The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-10
ne CAN'T FOOL HIS WIFE.
Bill Arp Says the Old Lady Will
Find Out
WHEN SHE is NOT CONSULTED.
b9l Cst Dsws Seoe Trees While Ms. Arp
. Was ASssat = Tsp'es Disesssed = ue
osetes Frea upesla.

some Of the people all the rime-ycss
nay fcca all the people some OF the
time, but you can't fcoi fooa all the
people all the time" That's SO, l reck-
on. but viii add that q man can't
fool his wife at all. She catches ND
with him by instinct. Ny wife has
been away to Rome and so / took I'D
vantage OF her absence ani had two
trees cut down. One was dying at the
bop and the other was crowding two
other trees and doing no good. But
she is utterly hostile to cutting down
a tree and SO l have to do II while she
Is away. One OF them was cut down
low to the ground and after every chip
and tw.g was cleared up I had grass
put over the placs where the tree was.
l was going to do the other the same
way but got sick and she came home
prematurely and there was the stump
grinning with its fresh cut edges. l
was getting better. but when l saw her
coming took horizontal attitude on
the couch and tried to look sick and
sad and melancholy. Il was two days
before she noIiced chat stump and
when sac called my attention to it
told hea' That it was an old stump and
had been there fer years. She never
said anything. out there was a doubt
ful expression on her tranquil counten-
aEce. II thore were no grandchildren
around here could get alorg, but they
let the sat out Of the bag every time
and am the victim. l don't remem-
Der even seeing that stump before"
said she, but l persuaded her that the
late rains had colored il. When she
found me cat. l assured her that the
tree was hollow and was bcund to die
soon and that its proximity 20 tine
other trees prevented tne:r expansion
and that expansion was now the pol:cy
OF the country. Yes" said she, Il
suppose we must cut down the smaller
trees so that the larger ones can have
more room. We must kill off the Fill
how many of the poor creatures they
have killed. If our people kill black
brute down here, they make an awful
fuss about it,, but they are killing thou
sands because they are defending their
native land. 1t is all very strange to
me-"
l don't like some OF cur governors
late u;terances. The daily pape1
prints in big Lines that he said thx
man or men who lynched a negro wer.
us guilty in the sight OF God as tht
| negro they lynched. Surely he didn'
sayit. The reporter must have mis-
quoted him again. 1t does not sount
Like him. There is no such theolog!
in the books. II God had not hav,
put a mark upon Cain anybody nigh
nave slain him. Moses had to provid'
cities OF refuge for those who accident
ally killed anybody, lest the avenger
| Of blood should pursue and ove7:tak'
and slay him. The avenges OF blooS
were recognized factors in the admin
istraticn OF the law. What woul,
have been the punishment of thes
black brutes in Moses's time for thei
outrages we cannot imagine, for wit
the Jews no such crimes were known
and to this day no such crime
known among them. AS race the
are the purest people in their dOmes
tic relations. Husbands are loyal an
true and kind to their wives and wive
to their husbands; children are obe
dient TO their parents and affectionat
to one another. But here among u
are a numerous people who seem nj
terly devoid or those family virtue
that are the safeguards OF all goo
government. Within the last thirt
years they have grown from childhoo
to meDhocd and have become infinit.
" worse than their fathers and mott
ers were while in slavery. There al
more bastard negroes in and arou1
this city than those born in we<t,ocl
They are not mulatoes, but they al
negroes CT full blood. The moral d
generacy of the race Is alarming. II
| state convicts and county conyicts no
aggregate over four Thousand, and a
| Of them have come to maturity SIM
| the close Of the civil war. The mora
| Of these negroes gets worse and wor!
and their outrages upon white wom<
more frequent and more brutal. o.
} people ere shocked and whisper to OF
ano.aer, VINO will be the next vtctil
| When u3e savage Indians burned Il
! hcmss ard tomahawked the wom<
and children cur forefathers pursu'
them by day and by night and b
their revenge. We have q pe:op
among US many cf whom are woC
than savages, an1 every man amol
Us who is loyal to his wife or moth
or sister or daughter Is an avenger
blood and should lever stop until 4
; brute Is caught and slain. Fog su
there are no cites Of refuge and
| horns of the altar for him to lay he
, o.. This Is one criEe that makes
al
man an outlaw aad the people have
. more fear ct provoking the vsngean
x Gcd than cid Governor Candl
when he was leading his brave N
against the enemy and crying 1t {
top OF his voice, "saoot EN-. bo.
Shoot 'em! Kill the last rascal; COZ
!. on boys; Come on aIii follow me
!, He never thought Of giving them
trial by jury nor q: being guilty.
:, murder. Let governors proclaim
! their prefunct0ry fashion-let pfeas
4 ers and judges sreak ex-cs,5hejra FRI
e the pulpit and the bench, our peol
e will lynch brute es soon as they G
! catch him. and 1t is no sign of la
i. lessness, either. You cannot And
any state bs.ter citixeMliip than
Early county. and my letters fr
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