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while the congregation will occupy the
room in the first story. The first floor has
a seating capacity of about $50, and here
the services will be held until the main por-
ton of the structure shall be erected.
The second floor has been specially de-
signed for use for Sunday school purposes.
and is divided into class rooms by rolling
blind partitions. In addition to the main
room there will be on this floor a kitchen
and dumb waiter and the necessary clos
cts. Under the entire building is a cellar.
The building is finished in chestnut wood,
has both gas and electric light and is heat
ed by steam. 1t has been comfortably fur
nshed, the floors being carpeted and the
peWs being of oak. At present the west and
east sides show expanses of red brick wall,
which will be entirely concealed by the
main building when erected.
Opening Services.
The opening services will be held tomor-
row with the following order of exercises:
$50 am.-The Sunday school, with ad-
dresses by DR.. McFarlan, Thomas c. New
ton, Frank L. Middleton and A. B. Kelly,
respectively; II a m, morning worship, with
sermon by Rev. Byron Sunderland, DID;
$50 p. m, addresses by Rev. Drs. b. r. BIT
finger, Radcliffe. Ramsdell and Luccock and
Mr. B. II. Warner; I pm, Christian En-
deavor meeting, with address by Mr.. Ralph
Wells of New York city on The work
and Offices Of the Holy Spirit pm
evening worship. sermon by the pastor.
The music will be under the direction OF
Mr. A B. Kelly organist. The singing to
be rendered by a quartet composed of Miss
BERTHE Thompson, soprano; Miss Saline
Shreve, coutraIto; Mr.. Noble Hoover bass,
and Mr.. Robert NJ. Milans. tenor The
music for the afternoon service tomorrow
will be furnished by the Cecelian Quartet.
CongratuIatory Addresses.
Tuesday evening at O'Clock there will
be congratulatory and fraternal addresses
by Rev Drs Hamlin. Stakely and Fish
burn. respectively, followed by reception
in the Sunday school room under the direc-
ton of the ladies of the church.
History of the Organization.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church was or
ganized November "a. 1923, with a MEM
bership Of twenty-three, under the ministry
of Rev Joshua n. Danforth. 1t worshiped
in various school Iouses until the erection
of its first house of worship, Familiarity
called The little White Church. on the
east side of 9th street between and II
streets Here the congregation gathered
for ten years under the successive pastor
ates of Rev. Drs. Danforth, Noble and
Smith
The present structure was erected in
1S4U-41 and dedicated in June of the latter
year. 1t has, therefore, been in use for
more than half a century.
The church has filled a large place in the
life of the city, and has gathered about it
many Interesting memories. 1t is not only
one of the oldest of the Presbyterian
churches of the city. but it has been one of
the most active in carrying forward the
work of the denomination and in fostering
every enterprise that has had the good of
the city at heart 1t has sent out numer-
Gus colonies into other parts of the District
and has built various churches, besides, in
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WILLIAMS AND WALKER-'"The Two
Real Coons stand today the Leading team
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Usual Rule Reyer

Reversing the usual rule this part of the
structure which is two stories in height has
Sunday school room in the second story,
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in the presentation of Augustus Thomas
IDEAL southern play, "Alabanla,'' on the
evening Of May 80, 1899, at Lafayette
Square Theater. The Dramatic Club Of the
institute under the direction of Mr.. 7.
Daniel Frawley of the Frawiey Stock Com
pany has been diligently rehearsing for
some time past. and, judging from the char
acter of the ability displayed in the re-
hearsals, the performance will surpass all
previous efforts
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ORGAN AND SONG RECITAJ,-An or
gan and song recital of unusual interast h .
been arranged for Friday evening. Nav -
at o'clock in Mount Vernon Place Nj +,
Church South. Miss Jenny Lind Green
organist, viii be assisted by DR. r Merrill
Hopkinson, baritone: Mrs II. CLAW Rrown
ing, soprano; Mr.. Perry B. Turpin tenor.
Mrs. Margaret Nolan Martin. alto and
Mr.. John H. Duffey, bass. Mrs. Green will
be heard first in Fantasia of French airs
commissioned. her second number being.
in three parts: (a), Invocation MuiIIev. b1
Pastorale, II Toe. Am From Arcadia {"
Dubois; (c), March of the Sentry, Tours
Her two subsequent numbers will be made
ionette, Gounod (a), Idyl of Home, Buck
(b) Coronation March, Meyerbeer DR. Hon
kinson will be heard during the evening in
the following: The Holy City, Stephen
Adams, with piano and organ accountant
ment; Hosana Granier; The Rosary, Nevin.
l Cannot Help Loving Thee Johns: What
Is Love? Oeast, written for and dedicated
to Dr.. Hopkinson, and l Would / Were q
King Sullivan. Mrs. Brownings selections
are: Grand Aria Traviata, Verdi; Aria
from Queen of Sheba- Gounod Mr.. Turpin
will sing: Ecstacy. Mrs. Beech On Board.
Goddard; II MILO Soro Intanto don Clio
vannD. Mozart Mrst Nolan Martin and
Mr.. Duffey will be heard in excellent selec-
tions Tickets for the recital are on sale
at Sanders & Stayman's.
After a most gratifying season, compris-
ing literary and musical entertainments,
lectures, euchre parties, the capture of the
championship by the bowling club and the
MISREPRESENTATION Country Circus. the
Carroll Institute viii crown it's successes
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COLUMBIA THEATER.-The sixth week
OF the Frawiey Company at the Columbia
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Fourth Presbyterian Church Removed
to Columbia Heights.
FORMERLY LOCATED ON NINTH STREET
Congregation viii Temporarily o.
cupy Chapel Lately Completed.
SERVICES THERE TOMORROW

Tomorrow will be a notable day in the
history of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
The congregation will then occupy for the
fret time the church edifice which has been
erected for its use at the northeast corner
of 18th and Yale streets. Columbia Heights.
While this change is believed TO mark a
significant phase In the history of the
church, 1t also has a bearing on the de-
veIopment Of the city. for this congregation,
which has worshiped for so many years in
the edifice on 9th street just north of q
street has been crowded out by the inroads
Of business and been obliged to leave this
center and go to the heights overlooking
the city. where a population has preced-
ed It.
\ spacious building site was secured, hav
ing frontage Of 100 feet on 18th street and
1T5 feet on Yale street. 1t is not designed
to cover this entire building lot as space
will be left at the sides for light and air.
The completed structure has not been as
vet erected but only that portion in the
rear which VIII he the chapel of the church
and where for the present the congregation
and the Sunday school Will make their
home. When erected the edifCe Will have
a frontage of 10 feet and a depth of l34
feet. The design Of the architect Mr.. Fred
eric B. Pyle, follows the type of architect
TIRE which is known as the English Gothic.
and il may be said that it is not merely
slayish imitation. The architect employed
brick and terra Gotta 10 work out this de-
sign, both being of the shade of granite.
The main entrance viii be at the corner
beneath the tower. The auditorium will
have a seating capacity of 500.
The portion Of the building which has
been completed. and which will be occupied
tomorrow, is what is known as the chapel
and has fOntage on Yale street Of 20 feet
4 inches.
IsuaI Rule Reversed
Reversing the usual rule. this part of the
structure. which is two stories in height has
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
Tar Heel Breyities.

Wilmington has levied a special tax
ofl$1O per month on wholesale mer-
chants and s. per month on retail mer-
chants.
The agricultural Depart has just
received letters from The northwest
asking for information as TO the estab-
lishment nf four sheep farms
Percy c. Coatner, of Lincoln county.
made 367 bushels OF wheat on nine
teen acres. and Thomas j. Ramseur
averaged % bushels per acre on seven
acres.
The board of aldermen of Charlotte
has Appropriated 800 to assist the fire.
men in attending the big gaia wee and
aremeu's tournament in Greensboro
next month.
/. II Is now expected that something 9
hike 900 men OF the Sscon and rhird
Zresjments of the state guard Will be IN
F.amp at Morehead City this month al
Vthe two encampmets-
: A company has been organized in
Winston to build a new opera house.
oArbe North Stare Trouser factory /:
ne name OF the new enterprise re-
osn-Iv organized at High Point for th'
r,anufac,ure of trousers. A. c. Bar
b.,e is its proprietor. II viii be read!
f6r business in few days
About one hundred cohnviots wer'
| ,.st Monday taken to Robescn count!
| On ,he Huh and Ashpoie inov
| Union City, railroad. About the mrs
~ Angus, /. is expected that 2"o NOR
III he sent down there.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
an UGLY FEELING N CUBA
Setencourt INDUCES in Some In
cendiary Talk.
ieAflET ISSUED IN MAIANZAS,
The Americans Charged With Deception and
Described as 1yranieai Masters s-Cubass
Are Restless.

Havana. BY CabIe-Many Cuban pa
pers fatty deny the existence of plots"
against the American visitors who re-
main here few days and then return
to the United States, but there is un-
donbtediy a considerable element en-
deavoring to SOW dissensons among
the Cubans and using every means to
array them against the Americans,
Even the province OF MatanZas. which
Is supposed to be the most peaceable
district, has such malcontents within
its borders. Recently 1000 leaflets
We're issued in the city OF MatanZas in
| the form of an address to the people in
the following vein:
| "Cubans. You men of honor whom
Spanish bullets respected and whom
fever and hunger only served to make
| doubly strong: Your mother country
| calls you to make her stronger and
J grander because there are those who
| wish to humilate her. You, who have
helped to convert your family heart
| stones into bread, clothing, medicine
or arms: you who have been ready to
give your very lives. even when you
! would have left your adored ones to a
! miserable orphanage. to know only the
pain of living by mental toll. their
| beautiful eyes full Of tears; you whose
women were born to be happy only as
their country is free-you that mother
asks to be ready to hurl from the coun-
try the crafty eagle. as YOU have rec
moved the naughty and hungry Span
ish lion.
] LET one thought be ours. So long
AS our flag does not fiutter from Cape
Maisi 20 Cape San Antonio. there will
be only ruin desolation and vandalism
for OUT fertile fields. our rich treasures
our wealth and beauty. The Americans
deceive uS. They tyraEniZe over as
They are masters OF cur places and
forts. They make a display of wealth
and power and reduce us to the level OF
menals without country and without
faith.
| NO. Ills CduUOi lie III
tervening power must keep its prom
ises. or give quantities of blood to pay
for its ambition. Be ready to answer
, the cry of the country. While we mcI
do our duty. let our sisters. ii neces
sary. convert their jewels in,o rife!
and cannon. as they have already done
Let them at the same time make ban
Gages of linen to staunch the blood o
liberty. There will be with you all tn,
soul Of your chief.
tSignedD "BETANCOURT."
One copy of the pronunciamento i
. in the possession of General Ludios
!, The name "Betancourt" is common
among the Cubans: and while an al
| dress like this. though infaming til
passions Of those who read il. scercel
points to any present dalse'. still. 4
the OponiOn of men prominent. in Ha
jvana business circles. It indicates som
possibility of the future.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
10 Blow In the Eilininns

Washington. ID. c.. Special.-The war
apartment has recently concluded all
'Nu'u>tiye series of experiments in
sdl'F Hook with high explosives and
"sht Held guns that promises. If adopt
y" 10 result in arming the t"ocp' in
,Ne Pn1Iipines with the most advanced
%pe OF light field gun in the world.
ue Ooard has decided or a type OF
'e'0 gun which can fire Is arl.ed shots
~ minute, which can be operated b..
oIt man and when its full crew car
~A' 10 pieces in l. seconds TO: loading
:" mule back fcr transportation where
we hesded. IL is 3-.nc': oaiibr,. ca7
AIRY .o'.d shot sharpnei or a bursting
,tsrs' Of high explosive will ~il'
MI by concussion in a radius of 200
fee.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
The North.

Tho Allegheny Coal Laud Company,
with . capital stock of SiO0. 600, has
been organized At Roanoke, VIZ. j.
Ellyson, OF Sichmond, Is president.
Lieutenant Frank c. Bellies, Sixth
Infantry, has been assigned rs an aide
on General Wheeler's staff. and order
ed to report to the general at San
Francisco.
The report of Capt Watkins on the
straudlng of the American Line steam
or Paris, has been made public Capt
Watkins makes no attempt to evade
responsibility for the accident. but on
tho contrary, says frankly that
the stranding of the ship WAS the resui:
Of of an uuaccountable error on his
part.
A Burlington special train from ST.
Louis to Los Angeles, loaded with
teachers for the National Educa .ional
Convention, crashed into freis mt train
near Newman, Col. Monday. Miss
Addie Harris, Of st. Louis, and Mrs.
Lena Thomas, of New York, were in.
| stautly killed.
Secretary A!ser is very anxious 10
have the new regiments recruited as
far as possible from men who served
i'll the State volunteers, during the
| Spanish war. He has received infor.
nation from O number of officers IN diff
ferent States that if there was an op-
portunity afforded, probably 30 pei
| cont. Of the new regiments would bs
composed OF these men. OF course m
der the regulations the recruiting off
GERS cannot discriminate between Tia,
mon who have been in the volunteer
service and those who haze rot, anl
men will be enlisted as they apply
without regard to their previous rec
| ord.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
Trade Review.

New York, Special-Bradstreet' Sat-
urday says: New features in the
general trade situation this week were
of an almost uniformly favorable char
acter. So rare, indeed, are the dis
turbing and unsetlling features as to
necessitate considerable search to To-
cate them. Additional statistics OF past
trade movements received aIe Of an en-
courasing nature. foremost among
these being exceptionally good railroad
earnings returns for June and the first
half Of year, and ascertained to:als of
an enormous export trade, and proc
ticaly equal 10 the phenomena BIZ j.
ness OF the preceding fiscal year. The
record Of railroad receiverships for the
first half of the year bears a striking
resemblance to the list OF business
mortalities, inasmuch as they are the
smallest in number reported since re
ceivership first became prominent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
THROUGHOUT The COUNTRY.
The Seuih.

The cigar makers held . monster
mass meeting IN Tampa. Fla. Monday
aigh'. Fifty OF .hcn lsI, later On tie
steamer for Havana
A directory o! Durham, Y. C., Just
Issued. give. tue population q, -, ;:0.
though the Herald SAYS /, Is wiling 10
knock of the odd Thousands.
Gov. Savers and . corrs Of a.i.tauce
'pent an entire day working in beLAli
81 hood sufferers up aud down the
BraZos river bottoms. The condition
of the flood sufferers is improyIn; very
little.
The Comptroller OF the Currency la.
declared per cent dividend IN favor
Of the creditors CT the Merchants Ma
tional Bank OF Ocala, Fla
A drunken colored map. Emmett
Holmes. WAS run over by an elecirit
train on tho Ocean View Railway o.
Norfolk, Va. Monday night aud leg
badly msuglsd. One Of Holmes les'
was amputa.ed, and q foot. which hat
been partly Gu, of. was dressed.
Senator Bacon and RerresentAtiv,
Bartlett, Of Georgia, called a. th,
White House Monday and presented :.
The President . lis, of about 50 mel
from that State who are elig bic unde
the Presidents call for appointment q
Off GERS Of the new volunteer regi
ments.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
TV[yS CLAIM FOR BOUNTY
-., Been Presented through His
attorney.
FIRST YET FILED
|. n. CoGf. ~ CiaaS There Will be
,,lf ipoJ IT Them AItogether r-0uss-
l..ei tao r'oN d.


Nt.'"- E''-
r,1, "'' "'"'F Si'ufuay hieh IN
tu. ". Claims through his at
rl .tim for rayal boun,y,
..rr n.g rt The b.ctle OF Nanu,
u.,.t r>1y Tint. +. 4ha 6r.t 20
' " 0''' -
1ni .. .. "..''.'''i tA.', there VIII
ptru D. tuHy ali 5000 G. tlem al
es Ic May Of those claims were
...,r.. eIoI t.,.ro tho N,uv ro
...,......i.r .r .,,o ,roy;sio,s - G..
,,u-.....,, so,.rsoa c.o.u,as 600
..... ,.....,...t. - a,-..n-,.,u
'',......,, CT. -, .,
,...... 49,. aiaI -. 49,,
... ..:.. .,
,., ..a...,
...n 49,. a,..,
:. -.
. 80 ,ooe "
' =,
.. ,,u. an1 ,,o aoa.,,aa =,
. -,
-,
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.
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.. - 49,
r...', ...,.. ,,,ou.,i. >.a vor,.
.a.., a.. .,,a,;nna rnh, ruI, ..
,,,., ,...'..., .,..,.a- o,aa,,,s,,in Canoo :,
,..', ,soo, ,.-.., 60.
'".'.',.' '''..'' ' ..,.,...,a.. saa.,-, e., Co.
'.'''''@'p N'N"'hE' spanish meet. San
s'. ,..,,,,a - ,on c.
,aoo' -.
-, ..a,
',.,,,n d.,
c-..', 80 -
'' .' '~'''
' '' '''''' ,''''o9 .'' = u. .7aa 7la
.'... % ''.' ~. ''''.' pay wa! = 700
.' '''',' "I' ',''S"'p ! eN'7' Vim
'''.''''' ''''''''.'' ''A''' ''' -
s','' ' '''''"'' '"'oi, l 'u'on, ~ u
~ ". '"' ''.' ,''''S' "'S . "i" l. ''''
.''' ''l'' "''I''S'lP ieN'S' yes
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
Hghwaymen in Rowan.

DR.. I. W. Jones, of Zeb. Rowan
county, reports that Thursday nigh.
on his way home from town he was
held up and robbed by three men who
boarded his buggy, one OF them get
ting him by the throat from behind
and the other two presenting pistols
in his face. They got $40, a silver
watch bearing the owners initials and
a pocket-book containing some notes
ard receipts. Dr.. Jones was unable TO
fix the identity OF any OF the robbers
beyond observing that of the two who
confronted him one was a white man
and the other a negro.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
Addressed Road Builders.

AtAthe session Of the Road Builders
Institute Thursday the address of Gen.
eral Roy Stone. of Washington. was
the feature of the occasion and was
full OF practical and wise suggestions,
concerning road building iI the South
ern States. other valuable addresses
vere delivered by President Alderman,
~ the University of North Carolina,
= ate Geologist Holmes. Commissioner
ofNAgriculture Patterson. Prof. ]. V.
.is, of Clemson College. Prof. j. NJ.
DASdy. and several other prominent
denRates. Delegates are delighted
M the more than 100 miles of spien-
d;Amacadam roads in Charlotte and
MeAlenburg county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20

The narnai m-eilaE e ih. managers
of The Freedman ABa and southern
IducHi!sn Society 81 the Msiboalsi
MIlscopal 'hzrcg. MAS held at the
Metnodist J. o. Concern. "a Circin-
paiI. Tuesday
1he En.i'rh lfonse Of Lords Tues
dsy evening ra-sed tie record reading
of lhe bill TtglTsng chop k.-i-ers 10
pTcyld. sea;s iar iL.IF a.ss.tsni. by .
yc.e Of 80 Ia favor. - p ol'I'Yscd.
Three noaihs' court mourning for
the death of tie GzareEiicb. Grand
DUKE George. of Rassia. brother Of
the Gar. wno ded M"nasy ol coz
sumption. az sbbAs Iuu,RB. ~ ihs
CsucAsus. has beea ordered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
Yellow Fever at Santiago

strict enforcement of General Wood $
quarantine and sanitary order, seems
to be repressing the yellow fever Gut
break One death and three cases
have been officially reported in the
last few days, but there have
been no new cases among the United
States troops. Many American and
Jamaican vagrarts have been arrested
and taken to the detention camp.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
No. 33.
~eutko. IoI x.>aA
Es ttsssfI is SEP f-r Ssssssi Is.;s. sss
N.kf.A.s

wA-ufsaFgv. Il q. srrcssi Csa
sfal Jl,sIA Nlss-~s Isft w..Atsstoa
IussLsy sfis.aoez. ca rtsis 80 ihs
fAa.rIus ntsras ris Sc. =.
Chir5sc. Cnsls. rsarrf ssI s4t
LAX. n a. 10 ssi=7.a.sl g. rsasl,
saa FTAucsSs O. sst1F4av. - -
BOT stop !s-s isas F.z-s 90 ,as "a,
Hs ~. a. ilr Na4..a 80 lb~ saah.
81 kAts D. Fsaa g c.sntarn. Es
ss,i - a. As-se.a'sl Tfss. fslartor.
''aad tLEl at Aces ukAi Ea - 80
uEisl / Isos.re 49, tHstTaet4szs frcaa
Csn. oitA tlszl Ike g. Lass q
ur1efs'oef. Le caE lrnsA. 'ttAi 80
10 Na.iA "a a. cst.Esiv sal,sf 4 .aai-
eATEe.ty. 81 oEly Ssa. pti-. bat
Gen. L-~:aa Ell Msr.ftkaF ws.l Tssk
r.. Ead - be- iaussr iAAi il-sy shpGid.
ieT $ lie 'irn- Lavlaa E.l Mar trthaT
were MY .za..ss. g-ry have h-rn - ihe
Icla. vai.c I Aate is'. 80 assSrss -
have places slitElsf . zay sasss@sa'
that nav lo glyen isc
lie - Il 10 us-.4 rti r~sisa Las ,ess
ia tie Hoatr.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
N;RTn CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Cafsiiaa Beach the Seese Of the Meetiaf.
Large Atteadance-Ne OFT GERS.

Wilmington. n. C.. special.-The
North Carolina Press Association. l2o
strong, met in annual session at Caro-
lima Beach near here on Wednesday
mo. aing and was called to order by the
president. w e. Dowd, OF the Charlotte
Evening News. in Sedgely Hall. which
was rendered for the use Of the body by
the owners. The session was very large
at the beginning and every train
brought additional numbers up to thu
day of adjournment.
Eighteen new members were admit
ted. and the sessions were lively anG
interesting from the first.
Many points of interest were dis
cussed and many valuable papers read
At the election OF officers Thursday
the following were chosen:
President-D J. Whichard. OF Green
vile Reflector. with DR.. 7. n. Ivey. ol
the Raleigh Christian Advocate: nenj
Boil, of the Wilmington MeSs,.-.ger, and
II. S. Blair. CT Lenoir Topic, as first
second and third vice-presidents.
Secretary-Jno B. Sheriff.. os Con
cord Times.
Historian-W. +. Marshall, of Gas
tonia Gazette.
Orator-Maj. E. J. iJai,. of Fayette
Vile Observer.
Poet. A. Robinson. OF Ddrha:s
Sun.
Between sessions the editors tool
full advantage of the surf, which wa
| fine and the weather perfect. vii
| mington did much to make 1t pleasant
and tho steamer City Cf Wilrljnc1nn
the street railway ard Seacoast Rail
| way belonged to the boys during thei
| stay.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
important Movement.

a new movement soon to be inau-
gurated, and one that will go long
ways, no. only to advertise the State
and its resources but to educate its
own people in regard TO what the state
really is. will be a series Of monog-
raphs to be prepared by Secretary
others and issued at regular intervals
They will be handsomely printed on
finest paper and illustrated with views
from photographs. taken specially for
this purpose.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
How They Fight in Texas.

ST. Louis. Special-A special to The
Republic from Texarkana, Tex. says:
''At New Boston, Bowie county, there
to-day occurred one OF the widest and
most desperate street battles that has
vet been recorded in the fighting his
tory of that town. The trouble ema-
mated from a dispute over a barbed
wire fence which separated the farms
of Ira Smith and w. u. Hays The
two men met at a prayer meeting lasi
Sunday. when their case wa- talked
over. resulting in a fight in which
Hays was bested. The difficulty wa:
brought before the peace Off, an,
she men were arras,at
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-20
IrlaG Po; 4 d for a Speech.

la.esJ, H.. Special.-Wiliam j.
Bryan ".j, speak on the results Of in
ILt,.d a@l financial conditions. at a
conference on trusts. 70 be held in
'1.s1so, en- september 15th to 16,h,
inclusive, under the auspices OF the
Vylc Federation. He has been ap-
Dnn;e} by she Governor OF Nebraska
as one O. The delegates 10 represen;
'aat S;2'e ~ the conference.