The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-30
AVERT cowlaslr ATTACK.
DEMOCRATIC RfesmlaI ORGANS Pvs-
lisa THEIR USUAL sAlsf afpoaIs
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Er-s as srr..m.n fs~t-r Give. ts@ f&rt.-
a.. We. ,tr.oA wnhs.s we-d -
waralns he wss Ses 10 ~.
On Monday 81 last ssek . mae |
named Peterson took advantage ~
IL Cong r-ssman Fowler and hit
him unAwares p-t.rron claimed
that he was indignan, and felt out
ray.d Because Mr. Fowler In his
speech at the Indignation meeting
at Clinton on Saturday the ls'".
chsrg, q that Peterson Was one 81
the men who ordered Winchester
ria - and red shirts. TIE r-port az
this affair ~as greatly distorted hy
the Democratic press.
W. give below = card from Mr..
Fowler to the Wilmington Star
which states the facts:
CLINTON, y. C, Aay. -
EDITOR SrAR:-we notice N war
to-day paper. IN acc unit of iIt L.
scrap" here on the 0Gh aust. b.
tween George Petersen, of th.s pls -
| and my self, N which ,on say IN .
did Guilty sces oat IF tn feet thai
ID AIDE tne chxrg. here 90 Saturday
mat George PETERSON had COTTON
zmmuultIon, etc. here before tn"
ell. hon to intimIdA,e Populists aud
anti-smendmept voters. | made DO
suca charge. dad stale mere on Sat-
urdAy ~ the iudigna iou meeting a.
Clinton, that | had oosu away from
home for few weeks pr."r TO the
election, aud mat on my gay home
Tuesday prior TO the election, | was
panied 10 see NJ WArsAs numb, Z
of red shirts aud Wa en- ster n {
wsItlng tor the train to onng them
to Clinton. | also stated that l Sas
, inform sd that they w-rs ordered hy
n merchant In the town 81 Cl,utoI
The crowd then requested that
!. name him and called the name u
- G Jorge Peterson
i Your correspondent, who is evi
v IDENTIFY Pc erson's friend, stated tha
C We quarrelled on the streets. Thu
o is not true. The facts are that ma,
> been an invllid for the past fitteel
C 70 Jnths. Yesterday morning l go
n out or u SICK bed and starnd to th
It Off 20 Of my physician for prescrip
. tlop, and just as start,d up STAIRS
n Peterson, who WI ! weigh 100 pound
e without any warning whatever, ap
d pros ht d, and before could evel
&c turn to MIN, hit me IN the face
There were no words exchanged bs
tween rs. / never even suspecio
that he was mad TIL he hit me. at
): | was totally unprepared.
7, These are the facts AS 10 whic
r one OF US got the best OF it | don
,t suppose the public is concerned.
l. Respectfully,
d JNo. F.. FOWLER.
'. Now In order that our reader
NJ and the public may see how nea
i these Democratic red shirt organ
It ever get to the truth, we make tn
s. following extracts from their re
80 ports Of the affair.
:. Under the heading Of "Fowle
1t Badly Beaten at Clinton" tho IA
o, eigh Post Of the'2Ist inst. containe
70 the following special from Goldl
=. boro:
- Passengers arriving here t.
ir night say that Ex-Congressma
Is Fowler WAS badly beaten at Cir
4 ton yesterday, and that Georg
p f. Butler, a brother of Senator Bu
Re ler, will fare equally as bad IL h
q. does not retracs certain statement
L. chared to him."
With reference to Major Geora
Butler, the report no dou BIT refer
to the article which appeare
in the last issu Of The CAUcAsIA
headed: "The, People of Sampso
Indignant" which article shove
: up khe thievery and rascality of Oh
Dem, cratic election officials 4
: stealing more than one thousan
woes in the county. That articl
stat. d the facts and the truth, an
=, any set OF cowsrdly thugs tbs
>" think they can force George Butte
to retract statements that are tru,
- have mistaken their man.
The Raleigh post, in another Il
. sue, In dispatch also from Colds
o boro, says:
n Parties arriving from Clinto
to day say that the feeling AGAIN..
IL George Butter is strong because
1T a recent letter In The CAUcAsIA
" and that Butler does not walk tn
A. Streets
81 Every one in linton knows no,
g. basely false this Is. George Butte
Vi has been on the streets every da
st attending to his business, and thos
70 who pretended that they We're looI
IL N To- l. H.