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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
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Ba~LT~s GHEH~. a. lSIec alt-E
IL Wesienharer. o. Nsria EAllasaoEs.
me % the stkroua si.orpey. ~
his couniy. vss murdered ai hsyts-
vile shortly after no0a Saturday. lie
uas iryIns . case against faai Asa
John Zsltncr fer attorney fses. sai
uhca court sdlourHed si ao0n TIE
brothers demanded certain ra?Srs.
which he refused - sarrendcr. loAa
Zciiper fred o: the aiiornsy vbo .En
out oi deo--. the hall str.kins wes;en-
haver Ia TIE riEhf eide. foar taots
shots were fired Q; hin bat they did
not take effect Al The corner of the
buildiuy Paul Zeltner ne; wes,sakArsr
And fired two shots ., h.m. one a,rikGas
his 10. and the other gosng throaxh
his forehead Death resulted N tea
minutes.
After tho murder the Zsl,ners fed te
their homa at Hoyt's Corasr. tgfsuei
by . crowd Of several hundred nen.
Tue Zeltners stood boldly an their
yard all afternooa aud dened arrest
There VAS afrequeat exchange OF shots
betw cen the fugi,iyes aud tho crowd ~
long range. aud n msa named W!tien-
myer. who crossed an opea space, was
killed Sheriff kinssSnry aud . posse
Of deputies was soon on the scene.
but the fusilade OF shots kept
up by tho Zeltners prevented an v
effort being made 70 capture them.
Later in the day tho Zeliaers
retired within the house srd bar
ricadeS IT. A hundred shots were
fired into the house. bat without .f-
feet The sheriff thea decided - cali
for the B.oomingdale Rifles. Meant.me
a guard was stationed around the
house. In the evening n reis hbor Of the
Zeltners went into the house under =
dag Of truce aud tried TO indues them
TO surrender. but they declined 90 10
SO before morning. fearing tho mob.
Every effor; Is 10 be made TO re, o li q
lynchinr. This will 10 difficult IA
view Of The temper Of the people, Who
are incensed. not only bv the killing Of
Westephaver, but bv the death Of Wit
tenmyer. who was a respected citizen.
The sheriff will appeal 10 tie Gov
srnor for sufficient troops TO protect the
Ieltners when they arc in custody.
The Zeltncrs seem TO have prepared for
trouble. as they had sold their farm
and bought q large quantity Of smun .
ton only the day before.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
General Maso Commander in. Chief

The executive committee of tn.
Cuban Military Assembly has appoint.
ell General Bartolome Maso. former
president of the fCuban revolutionary
government, ,commander.in-ch chief Of the
Cuban forces in the Orient or Eastern
provinces. The motion proposed BY
Senor Gua!berto Gomez for the reor.
ganization of the Cuban army, wat
passed, but under existing conditions
the action of the Assembly in this re
spect is unimportant. A dispatch wa.
read from the Veterans Association O.
Santiago, asking the Assembly to re
store General Maxine Gomez to tn,
post of commander-in in chief. From
General Maso telegram was received
recognizing on his part the superior
authority of the Assembly, acknowl
edging 1T as duty to sustain the As
sembly, and lamenting the controversy
with General Gomez.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Ten negro MEN lYACH[D.
They Were Sad 10 be implicated
in a Plot
TO MASSACRE IhE WHITES.
Alss Three Negroes Sho, in Mississippi
and Their Bodies rhro~a Inio the pner,
-Noore'S Corfes sion.

TExARKAS,, Ark. special. - The
Widest excitement prevails among the
negroes Of Little River county. seven
negro men having been lynched bv ths
citizens OF that section. Among those
who Lavo fallen victims TO the wrath OF
the whites, are Edward Goodwin, Dan
King, Joe Jones. Ben Jones. Moses
Jones and another whose name is not
known. The disturbances grew on, Of
the lynching Of u negro named Gen-
eral Ducse,,, near Richmond. in tia,
county. A prominent planter named
James Stockton was murdered a,
MS home near Rocky Comfort.
by Duckett. The negro escaped
at the tune, but after remaining
in hiding in the swamps several
days he surrendered, saying he had
had nothing TO cat since his fight. He
was taken to Rocky Comfort and soon
after his arrival there Sheriff johnson
and deputies started with him for Rich
mond. They were overiaken by 200
armed men who demanded the prisoner.
Duckett was taken TO the place where
he had killed Stockton, and, after a con-
fesslon. was lynched. After the lynch
ing 1t was learned that Duckett had
hAca Scl kuc EtOeS III
the county to Join him in o race war
against the whites. A few hours after
he had killed Stockton he passed
several negroes at farm house and
told them he had killed one white man.
and if they would follow him, lie would
kill more. The Jones brothers were
intimate with the assassin Of Stockton
and 1t was discovered that they were
leading q scheme TO avenge theil
comrades death. The assault was pro.
voked by the unearthing of plot.
that the followers Of Genera
Duekett had ccncocted. and wher
the revelation was made a band o.
citizons began their search for til,
principals. Through friendly negvoe
who had originally informed Stockto,
of Duckett's threat, the facts against
the present victims were learned Thes
informers had been warned under tn
penalty Of death not to communicat
the plans of the outlaws to the whites
All Of the victims that have fallen be
| fore tho whites were pursued sIngl,
oyer the country and met their fate q
different times and in different locali
| ties.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
AlFer is SuOfema

The following order has been issued
at the war department.: Headquarters
of the Army, Adjutant Genearl's OF
fee, Washington. March =, 1929.
The following decision has peen reach
ed and is published fer the informa-
tion and guidance of all concernel:
Ordered, that hereafter no chief or
acting chief of staff corps shall be de-
tailed or ordered to any duty by any
authority without the approval of tho
secretary Of war. r. A. Alger. Secre.
tary of War; The cause for the issu-
ance of the order was a recent order of
General Miles to Lieut. Col. CARING
ton, acting chief of the inspector ger-
erals corps during the absence of Gen.
Breckinrldge, directing Darlington to
visit certain points in the west on an
inspection tour.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
UNCLE SIDNEY, THE OPTIMIST
In Business for Hlmself.

A friend of mine recently set up an
establishment for himself. He had
been for fifteen years a man under au-
thority. He told ME a few OF his
troubles while we were standing at the
counter. He said, Il put an 'ad' III
the paper last night and by six O'Clock
this morning I had over dozen ap-
plicants. l can't tell you how hard II
was to weed them out and send all
away but one. I have done it lots OF
times before now, but l knew some
body stood back of me. l can't tell
you how heavy the load CT response
bility has become l get ten times as
tired as when under Mr.. k" Every
one learns this lesson sooner or later
When one learns to make God his
Lord he has learned the great lesson
Of life. Ha has somehody hack OF him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Sound Wave PhotOgrspf1ed

Prof. r. w. Wood, OF Madison.
Wis, has succeeded in making photo
graphs OF waves of sound in ar. The
sound wave is the crack of an electric
spark. and it is illuminated and photo
graphed by means of the light of q
second spark, which flashes between
two magnesium wires. and some dis
tance behind the first, and at an inter-
val of about one ten-tEousandth of a
second after the first spark. The sound
wave is thus caught beford it has got
ten out Of the field Of the instrument,
although moving with a velocity Of
!, 900 feet second. The wave appears
as a thin circle of shadow with q light
border, being simply O sectional view
of the raiidly-diverging spherical shell
of condensed air constituting the sound
wave,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Dead in Red Ri,er RnffnmS

Details of the wholesale lynchinss
reported in Little River county, Ark.
are slow in coming in. Three more
dead negroes have bosn found in Red
River bottoms between Boston, Texas,
aud Rocky Comfort, Ark, two of them
Joe King and Moses Jones having been
hanged or shot to death. The third
body was stripped entirely naked when
found. A justice of the peace held en-
inquest over these bodies and verdict
was returned by the jury declaring that
the men ''came to their death from
natural causes, or were frozen 10
DEATH" The verdict is regarded as a
grewsome joke. A colored man says that
all the negroes in the neighborhood Of
Rocky Comfort and Richmond have
left their home and are afraid to return.
A large number of them have crossed
Red river and gone into Bowie county,
Texas. He says moro negroes have
been killed than have been reported.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30

nizod part of the Easter service. and
is set in n million homes as Oh Easter
symbol.
you might as we'll try to count the
drops Of water as to attempt to esti-
mate the number Of Easter lilies sold
in New York City every year." said a
Wholesale florist the other day, "to
such Dimensions has the business
grown. I handle about $50, 900 every
year, but that is not drop in
the bucket. The greater part of the
lilies sold here are grown within a
radius OF fifty miles Of the city.
Every grower in the country has now
his quota of Easter lilies ready to
send to market, and every church,
rich or poor, unless III remote sec
ton, will bo decorated with these
flowers on Faster Sunday"
Tho lilies brought to New York,
with the exception of those imported,
are grown under glass.
\ great many are brought from Ber-
muda, it's tropical climate making it
their natural home.
The Bermuda lily, so called, is
grown from bulbs imported from the
islands, whore .hey are raised and
cultivated like potatoes or any other
farm produce.
The flower itself is grown there,
too, in great numbers. Among the
sights of the islands are the immense
fields of the beautiful white flowers
covering hundreds of acres. The sur
face soil is n peculiar red earth, gen.
orally mixed with vegetable matte1
aud coral saud, beneath which is the
white, granular limestone of which
the islands are composed.
The farming of Easter lilies is {
business which has developed into its
present dimensions within the las
twenty years, end to some exten
other products of the ground have
TO surrender their territory. Ever
the onion, with which the name o
Bermuda has so long been linked, ha
to make room for more refined
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30

efforts to produce and propagate toe
bulb itself in this country has not snc-
ceeded. Experiment proves that it
then loses its Distinguishing and mar
velons merits of earliness and profu-
sion Of bloom, also the ease with which
it can be bloomed at any, particular
period.
The digging of the bulbs begins in
July, and shipment commences in the
same month. In the latter part of
August the planting for the next year
is made. These July bulbs are shipped
to the "seedsmer," the greater por-
ton coming to New York. They are
packed in boxes in sawdust. This
sawdust is sent out by the Northern
firms for this purpose. The boxes are
put in the coolest part of the vessel,
but no ice is used.
The growers, who are legion about
New York, receive their bulbs from
the seedsmen in August or September
They are Immediately potted, as they
are liable to rot on exposure.
The pots are placed away in an even
temperature, until the grower gets his
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30

depth of half an inch, and press the
silk gently but firmly against it until
it sticks fast
Make frill at the top Of the bag,
and stitch III double casing, through
which run drawing strings Of narrow
but handsome ribbon. When the paste
is quite dry the bag will be complete,
and when you have filed it with bon
bons it will be as charming little
gift as any girl need wish to make.
The sweets are quite sure to disap-
pear with startling rapidity, as We all
know how dear they are to school
girls heart, but tho bag will last long
time, and will make pretty ornament
for the dressing table of your friend.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30

with trying to find out the why, but
may rest content with the statement
as made by many wise men.
The ostrish's egg is specially well
adapted to the making of bags and the
like, for the reason that it is so strong
that it's shell can be used just as fine
china, and with less fear of its coming
to harm.
To make o bonbonniere like the one
the illustration shows, select she'll of
good pure color, such as can be found
at the dealers in Oriental goods, and
break Off one end SO as to leave an
irregular edge.
With gold bronze gild all the points
and irregularities, and make border
all ronnd the upper edge. Then on
the shell itself paint sweet, tender. for
get-me-nots or any other small flower
you may prefer.
Make bag of soft silk the color of
the flower, and fit it neatly inside the
shell. Paste round the rim for the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
News from Rome says the Pope ID
steadily gaining strength.
Tn. Sneaki1g RasoaIs.

Twenty-six dead and 15O wounded if
the last statement Of the American
losses in the engagement with the
Filipinos. The fighting. furnished q
specimen of the difficulties with which
the Americans have to contend. The
Filipinos never, except opposite NAL
abon, permitted their opponents to get
within several hundreds yards Of them.
They would fire few voileys from
their cover. and then scuttle back to
another cover, repeating these tactics
for miles. Many of the trenches had
guilies aud connecting paths through
the cane and brush, enabling them to
etreat unseen.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Eryaa's Latest uttersnce.

VIM. J. Bryan spent Thursday in
Birmingham, Ala, and was given en-
enthusiastic reception, not only by the
citizens Of Birmingham alone, but by
MANY from neighboring cities and
TOWNS, who came 10 hear the great
leader talk on the current issues OF the
day. What the Lords Supper is &c
the Christian, SO o Jefferson banquet
is TO O Democrat. just As . good
Christisn would revolt at having the
Sacrament administered by an infidel.
SO q good Democrat objects TO having
Q Jefferson banquet presided over BY
Perry Belmont" was the eepigrammati-
cal manner in which Mr. Bryan referred
to the rnuch-,alked.of New York ban
9uet.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
The Yellow River FIOt A..

Citizens of the United States resid-
ing in Che Foo, China, have made an
earnest appeal, through Consul Fow-
ler, at Che Foo, TO the charitable in
America and elsewhere in behalf of the
suffering from appalling Yellow river
floods of this year. The most conserv-
ative estimates place the number of
starving at 1000, 900, and time and the
increasing cold weather will undoubt-
edly augment the distress.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
An Easter Bonbonniere.

Eggs have been considered symbol
cal of Easter since time SO remote
that no man seems to know just when
they first cate into use, nor how the
practice of decorating them arose. In
the books that give information about
all such things we read that the origin
-t IS The egg as an Easter emblem is obs
scure, and that all sorts of devices for
coioring and identifying it have been
in use since the earliest Christian
times; but just why it is held as an
emblem or how it's use arose it is very
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
A Sbaro Skirm;Sh af lio,Io

Details OF the fighting at IIoilo OF
March 16, show that 400 rebel rifiemer
from PaDa were met by seven com
panies of the Eighteenth Regiment o
United States Infantry and battalion
of Tennessee volunteers. As supports
these troops had three two-inch Ho.ch
kiss guns, under General Miller, north
of Jaro. across the river. The Ameri
cans met with heavy fire. One mar
was killed and Is were wounded of the
Eighteenth Regiment. and there wer.
several cases of sunstroke. Genera
Miller estimates that fifty rebels were
killed and one hun dred wounded.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
For Heeiing Senator's BY Popular Vote.

Congressman John +. RiIey, VIII
liam A. Jones and John Lamb. A;tor-
uey General A. Y. Montague, exon
gresham John Goode and George ID.
Wise, and James W. Marshall. IL.
Walton Moore, Joseph T. Willard. ".
L. Reddy. Epra Hun:on, Jr. and 10
others prominent IN Democratic poli-
tics in Virginia, have issued an address
to their fellow Democrats of the S;a,e.
reciting recent events IN Aunec-
tion with the election Of United Stat .
Senators and appealing 20 the party
TO unite with them in a. effort 10 sc-
cure the adoption of a constitutions
amendment conferring upon the voters
eiecting Senators by tho direct vote OF
the people.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
The SDaGiSh View.

Spanish officers in Madrid acquaint.
ed With the Philippine Islands continue
to predict the failure of Major General
Otis campaign, Notwithstanding the
American success. They say that
while the Americans will undoubtedly
win all the battles, they will lose the
campaign itself, owing to the aptitude
of the Tagalos to conduct q war of sur
prises and ambuscades.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
North and South Carolina Road.

The stockholders of the North and
South Carolina Railroad held a.meeting
in Norfolk, Va, and elected the follow
ing officers: President. Col. III. S.
Haines; secretary and treasurer. Adam
Tredmill; counsel, Alfred P. Thorn;
directors, Col. Fl. s. Haines. W. b.
Hatcher, Alfred P. Thorn, F. W. Taten,
John N. Vaughan. Jos. A. Lockhart.
Col. J. s. Cunningham, II. b. Tunstall
aud w. HI. Sterling. The board of
Dire tors was authorized to undertake
sa .ediately the construction of the
:t-.: section. from Vnginina south ward
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
The FreetmaB's Pureau

During the past two or three weeks
Comptroller Dawes has been engaged
in paying the barred dividends revived
by the act of March 8, 1899, to deposi
tors in the Freedman's Savings and
Trust Company Thus far, about la.
claims have been paid, varying il
amounts from % cents to S13 and az
gregating abont 100. the averag,
payment being about Sl3.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
A, Choynski Whipped By Mccoy.

With q superiority in c,everness.
auicknass and ring generAlship which
was apparent from the first round,
"kid" Mccoy was very properly
awarded the decision over Joe Choyn-
ski, at tine end Of the 10th round, be-
fore tho National Athletic Club, in Ne.
cha.ics' Pavilion, in San Francisco.
1t was very pretty fight, but II Was al
most entirely in favor OF the younger
man. Mccoy won and won easily.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
n0mewarJ Bound.

The United States transport Crook
formerly the RoUmanian, her colors q,
half mast, with her mournful cargo o.
dead heroes, the remains of those kill
ed, or who have died at San tiago ano
in Porto Rico, steamed slowly out o.
the Santiago harbor Thursday after
noon. She carries among her passen.
gers Brigadier General Ezra p. Ever
and family, Captain Carnahan ant
wife, and Lieutenant Frazer and wife.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
NOore'S Confession

John Moore, the Hutchison, Kansas
murderer. has made signed state.
ment of his crime. Moore murdered
his five children with a hatcbet aus
knife, and then burned the house. IL,
and his wife had quarrelled, and b,
claims that theywere about to separate
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Nero Sufffage "AbSurd-

Mr.. Joseph Chambcrlain, British
Secretary of State for the Colonies, was
questioned about the West Indies in
the House of Commons. In reply, lie
said be thought II was impossible to
give these islands Misrepresentation IN the
government II would ba absurd, be
declared, to give the negro universal
enfranchisemenf.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Shot Judge Cochran and a By-Stander.

At Sweetwater, Tex, T. P. Wood.
ruff, lawyer, attacked and shot Judge
John H. Cochran, with a revolver, the
trouble growing on. of the courts re.
fusal to approve bill of exceptions in
a lawsuit. Judge Cochran attem pied
to defend himself and a bystander
named r. P. Watts was shot in the
hip. Watts and Judge Cochran are III
a critical condition. Woodruff is under
So, GOO bond. Judge Cochran is an ex-
Speaker Of the Texas House and was q
candidate for Governor in 1894.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
caustt n = Stesm Chest.

At Durham. y. C.. . terrible scci-
dent happened and - . result Mr.. W.
II. Branson. secretary and treasurer Of
the East Durhsm Cotton Mills and the
Pearl Cotton Mill, and Mr.. J. c.
Mathes, general superintendsnt Of The
Eas: Durhsm Mil, are dead. They
we're in the pump room of the East
Durham Mill, . small brick structure.
when Q fye-inch steam pipe burst and
they we're scalded in fesffal manner.
In fact both of the men were burned
al over the body. The skin vas rsslsd
off in many places and the attending
physicians said at the ouisst that they
were in . serious condition.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Thr .e Lynched il Mississipni.

JACKSON. Miss. Especially. = Three
negroes were lynched by q mob near
SILVER City, in 1uZoo county. After
being shot to death the bodies
OF the victims were weighted
with bundles of cotton bale tiei
and thrown into the Yazoo River.
The feeling against these negroes
has been very bitter, on account Of the
disturbance at the Midnight plantation,
in which they, with two other com
rades, had fired on two whites on the
public road. A horse belonging to one
of the white men was wounded, but the
men were not harmed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Every face is beaminS,

Every face is beaming,
Every step is light.
For DER the threshold Easter slipped
At waning of ths night,
And little birds are singing
Like mad for joy OF life,
And all the hours, in sun and showers,
With brimmins Joy are rife.
Uplift the songs Of Easter,
Let none to-day be still,
When this great world is like cup
That flowers overhll,
When blossoms deck the orchard,
And boughs are pink and white.
Aud wings go by, like wings that fly,
From m<rry morn till night.
Margaret E. Sangster.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
An Old Doctor in the Peaiteo,iary for III

An Old Doctor in the PeGitentiary for Life.
The oldest prisoner ever placed be-
hind prison bars in Mississippi, was
brought to State prison TO serve life
sentence Thursday night, for murder.
The prisoner is DIR. W. H. Lipscomb,
formerly a we'll known physician Of
Kempes county, and he is now nearly
IS years of age.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
THE LILY IS
J THE FLOWER.
Onc blossom Used for Decoration
ut Easicrtidc.

IL over the Union
the Easter lily is
b e i IL & "consid
cred" at this sea
son; it is true that
they toll not, nor
spin, but there is
an in tere tin g
story to be gath
cred from those
who do 'toil" in
their behalf.
The real flower
itself stands by
myriads in the
churches. "a recop.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
Hanover Put to Death BY chioreform.

The famous American Thoroughbred
stallion. Hanover, IA years old, by
Hindoo. dam Bourbon Belle, was pm.
to death in Lexington, Ky, by chloro-
FORM Gangreue, Of the left forefoot.
result of killing of the nerves in it
while racing, rendered the destruction
of the horse necessary. Milton Young
declined offers Of $ss, 900 and $75, 900
for him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30
A JOYOUS EASTER.

Every face is beaming,
Every stepis light,
All the world Is beautiful
From merry morn till night.
The little streams are dancing
And flashing, just for fur,
And joyfully to meet the sea,
The mighty rivers run.
And twice ten thousand flowers,
And twice ten thousand more,
Are waking in the lonesome woods
And by the cottage door.
To count the Easter lilies
Is more than you or I
Can hope to do the long day through
How hard soccer we try.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-30

difficult to find out. So when ! tell
you that the pretty bonbonniere msde
from an ostrich's egg is both dainty
in itself and well suited TO the day,
you need not puzzle your pretty heads