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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
Twelve Mistakes of Life.

Twelve Mistakes of Life.
An English paper gives a list Of
what 1t terms the "twelvs mistakes
of life."
While there are undoubtedly 9th.
or mistakes than those mentioned
the list is a fairly comprehensive
one. 1t is greater mistake to set
up our own standard of right and
wrong and judge people according
ly; to measure the enjoyment Of
others by our own to expect uni
formitY Of opinion in this world to
look for experience and judgment
in youth; to look for perfection in
oJ1 own actions to worry ourselves
with what cannot be remedied no.
to yield in immaterial matters; no.,
to alleviate all the needs allevia
ZION 80 far as lies In our power noG
to consider everything impossible
that we cannot perform; to believe
only what our finite minds can
grasp; to expect to be able to un
derstand everything. And the last
and greatest mistake of all is -
live for time alone, with no thought
for the future when any moment
may launch US into eternity.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
FOUND GUILTY BY TINE c0R0nERS
JURY.
James Scott aud I'D Petty Boand Over 60
Coart-AIio~ed To- Civ. Hall.

james Scott aud I'D Petty bound Over Co
Coart-Aiio~.d To- Civ. HAIL.
Sanford, n. C., Oct. ls.-The cor
oner's Jury IN the McIver murder
case he'd thst Mclver came TO his
death from q pistol in the hands Of
James p. Scott. and that both Jas.
p. Scott and Ed. Petty were respon-
siple. II is directed that they DO
held to court, but recommended they
be allowed bail.
The tragedy took place last Mon
day. Mclver had tied his horse on
the sidewalk and objected angrily
when told to move him away. Petty,
the constable. demonstrated with
him, and in the scrap that followed
was severely cut. Daring the fracas
McIver was shot by Jim Scott, o
special policeman. and ran across
the street and fell, dying in few
minutes. After he had fallen. Petty
struck him several blows vita .
club. There IL . great deal of eI-
oItement over the afair, and the
friends Of both parties are much
aroused.
Mr.. J. p. Scott, is . son of Mr..
Rom Scott, q prominent citizen OF
Cary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
Over-PrOductiOn.

The Hickory times Mercury fears
that "if the seasons are good next year,
there will be an Over-pr"ductiOn of
farm products grown This fear may
be we'll founded as to cotton and tobac-
CO, but not so with cereals, fruits,
meats, bay, butter, poultry and garden
products 10 long as thousands of dol
lars worth of these products have to
be shipped in from other States to sup
ply our people, as has been the case in
other years, even in years of plenty,
there is little danger of an over-pro-
duction. If North Carolina farmers
will all lend their surplus energies to
the task of increasing the production
of these supplies they will do little
more than keep even with rapidly de-
veloping home markets. market de.
manding constant increase of the
mall sO-called by-products of the farm
Diversified farming Is the key note te
success in North Carolina.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
A hEALTHY LOCALITY.
Ne Place for Cndertaksr.. Tombst one
Men or Doctors.

No Flace Tor ndertakSfs. T0mbst one
Men or Doctors.
Winston Republican.
Bishop Rondthaler returned Monday
from Willow Hill, Va, at the foot of
the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he
had been to dedicate a new Moravian
church. 1t is pretty and picturesque
spot, where good health Is a heritage
and blessing, such as few sections are
privileged to enjoy.
The Bishop says that he met with
one patriarch who had lived at the
same place for so years, had raised Z
chill liren and had II grandchildren,
and was told that there had not been a
death in the family since 1915 A Mr.
Childers, anOth-r pioneer, had 70 de
scendants including his wife, children,
grandchildren and Rrsat-gra.d chill
dren, and that there has only beea one
death In the family for 30 years, and
this departure was caused by an acci-
dent. There is also another family
near comprising husband, wife and 8
children and the d ctor's bill for Ia
years has only been $9
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
Tending Whittier.
[Comlng Even Is.

looming Events.
Occasionally the worlds plutocracy
pauses in it's wild revelry ofluxury and
power, and with an air of assumed in
nocence asks "Wbat's wrong?" In the
name of Justice what is right? Liberty
is being crucified! Patriotism is dy-
ing! Justice is dethrOned! The rich
are reckless in their extravaganza; the
poor are starving Government, that
is supposed to find justification in prin-
ciples of reason and humanity, and de-
rive its powers from the consent of the
governed has become tool of oppress
ion armed invaders are sent frS-n
one country to another to conquer Is
subjects The military is b. ng
strengthened PlutOcracy is arr D.g
itself for contest, and labor is pre-
pairing to accept the battle. Legisla-
tive influence is bought and sold as
though 1t was an ordinary commodity
Courts are corrupted and justice bar
tered. The ballot, the only instrument
the people have to protect themselves
with, except the bullet, is being tam
pered with and controlled by "rings
A selfish, INSCRIPTIONS "wage heller
or squirrel-tailed politician, is cOnsid-
cred of more account than dozen hon.
Cou fOUcio. OoiIupoioL, iioIopoiJ3 w
preston is everywhere. The people are
taxed on everything they handle
whether they eat it, wear it or use it :,
their different vOcatlons The genius
of man discovers new inventions, but
| the avarice of man at once monOpOliZes
them and they become agents of op-
preston, instead of beneficlent dis"Ov
cries. Wealth is concentrating in thl
ha nds of the few and children are beg
ging for bread The wise are blind, the
church is asleep; the press is subsidiz
ed or hypnotized, and the Statesmen
are scrambling for "job" The idl'
! army of workmen ,s Increasing. Di
rectly they will get hungry, ah, the!
are hungry now. Some are begging
some are stealing; some are starving
But all of them are verging on to tha
madness which is the sure precursor t.
revolution. The eyes Of the Triumph
ant PIutOcracy see not the danger, ant
their hearts heed not the cry of the Op
pressed. The world is bright for them
Why should they care? Gam 1 m,
brothers beeper1" "Eat, drink and b.
merry, for t.,-mOrrow ye may die
And the world swings round The gul
is widening THE conflict is nearing.
Plutocracy is preparing for Belschaz
zer's feast. Nero is fiddling Will
Rome is burning Caesar is crossin,
the Rubicon. History is repeating it
self snd God will wipe out the wrong
of humanity. although it sets back tn
hand Of progress on the dial of civil
ZatiOn.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25

s.s--S Cr0F.. n~=tsr rrtr-. a.A - srs -.
Al Nhs N..s

s.s-a-I Cr~P.. R~.t.r rrte~. .-4 ~~rs 80
Al Wa w.1s g.
Ssv Bora JoaraAl
IA uus n the sAyinS. tAAt o.s
must 60 where @easy 10. % uaks
money. 50 aTs sOod tines tho.s in
useh basness aud trade % All kisas
Hag look 20 eesTins prOfa
In TIA seetios n N cat - asknovl.
EDGED o. A. ssdss tsai the pr...a,
season ! . good oss Ter .ks l.eorsns
EAn. the retail sze xhole-a,- a.al-
ess. ant 10 The general nsreantls
trade = every way.
Work 10 offered '5E every klnA ef
labor, 81 good prices 10 IL 10 vort IN
oeid. or at the b areh.
WIta good crops OF tobacco aaa
eo,'on. ueleh are eringiHg mach bet
ter pricts thAn usual. especially cot
ton, there Ia money N plssty. Aad
tue local traders In tssir daily sales.
are nrdins q o1t-
Ituai these prosperous periods
ihA; every loea' indus ~ sh0sla ks
making money, and every eaeoar-
agemeni should be given 10 The pro-
motion OF tie beat Interests Of this
city ard county. where their better
nent and bailding mp 10 eoneer aed.
it isai these prosperous periods
that private and pIbns inproys-
ments should be made, Improve
ments snbytantiAl aad permAnsnt in
chsract,r.
In sush I. s...n. .. a. ..
With good crops and high prices for
farm produce. the farmer shsnld
proht, IN getting bis products 10
market 10 the best of marketable
shape, thus realizing the hixhss
prices and he should sec TO 10 that
the money made should be employ-
ID Advantagcously IN paying all
debts. and in providing asaias,
"a urs wants, and possible eonting-
encIes.
The merchant who before this
period, has bsen Q steady and per
astent ADVERTISER. is nov rvapins
richly from the few dollars spent ,n
telling the newspaper readers What
ne had TO sell
This u the season when the advsr-
tiser Is getting bis reward for oon-
scieniioss and persistent advsrrs-
ing In the past and present.
Every trade and Profession, With
hardly an exception, is profiuug by
the GOOD times with plenty of work
at good wages, and good crops with
high prices for them, is bringing 70
the people OF this secuou.
The tunes in which people should
profit, are like the present, and those
who fAll to gain In such prosperous
periods, will surely fail in any sea-
son, no matter how prosperous IL
may be.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
Put Glass In the Oatmeal.

Charleston, w. Va, Oct. 17.-Mrs.
NJ. r. Hudson told Mabel Warren, a
cOlored domestic, that after to. day she
would not be wanted. A colored girl
IN ne ghbOr's family cautioned Mrs
Hudson that Mabel had ,nsinuated that
glass in the oatmeal this morning
would furnish her revenge
No one ate any of that dish for break
fast to day, and an examination show
ed the p fridge iull of powdered glass
he girl got away before she could be
arrested
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
MAJOR PETERSON DIES Or FEVER.

He Was . North CaroliniAa -HIs WIFE
Commits Suicide aa Hour FER HI.
Death.
WARRINGTON, Oct. l5-Sargeon
General Stsrnberg received q cable
message this morning from Major
6orgas, chief sanitary officer at Ha.
vsua, saying that Major Matt X.
Peterson, com missary OF aubsist
ence, L 8. Y. died OF yellow fever
At Las AnimAs NJ nine o'clock last
evening, and that Mrs. Peterson, his
wife, killed ersslf an hour after
wards. What mxkes the case a
parsic ularly sad one Is that Major
Peterson had an opportunity OF go
Ing to China several weeks ago. in
which ev. mt he would undoubtedly
have escaped the fever but At the
solicitation OF friends he decided to
remain on duty at Havana. The
double tragedy recorded In Major
Gorgas' telegram Is the result.
Major Peterson was native of
North Carolina and q namesake OF
Ex Senator Ransom Of that State
He was graduated at the Military
Academy in June, 1889, and had ten
years service In the infantry army,
being attached successively to the
10th, 18th, 7th and 9Th regiments
OF infantry. In October, 1889, he
vas appointed q commissary of
subsistence with the rank Of Cap.
tain. During the Spari-h war he
was major OF the l6lst Indiana In.
fantry, and on the muster out OF the
regiment was made q major Of vol
untsers In the commissary depart
ment. He held the rank nearly q
year, serving most of the time at
Mantanzas, from where he was re-
Gently transferred to Havana
While serving at that place he was
taken with the disease which re-.
suited In his death and caused bis
wife to commit suicide.
Mrs. Peterson was the daughter
OF prominent business man OF
Cincinnati and was gifted with un-
usual charms Of person and mind
Her devotion Of her husband Is in.
dfcated by the tragic manner OF hel
death.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
ANXIOUS
FOR PEACE.
CHINESE WANT THE WAR To
STOP, But Do NOT GIVE
SUFFICIENT Guar.
ANTEE.
TERMS oF PROPOSED AceftMtHI.

They Admit LIsbIii,y for Iss.anIty Er.
press Resrs, and are wLiias - ' .~ll
Anything In the way Of TrsstIs. d.
Confederation " tbs withar.~ai al
Troops and al ArnI.tiss
WAsHISGros, Oct. l9.-The Chi.
nese government has made . 70.
quest upon Secretary hay that no
gotiations begin 90 morro- ~ Pc
kin, looking 10 a settlement OF the
Chinese question. IL is said at the
State Department that Mr.. Conger's
Instructions are sufficient ir
breadth to enable him TO proceed
with negotiations tomorrow with
out further orders from the Depart.
ment.
However, ~ the Chinese counter
proposals. received yesterday thro
Mr.. COnger, appear TO warrant fur
ther instructions from the Presi
dent and Secretary hay. Mr.. Con.
ger was wired 70 day an outline oi
the course he is to pursue In fur
therance Of the plans already clm
mitted to his care. For obvious
reasons the State Department hA.
decided to make public the text oi
these supplementary instructions
But 10 may be- stated that our gov.
ernment does not regard the Chi
nese tender as sufficient to meet the
necessities OF the case. 1t is not In
dicated In what respect they fal
short. The Chinese agreement, ac
cord .ng to their note expresses re-
gret, admits liabilities for inder,
nifty, and yields anything In tn.
way Of treaties, in consideration o.
the withdrawal OF the troops and al
armistice. II is inferred that oul
objection 1t based on q lack OF guar
antees for the present safety o.
American citizens and the Legation
In China as we'll as for the protec
tion Of missionaries and trade In
terests in the future. 1t cam { b,
gathered that the matter OF tn,
sufficiency Of the punish ment to b.
meted out to the Chinese offending
officials enters into this objection
The alleged edict setting out the pun
ishments allotted to Prince Tuan an,
his fellow con pirators, is surrounde
with doubt. Mr.. Conger has advise
the State department that the suthen
icity OF the edi L is called in question
| in Pek,n but no where has the Stat
| Department been able to secure an
official statement rs to the character q
the edict
The State Department has so Is
made no ans wer TO the Chinese propO
sal and as already indicated, will RI
aurn this probably through Mr.. Cor
ger.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
Mrs. Nellie Shepherd Burned to
Death.

Gree nsbOro, Oct. 1S.-News has just
reached here of a horrible occurrence
in the northern part of this county. A
widow, Mrs Nellie Shepherd, aged 20
years, lived alone. Several days pass
ing and her ne,ghbors not having seen
her as usual, they went to her house to
see what had become of htr. Their in
yestigation showed that she had been
burned to death In her OWL house. The
skull, the heart, foot and few bones
were all that were left 10 Indicate the
remains of human body 1t is believ-
ed that Mrs shepherd was sitting near
the fire and was attacked by an epilep-
tic fit. No foul play is suspected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
Post ONCE Burglar Killed.

Wllkesbarre, Pa.-TwO masked burg
lars broke into the pOet-"fice and gen.
eral store at an.bra, a small town near
Shickshinny, this county, early this
morning. They covered the watchman,
Henry HiRhes, with their revOlvers,
and, after tying him, started to ram
sack the post. Office.
While they were at work Highes
lOOsened the cords that b und him AMI
with his rifle opened fire on the burg
lars He fired eignt hots. One of the
men fell deal from two bullet wounds
-nd his companion e-cap in q wyun-
ded condition. 1 he dead man has not
been identified Mr.. Highes gave him
self up to the authorities.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
The India Famine.

The Niceroy of India, Lord Cur
zon, in speech before the council
said the famine had affected quar-
ter of the population of India and
that even now two millions of peo-
pie were receiving relief. He ex-
pressed the hope, however, that in
months time these would return
to their homes.
His Lordship further said that
half million deaths were traceable
to the family and that the loss of the
crops involved the loss of fifty mil.
lions sterling, plus some millions
for the loss of cattle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
COlored Girl Kidnapped and
Forced to Dance in Saloons.

IagprstOwn, Md-James Brown and
wife, colored. of Charlottesville, Va
were arrested in HagerstOwn TO day for
kidnapping Lillian. the eleven-year- old
daughter Of Mrs Martha Thomas, OF
Frederick, Md, who swOre out the war
rant.
Brown and his wife trained the girl
30 d, the muse e dance, and took her on
a round of the saloons. Justice HOtf-
man sent Brown and his wife to isil
for sixty days, and Mrs. Thomas t.ok
her daughter home.
| The glrl executed ber dance, upon
request of the States attorney, before
the justice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
DISCOVERED BY MULES.

They Kicked up the Ground and Laid
Bare Valuable Deposits.
Chicago Record.
The animal with the gazellelike
eyes, the sardonic smile and the
wicked pair Of heels-the mule is
responsible for the tripoli excite.
ment in jackson county, Ind. The
story Of how the mule once did
good is an interesting one. A. b.
Rarbaugh, q farmer living near
Fretown, seven miles north of here,
recently hitched a team of mules
under tree by the banks Of Salt
Creek. The mules were attacked
by flies, and In their frantic efforts
to drive them of they paved up
the ground. When the farmer re-
turned, he found q peculiar blush
dust enveloping the animals, and
on the ground was q heap of sand
as fine as -four. He became inter.
ested in the find and 80 sent q bot
tie Of the sand to STATE Geologist
Blatchley. who soon sent back word
that it was tripoli, worth between
four and six dollars ton. Mr.. Har
baugh examined his own land and
found that great deposits were on
his farm. His neighbors, becoming
Interested. have done the same, and
a number Of them have b, en- fortu
nate enough to find several small
beds. The deposit on Harbaugh's e
farm is more than thirty six inches
thick.
Trpoli is not easily found. for d
present there are but three exten
sive beds in the United States. tn,
largest bed is In Newton county, Mo.
and another extensive bed ls in Wes
Virginia. The people Of Jackson
county claim theirs Is the only de
post in this region of the co lntry
but this is wrong. In Perry county
near st. Msinrad, there is q splendI,
deposit, but it Is nearly inaccessible
The beds of Jackson county, how
ever, are easily reached, for tn
Southern Indiana railway is near by
TripolI is used mainly for the pur
pose Of polishing. 1t is rather hard
but it has not sufficient grit to Gu
metal or glass surfaces. It is claim
ed the Venetlans were the first Z
use tripoli. 1t is often called "ro,
ton stone," but its technical nam
comes from Tripoli, in which coun
try it was first obtained. Tripoi 1
principally . silica, and it is forme
from the shells of microscopic Of
ganisms, accumulated in oceans an
at wide intervals drifted, forming
deposit. Another use In recer
years has been found for tripoli. !
Was for some time used IS an absol
bent inmaking high explosive, or
in the last few years gan cotton an
other materials have supplanted i
Besides this, tripoli is used in NAL
ing soap, and it is claimed that del
cate A ssh is not il jured by conts'
with IL.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25

Swinging to Bryan's Coat Tails.
Kings Weekly, a Democratic pa
per, published at Greeneville, says:
at is hoped that ". j. Bryan has
q new coat or has had tho tails of
his old one greatly strengthened as
Joe Daniels is again swinging to
them"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25
the souTH,s INDUSTRIAL paocafss.
ieH'le De'siepnssts-on Dasoo.er~a In
aTeras Town STEADY DsHasa For y :
&. Lumber


Textile Ds..lepn.s,s-ou pasos..r~a In
aTeras Town ssssay Dsnasa For y !.
G Iamser.
BALTINoKI, Oct. ls.-The exports
OF cotton, naval storea, lumber, cat
tie. fiour and iron from the South
ern States In which cotton growing
Was once dominant, other articles
are being added year by y,ar.
Among these are petroleum. With
In the past five years the produc.
ton Of crude petroleum In the or
slcanA nelds OF Navarro county,
Texas. has been steadily develop Cd,
bringing new population and bsx
industries In Its trail. The di.cov
cry OF the oil WAS III ade Ia the b, Art
OF the city in drilling an artesisn
we'll. For . couple Of years slow
progress WAS made, but since 1895
when a refinery was built, IL has
had rapid expansion. According To
q correspondent OF the Manufact-
urers Record. since Jan. |, 1899 the
work has gone on uninterruptedly,
until the number OF producit z we'll.
In the field Is 53S, with q daily out,
put OF $500 barrels. Oil OF the Ia
bricatipg variety has been struck
at q depth OF four hundred feet, near
Powell, eight miles from Corslcana,
and q pipe line will be built I'm or
der to get the oil to market. Month
after month the tankage capacity OF
their refinery has been increase
until there is no " about forty tanks,
holding from sixteen thousand to
thirty-six thousand barrels each,
which others are added Is produc.
tion increases. The refinery is not
able to refine the entire prod uct,
and large quantities OF the crude
oil are shipped to Mexico, where 1t
is refined. The residum OF the oil
refined at COrsicana, is used in To-
cal mills and factories for fuel, and
large Quantities Of 1t are shipped ty
train to Sabine Pass to be load gd
on steamships for the North, W here
its by products are derived.
The outward movement OF lum-
Der Is strengthening. The repo IS
OF railroads as to lum Der traffic rep
resents 1t as quite up to the aver.
age for the season. Reports from
all milling sections show no exces-
sive stocks at any point, while
many mills are moving lumber as
rapidly as 1t leaves the saw In the
North Carolina pine section the cut
look Is very satisfactory, and white
there Is no very great activity In
the market, the demand is steady
with good inquiry which later on
will develop considerable actual
business.
One Of the most interesting de-
velopments In Southern textiles
during the week Is the beginning
of the construction at Clearwater,
8. C, Of plant for bleaching and
printing cotton goods. This owned
by Georgia parties, represents an
investments of $4,000, and will
have a capacity Of bleaching week
ly 100000 yards and for printing
5000, 900 yards, the Eufaula, Ala.
Cotton mills will erect q new power
house for two $50 horse. power boil
ers, the Stanford Cotton Mile, oi
Cedartown, Ga, will increase 1t:
carding machines by twenty pei
cent, and the Middle Georgia Cot
ton Mills at Eatonton, Ga hal
awarded cOntrct for q building tC
accommodate 5000 spindles and IL;
looms.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-25

NOW we Can Ride in Air Ships,
N. Y. Herald, 18th.
The problem of practically navi.
eating air has apparently been
solved.
Count Zeppelin, with four pass
engers, in his big "ship" yesterday
rose q thousand feet above the sur
face Of Lake Constance, and sailing
within four points of the wind
about as close as q modern racing
cutter could get in the grosser ele
ment-voyaged distance ofseven
miles.