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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

that Pennsylvania requires eurpor.
tions TO answer all the queSsioass
that are required 10 be answered by
our revenue act. While this il true.
the total tax levied on private cor
porations by the State OF Pennsyi-
vania, except such ~ engage In the
manufacture aud sale Of whiskey,
does not exceed FIVE doilors on the
thousand. Corporations In Ashe-
Vile, Charlotte, Wilmington, Raj
eigh, and other towns, pay more
than $50 on $1,000 valuation. II
the corporations Of our cities and
towns could have their taxes ~
se-sed at the nate adopted ny the
State of Pennsylvania, they would
no doubt be willing to agree to an
enlargement Of the inquisitorial fea-
lures Of our revenue act.
''In State like North Carolina.
where there are but few men of
great wealth, it is utterly impracti-
cable to secure the development Of
cur industries by the individual,
end it can only be secured through
the formation Of organizations Of in
dividuais Of moderate means who
are willing to trust each other, aud
who are able to engage in these en-
terprises by combining their capital.
These are questions that should en-
gage the serious consideration os our
people.
"The result Of the war with Spain
among other things has opened up
new opportunities for the people of
the South. We now see q way by
which We can establish an ever in
crossing trade in the Orient. With
the construction of the Nicarauga
canal and the rehabilitation of our
marine will come an era
of prosperity for the Southern peo-
pie that will eclipse anything thst
has ever been dreamed of by the
people of our section These things
can only be obtained by the South
giving her hearty support to those
who advocate the principles Of Re-
publicanism.
''The business men of the South
have reached the parting Of the
ways, and it is for them to decide
as to whether or not they are will
ing to follow blindly the lead of
class of men whose every act is an
tagonistic to the interests which they
represent. as we'll as the general well
fare of our section"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

He Say He Has No Ysar oS E,>esr>-

He Say He Hss No Y.ar os nsess,-
1t was aaid at the state depart
ment Of prisons thst statements re-
garding CZolgo,z a. being In 4 con-
tinuoas state Of COLLAPSE, breaklny
down Is false. Superintendent Cos
Inns had . talk with the condemned
man some days ago and Csolrc.s
said he knew he had TO die and ar.
pressed no fear o. TO electrocutiou.
hut said he did not care 10 70 out
side Of The prison for he believed the
people would kill him.
Since Czolgosx's confincmen. In
Auburn prison several thuusand let
ters have been received for him, n
well as q large number Of expre.s
packages containing aowss ana
fruit. Neither ths letters nor The
packages have reached the coodsmn-
sd man.
Ii is aid that Il would b mat
ter Of surprise if the namsv OF ths
senden of the fruit and nowsrs wsrs
made public.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
EX-sTATE TREASURER WORTH

EN-STATE TREASU RER WORTH.
The State has never had more
competent and efficient Treasurer
than Hon. w. II. Worth. We take
it that this will be admitted by those
OF all parties who know him and
that they will accord him genuine
sympathy, instead of blame, for the
misfortune which has come to him
because of the embezzlement by a
clerk in his Office of $4,000 of the
States funds.
Mr.. Worth has promptly paid in
TO the State Treasury the amount
embezzled and has begun suit against
the embezzliDg clerks bondsmen.
1t is to be hoped that he will sue
ceed in recovering the money which
ne has been forced to pay from his
own pocket without any fault on his
part.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
SANTOS DuMoNr AlRsnlP.

The Inventor at Last Succeeds in Win
ming Coveted Prize.
Paris, Oct. 19.-The Santos Du.
mont airship ascended at st. Cloud
at 1928 O'Clock this afternoon, and
five minutes afterwards began to
round the Eiffel Tower.
Santos DumOnt completed his
trip successfully, but question has
arisen as to whether it was done
within the t me thirty min
utes. NJ. Deutsch says the Aero
naut won the prize. The commit
tee, however, declares M. Santos
Damont took 80 minutes; 40 At
seconds to make the trip.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
A freight train collided with q

A freight train collided with q
passenger train on the Southwestern
last week at Wise, Ga, four mile,
from Macon, and ten of the pas,en-
gers, from Montgomery and else
where along the line, were seriously
injured.
w. II. Mealley, the American cit
izen who has been lying I'm jail st
Porfiro Diaz, Mexico, under com.
mitment for contempt Of court in
withholding certain legal papers de-
manded by Mexican court, has
been released on bail.
A fierce fire burned for two hours
Saturday In the furniture store Of
5. Baumann & Brother at the cor
ner Of Sixth avenue and West 18th
street, New York, and the firemen
place the loss at 5000, 900; said to be
fully protected by Insurance.
Captain r. p. Hobson Is at Knox
vile, Tenn, to attend the dedication
by the Daughters Of the American
Revolution Of the monument mark
ing the site Of the home Of General
James w. White, founder of Knox
vile, who was Bobson's great-great-
grandfather.
Secretary of State Hay, in q letter
to State Superintends mt Of State
Prison Collins, declines an invitation
of the latter to designate an official
representative Of the government to
be present at the elecirocution of
CzolgOsz, the murderer of President
Mckinley.
Thomas Carter, white, manag. I
of a farm near Scottsville, Va. be-
longing until recently to Major III.
Clay Drewry, of Richmond, wss
killed by a negro ernploye on the
farm. The homicide it Il thought
may cause trouble, rs 1t was practi-
cally unprovOked.
Rear Admiral Francis NJ. Bruce,
U. 8. n. died Saturday at his home
in Hartford, Conn.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, at
Washington, received from DanvilIe,
Va, conscience contribution OF
500.
Fire, which originated in Q whole
sale grocery at Omaha, Neb., Sun
day night, did 100000 damage to
that concern and adjoining whole
sale houses.
A double header freight train on
the Central railroad of Georyia went
through trustle forty feet high
near Leeds, Alabama, killing one
man and injuring four others.
By the overturning Of . lamp,
the residence Of Julius Hatcher, ten
miles west of Ashburn, Ga, took
fire and burned early Saturday
and. two sons and . daughter per-
ished.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McGregos
were found murdered Saturday ai
their home about ten miles from
Many, La. Robbery Is believed to
have been the object Of the murder
The Pacific steamship Siberia, the
largest vessel ever constructed In
America, was launched last week al
Newport News, Va. Her length ID
six hundred feet and displacement
19, ,008 tons.
The marine guard which has rem
dered such conspicuous service dur.
ing the Pan-American Exposition
ct Buffalo. viii be sent by the Navy
Department to the forthcoming ex
position st Chaxieston, 9. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
STRIKES a BICH FIND.

'I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nerv-
Gus debility" writes F. J. Green, Of
Lancaster, n. H., "No remedy
helped me until ]. be0n nsing Elec-
trie' 'Bitters, which did. me more
good than all the medicines ] ever
used. They have7a also kept nay wife
in excellent health for years. She
says Electric Bittes arc just sp&en-
did for female troubles; that they
are . gnnd toaic and invigorator
for weak, run down women. No
other medicine can take its place In
In our fAmiy." Try them. Only
SOC. Satisfaction guaranteed. -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
Wno An rne AnAaea,srss


TAe ne@ocraate I~ass~s Evssc-a Tr~ss,
% AsAr~sss. ss sAstr Cs.eAlsss-
kELfoRp, n. C., OcT. T,h. 1901.
To THK EpsroR:-Ths conduct of
the nov dominant party In 1895
was not bad, IL wss strocious.
We have no words In oar language
70 expres the atrocities Of that
party In the year 1900. Yet q writer
In the Raleigh Post Of the 10Th ult- :,
charges the Popalist party with be-
ing ''tainted with anarchism" In
1898. ! Am glad that In the attemts
TO prove this charge 10 be true, he
utterly fails, but before thinking
men shows his own party guilty.
He quotes from the Standard
Dictionary, the meaning Of anarchi,t
to be-''especiaily one who would
cause violence TO destroy the exist
Ing social aud civil order Of things.p
But in marshalling his facts to prove
the faint Of anarchy In the Populis,
party ne Is able to name only one
speaker who talked of bullets to be
used instead of ballots, when the
latter failed ID secure and maintain
our liberties.
But what Of the slaughter of
scores Of unarmed citizens by his
own party when the election Of 1898
was over, in what Is now known a.
the Wilmington Massacre? What
of shooting white poll keepers by
his party, and seixing ballot boxes
at midnight by armed mobs, and
destroying them In order to count
themselves In regardless OF the
popular vote? If these facts con-
form to the meaning OF anarchist as
quoted by the Raleigh Nc rning
Pos, from the Standard Dictionary,
then his own party is guilty of
anarchy In 1898 and In 1900.
Was the Wilmington massacre
intended to seal ballot box stuffing
with blood, or was 1t to place the
mark Of blood on the lintils and
door posts Of the 1O9,543 white
majority In our state who had voted
them out Of power in the exercise Of
their right to name those who
should rule over them to warn them
Of what was to come in 1900?
The leaders Of the Legislature of
1900 declared ON the floor of the
House that "the spirit Of 1898 must
be kept alive" That spirit that
led up to the WILMINGTON massacre,
and the shooting Of poll keepers,
and seizing ballot boxes by armed
mobs at midnight. Is not the
writer IN the Post propagandist
of that spirit, that was to be kept in
the years to come as a live coal Of
anarchism in the bosom of the
dominant party, to be famed into
q flame in campaign. 1 commend
to the propagandist and trainer of
that grave charge against the Pop
ulist party-'tainted with anarch-
ism," the words of famous author
form of dissimulation is
an evidence of weakness. Weak
men unable to meet an emergency
Outtress their position with Iies,"1
and let me ask if these words fit
the actions of those who went about
with uplifted hands before the peo-
pie solemnly declaring they meant
10 disfranchise no one, white or
black. and affidavit makers, and
those who said the eLegislature would
spit upon any any man who proposed
such thing, and yet this was the
first and chief thing they did.
Is all this form Of fdissimulation? |
If it is, then the words quoted |
above may be regarded as a gravel
charge against the party. "Lest VIC |
forget" H.P.H,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

Superstition Trial, . powerful tale
Of the West, by Owen wister, and
illustraied by Remington, ID the
opening story In the Haliows'ss
number lOct. 2et Of The Saturday
Evening Post Of Philsdsiphia.
Other attractive features are Q new
episode In The Love Anain OF
Patricia and q ,triking poem ty
Holman +. Day. Mr.. Mays ballad,
The Night Of the White Review,
tells weird tale current amoog
Gloucester fishermen. IL has eli IhS
swing and movement OF Mr.. Kip
ling's Dipy Chanteys, and . srengtA
and originality all its own.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

Asheville Gazette.
'Spruill followed In eloquent
Speech" Is heading in the Raleigh
News and Observer. One eloquent
statement by Spruill was that 1000
people were present at Loulsburg to
hear Senator Pritchard. Spruin was
talking in the presence Of witnesses
Of the meeting there, but the Raj
eigh News and Observer neglected
to quote that portion Of his remarks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

In their reports as to the size of
the audience assembled to hear
senator Pritchard at Louisburg, the
Democratic newspapers vary all the
from 500 to 1000. If these red
shirt organs want to keep the con-
hdence The people as to the truth
Oh anything they publish they
should not differ SO widely and ex.
'raVagantly in their estimates, and
thus contradict each other.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
Vol. XIX.
pRr-fpENTs RoosEvy Srs PRO-
GRssIvE POLLY.

GRssIvE PoLI.S.
The Charlotte Obse !r in a re
cent editorial says:
There is an element the South
which reviles a Re. blican Presi
dent for outrageous bad Republican
appointments in the South, which,
when he makes good Democratic ap
continents, assails him for trying
to buy the South for his party with
offices.
The only paper we have seen thai
goc1 to the extent Of charging that
President Roosevelt is attem ptinp
to bribe certain men in the South
by Offering them important appoint.
meuts is the Raleigh News and
Observer. 1t seems to us that the
Charlotte Observer is entirely too
complimentary to the News and
Observer in calling that paper an
"eement in the South" There
may be few other papers in this
State and other Southern States with
the same low standard as the News
and Observer, but it is to be hoped
that they are scarce.
No matter what the political eff
feet of President Roosevelt's course
in appointing such a man as ex-
Governor Jones, of Alabama, to a
United States judgeship and In max
ing similar appointments i'm other
states, every good citizen in the
State or states concerned, and, in
deed, the whole nation should be
pleased at his actions and applaud
the same.
1t is perfectly clear the President
Roosevelt is not pandering to the
spOilsmen who go to him seeking
office and promise in return there
for to deliver State delegations to
him in the next Republican Ma
tional Convention to secure his
nomination. In the past this has
been one of the curses of Republican
politics in the South and is the thing
that has resulted in putting so many
incompetent men in Office. The
President evidently realizes that
this class of Republican politicians
has been equally as much responsible
as the Democratic ballot box suffers
in producing the deplorable condi-
tions that exist today in too many
Southern States. He realizes that
this class of Republican office hunt
ers has never wanted to build up a
strong, progressive party in opposi-
tion to the Democratic machine, but
has wanted to keep the party small
so that the division of offices would
be easy. The President evidently
realizes also that in order that the
South may develop and prosper in
dustrially, as it deserves to do and
can do with its great resources, this
deplorable political condition must
be changed, and every good citizen
should be delighted to see that he is
using his powerful influence to that
end.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
GENERAL pewfT sAis 70 o seAs.

IL sssd To Have ss4srsl ASss AvHA
Asosy froo Gsasrssoas WssaA-
Durham, Natal, Oct. ,Is.-GsnscaI
Dewets recent inaction has produc-
ed the impreHion among military
men that he 10 either dead or fncsp.
acitated through illneD q wounds.
According TO . letter feom PutoeiA,
. prominent Boer recently wrote 70
. friend that "Dewet suffered ths
most terrible agony before be disd.
he was woonded I'm the sbouIdw by
. splinter from . she'll, and -
wound gspgreoed, owing - iis b.
ing dressed with dirty ssg1." q. O.,
Five Boes captured st di6rsot
places recently mid Dewet vAs Dad,
but each gave Q different veruiou Of
his death. Asainst then repoets h
. statement Of Pset DsVillksn,l ths
field comet, recently taken peisosr
in the northsastern prt OF ths OF.
ange River Colony, who I'D thss
on the morning o( his optsss -
took breakfast with 0eoacal DswsG.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

fAnHk1s provide yesrsslf ,vith
Pain Klilsg ss this season e - ~
when cole. eholsFs aesbas, dysea-
tsry, diaTrhosa, g., nay diaab,o
goas hands-use Is m sSssy 80 ee
ths kind, bst - s1ss thas yea ssust
20 20 other rens1y bst the e. Ioae
txisd Perry Uavisf Painr KiiJee 49,
psvsF faalsd. Avoid sabGhtsteR,
there 70 but one Pain-KtllGs, Pseyy
Davis. PSiee -. aod 80.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

a. You should not feel tired all the
nms-healthy people don't-you
w, mont IL you take Hoods Sarsapar.
nla Tor awhile.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24
THE STATE AUDITOR
Auditor Assure. Them That 3,
Accepting aud Enior>nx os rrup-~y ss.
Taxation That They may SO !, Make.

Taxation Tias They - ca Nske
Reference of cAuc..r.x In IN. ~
the
To the letter remarkable n. m.
ane examine the w vii gisnr~
Ter advising aud
with The law In listing their for Ax =
Another remarkable thing 10 tn. Aud,or ,,-.
parties that they nj ao psu-ry ,ssss.
he will himself
own appraisniens of their
'hey may De- The Law makes - uu.
esch appraement Of property by
catsn~i
ports which the Law each orpo
rn as to the Affairs Of their
required to collect and keep In his Office.
In the light OF revenue act IA. aI~,,-
letter will be et-ting
BEN. =. Aupr
NokrH CAkOLSA, AUpuoEs SAnr
RALEIGH, N e., JUsk
In accordance with Revenue Act 1901 .eo
blank for the appraisal capital Of coen~
ton The law requires
value In cash of capital June Thh
mover law Tor people and s
Legislature to the corporations SUR n n
not the purpose OF this Department do
would respectfully sy, n
cash value OF capital
or carried into surplus sinking fund.- year. you could
readily Its by
loss for series of years
want Is the dss. or nj. H.
70 accept the appraisal which property
for taxation, as final. -"
In enabling mentioned rspsctfulv call
attention to the extract from the OF
olahk ion With sentiments Of highest regards, am
Very respectfully
B r. DIXON, Auditor.
Why these corporations OF other Tar
payers? Why this large money be kept nom The ool
fund? - ~ 49, ~"N"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

"One would hardly imagine that
any party would attempt to make
free trade an issue in the future, in
view of the wonderful object lesson
which has been afforded the country
at large since March 4, 1898, but we
are doomed to disappointment in
this respect, especially in SO far as
North Carolina Democracy is con-
cerned. My colleague, Senator
Simmons, on the 7th Of last Septem-
Der, in an interview published in
the Washington, among other things
made the following statement:
$50 far as the South is concerned,
at least, the Democrats recognize the
silver question as temporarily elimi-
mated from national political affairs.
I do not say that it must slumber
for q few years. In my opinion the
big issue in the next campaign will
be the tariff. I think that it will
be more talked of, and will cause a
closer drawing of lines than any.
thing else.
s.It is amusing to hear the leader
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-10-24

nate the negro from politics. and
that Is to deport him. Are the
farmers OF Eastern Carolina prepared
70 endorse the latest proposal OF the
euitor OF the News and Observer
which, If adopted, will necessarilv
result in depriving the farmers of
that section Of the labor which ia 20
essential to the cultivation of their
cotton, tobacco and other cropse I
aIh sure that they will not agree to
such proposition, but on the other
hand will be inclined to exercise the
intellectual freedom which was
promised them by the Democratic
party two years ago.n
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-12-21
American Line To Philippines
Supreme Court Decision Debars
Foreign Steamships

San Francisco, Dec 1.-THE Chamber Of
Commerce Of this city has appointed com.
mittee to consider iCays and means fol-
encouraging direct American line Of
steamships to the Philippines. The Treas
ury Department has ruled that by the recent
Philippine decision of the Supreme Court
shipments may not be made to the islands
in foreign bottoms, as it would be in viola.
ton Of the statute providing that coastwise
trade must be carried on in vessels of
United States register under penaly of for
felture OF the shipment. The Toyo Kisen
Kaisha and Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship lines are thus debarred from handling
Philippine shipments, even though transfer
red to them from American ships at Asiatic
ports!
In view of the Supreme Court decision
it is authorititaveIy reported that the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company will start new
line of steamers to ply betsceen the Philip.
pines, Hawaii and San Francisco. Capt.
W. B. Seabury will start for the east next
week for Newport News 10 bring out the
first of the line, the steamer Oorea, of TO-.
900 tons.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-12-21
''''G ''GtslIniily'slTiIf ma Problem.

What industrial as we'll as proletarian
Germany thinks Of the tariff bill now being
debated in the Reichstag was manifested
with dramatic force BY Herr Bebel. the
Socialist leader, in his notable speech on
Thursday. He drew line between the
plunderers and the plundered and assailed
the proposed protective duties on foreign
grain as sop to the landlords and designed
to increase the hunger Of the poor. Making
allowance for partisan temper in the argu.
ment, the statistics quoted by Herr Bebel
made damaging Indictment of the propos.
ed measure. If only 10 per cent. of tae
German people are engaged in agriculture,
taxing the food imports of all for the
betterment Of this relatively small percent.
age IL admirably calculated to unite q
majority against it that could hardly be
united in any other way. Manufacturers
and nsrchants will meet the Socialist and
proietarian on common ground. In exciting
interest and in force of clearly accentuated
issue, the speech is suggestive of the red
hot utterances from Cobdenite platforms in
England sixty years ago. The agitation of
which this tariff bill is an epitome is being
fought out on argumentative lines almost
exactly similar to those Of the historic fight
against the British corn laws. and has the
same bitter class distinctions to intensity it.
But the German manufacturers and
merchants, like the British of two genera
tiOns ago, have outgrown the agriculturist
In importance and are potent allies of the
poorer classes in this struggle. German
industry cannot prosper without cheap food,
and that is consideration for the pocket OF
the manufacturer, as well as the living wage
OF the artisan agricultural laborer. Com
parative poverty Of natural resources pre.
vents such an allround scheme of protective
duties for Germany as is practicable in this
country. 1t is more than probable that the
secret wish Of the emperor and Count Won
Ballow is that the bill will fail to pass.
They know that manufactures and sea.
borne commerce suggest the future course
OF German development. But they have
performed their polite pledge to give the
Agrarians chance, and can with honest
complacenCy aequit themselves yof any lack
OF seal in support OF the landed interest.
With the high.tariff schemes of Agrarisns
postponed, the triumph of German industry
and commerce would be speedy and final.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-12-21
The Difference Between H0bOken
And Tbe Philippines,

When Capt. r. O. Cro1ton, of the gallant
Twenty-third q. 8. Infantry, landed from
the transport Buford at Hokoken, New Jersey
he went to the telephone booth to call up the
quartermaster's Office. When the soldiers tro.
de up the boy in charged looked him over,
and noticing that he was smoking cigarette,
calmly informed him that he would have to
"throw de butt away" as smoking was not
allowed there. The captain, himself strict
disciplinarian, obeyed orders, and crushed
bis half smoked cigarette under bis heel.
When the boy had "raised" the army
building he turned to the captain and told
him to 'git in there. And when Captain
CroIton had hung up the receiver he con.
fronted him with demand for % cents.