinet
are represented as greatly overjoyed at
the recent overwhelming Democratic de-
feat. They see in it all only rebuke to
the enemies of the president. Senator
German, of Maryland Senator Brice, OF
Ohio; Senator Hill, of New York |; Sena-
tor Smith, of New Jersey; and Senator
Blackburn, Of Kentucky, are all recog-
nized anti -Clevelandites, and the presi-
dent and members of the cabinet think
that was the reason of their defeat. 1t is
strange how they that have eyes will not
see. Mr.. Cleveland's Democratic enemies
were in no way involved in the recent big
landslide by which the house of represen-
tatives was turned over to the Republi-
cans. We predicted that shakeup before
it came, and we think now, as we thought
then, that if Mr.. Cleveland had not
personally violated the promises Of the
Chicago platform, the country would not
have inflicted upon him Republican
house and senate. 1t would have given
him Democrats who could be depended
upon to carry out every pledge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15
BURNED TO DEATH.

Mr.. D. J. McCarter, who lives five miles
northeast of Yorkville, informed THE
ENQUIRER on Thursday, of a horrible
burning tragedy that occurred on the
place of his brother, Mr.. ]. R. McCarter
on Wednesday.
Georgia Davis, the 7-year-old daughter
of colored couple living on the place,
had been left in the house with younger
sister, while the mother went to the
house of neighbor nearby on some
errand Of business. Presently the young
er sister came into the field where her
father and Mr.. ]. R. McCarter were pick
ing cotton, and announced that Georgia
was burning up"
Mr.. McCarter and the child's father i'm
mediately left for the house, and after
brief search found the child out in field.
It seems that her clothes caught on fire in
some way, and in her fright she attempted
to make for the branch. She had failed
to reach it by about 10 feet-three corn
rows.
All the child's clothing had been burned
off except a narrow string around her
neck. Her whole body, from head to
foot, was a solid mass of blisters, and she
was bleeding from the nose and mouth.
She was conscious, but no longer in great
pain, and was able to tell Mr.. McCarter,
in a perfectly rational manner, how the
whole thing happened. She died in about
three hours.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Ganson Dry Goods Company--Say
that they are too busy to write an adver-
tisement today /; but, at any rate, take
occasion to mention few extra bargains
in dress goods, shoes, overshirts, blank
cts, and ladies' plush and beaver capes,
etc.
w. Brown Wylie, C. C. G. Pleas-In front
of the court house, on salesday in De-
sanber, will sell two tracts OF land
under foreclosure of mortgages; one
belonging to w. G. Whitesides, and the
other to James G. McNeel. Also, lots
10 the town of Yorkville, and lands in
York county, belonging to the estate OF
w. B. Wilson, deceased. Also lands OF
M. l.. Blake, in Bethesda township.
George. T. Schorb-Has tirst-class new
Lester piano that he wants to sell at a
bargain-a good bargain-He can also
furnish you with any style Of the Wilcox
Il While organ, and also National type
writer.
Grist Cousins-Are prepared to sell you q
genuine I. X. l.. Westenholm Sons
pocket knife, first-class razor strop, a
Georgia ratchet plow stock and Gin.
cinnati and Rock Hill buggies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-15
COUNTY DIVISION.

The following, published in the York,
vile correspondence of The News and
Courier under date of November9, seems
to set straight the record in regard to the
constitutional convention issue in the
recent campaign:
1--WE, the undersigned citizens of Cher.
okee township, hereby assert that the
question of reducing the constitutional
area required for counties was raised
before the constitutional convention can
didates at the campaign meeting held al
Blacksburg on Tuesday, July 23, last
Neither j. F. Ashe or S. +. White were
present at the meeting. Mr.. A. H. White
said that he thought that no new county
should be formed except on vote of al
the people interested, both in the county
to be erected and in the balance of the
county from which the proposed territory
is to be taken. Mr.. Wilson made the
specific statement that if sent to the con.
vention he would not vote there for the
formation of new county. He express
himself unequivocally as opposed to any
division of York county. Mr.. Brice
expressed himself as opposed to any re-
duction of the area required for counties
So far as the candidates were concerned
OH account of these statements, the ques
ton then and there ceased to be an issue
All the people had reason to believe thai
all the candidates, except j. F. Ashe and
S. E. White, whose positions had moi
been announced, were opposed to any
action looking to division of York
county.
"Signed-Junius w. Thomson, J. s.
Lucas, w. B. Sherer, Ira Hardin, T. D. c.
Moore, C. B. Byars, NJ. C. Byars, w. j.
Lucas, C. NJ. Byars, G. w. Cashion, N. w
Hardin, NJ. NJ. Freeman, VS.. Byars, NJ
A. Mettz, J. B. King, C.. Wilson, G. S
Roark, L. A. Mcclure, w. H. White, T. NJ
Gwin, John +. Jones'"