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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
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LEO D. HEARTr, Cash'r Natl Bank Durham N &.
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DR.. CYRUS THOMPSON Raleigh. NC.
DIAR Sir FREXD:Wheu .his
the DEMOCRATS and made instead
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for twenty years
restaurant to and this democrat in the
crowd. The Who did black
negro q you and weighed about 2so pound and this
Democrat cried 'helIo mss
She said yes" and kissed hin right in the mouth.
laughing and telling about
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The CAUCASIAN and have bottom you
choose. Yours
L. II.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20

TIE CAUCASIAN 81 per year. Now ID
the time to subscribe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20

Is there q single silver and anti-mO-
nopoly Democrat in North Carolina,
who supported Bryan in the last cam
paign because he believes in the prin-
ciples he advocated, who would not "a
ther in thi. campaign, be making .
CO. operative fight for the following
three things, to-wit: nine free silver
congressman, State legislature free
from corporation control and for white
supremacy Gf he believes the State is
becoming negroized), especially since
sOch cooperative fight would have
meant victory for them all. than for
just the one issue of white supremacy
which the old Cleveland machine is
using for purpose? The Peoples Par
ty is in favor of all three of the things
outlined above, and offered to make a
cooperative fight with the Democrats
to secure a victory for them. The
Cleveland-Palmer crowd of railroad
lawyers that controlled the last Demo
cratic convention respectfully de-
clined." Is it any wonder?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20

THOSE EXCESSIVE IxrI>DI1JEEN.
The Democratic speakers aud the
Democratic papers have been lndu7'-
riously engaged, during the present
campaign in stating to the public that
the administration row in control Of
affairs in North Carolina has been
much more lavish in the expenditure
Of the public funds than were their
Democratic predecessors. II Is right
that the administration now in power
should be held To a strict accountable
ity for any excessive expenditure OF
the public's money. II is right that
the public should b. informed Of ;he
exact amount of the excess Of such eX-
penditure. But the public will never
get from the Democratic adopts in the
Justification of facts the information
10 ~ entitled To. The Democratic pa
pers and speakers know full well that
mean lover of fal~ehood can often
make a fractional truth tell the most
outrageous lies. And the Democrats,
in this campaign, have been using a
fractional truth 10 tell the most will
full and bare faced lies about the tx-
penditure of the public funds under
the present State administration, as
we shall now proceed to show.
But before we enter into this eX-
posure of intentional Democratic ly-
ing, we wish to say, that if the pres
ent administration had spent all tina,
their enemies claim they have spent ir
excess of expenditures under the Dem
ocrats, it would not follow, that tn,
present administration had done
wrong. For the question is not how
much has been spent! but how niue!
has been misspent? II the adminiotra
ton now in power had spt mt untui,
millions more than their predec- ssUr
in Office spent ina llhe period, tn
public would not be jared thereby
il it got value for every dollar of sai'
expenditure. Let the honest an
truthful reader bear this in min
when he reads and hears of exCessIv
expenditures under the present ad
mipistratiOn.
IL is true that the expenditur
of public money under the presen
government of North Carolina ha
been somewhat in excess of that unde
the Democratic government immedl
ately preceding How much this eE
cess has been will appear below.
Taking the three years 1892 aud lS9
inclusive to be used in the com parisor
expenditures under the last Dem,
ca nc administration were as follows
,S9NA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $ 1857 933
| - y------..-..-.- ) 9,6lS
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20

1.-THE Democratic niger calamity
howl~rs were half ~ much afraid Of
the niggsr - they pretend to be-, would
they not have eagerly and thankfully
accept help from any source TO keep
the nigGer from catching them. Ger
tainly they would! When the Peoples
party offered them $1,000 votes to make
ii dead certain that the nigger should
never catch them, why did they re-
fuse? There are two reasons, fret
they are not afraid Of the bigger; sec.
ond they hSd already made . deal
with the railroads to turn over the
next legislature to them for so much
money, and their only possible way
they could Detray the people was be-
hind the cry Of niger. IL they had
accepted the proposition of the Peo-
pies Party it would have meant not
only "white supremacy" but it would
have meant also "dOwn with monopoly
domination" 10 short they are yell
ling "nigger' in the interest Of the
railroads. The Cleveland goldbugs
and the railroads are the niger in
the wood pile.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
DEMOCRATIC METHODS.

Peoples party
showing DEMocBA
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
tbs MACHINE SIZED UP.

., ,,.u are prompt. efficient and
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
Total for the three years $3,573, POI %
s $50 74o.2G

An examination of the above figG.es
will show that the present admiuistra-
tion expended 1886, 74S.26 more during
the first three years of its existence
than was expended by the last Demo-
cratic administration during the last
three years of it's existence.
But this excess of expenditure is al
most wholly apparent, and not real.
Let us see.
Take this apparent excess, and sub
tract from it the cost of one session of
the General Assembly, and the total
appropriations of the United States
government for technical education in
the State, and the account will stand
as follows
Excess of expenditures I'M
Ger tine present admins
tration- ------------- s $50, 74S.2t
Deduct the cost of one SEES
sion of the General AS
sembly ----------------- 1850 Il
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20

a. Fear yeAssEo
Last fall ny
ssn0Aeh refused
20 perform iss
dusiesand lso-oo
Lost strength
s.ShortiyafseS
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16
A Sure Sign Of Group.

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the approach of the disease. If
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as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even after the croupy cough hes
appeared, i. will proven. the attack.
Many mothers who have croupy chill
dren always keep this remedy at hand
and find that it saves them much trou-
bic and worry. 1t can always be de-
pend ID upon and is pleasant to take.
For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16

makes the newspaper mon have good
time while the show is in town. Mr..
Davis knows the show business from
start to finish; knows how to handle
men and has the happy faculty Of
making people think they are giving
him information, while he is culight-
cning them.
The interests of James a. Bailey
and w. w. Cole are looked after by
Dr. Thos. j. Evans. a distinguished
young man who is an expert account
ant.
Last night the big show left Au-
gusta for Athens, and the work Of
loading and getting away was done in
tso hours. The only things left be-
hind by the boss canvasman, the boss
hostler and the master of transporta-
ton were the ring banks and the
atmosphere.
If you have any idea of going into
the business test your intellect first,
for if you are not more than smart
you will go broke. There are no
idiots in the winning end Of the show
business, and if you burn circus man
for a fool you II get wise ashes.
II you want to be Il performer go
peep into the circus dressing room.
Yesterday WAS in one Of the
'lrcs>iu. rooms when big fat man
came running in. He was so fat he
could barely walk. While | was look
ing at him | heard Il noise like cscap-
ing steam and suddenly the fat man
began to collapse. thought he was
about to die, for in an instant he be-
came very thin, but then he elevated
his shirt and then divcsting himself
of his clothing pulled off rubber suit
that hal been filled with air
Acrobats, riders, Roman gladiators,
animal trainers, leapcrs and scores of
others were all dressing and undress-
ing at the same time. Each man has
a little trunk about three feet long
and half as wide. He keeps his ward
robe in this and tells when he is made
up correctly by bit of glass in the
top Of it.
Everybody with this great circus
seems happy, and if there are any
who are not they conceal their feel
ings we'll and ther. is no complaining.
There are no points overlooked in
the big organization. Whenever the
head of department employs a new
man he watches him carefully, and if
he finds that the man is not strong or
is aihng in any way he lets him go.
AS result only big, healthy fellows
remain long.
When the show gets here tomorrow
you will see the same system that was
seen at Anderson, at Augusta and at
Athens. Follow it every where and
you will see only one change and that
will be the location.
WALTER TAYLOR.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16

heavy wagons up hili 50 that the hor-
So. could pull them off the lot. Mr.
Sells jumped into buggy. aud riding
behind three mounted policemen, he
started the parade. Roman soldiers,
riders, elephants, wild beasts. bands
OF music and hundred, Of other thing,
followed kim. The clowns were sur
rounded by mobs of boys, aud last
came the calliopc.
y young man in his shir, sleeves
played on this machine almost con
otantly. His favori;c was, ~Ihcrc II
BE a Hot Time in tie Old Town To-
night The steam iSsuiug from the
smoke stack made this tune very ap-
prol rlatc. Occasionally he turned
out that sweet ballad, Mamie, Come
Kiss Your Honey Boy.
While The parade was being made
the ticket wagon was opened prepara-
tory to business. a big chair with a
thick leather cushion was placed in
the front entrance Under the seat
OF the chair and fastened bcty cen the
legs, were number Of little drawers.
That is the office Of Colonel Lewis
Sells. ilc was there carly, giving
/; directions
Il want to see Nr. Sells. said a
young man Just before the pcrior,nancc
! Lcgau
Mr- sells said hc w.- ,ha, gentle
man and then the y"uug man said.
"Will you pass the children Of the
orplano Home l,to the shpw?
no. said Mr.. Sells, 81 can do
that. We are here - do all the good
we can but VIC can do it all. will
let them have tickets for half price,
though
Have you any idea how many
tickets We have given away this sea-
son?' Colonel Sells asked me. |
told him no and he sent young man
over to the ticket wagon to get the
list. He came back with long string
OF figures which, when footed up made
total Of 100000 free passes in 28
weeks.
eve are prayed upon by all class
cs, aid the big Snowman with sigh
as he put the list in his pocket.
y young man jumped out Of the
ticket wagon with big basket full of
little scraps Of paper. He went over
to the fires at the cook tent
There exclaimed Colonel Sells.
look at that; those are free passes
from the last town that he is going to
burn up. What do you think Of
that
An hour after the street parade
10000 people were seated under the
big canvas watching three rings and
All elevated stage.
One of the most popular men around
the show is Major Ray, the midget.
He has been with the Sells brothers
for years, and is well fixed financially.
The major is farmer when off the
road and has 200 acres near Caldwell,
Mo. He bosses big gang of men on
his place and makes good crops. The
only midget that the major enjoys the
society Of is Mrs. Ray. His chum is
Colonel Cooper, the giant.
Two men that much depends upon
are Charles A. Davis and Frank O.
Miller.
Mr.. Davis is the contracting press
agent and 10 IS after the newspapers
ahead of the show, while Mr.. Miller
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16

~ O0tN tnc women and the
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
The News About Dublin.

Dublin, Ga, April Ga daughter of
Mr.. John Dean, who lives at Wyly, in
this county, wandered away from home
on Saturday last Her people becoming
alarmed, search was made for her all
that night and next day, and Sunday af-
ternoon she was found dead in a creek
about half a mile from home. The child
was ten years old, and not having a
good mind, possibly walked right into the
creek.
The claims made that Laurens county
was practically solid for Mr.. Berner has
aroused the adherents of Col. Gambler,
and a Gambler Club has been organized
with about 100 members. The Berner men
also set to work and have secured a club
membership which exceeds that of the
Gambler Club.
A faith doctor or divine healer has
been at work In this county for over a
month, and has stirred up great excite
ment in some neighborhoods. He has
made some converts to his views and il is
said will organize a society this week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
Mothers Friend"
TO ASK PRESIDENT TO AVERT WAR
Ware County Citizens Think Ii
Would Be n Calamity Here.

Ware County Citizens Think 1t
Would Be Calamity Here.
Waycross, Ca, April 6.-Nobody here
wants war. The business men fear the
consequences. They believe 1t would be
especially detrimental to this section,
Hon. John C. Mcdonald, chairman of the
Democratic executive committee of the
Eleventh district, is strongly averse to
war EIe says he would telegraph an ap-
peal to the President to prevent war if
he thought his doing SO would have
weight with him. The farmers in this sec
ton are opposed to war and want Con-
Sress to uphold the President in his con-
serVative policy. If war was declared and
the President called upon the different
states for volunteers to go to Cuba and
drive away the Spanish there would be no
negro volunteers and few white men from
this section. While most everybody SYM
pathlzes with suffering humanity in Cuba
and would like to see Cuba free, nobody
seems to think the United States has
cause to go to war with Spain for the
purpose of establishing a Cuban republic
and dispossesslng the Spanish.
The news from Washington this after
noon caused general rejoicing. Some,
however, think the news is too good to
be true. They fear Spain is not in earnest
But as a rule the Spanish back down is
accepted as bona fide. The local Cubans
are greatly rejoiced. They are praising
the United States for Spain's defeat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
ARRESTED AFTER 20 YEARS.
Man Accused of Murder in Wayne
County in Jail at Tampa.

Man Accused of Murder in Wayne
County i'm Jail at Tampa.
Tampa, Fla, April 6.-Samuel b. Kelly,
justice of the peace for the Keysville dis
trict, and a member of the Democratic
county executive committee, is in Jail on
a charge of having murdered a man in
Wayne county, near Jaspu, Ca, about
twenty years ago.
The arrest of Kelly was made by Sheriff
Spencer in his office, where Kelly called,
as he usually does when he comes to town.
The request for the arrest was received
in requisition from the Governor of
Georgia.
As soon as Kelly was arrested and lock-
ed up the sheriff telegraphed to the sher-
III of Wayne county, Georgia, and received
reply saying that a deputy would leave
on the first train. The deputy arrived to-
night and will leave for Jesup in the morn
ing with his prisoner.
The arrest of Kelly was a great surprise
to his many friends, for while a number
of people knew that he was charged with
killing man in Georgia, 1t was generally
understood that the matter had been set
tied
Twelve years ago Kelly was arrested by
Sheriff John z. Martin of this county on
the same charge. At that time the Georgia
authorities did not send for him, but about
two years afterwards he went to Jesup
and when he returned a few weeks later
he stated that the case had been settled
but that it had cost him $500. He was
then living in Keysville district and has
resided there ever since.
The killing with which Kelly is charged
was the result, he claims, of row between
himself and a neighbor over church mat
ters while they were both under the in
fluence of liquor Kelly made his escape
and came to Florida. He reached this
county about eighteen years ago and set
tied near what is now known as Keys
vile. He assumed the name of Joseph Aut-
man and under that name was married to
young lady of the county. After his ar
rest twelve years ago and upon his return
from Georgia, when he said that he had
settled the case, he resumed the name of
Samuel b. Kelly and was remarked TO his
wife under that name. He has resided at
Neysville ever since and gained the respect
OF the community. He was elected a men,
Der of the county Democratic executive
committee and was elected in 1896 a JUS
tice of the peace for the district
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
CHECKS PUT A MAN UNDER A CLOUD
Bank Turns Them Down and the
Drawer Disappears.

Augusta, Ca, April 6.-About week ago
a man giving his name as ]. Eisman,
claiming to be of the family of the we'll
known firm of Eisman & Well, Atlanta.
came to Augusta, and rented store at 632
Bread street.
He at once set about extensive improve
ments in flooring, shelving and furniture,
placing a large order with the Standard
Lumber Company and with the Fargo
Furniture House.
He said he had ordered 5000 worth of
knitting machinery and was going to
manufacture underwear
Yesterday several citizens presented
checks at the Georgia Railroad
Bank which they had cashed for
Eisman and were informed that
he had no funds there. When they
sought Eisman for an explanation, he had
disappeared, and kilograms to Atlanta
brought a reply that they knew of no Els
man starting business In Augusta.
The checks cashed that have come to
light so far have been for small amounts,
and seem hardly to justify the extensive
business preparations that were made.
The hope is expressed in some quarters
that he will return and make things right
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
COLONY OF NEGRO FARMERS,
scheme on Foot in TattnaII Which
Promises to Succeed.

II
Promises to Succeed.
Lyons, Ga, April 6-Rev. Isaac Cray,
the presiding elder of the African Metho-
dist Church of the Lyons circuit, has a
scheme well on foot which, if successful
and everything points to it's early and
permanent success-will be hailed with
joy by both the white and colored popu-
latlon of this county. Craig is organizing
a colony of negroes to settle on land five
miles northwest of this town and go to
farming. He has already secured option
on a tract of land, and is now hard at
work getting the better class of his race
together to occupy the land, erect dwell
ing houses and other necessary buildings
The black man Is taxing right hold OF
the project with enthusiasm and if all
signs do not fail people may soon expect
to hear of a successful colony of colored
farmers in Tattnall county.
This section has been visited with rain
this week, which has made the farmer
and gardener smile for joy. To-day the
rain held up and the weather has turned
very cold--cold enough to bring out
wraps and overcoats, and there is some
fear of frost which, should 1t come at
this time, would certainly play havoc with
the peach blooms. The prospects for
the peach crop in all this section is far
better than 1t has been for years before.