The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-16

!. Write to the Pe-ru-na Medicine Co.
ook on chronic catarrh. All dr1gHisss
can't buy as much goods. We do not
blame tho merchants for doing any
thing to help them selves. Fsrmert
who buy goods as they do now, pay
enough over and above tho real
worth to keep up . horde OF middle
men. Farmers should have sent
men here who would have relieved
them from double tax. not on their
purchases, but their own production.
Can farmers say like the merchants,
I'VE demand certain legisla ton 81
the hands of the men WE 8LECrED
AND SENT HERE This organization
and demand by the merchants does
not show they are scoundrels, but
men of wisdom, and mon Who look
after their interests, not in business
only, but in politics.
The merchants are here nov. We
clip from yesterdays News and OBJ
server tho following:
1--WE are not here to ask any favofs
or for fun" said Mr.. w. A. Slater. Of
Durham, who - .sTe TO meet large
delegations or merchants from all sec
tons Of the State to fight for the re-
peal Of the Merchants' Purchase Tax.
1--WE want no special privileges. We
want nothing but just treatment and
we are going to demands Of this leg.
islature in ouch . manner that the
the men We elected will hear and heed
u.s." 1.-The merchants who are interes-
ted in the repeal will meet in the par
lor of the Park hotel 1t lp o'clock to
day to organize for action.
REDUCING FEES FOR COUNTY oFrI-
GERS.
The members of the House have
been Dragging how they were going
to reduce fees allowed county ola
Gers, said they were pledged to it.
Tho first fight on this came up in
the House recently. The bill Was to
reduce the fees for registering and
probating crop liens from 81 SO to 40
cents, . saving of 81 90. Judge Con-
ner, the Speaker made . speech. he
said these little "fees were little mat
ters." Saving q dollar to Q tenant,
in the estimation Of lawyer is .
small matter, but SO 600 such in the
State would mean $50 600 to poor
tenants. It Was voted down. The
Office holder, pie-eaters, and not the
poor man must be protected. They
ought not to have promised it. Score
this as one broken promise. This
was tho matter about which they
were going to beat the fusionists.
COUNTY CONVICT TARMS-A FUSION
Since We find that Mr.. Winston's
bill to make convicts in the counties
work on public roads, also provi les
for county convict farms,' We ques-
ton it. According to Democrats the
the few farms We have operated,
have been a source of producing and
encouraging rascality. Farmers do
not want to have to compete With
convict labor. Had too much of that
already. 1t might ben. At the pie
getters, the bosses, but not the tax
payers. Why not pass . law that
all the convicts, especially young
men be put at hard work studying
Law, medicine and newspaperdom
Jus. Is we'll put them to competing
with these as the farmers. Besides,
there is no saving in this bill, - the
Democrats promised. II carrie d ont
this bill provides 1t least the posi-
bility of over three hundred jobs.
And the street farmer who talks
farming, would get the jobs. In Mr..
Winston's county, BERTHE, tho "Fu-
sionists who Ibid NOT PASS SINGLE
GOOD LAW" according to Winston's
campaign speeches-enacted Q Law
allowing BERTHE county to work her
public roads and operate . farm by
the convicts. In referring to this, in
the House Thursday, the Observer
says:
Mr.. Winston gave an Interesting 90
count Of the working Of convicts in
BERTHE county. That county has q
farm upon which the House for the
Aged and Inlirm 10 located. The work
has been the raising Of food supplies
for the poor and prisoners and results
in saving 1t least . thousand dollars
annually.
Mr.. winston said that this nee Of
convicts had Effected . saving Of over
81 600 year for the past three years in
Berthe"
It seems to % that they should be
worked on public roads. Even il il
cost more. the farmers Who pay the
great bulk Of the taxes, could bstter
afford it; because it would give then
better roads and some demand for
their products. However, il 10 Q
"Fusion" idea and W must wait and
see how the Democratic farmers like
it. Mr.. Winston and his crowd not
only adopted the Populist platform
in the State, but have adopted Gu
sionist'' ideas.
WORKING FOR PIE.
When the Lord saved the State
from ''niRger and misrnle," and Rev.
Page vas called upon % open the
present House Of Representative
With prayer, We thought that
surely Was pay enough TO hin
for the letters he wrote and Other
work he did in the campaign. Bat
Ne we're mistaken. II turns out that
he was not working Tor God and
common humanity, but for pie. A.
further pay, he wants his dsuehter
elected - State Librarlsu. And e.
places such . high estimate On his
work done for his dear party, that
he can actually stand and 80 old
one-legeed Confederate soldiers, and
soldiers widows, MEMBER sven Of His
own ehlreh-tur1ed doW1 h ordag
to give HE dsushtsr ~ plass. 1h6ss