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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company
to be Sold AZ Auction.

Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company
to be Sold AZ Auction.
The Blackwell Durham Tobacco Com.
many has been placed in the hands Oh
q receiver.
This action vas taken by the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. which prac'i-
eally owns the Blackwell Company.
Judge Charles II. Simonton. OF the
limited States Circuit Court, signed the
order Friday night appointing MT. r.
s. Hill OF New York receiver OF inc
company. Mr.. Hill has been president
of the Blackwell Durham Tobacco
Company since that concern was SOLO
by Col. Julian s. Carr to the American
Tobacco Company.
The American Tobacco Company
asks that the affairs OF the black~eu
Tobacco Company be wound up, anu
that IL be sold at auction to the high
est bidder. This &C ion is taken SO as
to put the company in the possession
of the American Tobacco cmpany. IL
has been the policy of the American
Company to own entirely the plants
operated by il. In this way the COM
psnv does away with the possibility
OF being harassed by minority stock
holder, even though the stock costs the
minority man as much as eighteen dol
lars.
II is understood that the American
Tobacco Company will purchase wheh
the sale takes place.
The action to dissolve the company
is instituted by George Arents- the
treasurer of the American Tobacco
Company. Other complaints are j.
B. Duke, president OF the American
Tobacco Company; J. p Cobb, the
first vice president; w. 1. Harris. the
second vice president; w. w. Fuller,
| general counsel: p. S. HILL, secretary,
and ]. T. Wilcox and E. r. Sperry.
employees in the general offices OF the
! company.
! The action is brought against the
Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company.
! Mai. w. A. Guthrie Of Durham, Mrs.
Kate A. Watkins of Durham and other
| stockholders of the Blackwell Com
| pany.
The defendants are ordered 10 show
! cause before Judge Simonton at Char
/ lesion, April H. why a permanent re-
: ceiver should not be appointed.
In the meantime, Mr.. Hill, the tenn
porary receiver. takes hold OF the
Blackwell Company and directs its
| business.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
"DRUv INTO DECENCY."
Policeman's Story OF the Change II
LOndon's Wicked Sums.

LOndOn's Wicked Sums.
l stood at Seven Dials and heard
the policeman's account Of what it
used to be. Seven Dials is no more
like the slum of old than is the Five
rambled among the days when things
were different. Then it was danger
GUS for an officer to go alone there at
night, says the Atlantic. Around the
corner there came from one of the side
streets a procession with banners, pa
radlng in honor and aid of some.
church charity. In it marched young
men and boys with swords and battle
axes, and upon the outskirts skipped
a host of young roughs-so one would
have called them, but for the evidence
of their honest employment-who rat
tied collection boxes, reaping a har-
vest of pennies from far and near. l
looked at the battle-aXes and the col
lection boxes and thought of forty
years ago. Where were the Seven Dials
of that day, and the men who gave it
its bad name? asked the policeman.
a. ney were druv into decency, sOr!"
he said, and answered from his own
experience the question ever asked by
faint-hearted philanthropists. My
father, be done duty here afore me in
as. The worst dive was where that
church stands. 1t was always full of
thieves"-whose sons, I added, mental
ly, have become collectors for the
church. The one fact was a whole
chapter on the slum. London's way
with the tenants we adopted at last
in New York with the slum landlord.
He was "druy into decency." We had
to. Moral suasion had been stretched
to the limit. The point had been
reached where one knockdown blow
outweighed bushel of arguments. The
rear tenements were chosen for this
purpose. They were the worst, as they
were the first Of New York's tenements.
The double-deckers had, with all the
evils, at least this to their credit, that
the death rate was not nearly as high
as that of the old houses. That was
not because of any virtue inherent in
the dOuble-deckers, but because the
earlier tenements were old, and built
in a day that knew nothing of sani-
tary restrictions and cared less. The
mortality of the rear tenement had
long been scandal. They were built
in the backyard, generally back to
beck with the rear buildings on the
adjoining lots. If there is an open
space between them, it is never more
than slit foot or so wide, that gets
to be the receptacle of garbage and
filth of every kind, SO that the win
dows in these walls become a source
| of greater danger than if there were
| none.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
WORKING
Women

arc Invited to Wrlfo 10
MIRO. Pinilhass, for free
advice akouf fsseEs. health,
Mrs Pknkisasss Is n wo-
" you have painful
periods, backaches o..
any Of the moro serious
no Of women, write to
Mrs. Pxnktisassss slso has
holped ssulfifueNos. Your.
Asffer wiE be saorooyy
conf kkonfIaI.
Lydia z. Plnkhan,'s
Vegetable C01sp0Gnd Is
known wherever the Eng
Mskb language IL spoken.
Nothing else oass vossi-
lily be 50 sure 10 help sgf-
fesinO women. No other
medicine has heLped 50
many
Rsns0mkor' this when
soussflsing eLs0 ID sug-
Dsstek.
Mrs. PInkhans's ad-
dress 10 Lynn, Mass.
Her belpinD hand e
always o:stsfrefOlsod to
pufS srds0 women.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Lovejoy SuStains Frick.

Pittsburg, Pa, Speclal-Francis +.
T. Lovejoy, former secretary of the
Carnegie steel company, limited, and
one of the defendants in the suit of H.
G.. Frick against the steel company, to
determine the value of his holdings
in said company. fieled his answer
Wednesday. 1t admits that Mr.. Tricks
averments are true; joins in praying
that the plaintiff be held to have all
rights and privileges of a member and
asks, as one with clean hands, unin-
fluenced by fear or favor, to be re-
garded as nominal defendant only"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

won against the trMt, sa=e and excep,
through the absolute control Of the
raw material. The boycott canno. be
made effective for the ssmple reason
that the consumer does not care who
manufactures the plug or smoking %
baeco. All he wants Is the largest
plug and the heaviest bag of smoking
tobacco that he can get for ten cents.
Unfortunately at this period the Amer,-
can Tobacco Company, owning almost
all the large plants in the country, is
in a position, so to speak, to out furh
ish the independent factories in this
respect.
Arguing from the point of the great
est good to the greatest number, IL the
American Tobacco Company would re-
duee the price to the consumer IL
proportion to the reduced price 1t pays
the farmer for the leaf. 1t might be
said that that company was a benelac-
ter. But such is not the case. Statis-
tics snow that the manufactured TO-
bacco is 10 per cent. higher now than
1t was ten years ago when the trust
was formed, and yet the farmer gets
only one-third as much for his leaf
now as he got ten years ago. This
shows that both theproducer and the
consumer are suffering while the trus.
is growing richer at each end of the
line.
Again, the trust owning almost all
the big plants in the country, has got
ten so far ahead of the game thai 1t
is impossible to fight it successfully
with independent factories. Just as
soon as an Independent factory gets
good brand OF tobacco we'll established
in a certain section, the trust will in
wade that territory with brand just
as good, which it will give away IL
necessary until the Independent brand
is either run out or forced to sell its
plant to its master.
Certainly the farmers cannot make
their condition worse by going into
nv company. The present condition
is bad enough, but the trust having re-
Gently added to it's already gigantic
power through the purchase OF Lig-
gett and Myers plant of st. Louis,
BlackwelFs Durham Tobacco Company
and Mural Brothers. of Japan, God
alone knows what is yet to be unless
a halt is called.
1t is in the power Of the farmers to
organize and protect themselves. They
can, if they will, have a voice in fixing
the prices of their products and COM
pei a return Of prosperity by them
selves controlling the raw material.
The opportunity is at hand; will they
accept it?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Sir THOMAS Upton.

The Baronet Tells How He Slept, .
Beggar, in City Hall Park.
And the poor fellows l met those
nights that / slept in city hall park.
Unfortunate as 1 was, I'd give some
thing to know what became of them
Observation-Disclosures God was as good to
them afterward as he has been to me,
and whether they are the better for
the lesson of adversely" These are the
words of Millionaire Sir Thomas Lip
ton in Leslie's Weekly. Those days
in New York were hard-hard in a way
that you could scarcely imagine. Many
and many night did / stand outside
the windows of the Fifth Avenue,
wondering what the rooms inside were
like, ana whether I'd ever have money
enough to be able to afford to sleep
in one for just a night. Yet through
all the storm of trouble and sorrow I
never lost courage. There was some
thing in my bones that seemed to tell
me that I should get there at last. It
was kind of instinct, suppose, or
a touch of the bulldog-goodness only
knows. I don't know that / ever felt
SO cut to the heart as in that morning
when, nervous and trembling-Id eat
en- nothing for nearly two daysII en-
tered the office OF banker-rich then
and richer now-in search of situa-
ton. I've never forgotten how he
looked up, glared at me over his
glasses, growled, Turn that fellow
QUIT and walked away. I met that
man at dinner the other night
thirty years older, but the same, boys,
always the same. That kind of animal
never changes except for hair and
wrinkles. He came up smiling, silky,
obsequious. l remembered his name.
| knew him again. He began to stam-
ner a clumsy apology. and his apology
was more uncomfortable than the orig
inal affront." Yet those days in New
York were not without their results. /"
remarked one Of the group.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
BreVitieS.

Winston stripped 1874, 44i4 pounds OF
manufactured tobacco during Febru-
airy. Stamp sales aggregated S2lo.-
333.2S.
A negro boy, ten years old, while,
burning cornstalks in field, about
three miles south of Ashpole, was
burned to death few days ago. Be-
fore his death, all of the skin of his
body, from his head to his feet, strip
ped off and hung like loose garnet
In this condition he lived for four
hours.
A number OF farmers OF Kings
Mountain are delivering dogwood, ce-
dar and persimmon billets at that
place to be shipped to Charlotte, where
they obtain S. per cord for 1t.
During February the State has char
tered eight cotton mills, as follows:
Enfield; Harriet, at Henderson,: Lo-
we'll and Lorary, in CASTOR county;
Smithfield; Wenonah, at lexington;
Lily at Spray, and the Capelsie.
The Winston Brick and Tile Com
pany, capital $4,000. w. T. Carter
and others, stockholders, has been
chartered by the State.
George Syme, of Raleigh, goes to
Nicaragua. He will be a member Of
the surveying corps Of the Nicarag qua
canal and may be absent three years.
He is a graduate of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college at Raleigh.
All the signs point to the fact that
the Legislature will be powerfully urg-
ed to transact quite a lot OF business
at its June session, business which
would prolong it's session to ten days.
The question is whether it will do
more than take up and dispose Of the
emergency business for which * was
originally proposed to be held; that l.
regarding the election iaw and the con-
stitutional amendment.
License was obtained in Wake cour-
ty last week for the marriage oil
Charles Montague, aged 63, with IL
children, to Polly Maront, aged %
with 16 children.
Salem Female academy is raising
two funds, the alumnae scholarship
ard the centennial memorial chapel.
The first has reached the $2,S52.2J
mark and the latter S1,002.56.
The law officers o. Havana nave Is
sued an indictment against the Gus.
toms officials charged with fraud.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
GEOGRAPHY FOR A PROFESSOR


Peaches Were Sent Over Along with tho
Whale Blubber.
Canadians are very touchy on the
subject of climate, as Rudyard Kipling
discovered when he somewhat thought
lessly dubbed the dominion our Lady
OF the Shows, says the Philadelphia
Post. When Arthur Stringer, the young
Canadian poet and author, first went
to Oxford, he carried with him letters
from Prot Goodwin Smith of Toronto
to Prof York Powell, the distinguished
historian of Christ Church. This old
Oxford don, like one or two other Eng
lishmen, had very vague ideas about
Canada, and somewhat surprised the
young stranger by inquiring If he got
along nicely on English roast mutton
after living so long on frozen seal meat.
The young poet gravely protested that
he perhaps missed his whale blubber
a little, but the next day cabled home
and in less than week the finest
basket of Autumn peaches ever grown
In Ontario, carefully packed in saw
dust, was on its way to Oxford. A short
time afterward the young author was
again dining with the Regius profess
sor OF Oxford, and that gentleman pro-
duced at the meal fruit dish loaded
with tremendous peaches. Most ex-
traordinary," said the old professor,
but these peaches were sent to me to-
day, and I'm blessed if know who sent
them. From the south of France, sus-
pect, so 1 saved a few of them for you
Stringer; they will be such a novelty
you know" The Canadian very quiet
ly took steamship company's bill OF
lading from his pocket and handed it te
the professor. The professor gazed al
the bill, then at the fruit, then at the
poet. II had some whale blubber, too
professor" said that young man, "bu1
l simply had to eat that. These othel
things were grown on my uncle's farm
In Kent county, Ontario, you know. HI
has 200 bushels Of them every year
and he sent me over q basket OF littl.
ones along With the whale blubbsr.r
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

rs.r. 70 nor. c.s...s !. 81: s sss ssossssh:r
and un{si the last few yse1 vas -, ~ dostors
{ncarsSls FOR = ggsss my ~ -. rr,seri6sd
pronounced Il lcSe1 q cesSs.ntiy faiiinr 70
i ssSs ritS iocsi sestnenk prosc.,Ssd, = .n
cursbie. science has prsyssSe SsA requires
cco0nsstnsionai trsetmsn5 Hans - Toledo
manafsssarsd 81 =. ,. Cnsnsy 2 e g8 on the
Ohio q the only eons1~siix In doses from
odrops 70 t.1.poo.fa Il ses =, sss syss M
the blood and nncocs &llt H.. = for any cas-
,ss,s ~ rrre Send for circulars 40 49, ~
monisis Addrss. :. CHExks@ 70"
soid hy Drug1ists. &c.
Esii,s fsmiiy pills IRE the best
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Rival Governments.

Frankford. Special.-Two State gov
ernments, completely Differed and
each claiming to be the regular and
legal officials, are in Frankfort, and
will remain, each claiming the right to
administer the affairs of State until the
question is adjudicated in the courts.
AS anticipated, the banks refuse to re-
cognize either of the contending fac
lions and as a result both are without
money
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
A Wonderful Germ.KIllsr.

Skin diseases, such as letter, eczema,
ringworm, salt-rheum, or anything Of
the kind, are cured by Tetterine. It
kills the germs, and the skin becomes
healthy. It's efficacy Is we'll estsb-
lished. Hundreds Of testimonials can
be shown by J. 7. Shuptrine, Savan-
nah, Ora. Send soc. for a box post.
paid IL your druggist doesn't keep it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Spanish Steamer In Trouble.

Norfolk, Va Specialize revenue
cutter Ono9dago, which has been
searching for the steamer Minerva
(Spanish) which Is somewhere at sea
without coal. passed in the Capes, but
Immediately went out again. The Mi
nerva was found at sea by the British
steamship Parana, which, after tow
ing the Spanish for some distnace, was
forced by stormy weather to abandon
her. The Minerva was bound to Bal.
timore with iron ora
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
News Notes.

A dispatch from San Juan, Puerto
Rico. states that an American company
doing business there has failed. hav
ing sunk SITE, 900.
General Otis has reported that Lieut..
John r. Waugh, Thirty-ninth Volun-
teer Infantry,~has committed suicide
at Manila
The Illinois State Board of Health
recommends that a sanitariunl for con-
sumptives be erected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
To Be Argued Harch 7oth.

Washington, D. c., Specialize
Senate Committee on Elections Satur-
day held consultation with counsel
on behalf of both sides in the Clark
Investigation and decided to give them
two weeks for the preparation Of argu.
ment to be made in the case. Argu-
ment will begin on the Goth instant.
Counsel we're requested to prepare
printed briefs and also to present oral
arguments, the latter to occupy six
hours for each side. The memorial
lists are to have the opening and clos
ing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Parental Endorsement.

The teacher had sent Johnny home
with note to the effect that he was
ille. did not know his lessons, and
bad disturbed the school by whisper
ng and other misconduct.
MY son." said his father, reaching
behind the looking-glass for a small
,awhide, come with me to the wood.
Ihed. We will lead the strenuous life
or about five minutes."- Chicago. Tri.
Iane.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

Professor Jacob Krall of Vienna.
Psychologist. in journeying across
Austria on his way to the Oriental
congress in Rome, came across, in
Trieste, an ancient Egyptian sar-
cophagus of rose granite. 1t was dis
covered In Egypt sixty years ago. The
ship which was to bring the find to
London had to stop ut Trieste for re-
pairs. AS security for the cost Of re-
pairs, $3.50. the sarcophagus was left
behind and placed in the courtyard Of
pamfli's residence, where II was used
occasionally as a washing trough.
In its original home the sarcopha-
gus belonged to Sutissacht, one of the
foremost dlgnitaries Of Pharaoh's
court. 1t is about 5000 years old. Aus.
tria hopes to keep 1t.
Out in the frontier the word gun was
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Run Aground.

New York. Special.-The Hamburg
American Line steamer Pennsylvania.
which left her dock Saturday morning
bound for Plymouth and Hamburg.
ran aground in Gedney hannel in the
lower bay. Her machinery is evident
ly damaged in some way She has
iloisted mot under control signal.
The French line steamer La Nor
mandie, which sailed for Havre, was
reported at 1853 to be aground on the
side Of Gedney Channel, opposite OF
where the Pennsylvania is aground.
Tugs are at work endeavoring to float
the two steamships.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
South AfrIca's OnIy Wood.

Althouh rich in such beautiful flow.
ers as the arum lily, amaryllis, ixia
and other choice dubious plants, ard
also In fruits like the peach and tan
gerinc, South Africa is wofully lacking
In trees OF size sufficient TO make a
respectable wood or plantation.
The only variety which appears to
thrive In any quantity is the blue gum,
which Is found i'm large numbers, so
much so that many people are under
the impression that 1t Is native Of the
place.
This. however, Is n mistake, as the
real home of ali the eucalypti was orr
ginally Australia, where ut the present
time many OF the species frequently
attain the height. of over 800 feet. 1t
rarely reaches this altitude in South
Africa. however, although 1t soon es-
tablishes itself and then grows at a
tremendous rate, rapidly forming fine
handsome tree with thick, glaucous
foliage.
In the forming Of avenues II Is a
prominent feature In many towns. The
chief streets OF the town OF Worcester,
Cape Colony, has two fine rows OF the
tree LONDON Mail
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Doua,d. Chr.,n.-. Pr..,.

From Brooklyn Life: Ruth-Did
you get anything from Santa Claus,
Donald? Cousin Donald-You bet I
did. / got good iickin' fer calm
him pa an pullin' his beard ont
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Steel Is King,

A concern in Iowa is making farm
wagons wholly Of steel, and it is said
that it can scarcely fill the orders that
pour in from the wheat growers out In
Dakota ard other parts Of the West
The Manufacturer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

Mrs. Henpeck-No doubt The an
clients were considered wise because
there were fewer temptations in those
days. Mr.. Henpeck-Why, my dear,
the proportion of women in the world
must have been about the same
Life
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

"A century ago Cologne had only 49,
600 Inhabitants. In 1850 II had $1,000.
and to-day 100000. 1t owes this growth
largely TO the Rhine boats and rail-
WAYS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
HOUSE.


Sixty-first Day.-The battle royal
over the Porto Rico tariff. bill ended
in the House in a sweeping victory for
the Republicans The bill, amended as
agreed upon at the conference of Re-
publicans Monday night, so as to re-
duce the tariff from rs to Is per cent.
of the American tariff and limitinf Its
life to two years, was passed by vote
of 172 yeas to 161 nays. Six Republ:-
cans, Messrs. Crumpacker, of Indiana;
Fletcher, of Minnesota; Heatwole, Of
Minnesota; Littlefield, of Maine; Lor-
imer of Illinois, and Mccall, Of Mass
achusetts, voted with the opposition
against the bill, and four Democrats,
Messrs. Davey and Myer, of Louisiana;
Devries, of Californi aand Sibley, of
Pennsylvania, voted with the Republi-
cans for the bill.
Sixty-second Day-The Democrats
scored their first victory of the session
in the house on the motion to take up
the contested election case of Aldrich
VS.. Robbins, from the Fourth Alabama
District On two separate votes the
Democrats with the aid of two Republi-
cans, Mr.. MondeH, (Wyo.), and H. c.
Smith, (Mich), beat the Republicans
upon the question of consideration. An
agreement was made to consider the
Loud bill relating to second class mail
matter March Goth, and notice was
given that the Wise-Young, (Va), con-
tested election case would be called up
next Tuesday.
Sixty-third Day.-Within two hours
after the special message from the
President, recommending the imme-
date passage Of bill to place in his
hands all the moneys collected upon
Porto Rico goods since the Spanish
| evacuation of the island. to be used for
the relief of the Porto Ricans. had
| been read to the House, the House had
! passed and sent to the Senate bill to
! carry out the recommendation. The
message came like bolt out of clear
! sky to the minority. They were a.
first inclined to hail it with delight as
a reproof of the majority for the pas
| sage of the Porto Rican tariff bill on
| Wednesday. The Republican leaders,
| however, had bill ready to carry the
Presidents recommendations into ef-
feet. Mr. Cannon asked immediate
| consideration for the bill, and this was
given.
In-the house the desk of Representa-.
tive Epes, of Virginia, who died Friday
night, was hung with crepe and COW
cred with profusion of cut flowers
Lilies, roses and carnations. The chap.
lain in his invocation made a feeling
reference to the death of Mr.. Epes. Il
had been intended to proceed with THE
Aldrich- Robbins consisted election case
hut unanimous consent was given tt
vaca;te the order heretofore made and
postpone the final vote until nexI
Tuesday at 2:30 p. NJ, the debate con.
tinuing Monday and Tuesday
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Blood HumOrS
Are Cured by
Hoods
Sarsaparilla

81 was troubled with
blotches on my face,
and b egan taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
After taking one bottle
| was entirely cured"
MISS ETHEL MIXER,
Ciarksburg, Mass.
my brother had a
humor In his blood
which broke out In
frightful sores. Ho
began taking Hoods
Sarsapnrilla and II per-
manently cured him."
II. l.. ELLIS, Noun.
Laurel, N. j.
my little boy had a
large scrofula sore on
his heck. I purchased
n bottle OF Hoods Sar-
saparilla and It cured
/ take Hoods as my
spring tonic." Mns-
MINNIE SPEAR, Parish
VILE. ". Y.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

1t requires no experience to dye with PrT-
NAM FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that's necessary. Sold
by all druggists.