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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
North and South Have Been Misrepre-
sAntod by Schemecl.

North and South Have Been Misrepre-
sented by Schsmers.
Mr.. Robert G. Ogden, of Phila-
delphia, was the moving spirit of
the educational conference which
was held in Winston-Salem some
weeks ago, and since his return home
he has written letter to the Gov
ernor which he says:
"In this period of development
concerning popular education, espe-
cially in the Southern country, we
must expect the expression of many
crude and prejudiced opinions. The
best people of the North and South
do not know each other. The two
sections have been too much repre-
sented by persons who had merely
private ends to serve. There may
have been men, like myself, who
were disposed to live too much in
the past. I hope, that, 80 far az I am
concerned, I have faced to the front
with hope and confidence in the fu.
ture, and although my opportunities
for usefulness are limited, / mean te
use them to their utmost during the
little fragment Of active life that re
mains to me.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
SAYS HUSBAND SHOULD HANG.

Wife Refuses to Sign Petition to Have
His Sentence Commuted.
Terra Alta, w. Va, Special, 18th,
to Washington Post.
One morning last November
David A. Nine was sitting in his
barn, with hired man, husking
corn, when J. Wesley Beatty, the
husband of Mines sister, came up
with a shot gun and shot Nine dead.
The men were both wealthy, abont
65 years old, and had been fast
friends till Nine had Beatty's son
fined for stealing cider. Beatty es-
capped, but 10 days later surrender
ed, was tried, and condemned to die.
He is now at Moundsville awaiting
execution.
Friends of Beatty circulated a
petition to the Governor for sent
ence to life imprisonment. Friends
of the dead man circulated a coun-
ter-petition, asking that the law take
its course. Surprise was expressed
when Mrs. Beatty refused to sign
the first petition, but it was increas-
ed when she signed the second.
Owing to criticism of her act, Mrs,
Beatty yesterday gave out public
statement.
She says her husband has always
possessed violent temper; that on
more than one occasion he had
struck her, and that but for his
threats to murder her she would
have separated from him twenty
years ago. She says he had murder
in his heart against every one who
offended him, and that death is hi,
just desert. She says her brother
who was killed, was kind-hearted
generous man, who had done mucf
for Beatty, and but for him Beatty
would have been in trouble lOn{
since. She has no regrets.
In an interview a few days ag,
Beatty said in his cell at Mounds
vile that his wife had expected
him to kill Nine and had driver
him to do it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

Political staxsaatos and UaA~aitAy In.
Charlotte Observer.
Birmingham, Ala, held . muni.
cipal election last Monday. Their,
was only one ticket In the field, that
Of counse democratic, and out OF q
total of 5000 votes i'm the city only
26l were polled. This does not in
dicate the highest state Of political
healthfulness. 1t is not bes; for
politics to stagnate in a community
or state, and this Is one of the evils
that has come of negro disfranchise-
nent In the South. In q recent
publication we see the statement
that in last November's election in
Mississippi out of q voting strength
Of $40, 900 only $4,000 votes were
cast, and in the town of Eudora,
where q mayor, marshal, treasurer
and four aldermen were to be elect
ed, there were eight voters, seven of
whom were candidates. In Louis
lana in November there were 81 900
votes and in South Carolina $4,000.
This is the voting strength, or less,
Of the average congressional district
Of the county. 1t is no wonder that
the democratic papers Of South
Carolina were not long ago crying
out for a respectable" Republican
party in that state.
We trust that our North Carolina
politics will not be taken with this
dry rot as the result of negro dis
franchisement. 1t is not likely to
be, either, for there is considerable
white republican element in this
state and in the west, at least, it
will continue to infuse some interest
in public affairs. Besides there is
spirit Of aggressive independence
among the North Carolina democrats
which does not obtain among those
Ofany other Southern state, from and
fact there is reason for the belief
that there will continue to be q good
deal of life in our politics. There
may be, doubtless will be, renewed
efforts to hobble the anti-machine
element by the legalized primary OF
some such scheme, but in that case
there will be an exodus, due to the
spirit Of aggressive independence
among North Carolina democrats
above refurred to, and in this case
political contests will go on with in.
creasing merriment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

The Authority Given by Catholic d.
vine For Cl1rscal CeIibacy.
Atlanta Constitution.

The Authority Given By Catholic d.
vine For ClerscaI Ceiibacy.
Atlanta Constitution.
Clerical Celibacy" was the sub
ject Of Rev. J. A. Reis's remarks at
the service Of the Sacred Heart
church yesterday evening. The
speaker took for his text the first
epistle Of st. Paul to Corinth-
ians, 1927: ale that Is without q
wife is solicitous for the things that
belong to the Lord, how he may
please God" and showed In a most
convincing manner the reason. why
Catholic priests are forbidden by
their church to marry.
"Clerical celibacy," he said, "in
the Catholic church is regarded by
nOn-CathOlics with feelings Of both
admiration and dislike. They cam
not or pretend not to be able to un-
derstand how priest can lead q
pure life outside the state Of matri-
mOny. Their idea is that d good
wife is q positive help to minister;
that she will make him better and
more Jealous than he would be with
out her. st. Paul, however, it must
be admitted by Bible Christians, is
something Of an authority on this
subject, and he says: He that is
with wife is sOlicitOus for the
things of the world, how he may
please his wife, and he is divided
"NO one can fail to see that an
unmarried man Is more absolutely
free to attend to his work than one
who has the care of family, and
also that he can afford to work for
smaller salary, 50 that body of
unmarried clergy can be supported
with less demand on the money Of
the people than would be required
if they were married.
"The church does not assert that
this practice is Of divine precept or
that it is otherwise than a discipline
Of her own. And her reasons are,
first, that they might serve God
with undivided hearts and liberty of
action, rebuke vice where it is to be
rebuked without considering if the
persons aimed at are rich or poor
and if his income is to suffer by his
action. Second, that being called to
the altar, they should lead higher
life, that of sacrifice, which is holier
than that of marriage. The modern
pl lest, just as the ancient, follows in
the footsteps of John, the beloved
disciple of our Lord. He devotes
himself to a nObler cause than the
amassing of worldly goods that his
family may live in comfort. His
bride is the church, the kindly
mother of the poor, who are his
family. A man who takes such
obligations knowingly and with
comprehension of their beauty and
grandeur will not lightly renounce
them, and / dare to assert that if
the pope of to-day would grant
liberty to his clergy to marry, not
ten out of 10000 would avail them
selves of this permission, remember
ing the words of st. Paul to TIM
othy 2:24: "No man, being a SOL
dier of God, entangleth himself with
worldly business that he may please
him to whom he had engaged him.
SELF"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
How he Succeeded.

The fact that success is mainly
due to the hard work has been ex-
pressed in many different ways, but
one of the best was that recently
employed by very successful COM
'mercial traveller. He was talking
with a companion, a rather lazy
fellow, when the latter exclaimed:
81 declare, Jack, I don't under
stand why you always succeed in
selling more goods than I do"
sI'u tell you why it is," replied
Jack; 'sbut," he added, "it's trade
secret, and you mustn't tell it to
everybody"
"Of course I woundn't do such q
thing!" was the answer.
"Well, then," said Jack, impres
sively, 81 succeed because, when
Pm doing business, I wear out the
soles of my shoes more oilan the seat
of my trousers"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
MONEY FOR
EDUCATION.
THE REQUESTS OF A VEAL
THY WOMAN FOR WAKE
FOREST COLLEGE AND
THE BAPTIST UNI
VERSITY.
$50. 900 FOR coop INSTITUTIONS.

The Thomasvtlle Orphanagc Gets 500
The woman's Baptist Missionary So
ciesy 10 Given 81 1000 Estate Worth
About 100000.
Mrs. Virginia B. Swepson, q
wealthy lady of Raleigh, died at her
home IN the city ON May 18th. Her
estate was worth perhaps 100000
Her last will and testament was
filed in the office Of the clerk Of the
Superior Court on last Friday, and
was found to contain handsome be-
quests to some of the educational in
s,itutions in the state.
The will was made in August,
1897. To Wake Forest College is
given twenty-One shares of the pre-
ferred stock and twenty-one shares
of the common stock, and $4,000
(par value) of bonds Of the Southern
Railway Company; also $4,000 (par
value) North Carolina Railway Co.
stock, and $1,000 (par value) of Vir-
ginia Cotton mill bonds and SO, 500
note.
The bonds and stocks given to
Wake Forest College are worth on
the markets S18,432 as follows:
Twenty-one shares, preferred stock,
Southern Railway, S1,7O1.
Two shares, common stock, South
ern Railway, 1867.
Four thousand dollars worth of
bonds Southern Railway, 81, asa.
Two thousand dollars worth stock,
n. q. r. R., $4,000.
Five thousand dollars worth Vir-
ginia Mill Bonds, $4,000.
A note, $4,000. Total, $1S, S,432.
The Baptist Female University
is given $4,000 in cash and three
shares of the residue of the estate.
The attorney for the executor, says
that ninth would be from $4,000
to $40, 900, and he thought a safe
estimate was $1,000, which would
make three ninths $22,5OO. Add to
that the $4,000 in cash, and the gift
to the Baptist Female University is
$25, 900. Other bequests in the will
are as follows:
To the Thomasville Orphanage is
given $500 in money and 81, 900 in
bonds.
To the Woman's Missionary Soci-
ETY. (Baptist) is given 81 900 in bonds
To the Swepsonville Church is
given $4,000 in bonds.
The balance of the estate, after
deducting some small gifts, is divi-
ded among large number of Mrs
Swepson's kinspeople.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

In spite of the activity of our
agriculturalists in devising mechani-
cal projections against natural CAL
amities, the farmers and vineyard
lists of Europe are ahead in their de-
vice against the ravages of hail
storms. In Everybody's Magazine
Eugene p. Lyle describes the pro-
cess of shooting away hail storms by
means of large cannon as utilized in
southern France and Lombardy,
where hitherto these visitatiOns
have proved immensely destructive
and expensive. The article is ex-
|ceedingly interesting and is fully
illustrated with photographs show
ing the form Of artillery used.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
Where he Was Really Hit.

During a recent case a lawyer Of
the bullying type was examining the
prosecutor, who charged the defend
ant with assault and battery.
Lawyer: '.Where did the defend
ant strike your"
Witness: "He struck me on the
bridge -
Lawyer SHARPLY interrupting):
SHOW is that? You said a while
ago that he struck you on the bal
cony."
Witness: $50 he did, sir. Pm
telling you no lie."
Lawyer: "Did he strike you more
than once?"
Witness: "Only once, sir, and
was satisfied with that"
Lawyer: "How, then, could he
strike you on the bridge and ON the
balcony at the same time, and with
one blown"
Witness: "He did it, anyhow
sir" Magistrate (interrupting): "Or
what balcony?"
Witness: 'The balcony of tht
hotel, your worship"
Magistrate: "But ON what bridge?
Witness: "The bridge of my nose
sir.
Had the gentleman waited, I'd ha
told him myself"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
Another "Nigger Yeller."

John B. Cleveland, of Spartan
burg, prominent cotton man, said
at Charleston the other day that the
people of his section, where the mills
flourished, will break away from
the old Democratic party when the
negro question is eliminated.-Ex
Heaven and earth Haven't they
got rid of "negro domination" in
South Carolina yet? They disfran-
chised the negro years ago and he
has long since ceased to be a voter.
We thought they had "white su-
premacy" in its purity down there.
If the "negro question" has not yet
been 'seliminated" when will it be I?
What is the hope of It's elimination?
Charlotte Observer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
s2s, %, 900 eorTou DUCK coapAnY.

A Larxs Nsabsr OF Mills Msrssd-Thsss
Isclsde Coscsrss ss Tsllsssss- Ala
Colu@bia. .. C.f HoGnssvfIIs ssa Ia
Grange, Ga, ssd Several Sorshss1
Potsss-
New York, May l4.-Oficial sn-
nouncement was made to-day OF the
formation Of . company which viii
acquire the larger cotton duck man
ufacturing concerns OF the country.
The new company will be known o.
the United States Cotton Duck Cor
pontion, and will be Organized IN
der the laws or New jersey. twill
have An authorized capital OF $25,-
000,000 Of per cent. cumulative
preferred stock and So, ZOO, 900 OF
common stock. The total issue Of
preferred stock for present purposes
will be SIC. 100, 900, which includes
stock provided for the exchange Of
both issues Of the Mount Vernon
Woodberry Cotton Duck Company
and $4,000, 900 common stock,
making . total Of $26, 100000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
Olc sraiu Ane sloeesneo.
rrsse,s wnA ssr-ss csr Essie,>-s ss
AlhAay.

v" - ~<<~~N - - S-E-@$~s ".
Alsasy.
last week the employees oi th~
st~rt car lir,e. of Albany ~rnt On .
strike They demanded Fay 81 tbs
nie OF twenty rnts Irr hour.
The companies we're sio~ to rs~T-sad.
and the rs-uli ~a~ . practical ''ti-
up" of the car for some days The
comIanie-, - usual, sought to Gun
duct business with ne~ or non-union
employees, and then fr,nn-i riots
began, and, IL reports are true.
Iandemonium rcigned supreme Tor
some days. The city had la te pat
under martial law.
"The ''procsssiings" OF . day are
reported by telegrams - foilows
Thrive men fatally wounded;
hundrds Of Others with brukcn
heads and cut iko~; carr running
merely ss arsrnals, with no Iairuns,
the city under martial rule, with it~
citizens In . frenzy OF excitement,
and the city authorities, and le.der-
Of the strikers trying Ia get the nail
way company TO come Ia an amic.-
BILE settlement, MAS the situation
when darkness put TN end to The
strife growing cut Of the siret-car
strike tonight.
Those fatally wounded arr VIII
liam Walsh, q merchant, aud Leroy
Smith, u merchant, both shot by
National Guardsmen, and William
Maj shall, non union motorman,
whose skull Ii fractured.
Neither OF the men had been
guilty Of any offence. but were
caught in q crowd, some member of
which had stoned the GuardrInen,
and by mischance were hit. The
disturbance was not 4 serious one,
and "murder" Is the title applied
by infiamed citizens To the shooting.
The Guardsman seemed To have but
followed their duty as soldiers, ~
they were under orders to shoot, II
assaulted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
LITERARY NOTES.
Calumet "K"-A Romance OF the Crest
Wheat Corner

Calumet "K"-A Romance OF the Great
Wheat Corner
Wheat speculation, love and busi-
ness are the motives Of great serial
story by erwin-Webster, authors
of The Short Line War, which will
be begun in The Saturday Evening
Post of May %.
Ex-President Cleveland will con-
tribute to the following issue June
u an able paper on the The Waste
of Public Money. In this article
Mr.. Cleveland sounds . warning
note against National extravagance
and the criminally reckless expendi-
ture of public money.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

Jackson, Mich, May 17.-Sherin
Goodfellew. Of Coleman, Texas, sr-
rested A. p. Brady, Q jackson mer-
chant today for murder committed
near Coleman % years ago. Bnady
admitted the killing and accom-
panied the o6Bcer to Texas. The
witnesses are all desd and q convic-
ton IL not expected. Bndy b we'll
to do and has q wife and I'VE child
rem here,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
Found Gold in Horses Foot.

Manteo, N. CA unique occur
renee is reported from Roanoke
Island. The story goes that one of
the resident citizens, Mr.. Charles
Meekins, recently bought horse in
Elizabeth City and after bringing it
home and using it for some time
had occasion to remove some soaked"
dirt from the hollow of the horses
foot, when to his surprise he found
q ten dollar gold coin imbedded In
the accumulated dirt.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

There is a peculiar form Of aggra-
vation>to stout ladies in noticing the
sylph-like proportions Of fashion
plate women as usually shown In
fashion publications. The Define
ator for June devotes an entire
article to sketching knd describing
STYLES for stout women.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
Water Transportation Half That Of Rail-
road Lines.


road Lines.
Washington, May 14.-W. L.
Galliaudue, president of the Old
Dominion Steamship Line, testified
before the industrial commission to-
day concerning coastwise transporta-
tion. He said that as generally
reckoned the cost of water transprO-
tation Is about half that of the rail-
roads. He explained the fact that
differential granted in favor Of all
water transportation as against rail
transportation between New York
and Richmond, while none is grant
ed between New York and Norfolk,
by saying that the apparent dis
elimination is due to Norfolk's
proximity to New York. There is
no actual competition between the
coast steamship lines and between
those lines and the railroad lines.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
MOTT CREATES STIR.

Thirty Merchants Indicted for Failure
to Make Returns.
Winston-Salem, N. G., May 49,
Solicitor Mott, of the Superior court,
has created stir here by having
thirty merchants indicted for falling
to make returns Of purchases for tax
alton.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

Gen. Cox Tells of 1t in WAshington-The
Talk About the Negro Must be Aban-
dOned

Talk About the Negro Must be Aban-
doned
Washington Post.
81 never saw so much life and
spirit in North Carolina as at pre-
sent" said General William R. Cox,
of that State, former Secretary Of
the United States Senate, at the
Shoreham. awe are moving for
ward Wonderfully. At the narrows
Of the Dan River it is proposed to
build three dams that will cost
million dollars, aud have heard it
said that they will have an electric
power plant there to rival that at
Niagara Falls.
''The negro was never the dOmi-
nant issue in North Carolina, in
spite of all the hurrah, but he has
been a very aggressive issue. Now
he is eliminated from politics, and
there is marked change in our
political affairs. Recently we held
town elections. I told some Of the
young Democratic orators that they
must learn a new lesson. They
could no longer go on the stump
and talk about the negro. They
must study economical questions
and be prepared to discuss them.'
lGouoral C0Y addod that ho heard
little Of the Populists in North Caro-
lima these days, and stated his ap
probation of the colored labOrer as {
|, factor in making North Carolini
one Of the foremost States in tn,
Union.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
Eloped In Her Night Gown-Boys Be-
hind Loved Fun.


hind Loved Fun.
Advance.
Tuesday 15-year-old Lucy Beale
eluded a watchman stationed by her
father, escaped through a window
in stocking feet and Joined her low
er, William Biddle, with whom she
eloped to Gatesville, N. G.
After jumping from window she
went to James Lewis home a mile
away, where Harvey Biddle, the
bridegroom's brother, had taken her
clothes. She dressed while driving
to Gatesville, twenty miles away.
Practical jOkers fired guns to make
the elopers believe the father was in
pursuit. A magistrate was gotten
out of bed and performed the cere-
mOny at 2:3O a. m.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

Take an uneducated American and
ne VIII steal a horse; educate him
and ne Will steal a railroad.
bert Spencer,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23

Central Farmer.

Which May be Blown up With q Quart
of Explosives.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
ARE TK.SE
The FACTS?
AFARMER WRITES A LET
TER IN WHICH HE ASKS
FOR EXPLANATIONS.
SCORES THF l00IERS S0UMDlY.

A nd Tells What is Discussed Generally
Among the Laboring e-PromIses
Not Reptile Want. Pure Politics and
Pure Men.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-26
Where ignorance is bliss, twere folly
10 be wise" S. HARTMAN.
Card From Mr.. Rogers.

To the Editor Of the Register.
Slr.-I have been asked by my
friends to make a statement concern
ing the visit CT the Rev. Mr.. Sprague
and his wife to this city, and my inter
view with them. ! was extended an IN
vitation. evidently coming from beiiey-
ers In this city, to attend their meet
ings at Odd Fellows nail. | accepted,
and during the course OF the meeting
the missionary lecturer informed me
that he had no time to reply to court
eous questions which ] put to him.
| saw him later at his hotel. and told
him about the result Of my inyestig2-
ton of mediums in Wheeling. | asked
him fer a test such aE he had deecriD-
ed in his lecture He said be would
not turn his hand over to give me
test" and that he did not want me in
spirltualis.; that could bring moth
ing but rottenness into IT," and would
be e disgrace to spirituallsm" re-
marked that all mediums were frauds.
The reverend missionary remarked
omphatieslly that he would be d.
II he would allow anybody to say that
in his presence"
He told IN his lecture Ct describing
picture In an album, which he had
never seen. asked him TO give nc
guch a test, ard | assured him that II
he did It successfully, | would regard
that as a supernatural or spirit return
NANTES tation, aud give MN the $500
which | have offered for supernatural
result. He did not give the test, as
matter of course He was eyasiye. His
excuse was that | would try to prove
that he accomplished the result by
other than supernatural means.
] wish to repeat the challenge | have
made, and TO renew the offer Of $1,000
for a genuine supernatural result. Ii
is open TO the Spragues or any other
medium. | defy them 20 prove from
the Scriptures that the spirits of the
departed have ever returned. and / de-
fy them to give an instance Of a gen
ulne message from the dead that will
stand the test Of honest investigation.
Respectfully.
HARRY W. ROGERS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-26
THE CONGREGATION
Of SPRIIUNLBTS
ORGANIZED by THE REV. MR..
sPRAGUE NUMBERS SIXTY
BELIEVERS.
WILL INCREASE TO A HUNDRED
In the Near FIXTURE, According to
Rev. and Mrs. spraSue--A Conn
ninnication From n Bell vcr-H. w.
Rogers Issues Challenge to tsIc

The actual number OF spiritualists in
Wheeling might surprise those who
scott at their +5elief, and assert that no
sane person would accept the so-called
revelations Of the mediums as genuine
messages from the spirit world. The
REV. Mr.. Sprague and his wife call
themselves missionaries, and one of
the objects OF their visit to Wheeling
is the organization of a local society
CT spiritualists. The local body has
never been organized.
Steps have already been taken to-
ward this end, and REV" and Mrs.
Sprasue claim to have enrolled between
sixty and seventy believers, with
promise Of fully one hundred before
their departure from tho city. The
spirhuallsts have held their meetings in
the paror of one Of the Water street
hotels. They will be supplied with lit
erature on the subject of spirituail.n,
and will ho.d meetings at stated per-
iods.
Rev. and Mrs Spraeue will remain in
Wheeling until the latter part of the
week, probably departing on Saturday
or Sunday.