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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
MRS. LESLIE CARTER ACTRESS OF SEW YORK CITY,

Mrs. Leslie Carter, probably the most
prominent actress In America, says the
following Of Pe-ru-na:
"Pe-ru-na is sure to prevent . cold.
It will stop q cough before &c be-
comes settled. It cures all catarrhal
affections like magic. No money could
tempt me to be without this remedy for
even day. It is just the remedy that
all women need, especially such women
that are exposed to the vicissitudes Of
climate, rs am.
~ never neglect an opportunity to
recommend this remedy to my friends.
II IL Americas greatest remedy for
Americas greatest enemy, catarrh and
catarrhal affections. I would not have
oatarrh for a million dollars, and as long
- have Pe-ru-na at hand to promptly
check tho slightest symptoms of its
approach, I feel perfectly safe from this
disease" N. Leslie Carter.
Mrs. M. Dooley, Mount Airy, Haber-
sham county, Ga, in a recent letter saws:
II suffered Ave years more or less with
sstarrh Of the stomach and pelvic or
gsns. tried a good many remedies Of
my own, and bought medicine from q
Doctor that was highly recommended,
although the medicine did me no good
whatever. Finally, I concluded to sub
init my case to DIR. Hartman. wrote
him, and he readily advised me. /
bought some Pe-ru-na, and few days
after was taken with La grippe. 1 took
Ps-ru-na and Man-a-lin and 1 can say
without q doubt that it has entirely
relieved me Of all my ailments. feel
| better and stronger than have in many
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
More About the Kentucky Ballot Boz
StuffoIs.

moro ABOUT the AontuCkY Ballot Box
Washington Post.
"Why did Messrs. Pryor and Ellis re-
sign their positions as State election
commissioners ?" asked Post repor-
ter of Mr.. 81. E. Billings, of Kentucky,
at the Normandie.
Because they were heartily sick of
the jOb," wes the answer.
"BY refusing to transcend their au-
thOrity and throw out the vote of JEFF
ferson county, they made enemies of
the Goebelites, and neither did their
conduct please the Republicans, who
felt sure that those officials wanted to
compass the defeat OF Taylo and only
hesitated on account of the usurptiOn
Of power such a proceeding would in
volve. Besides there is q great deal OF
hard work and no emolument going
with the Office of State commissioner
the salary being only $500 year. But
at all events, Pryor and Ellis did well
in refusing to carry out the radical de.
mands Of Goebel and his partisans
Such course would probably have led
to revolution worse than the 'Bloody
Monday that brought terror of Louis.
Vile in the days when the Know Moth.
ing party was q factor in American
politics."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
COL. GLENN AND HIS INTERVIEW.

Recently Col. Bob Glenn was in
Washington. The Washington cor
respondent Of the Atlanta Journal
sent an interview with Col. Glenn to
that paper, in which he is quoted as
saying that the purpose of the propos-
ed amendment in North Carolina is to
get rid of the illiterate voters Of the
State. When Col. Glenn got back
home and saw this interview repro
duced in the North Carolina papers
he at once fastened to deny the in
terview or rather to say that he did
not tell the correspondent that he
was in favor Of getting rid Of the
illiterate vote, but only the illiterate
black vote. This is not the first
time that the Ransom machine politi-
cians have been quoted jus, as Mr..
Glenn was quoted when interviewed
out Of the State, and it is not the
first time they have FASTENED to
deny the interview when published.
1t is little strange that the repor-
tiers should quote all of them as
saying the same thing when they are
talking confidentially to them, un-
less these reporters quote them
correctly. 1t is no doubt true that
Mr.. Glenn did not intend his talk
with the reporter to be published
and it is also no doubt true that
what the reporter quoted him as
saying is what he thought whether
he said it or not, for he must know
that the result of the proposed
amendment will be to disfranchise
as many white, as blacks, unless the
whole thing is declared unconstitu-
tional.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

Judge Simonton has reversed his
decision on the railway tax cases,
on the ground that the Federal
Courts are bound by the interpreta-
ton of the State Courts of local
statutes. Our State Supreme Court,
since the former decision Of Judge
Simopion, has decided the Corpora
ton Commission has the power to
assess railway property. 1t will be
remembered that Judge Simonton in
former decision stated that the last
legislature, either through careless
ness or on purpose, omitted to give
the corporation commissioners the
power to assess railway propt rty.
and while this is true, yet our non
partisan Supreme Court held that
the old railway commission law was
not repealed by the last legislature.
and that they had that power under
the old law and in spite Of the at
tempt OF the last legislature to re-
peal il.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

comparison with decided cases
Does not this show that these able
lawyers are Influenced more by
their desires and hopes than their
Judgment.
He says, secondly, that public
opinion has changed in regard to
the negro and negro vote and this
opinion has effected the court.
Does not Mr.. Aycock remember
the remark that a friend made to
Vim. Writ, when be came out OF
the court house after making as
brilliant and as eloquent prosecu-
ton of Aaron Burr as possible
"Why did you not remind John
Marshall that the public demand
ed the conviction of Aaron Burr 20
and Mr.. Wirt's answer?
We may not have John Marshalls
equals i'm ability on the Supreme
Bench now but we do have his
equals in character and in consci-
entiouSness
Public opinion, that is what
they put there as break water
against.
Ii Mr.. Aycock doubts this, let
him get the Federalist and read it.
But he says the Louisiana Consti-
tuition has been in operation since
January LIST, 1897. Where is the
Supreme court there Does not he
know that there has been no gen.
eral election in Louisiana since the
adoption of that Constitution. ex-
cept for Congressman i'm 1898
Does he not know that the mem
bers so elected do not meet their
fellow members to form the Con-
gress of the United States until
next December Does not he know
that case was made up and SUBJ
mitted to one of the Superior courts
OF said State which decided that
said suffrage Amendment was IN
constitutional, and that said ease
unless it has been bought of is now
pending in the Supreme court o!
that State?
Good round, sounding words go a
long way, but after all, they are
nothing else. The great trouble
with Section ), a. that il lacks can.
dor, it lacks honesty, it lacks fail
dealing. And yet these gentlemen
its authors, fondly hope that the
Supreme court Of the United States
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

will trsmple the Fifteenth AM,
ment and with IL their oaths IN ~
dust, because the people demand =
II Is q fond hope, based on air ~
air, and so will never find frui,io.
Now all these goods, round bi.r
sounding phrases in Col. Cow,
and Mr.. Aycock's article would =.
very well III our suffrage amsnS
ment stopped at Section {. thouyS
/, myself should have insisted uro.
a property qualification in tho ~
tentative 800, $500, or even $50
AS a matter Of fact, as early =,
1891, I became a follower Of NJ,
Tillman, of South Carolina, not h.
cause / agreed with him in his IA.
tional politics, but because he sad
he would put suffrage In Soa,h
Carolina, on q sound, rational. hon.
est, constitutional basis, and I
knew he had both the power and
the inclination TO do SO. voted
for him in the August primary lS9s
The result has justified me. tn.
South Carolina suffrage. prov son
has run the gauntlet Of the United
Stat es Supreme court, as ! knew /,
would.
But we are different in North Tar.
DINA.
We are not candid, We ar no,
honest, we are not courageous. We
must use paraphrases, We must Use
great cloud Of words, which fool
nobody who has two grains % con-
mon sense, and then sit back and
hope that we may fool the grca esi
and ablest court In the world by
all this nonsense.
FRANK Nash.
Hillsboro, n. C., June oath, -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

Column bus, o., tell him the whole story,
and he will do the rest. Mrs. Margareth
Fietz, Wilcox, o. T., writes: Il extend
my sincere thanks for the good advice
you have given me. I do not believe
would be living now If it were not for
you. I had suffered with hemorrhAgs
for four months and the doctors could
help me but little. They operated on
me three times. 1t was very painful,
and only obtained little relief. Az
long as they worked at me, the hem
orrhage stopped; but just as soon a.
they closed the door it would COM
mence to flow again. / was 80 weak /
could not turn in bed. At last my
neighbors began TO speak Of patent
medicines. Then applied to DIR. Hart
man. did not know whether he could
help me or not; but i followed his ad-
wee and only used three bottles of Pc
ru-na. Now am well and as strong a.
/ ever was.''
Every woman should have DIR. Hart
mans free book to women. Address
DIR. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

Man-a-lin, without which / should have
been dead by this time. There 10 no
medicine that can equal Pe-ru-na and
Man-a-lin. 1 find 1t q sure cure for al
catarrhal affections; as for In grippe
there is no other remedy that can COM
pare with 1t. / can scarcely hnd words
to express my gratitude for DR.. Hart
mans good advice and kindness 70
me. -
The peculiar Ills to which women are
subject are often very dangerous. 1t
frequently happens that. the victim
lives far from competent medical ~
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
AN ABLE ARGUMENT.

Especial attention is called to the
sound and able argument made by
Hon. Frank Nash, of Hillsboro, in
an article contributed last summer
to the Asteville Register, which we
are glad to reproduce in this issue.
1t should be read with care, as it
is an able legal discussion Of the
proposed amendment. The Raleigh
Post says that anything Mr.. Nash
writes is entitled to respectful con-
sideration." We bespeak it for him.
Mr.. Nash is q Democrat.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
BUTLER'S LETTER READ.
Kernersville People Delighted in the Sen.
ater's Recent Article.

Aernersville People Delighted In the Sen.
ator's Recent Article.
Gazette.
KERNERsvILLE, N. c., Jan. H.
wants to read a stronger,
more forceful, more logical or a
more inspiring letter than that Of
Senator Butler appearing in a re-
cent issue of the Gazette. In that
he covered the whole ground and
left not stone unturned regarding
the amendment question. Educate
the people of North Carolina with
such forceful arguments as therein
contained and the defeat of the con-
stitutional amendment will be writ.
ten 10000. I read that letter, with
a gavel in hand, scoring the minute
points, to a company of listeners,
and each one, Democrats included,
breathed spirit Of exultancy that
the good old North State would
overwhelmingly defeat the meas
ure when the vote is cast. One
man said Butler would succeed
himself in the United States Sem
ate, another one remarked he
should do SO.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
A THOUSAND TONGUES

Could not express the rapture Of
Annie Z. Springer, OF 1i25 Howard
81 Philadsipbia, Pa, when she found
that DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption had completely cured
her Of Q hacking cough that for many
years had made life q burden All
other remedies and dcctcrs could give
her no help, bat she says OF THE Royal
Cufe-~it soon removed the pain in
my chest and 1 can now s!eep sounds,
something l can scarcely REMEMBER
doing before. Ifeei like Sounding its
praises throughout the Universe. -
80 VIII every one who tries DIR. Kings
New Discovery for any trouble of the
Tnroes, Chest or Lungs. Price Soc
and SlIO0. Trial bottles free st Drug
eeoess; every bottIs.gpsrantsed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
SENATOR MORGAN's SPEECH.

SENATOh mOnoAN'b
The speech of Senator Morgan in
the United States Senate on Senator
Pritchard's resolution in which he
proposed to discuss the constitution
atty of the proposed North Carolina
constitutional amendment, was dis.
appointing alike to those who gavor
the amendment and to those who OPP
pose it. What everybody expected
to hear from Senator Morgan was
legal and constitutional argument:
first, as to the constitut:onality Of
Section 8 (known as the grandfather
clause); and second, as to whether
the Court would declare section 5
unconstitutional alone or declare the
whole amendment unconstitutional.
But, to the surprise of everyone,
the learned Senator refrained from
discussing either one these questions
the only questions at issue to be
discussed. 1t is clear that Senator
Morgan we'll knew that if he at
tempted to defend the consss ution-
atty of the Section 5 by legal and
constitutional argument that his
argument would be dissected and re-
piled to, and he we'll knew he could
make no argument that could not
be successfully replied to. So dis
erection was the better part valor
with him, and he refrained from
making such an argument. He de-
livered long speech but his only
reference to Section was to express
an opinion about it and not to make
an argument. Anybody can express
an opinion about it and the only
reply to it is to express different
opinion. 1t is evident to everyone
that the Senator's purpose was moi
to make a legal argument but simply
to deliver a speech for circulation il
his campaign in Alabama. 1t is also
we'll known that his opponent fol
the Senate, Gov. Johnston, does no
endorse his views, and the Indication
are that Senator Morgan will b.
defeated, and that Johnston will b.
elected to the Senate. If the Sim
mons red SHIRT mob in North Caro-
lima can get any comfort out of thi
speech Of Senator Morgan's, the,
are heartily welcome to it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
NO PERMISSION NEEDED OR DESIRED

NO PERMISSION NEEDED OR DESIRED
We notice that the Wilmington
papers have grudgingly and with
considerably growing and bad
humor announced that they will
permit Senator Prltchard to speak
in Richmond county and Senator
Butler to speak in Wilmington.
We suppose the meaning Of this
declaration on the part of the Will
mington papers is that they will
not try to incite riot to prevent
the speaking. These papers, how
ever, need not trouble themselves
about the matter one way or the
other as far as Senator Pritchard
and Senator Butler are concerned,
because they will speak in Rich
mond county or in Wilmington or
anywhere else, whenever they get
ready without any permission from
the Wilmington papers and re-
CARELESS OF whether they oppose it
or not. All the red shirt mobs the
Simmons machine can organize
will not be able to prohibit free
speech in North Carolina, or to pro-
hibit the fifty thousand majority
that is ready to bury them and
their methods from registering
their votes and having them count.
ed
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
"White Supremacy"
Chatham Citizen.

Democrats want white supremacy,
they say. They do not want negroes
to hold office. Then why did they not
offer US an amendment forbidding ne
groes holding office This would not
have been unconstitutional and would
not have disfranchised whi,e men.
Why disfranchise white men, put ed
ucated negroes above illiterate whites
and leave the negro cry and race prob
lem still in politics.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
II the Baby 10 Cutting Teeth.

Be sure and use that old and ION
tried remedy, MRS. WINsLOw's SooTH-
ING SYRUP for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. IS cts
per bottle,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18


sistance. What
S h all she dor
S h o is n OF
wealthy enough
TO go to some
distant city for
treatment, and
cannot procure
skillful assist
ance at h o m Q.
This is what she
should do: write
DR.. 81 ar TIM a n,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

years. My ap-
p e t i t g is all
right, I have no
S YIN ptoms of
my former trou-
bles remaining.
1 am able to do
my usual work
without fatigue,
and have every
reason to be-
lieve that my
health il the di-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
Notsrisl Seal,
Geo. W. Thompson,
Notary Public,
Raleigh, N. c.

Two FIVE cent "documertsry- rev
enue stamps attached.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
1.-THE Best is
the Cheapest. ="

Experience teaches that
good clothes wear longest,
good food giVes best nutrition,
and a good medicine that
cures disease Is naturally the
best and cheapest. Hoods
SarsapariHa Is the best n1edf-
cine money can bay, because
1t cares 1uhen all others fail.
Poor Health-'.Hadp poor health for
years, pains IN shoulders, bach and hins,
4Dith constant headache, nervousness and
no appetite. Used HOODS .Sa,sapa,iua,
gained strength and can 4Dork hand al
day; eat heartily and SLEEP 4peA. Itook
d because II helped my husband TO sufion,
q gaze strength" Hrs. E. J. Gffets,
Moose Lake. M,r.
J0od5 SosS4baNM
klazaalE5l21JnD
Hoods Pills cure liver Ills the nou-irrftating -
only cashartic % take With Hoo1T EarSa1a15TE
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
THE CASE OF GEORGIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA CONTRACTED.

rHE CASE OF GEORGIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA CONrRAsTKD.
As stated In the last issue of the
CAUCASIAN, the Atlanta Constitu-
tlan was appealed to by Simmons
and his machine to try to explain
away the action of the Georgia leg
islature In defeating the same dis
franchising amendment that Is
proposed In North Carolina. This
was very hard task for the Con-
stitution to perform, because the
Constitution published a full re
port Of the debate in which the
mbers gave as one OF their rea-
sons for voting 1t down that it was
unconstitutional, and the Consti-
tuition had endorsed the action of
tie legislature. All the Constitu-
ton could say was that Georgia did
not need this proposed amendment,
while it was satisfied that North
Carolina did, and this explanation,
as weak and impotent as it was,
was published by all the Demo-
cratic papers In this State with
much relief and satisfaction-so
desperate is their condition.
Now what are the facts
Georgia has over sixty counties
in which the colored vote is in a
majority, while In North Carolina
there are only thirteen such coun-
ties. Then how absurd 1t is to say
that North Carolina could need
this amendment If Georgia does
not need it? The fact is that there
Is desire on the part of the Sim
| mons machine to disfranchise the
illitterate white voters in North
Carolina, while there seems to be
no such desire in Georgia. There
are fewer illiterate white voters in
Georgia than in North Carolina, so
the adoption of the amendment
would be more dangerous in this
State than it would be in Georgia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
J6od5 Sasd4ba0M
IalA2aalE 5l31:,nD

Hood, rfls cure liver us the nonirrit.tine en-
only csthsrtac % take With HooaS EsTSeaszIE
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18
P0U'S CAMPAIGN AFFIDAVIT.
ONE OF HIS METHODS OF
POOLING VOTERS IN THE
LAST CAMPAIGN.

HE MAKES AFFIDAVIT THAT A PROP
osTrIoN TO DIsFRASCHIsK SE-
GRoEs AND ILLITERATE WHITES
WOULD NOT RECEIVE A SINGLE
DEMOCRATIC VOTER IN THE LEaIs'
LATURK. AND DENoUNcEs THOSE
WHO MAKE THE CHARGE AS SPEAK
ING FALSELY AND TRYING To POOL
THE PEOPLE.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

cause he is not fit to vote. That is
the logic of his editorial of May 18th.
And the Fifteenth Amendment was
incorporated in our "supreme law
Just to meet such an argument as
that.
Again, in his issue Of May Goth,
he says:
Gall who possess certain quslifica-
lions, age, residence, educational, will
be be allowed to vote. This will un-
questi0nably include q number of ne
groes, who, if they we're not slaves
themselves, are immediate descendants
of slaves"
That is true, but that is Section
4, which everybody admits is con-
stitutional. When we come, how
ever, to Section 5, we find the edu-
cational qualification removed from
the white man while it remains in
full force and effect upon the for
| mer slave and his descendent. Is
there anything impartial in thati
Is there anything uniform in that?
Does it act equally upon both races?
If we cannot answer, Yes, to all
these questions then Section 5 is
unconstitutional.
Again, in his editorial of June
9th, he has something to say about
the District of Columbia. But Con-
gress there disfranchised every cit
izen, white and black alike, the law
acting, equally, impartially and
uniformly upon both and all races,
and that it had constitutional pow
or to do so appears from Art. l, Sec.
8, sub-Sec. II of the Federal Consti-
tuition. So this comes within the
principle enunciated in my first ar
tfcle and set forth in full above.
Now I come to the denial of citi-
zenship to the Chinese. The edito-
rial Of June 9th, as does Mr.. Sim
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-01-18

thus it runs through the crags and
mountain tops and not over them.
come now to what the Progress
sive Farmer and the Editor regard
as the strongest point made in ia
vor Of the constitutionality of sec.
ton 5. They say-first, the editor
"Under the Mississippi law the
registrar is given absolute discre-
ton to say whether a voter, though
he can read the Constitution, un.
derstands its meaning or not. The
possibilities of the abuse of this
law were not taken into considera-
ton by the court, certainly not un-
favorably. See the Post Of June
the 9th.
Now, are the recital of facts and
the conclusions of law in this ex-
tract true2 1 think not.
The Constitution of Mississippi pro-
vides that ION and after January lst
1892 every elector shall in addition to
the foregoing qualifications, be able
to read any section of the COnstitu-
tiOn of this State; or he shall be able
to understand the same when read to
him, or give reasonable lnterpreta-
tion thereof"
is there anything arbitrary in
that? Does it not apply equally,
impartially and uniformly to all
the citizens of the State? If 1t does
then it is not obnoxious to the 18th
amendment. Yet we find Mr. Sim
mons in his article in the Post OF
June 9th, and the Progressive
Farmer" following it's lead, saying
that IAN absolute discretion was
conferred upon the registrar" in
Mississippi. tbs not correct. There
was no absolute discretion given
him, on the face Of the proposed
suffrage provision. There was a
discretion given the registrar OF
judges of election which they might
abuse. But until 1t was actually
abused to the detriment Of the