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IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
ONE DIVORCE SUIT GRANTED BY
 YER.

Annulment of Marriage Granted to
 Lena F. scheuer-Reports in Eight
 ,ceivership Cases snbmitted-Land-
 lord Nero Sued.
 There were three divorces listed for 8 hearing before Judge Thayer in the su- perior court yesterday morning, but in only one were the parties ready to be heard, that of Maria C. Colella against Vincenzo Colella. Lawyer Wal ter Pond appeared for the petitioner. Judge Thayer granted a decree on the ground of intolerable cruelty. The other cases, those of Maggie Elizabeth Davis vs. Samuel H. Davis and Hattie B. Ty- Ter Vs. Elmer E. Tyler, were continued.
 Judge Thayer granted an annulment of the marriage of Lena B. Scheuer to Isaac J. Scheuer. The husband is of unsound mind and was so when mar ried, but his wife did not know it at the time.
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GIVE US YOUR ORDER and you'n be a gainer by doing so. We aim at satisfaction and we never miss the mark Our stock of. paints, oils, varnishes and painters sup plies covers everything within the limits of the trade. What we carry and our prices therefor are guarantee of money saved for every customer. Only a frst-class, dur able paint is good enough to be worth the cost of a painters time. THOMPSON & BELDEN, 39630S State street.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
THIS Is IMPERIALISM.

Gov. Roosevelt, in speech at
Canyon City, Col, the next day af-
ter he was assaulted by a mob and
his meeting broken up at Victor, re-
ferred to the matter, while imperi'
alism, as follows:
,..t s.ssrhq, aely dapqer of vimDerjalisn,
is if it is invited as reaction against
anarchy. Anarchy is the handmai
den of Tyranny. Ifever we grow
to substitute lawless mob violence
for the orderly liberty that we en-
joy under the law; if ever we grow
to substitute the rule of brutal force
for the rule Of the ballot, where the
ballot is cast freely and counted as
cast; if ever we grow to exchange
for government by debate in the
Legislatures of the country and or
the stump; if ever we grow to ex.
change for those the violence that
finds expression in either word OF
deed, then we will indeed be with
in measurable distance of losing
our liberty. Then, and not till then
the worst thing this country car
have Is the man sitting in ease al
home exciting other men who are
ignorant to deeds Of violence, and
whether the exciting to violence be
by politician or the editor of 8
newspaper, the effect is the same.'
In the above Gov. Roosevelt has
described the real and most danger
GUS kind of imperialism. 1t Is the
kind that will cruelty liberty and
destroy the Republic, if it is ever
destroyed.
The above is the kind of imperial.
ism we have in North Carolina, and
we feel sure that Mr.. Bryan does
not endorse it any more than does
Gov. Roosevelt. But when he con.
dennis it, he must condemn the Sim.
mons machine in this State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Wilmington does not seem to be
up to date in the matter of ballot.
box stuffing. In New Hanover Co
the machine seems to have
been content with preventing anv
one opposed to the Democratic tick
ct from voting, that Is, those thew
did not kill in 1893. It seems that
they served notice on them that
they would kill them this time I,
they voted. But Halifax and 9th.
or negro counties were not satisfied
with preventing the opposition
from voting, but took great pains
to see that every negro vote especi.
ally was registered in order that f.
might be counted for the Democrat.
ic ticket. In this way Halifax gets
q stolen majority OF about 5000
while New Hanover gets less than
half that amount. The WHINING.
ton machine is badly behind the
times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
WHAT HOLLOW MoCKEnY

Mr.. Lee y. Overman. In . speech
TO the Democratic Clubs in this city
last week said:
1--WE are Democrats. We are proud
Of our pArty's past history and i's
traditions. 4. stands for the Decls'
ration Of Independence, and the
Constitution sacred
Surely Mr.. OvermAn must be woe
fully ignorant Of the principles snon'
dated In the Declaration of iude-
pendence and the guarantees OF the
Federal Constitution, IN making such
An asser lon; or else he has forgotten
he recent force and fraud" cam
paign, in which Thousands OF white
men. whose ancestors fought ut Ala
man o, Kings Mountain and Moore
Greek, lost their political Liberties b.
having their ballots stolen from
them.
Neither the Declaration OF indie
pendence, that "all men are create
| eausp nor the cOnstltution was 1
any sense "sacred" to the Democra;
ic machine.
What a sham and hollow mocker
is it for MIR. Overmsn now to d+clAr
that his party here in North Csrolin
has any regard for the Federal Coz
stitution or the Declaration OF Iad'
pendence!
In this State it stands for "fOrc
fraud" anarchy, rsdshirtism al
government by the mob.
Indeed, with such HISTORY Al
: such u RECORD as it has made
North Carolina in the last two cal
a paigns, why should not every Dem
!. crat rise to his full height and d
clare that he is "PROUD' Of his par
:, and it's RECENT ooND UCT in denyi
men the night Of free speech-th
r trampling under foot the sacr
n guarantees Of the Constitution
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

MAYOR JONES ON IMPERIALISM
Mayor Jones, of T oledo, Olio, who
ran for governor of OHIO last year
poIled over 100000 votes, is out max.
ing speeches for Bryan.
A few days ago, while he was
speaking on Imperialism, some one
in the audience asked him what he
thought of imperialism in North
Carolina. Mr.. Jones promptly re-.
piled that he was against imperial.
ism any where, and that if he was in
North Carolina that he would figh,
the Democratic brand of imperial
ism there just as he was fighting the
Republican brand of imperialism in
the Philippines.
Mayor Jones might have gone q
step further, and shown how much
more odlous and unjustifiable impe.
rialism is here in North Carolins
over our own people, than it could
possibly be in the Philippine Islands
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Col. Kenan has been reelected
clerk of the Supreme court, and the
News and Observer says that dis
tinguished tribune "has done well -
II you want to win praise from the
average Democratic machine paper,
do something that will enable a
Democrat to get an Office and i'm
mediately you become nice fellow,
and are lauded for 'graceful" act.
Everybody will remember how abr.
sive the News and Observer was
when certain decisions of that court
caused some Democrats to lose their
offices on account Of being elected
by unconstitutional methods,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
PINES AND IMPERIALISM I'm
NORTH CAROLINA.


PINES AND IMPERIALISM
NORTH CAROLINA.
Mr.. Bryan in his speeches out
West, is each day quoting from the
Declaration of Independence, and
quoting the utterances of Abraham
Lincoln and Thomas jefferson in
support of those great fundamental
principles OF free speech, liberty and
good government. He has grown
eloquent each day in denouncing i'm
penalism, and showing that wherever
there is government without the con
sent of the governed, that there,
there is Imperialism. 1t would be
interesting to see Mr.. Bryan come to
North Carolina and make one of
these speeches. He could not do 30
without denouncing Simmons and
the whole Redshirt Democratic Ina
chine. Indeed, he would have 10
denounce them with greater vigor
than he denounces Mr.. McKinley's
policy in the Philippines. If the in
augurstion of Imperialism over saw
ages thousands of miles away in the
Pacific ocean Is an attack upon the
fundamental principles of good gov
eminent, is not the inauguration of
imperialism in North Carolina over
our own people who fought for their
liberties in the Revolutionary War
Thousand times worsef
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Simmons admits receiving cam
paign money from the Southern
Railroad a. follows:
III HAVE NEVER APPEARED FOR
THAT (soUTHERs) RAILROAD IN ANY
CAPACITY. IT HAS NEVER PAID NIX A
GENT OF MONEY IN MY LIFE EXCEPT
A CONTRIBUTION MADE TO ME- AZ
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE IN
1898, WHICH WAS SPENT FOR TIKI
BENEFIT OF THE PARTY"
Extract from Simmons letter In
the News and Observer, Sept. 18th
1900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
RRDsHIRT RUFfIANIsM IN COLO.
RADO.

REDsHIRT RUFfIANIsM IN COLO
RADIO.
A few days ago Mr.. Roosevelt. the
Republican candidate for Vice Pres
ident, Senator Wolcott and The Re
publican candidate for Governor OF
Colorado, were at Victor, Colorado,
to hll an appointment to speak.
Their meeting, however, was broken
up by gang OF rowdies, who seems
to have employed about the same
methods employed by the Simmons
redshirts IN North Carolina to pre-
vent free speech and to break uI
public meetings. The conduct Of
these redshirt rowdies is not only q
disgrace to Colorado, but to the whole
country. Mr.. Bryan was quick t.
see that the conduct Of the redshir
anarchists in Colorado would be dis
approved OF and denounced by al
fair minded citizens, and that i
would do HIM more harm than good
Therefore, ne gave out an Off in
terview the next morning deplorin
and denouncing the conduct of thos
who had denied free speech aud bro
ken up q public meeting; and as
further effort to atone for this Grim
against republican institutions, h
requested his friends in Lincoln, NJ
brasks, to take his picture from ev,
ry show window in the town on tn
day that Mr.. Roosevelt should &
there to speak. This action of M
Bryan's is very commendable, and
---l--s----~---------:sL- ~ n r->anahas ba h 8
man liberty and for government
the consent of the governed. 81
We regret to have to state that up
date Mr.. Bryan has not denounce
similar methods employed by IL
Democratic machine IN North Car
lima.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
FACTS ABOUT THE FRAUDS IN
HALIFAX.

In another column, under tn,
heading Of "Force, Fraud and In
timidation, will be found a report
from Halifax county II the facts
stated in this report are correct II
shows that the Simmons machine
in that county, not only counted
the solid negro vote OF that county
for the Democratic ticket and for the
amendment, but that they actually
counted in some precincts more
votes than the total registered vote
OF all parties. In this connection
1t will be remem bered that on the
night of the election the red shirt
machine of Halifax county tele-
grsphed Mr.. Simmons that they had
carried the county by six thousand
majority, and it Is reported that Mr.
Simmons replied asking them tc
reduce that majority. II we re-
member correctly the papers FOL
two or three days announced the
ma jority at about 1000, and then i,
suddenly jumped up to 5000 and
pers. We have been told that thu
Democratic machine in Halifax Co
submitted for two or three DAYS t.
Mr.. Simmons order to reduce tn,
majority for decency sake, and ther
they swore that they were entitled
to the Democratic banner, and hav
ing stolen the votes they must hav,
the credit for their rascality, ane
they insisted that the majority b,
put down at about 5000. II Their,
Is any mistake in the facts report
ed from Halifax county, The eau
CAsIAN will gladly correct it. w,
will W 1t week or two withou
comment to see il a correction II
asked. But one thing Is certain, al
the matter now stands that Hail
fax county, the biggest negro coun
ty In the State, is entitled to tn,
Democratic banner.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
WHERE WAS LIBERTY IN This
STATE.

The Biblical Recorder Of last is-
sue had an excellent editorial on
"Christianity and Litsrty.'
"christianity 10 the mother OF
Liberty" Gays the Recorder, and III
that los true xe rfss TO ask our con-
tenn porary why WAS the another
lent or absent In the Last cam.
paign when Liberty WAS being 20
ruthlessly stabbed ?
II christianity" Is the mother
OF Liberty" she should certainly
hav. asserted herself when blood
shed, riot and anarchy were rife In
the State prior to the last election,
that precious boon, Liberty, was re-
eeiving death wounds In the grand
old State that was first to protest
against the injustice. wrongs and
expressions OF the despised Eng
llsh King who denied the coionists
any voice In the government.
The Recorder states truism In
the following:
"Give q man the right TO vote
y and by any means deny him the
. privilege OF thinking or speaking
a and you have q slave
l.. The Recorder can be OF valuable
= service 10 the people OF the StatA
who love honesty in politics b.
8. joining with THE CAUCASIAN II
ID urging the repeal OF the infamou
Goebel- Simmons law under which
ID such glaring frauds are committed
il The repeal OF this law and the on
n actment OF one that is fair to al
d. political parties will remove 81
g. danger of making a slave OF
ty man who IS the law now exists,
og denied the privilege of voting an
us having his vote counted as cast, VI
ed less he votes with the Simmou
"force and fraud" crowd. The r.
corder. no doubt, has many sui
scribers who had their ballots at
len from them In the last campaig
h, and it should join now In an etfo
IN to remove such a disgraceful la
ort from the statute books. Will OF
cts esteemed contemporary take up l
Il cudgel against this vicious law ar
me advocate one that is fair and just
led Speaking OF Liberty the Reco
lty der says:
tho "There can be no liberty unle
III, there Is liberty Of thought and
' speech-and we mean absolute o
'ie portunity without any hindran
ote whatever save honorable argume
on and persuasion. Without such Ii
IN. erty our country would fall vel
quickly. A free press and fr
platform standing for liberty
'le- speech, free church standing
lad soul liberty, free school syste
md standing for freedom to think,
A. free ballot standing for freedom
" Act-upon these is our nation fou
70 ded, and each one OF them is an
re- sential part Of whole
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
Proclamation by the Gov.
elnOT.
$4,000 Reward.
STATE or NokrH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DsPAsTnss1

sTArE or NoKrH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
WHKRKAs, Official Information
has Deen received n tins oepxrt-
ment that Jonathan BENNETT. ON
the nrst day OF Novem b-r, 1897, in
fancey county, N. c., did kill and
murder one Lenora Hay and
WHEREAs, it appea.s that th.
said Jonathan Bennett has Ned the
state, or 80 conceaIs himself shat
The ordinary process Of law cannot
be served upon him:
Now, Therefore, 4, d. l.. Russell
Governor Of the State OF North Car
DINA, BY virtue Of autho. iry IN Mo
vested by law, 90 iseu, tbs NV
Proclamation, Offering a reward OF
Two Hundred DOLLARS for the xppre-
h-nsion and delivery OF the said
Jonathan Bennett, q, tb.. saer,ff al
fancey county 1t the Courthouse
In huntsville, N. c., and 4 do en-
JOIN al officers Of the State and all
good citizens TO assIst In bringing
sSad criminal 70 justice.
Done n our City of Raj
eieh, the 18th day Of Septsm-
Der. In ihe year VI our Lord
one thousand nine hundred
and In the one hundred and
twenty NTH year OF our
American Independence.
DANIEL L. RUSSELL.
By the Governor:
BAYLUs OADE,
Private Secretary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
sRYan's VIEW Or ASSAULT.


Nebraska City. Sebr., Sept. 26.--
Being shown . selrgrans 10 the effect
that Theodore Roosevelt was as~aui.
ted ST Victor, Colo, by land at
hired rnfiians tonight, Mr.. Bryan
wrote the follow Ing statement:
FROM what know of the people
Of Colorado. atm not willing to ts.-
lieye without further evidence that
they denied la Mr.. Roosevelt or "a
any one el-e fair hearing. Ii II
prove~ true that he was inobtesi ol
In any way interiered with, an
sure that il was not the work Of any
political organization. There can h.
no justification for u resort to VIC
lence i'm this country, and thor-. wh,
resort To it injure the cause whici
they represent"
Before leaving for Nebraska Cit.
this evening, Mr.. Bryan, in a not
to the press, requested that his poll,
icai friends remove his pictures from
the windows ON October "a maj
ter of courtesy TO the Republican car
didate for Vice President, Col. RDss
Welt, who visits the city on that ia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Ex-Governor Jarvis. Of s.disintex-
esi- visiting statesman. fame, hgs
announced through the press, his
candidacy for the Senate
He writes history Of his services
TO his party In past campaigns and
appeals to the voters tn reward him
on the ground of past services He
"points with pride" 10 his brief ia
rear i'm the Senate a. an earnest of
the great things be viii do lf chosen
for the position.
Indeed, the whole State will await
In breathlees silence the annouce-
ment Of the glorious ~ and bril-
liant II achievements In the SEN
ate by the distinguished visiting
statesman"
| 1t Is surprising that he should
, have sd long kept his senatorial
achievements in the background.
In his letter Senator Jarvis says:
Awe have common enemy whose
policies tend to undermine and en-
danger the very foundation Of this
Republic, and which if not checked
e will In time convert 1t into an oil
garchy, If not an empire"
Truly the distinguished visiting
statesman" who Is now go teartu
:, lest this grand Republic be trans
, formed into an ''empire," has los
sight Of the fact that he and tn
!, Simmons ''oligarchy" were engages
II in dastardly struggle in the las
a elect on to "convert" this old Stat
Is % a political "empire," to be don
ID mated solely by an "oligarchy" tbs
a. has no respect for the rights of 9th
10 ers. On the contrary the "consel
O. Of the governed" was In no sense
y guiding principle with the Mort
= Carolina Democracy.
Let the edisinterested visitiI
statesman" and all others who d
n, nounce Imperialism abroad swet
it's their own doors first; let them "pra
nd tice what they preach
tt? While craving justice and sci
Or government for the Filipinos
these North Carolina Democrats fir
'ss manifest some degree of consistent
10 and honesty in the principle at HON
&c. We believe in free, popular COVER
mt ment everywhere, and that the +
~, ipinos should be given the right
ee govern themselves; but we likeWi
OF ask justice first for our own countr
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04


Nominations then being in order
Mr.. J. E. Garrett. Chairman Of the
Populist Executive Committee, oil
mberland county, arose, and in
q we'll worded speech presented to
the Convention the name of Hon.
John E. Fowler. of Sampson coun-
~, no other name being presented
to the Convention, the nomination
of Mr.. Fowler was made unari-
nous.
On motion OF Mr.. W. F. Seasons.
Chairman of the Populist Executive
Committee of sampson county, q
committee consisting of Mr.. J. E.
Garrett, of Cumberland county and
Mr.. r. A. Wilkins, of Duplin coun-
ty were appointed to notify Mr..
Fowler of his nomination.
The Committee reported with the
person of Mr.. Fowler, who took the
stand, and in q short, but we'll
directed speech accepted the nomi-
nation.
Mr.. C C. Vann, of Duplin coun-
ty, Was elected member of the
state Executive committee in o lace
of Mr.. E. M. Cole, of Moore county.
Mr.. VI. Macarthur was re-elec-
ted Chairman Of the Congressional
Committee of the Sd District.
On motion of Mr.. w. G. Wilcox.
OF Moore, the Convention then ad-
journed.
J. Nc. K. BYRD, Chairman.
W. G. McCULLEN, Sec.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Does Mr.. Bryan endorse the Dem.
ocrahe brand of Imperialism in this
State1 We do not believe thst he
does, otherwise he could not each
DAY be quoting the fine and lofty sen.
timents of Jefferson and Lincoln fo~
liberty and advocating the great
principles of the declaration of the
independence. But would it not be
well Tor him to take . little of his
time to denounce the red shirt an
srchy in North Carolina along with
the mlider form of imperialism in
the Philippinesi
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

No man who left the Democratic
party on account of the action of
the machine has any reason to re.
turn to 1t. 1t Is safe to say that the
Democratic machine, after it's re-
cent campaign Of abuse, vitupera-
ton, mob iolence and murder, can
not appeal with any success to the
law-abiding, conservative element.
to join 1t. The masses have respect
for law and order, while the Sim
mons crowd stand for the opposite.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

A business NJ an Forced to Leave kin.ton
Democrats.
EDITOR CAUcAsIAN-DE SIR
As / have never written anything
to the CAUCASIAN, i thought would
like to have space In It t. say = word
or two about the way l Was treated
in the August election. The night
Of the election / was met by = mob OF
one hundred men whose purpose il
was to rotten egg me, because l did
not vote the Democratic ticket, and
they would have succeeded IN their
purpose had l not entered q store
near by and been protected by the
store keeper.
| THIS occurred in Kinston where l
vas in business, and the mistreat
ment l received there caused me to
leave the town and leave my business
n the hands of a friend. The day OF
election l was giving out tickets and
some of the Democrats around me be.
gan smoking in my face, but l did MOI
resist, as / knew that was what they
wanted. They found that would NO
do, and they pushed one of theil
number against my table, turning TIT
table over and scattering the tickets
over the floor. When it came time t.
count they would not allow any on
of our party to see them counted
neither did they ALLOW US any pol
holder. When the votes were cOun
ted out they gave US only 4a vote
against the amendment, while
think the votes east against it wer'
between three and four hundred
. There has never been q time in tn
history Of the State when SO niue
fraud was carried on.
J. T.-BARKER
Gum Branch, N. c., Sept. %, l9O'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

The Democrats Vt Ohio are charg.
ing that the Republicans have tn.
Goebel election law there and tina,
under it they will steal the State
Wa suggest that they might try the
Simmons law il they want to steal by
Wholesale and be sure that there
will be no witnesses on hand to tes.
tify to the fact.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

There are only 1859 white voters
in Edgcombe county, yet that coun.
ty went Democratic O. In August
by $500 majority, Now, the ques-
ton arises, will the Carr and SIM
mons vote combined in Edgcombe
be 1863, or will they still have that
$500 majority? Will they have all
the "niggers" down there to 20
Democratic CD again? II the COM
bined vote is only 1859, will they
not show to what extent fraud and
vote stealing we're practiced?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Wonder if Simmons will gAt six
thousand majority in Halifax coun.
ty in the Senatorial primary? If
not, why not7 Will he make the four
thousand and more Triggers" vote
for himf
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

The cause Of truth, justice and lib.
erty cannot be advanced without
diligent efforts and personal sacri-
fees. Our ancestors did not stop
TO count the cost in their struggle
Tor liberty. Shall it be said that
we are degenerate sons of noble
siresf Are you willing to work to
preserve your liberty?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04
sUescRIpTI0 RATES.
DOES DANIELS SPEAK ron BRYAN

noEs DANIELS SPEAK ron BRYAN.
awe will not permit Butler To
take any part In the democratic
campaign for Bryan" said Joeephu-
Daniels, Democratic National Com
mItteeman for North Carolina. "He
cannot speak upon any Democratic
stage, snd will IL repudlated by u.s.
Washington Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-04

Did the negroes in Halifax coun-
ty vote for the amendment and for
the Democratic ticket or were their
votes stolen and counted for that
ticket? We await the answer of the
simmons machine to this question.
We are willing for them to select
whichever horn Of the dilemma they
prefer.