The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-30


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gang. In itS ~. ort .-iit r....
AFFAIR. says
fx-, ongr.-- MAJ t..o .....
&C. hav. shat 90 hi- nuu.h
rscki--- snd NiniigttN- ma.
th- citat"n iaiigna I.r n,.-.
aud among oih"r tHfnr-
ported to have ivn ,aaa,,i a..
Peterson, higniy r.-p.r-.
prom,n-nt sn-r-hsa = ,...
telling malignant Pa.us-t. ....
Mr. Peterson had ord.r,-l Arp..
the D~m.crats to iutimtiat. P....
li-ts IL. urged the Popa'i.f.
boycott Mr. Peterson. .fnr. =.
not {, trade with him TIT. ma,
Mr. FU~ Ter = sp'ech srous. Il l.s.,
nation the wrong WAY. Itrr ~.
Pc srson On HE rar. aud =. ,t..s.
morning at Clinton b. ~ o. g IA.
Fowler and gave him teribi. arg..
bag. IL - said that to~ I-r i-.,....
the er,wd To take him Ofi
The above H. about ~ mar e..
truth ~ the Mess-pg,r .N-r st.
That p.pcr will not publish truth
when 10 knows ~. and 10 never tile.
to ind 10 out, when it, par .lsAn
preludices are on the tide 40 IN. ...
Tn. report Of this affair "a a..
Wilmington Star. snd the ur~ fo
which Congressman Fowler r-.f...s
In hts card publisn-d zhov-. ~.
follows:
"A scrap To which attach. =.
som. political Interest L. report. a
from Clinton. Saturday, nj ID.
, monster Indignation I'M, citing Ia
that town FIX Congr. ssmAn John
r.. Fowler. who Mas one 80 The
speakers. IL said to have Ind s,.d
In bitter personalities aud 10 hAN.
accused Mr.. George P,.', r-on q
merchant u the town, OF hAy.ay
brought To- Clinton arms ana sm
= muuition with which IL intim i. ID.
populist and sntl-aman dm.nt ,o,.
ets.
The allegation WAS not chEllenr
. Cd by Mr.. Petersen until YESTERDAY
, morning, when he met the "a con.
grcssman on the streets. He ?, pu.
dated the charge made in ths
:, speech and denounced the author
= One word led to another with the
result that's hstcuff WAS induls.d
In In which Fowler got consi1-ra
!, bly, the worst Of IL. Further pArllc
ulars were not obtainable yr-i.r
day"
The Charlotte Observer ~ Aug
q I'D contains a special from EAl
r. sigh, under big heading. ~ taI.
g lows: 40 Whip Major Butler q" and
4. with the following sub head Dem
Iocrats OF Clinton said TO have a In
for him.,
,r The special reads a. follows
l. ITO day q man WAS seen here = p,
a was at Clinton. sampson county
when George Peterson, a leading
merchant OF the town, beat IN
Congressman Fowler, Populist, =,
D badly. he says Mr.. Fowler de-
n nounced Peterson by name AND
l. called on the Populists present 9,
e boycott him. This speech was mad.
+ Al Senator Buffers Populist indy
u nation meeting, at which five hun
9 dred Populists, or Whereabouts wer,
present. The Democrats Of Gin
ton are after Major George Z. But
70 Ter, the Senator'S brother. Malo
o Butler IL appears, edits the SrnA
d Tor paper there, and in IL EDITOR
n ally denounced the Democrats In
N very personal way, my Informal
says. The latter SAYS the ClintOl
~ Democrats d. clare they will tccep
le no apology but intend to whip Ma
N Butler He says they looked for tn
a 80 cooh AS ahtN S1~ ttlf
torial complained of. but that b,
&c had gone away. They say they
d will carry ont their purpose whsl
It he roturns."
n The above IL another lie out o
9, the whole cloth. TEE CAUoAsIA,
Is reliably informed that MAJ. But
p Ter has not been out OF ClintOi
- since the article referred 70 VA,
written and published. In fac
n the article appeared a week befor
t this special in the Observer. arc
~ there was plenty Of time for Ma lor
\ Butler, who was I'm Cliuton .vciy
day and on the streets every d.'
and In his office every dav, TO l.,
found and whipped II there va
any one who was willing to under
take the Job single handed and
alone, or even with the help o. /,
cowardly mob.