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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

Rich story OF q Man Who Could Do
Things by Thinking.

Rich Story OF q Man Who Could Do
Things by Thinking.
Washington Post.
"We have man out in our town."
said Mr.. George G. TOmlinsOn, Of
Kansas City, at the Arlington, "who
is a most remarkable character.
Without any original capital, and
though still under forty, he has con
ceived and carried out some of the
most gigantic business enterprises in
that section of the country. He
built a long railroad without any
capital but his brains to start with
and completed it during the panic
years. He is of indomitable indus
try, and has the greatest amount of
self-pOise I ever knew. Nothing
shakes his confidence in his own
ability to attain success in any enter
prise upon which he may embark.
"But he has a popularity which
is in constant evidence. He is a
firm believer in the superiority OF
mind over matter and that the hu-
man will is infinite in its capacity
and power. worked for him once
a few years ago, and he mixed as
freely with the workmen when oc
casion required as any of their mum.
Der. There was q telegraph opera
tor who had one leg shorter than the
other, and the promoter took an in
terest In him and his infirmity. He
questioned the operator about his
aff1ictiOn and its cause, and was tole
that when the victim was a you'll
suddenly and without any apparen
reason one of his legs ceased to grow
while the other continued to length
en- with the rest of his body unit
he was left with one leg about tw'
inches shorter than the other.
al can remember that all right,
, said the promoter, just put you
mind on that leg and determin
that it is going to grow, and I viii
fix it, The operator asked how h
could do this, as the promoter wa
, returning at once to Kansas City
but was assured that 1t would be al
, right, his leg would grow. l wen
r back to Kansas City with the pre-
!, moter and worked in his Office
About five days after our return b
received from the operator tell
A gram which read like this:
Dl "'FOr heavens sake quit thinl
! ing about my short leg. 1t is l0ni
er than the other one now.'"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

a Nss wAassss - he o~s 80 Assss-
- y.e rvsses - Cssss<s - sss~r~s'
Segve>
Camden, Ark- June is.-Tcm
wat-ou, who with his wife s~osv
that the negro VIII Buy hsd cusn'
mittcd an s-ault on Mn- wai~aa,
Was taken ou; by . COMMITTEES oi
citisrns Of Camdrn la-t night and
given 500 laeb~s. The afsidAvit of
Watson and his wife wAs the means
OF Bassey having b<en srnicocrd a.
hang. but about thrc weeks sgo
Mns. Watson made . writteu STATE
ment confusing that she had Sworn
hlsely against Busey. On learning
this Governor Davis sasprnded the
sentence impossd on Busry. Wat
sons wife swore that she wss CON.
pelled by her husband TO testify
against Busey. At the CONCLUSION
Of the lashing Watson was plsccd On
. train and given Instructions not 10
stop In Arkansas.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
AN OFFICE FOR A MAN.

Correspondence of Chatham Citi-
zen.
notice that you call attention to
the fact that the office of Immigra-
tion agent has been abolished be-
cause it did not pay. This recalls a
little interesting history of this Of
fee of immigration agent-its es-
tablishment and abolition.
Some two years ago, when the
Democrats regained control of the
offices in the state they planned and
schemed faithfully, no doubt, to re-
ward at the public pie trough those
who had worked 80 zealously for
their party's success. 1t seems, how
ever, in the roundup, that John w.
Thompson who had done much par
ty service and had been without an
Office for some time was still left un-
cared for and there was no Office lef,
for him, at least none which would
1T him. So, instead Of hunting 9
man for the Office they seek an Office
for the man and the office of Immi
grafton Agent was created with
duties and salaries to At John w
Thompson. True, the duties hat
before this been performed by tn,
Commissioner of Agriculture ant
the clerk to the board as Is dom
now, but it was at that particula
time not so much the needs for al
office as the needs of the man fO
whom the Office was created.
Now John w. Thompson has
Job In Philadelphia SO that he N
longer needs the Office and all a
once 1t Is found that 1t has not pai,
and Is promptly abolished.
While the Office has not paid tn
state there Is another view to tax
Of 1t: John w. Thompson has ha
nice salary of 81, 900 or $1,000
year and has enjoyed travelling 81
tensively at the states expenses.
OBSERVER.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
A Desperate Murderer Captured
Greensboro Patriot.

"A OcSp0Tbto MurueIcr SopSuIcus
Greensboro Patriot.
Louis Myers, the most desperate
criminal in North Carolina, was
jailed at Wilkesbore few days ago.
Last year he murdered q United
States deputy marshal. He also
murdered Madison Hawley. He
assassinated Hawley In cold blood.
Myers has for years been q daring
moonshiner. He is charged with
six murders besides that Of Hawley.
These include two women In Vir-
ginia, said to have been killed to get
money; two men in North Carolina,
man in South Carolina, and one in
Tennessee. The latter was the
sheriff of Union county. The re-
wards offered In four states and by
the general government for Myers
aggregated 81, 500. He was captured
near Middlesboro, KY, by Sheriff
Lee Turner and posse. Hawley
was killed in Wilkes county, and
there Turner delivered his prisoner
and got double reward.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
DEPRIVED BY DEMAGOGUEs.
C0nFEDERATES WOULD NAVE SEEN
PfmSl0nE0.

Blu Goateed Coloneis-shabby Politicians
Red Shirt Thauntsrs and sectiosa
Dem.soeues Prevented The Movensst
Hickory Mercury.
Much is being said and done in re-
ference to pensioning old soldiers
and their widows. This Is right.
We are sorry that all who need IL
cannot get 1t. And they could II
the Office seekers and office holders
would decrease their already high
salaries, instead Of increasing them,
aud creating new offices to take the
surplus taxes. They always come
around at election times aud shed
big tears over the old soldiers.
Then they want their votes. When
they get them, no big effort Is made
to help them. In fact, they are so
afraid some Of them are getting q
pension who ought not, that they
have changed the law at big ex'
pense, 50 as to find out who they
are. This is the only motive In re
quiring all to make new applications
and undergo new examinations
Then perhaps, this all gives some
one or ones q fee or paying jobs-iI
no one else, 1t will the State printer
Senator Butler, while In thu
United States Senate, took the righI
step when he asked the Federal gov
eminent to pension them. Thi
would have helped the old soldien
and put millions of dollars I'm tn
South. And were IL not for SOM
hot heads in the South-especiall.
politicians-the hot heads In tn
North could be overcome, and thes
pensions would be granted. 1t is
fact that the great rank Of the pri
vate soldiers In the North wouI'
not object. But the few politician
here and there, whose only chanc
to get Office is by arousing sections
feeling with the old bloody-shiI
racket, don't care what becomes Q
the old soldiers and their widow
SO long as they 1.-THE politicians) ca
get Office by keeping up the va
prejudices. Butler Is the only ma
In the South so far who has rise
above all this and come TO the d
fense Of the old Confederate soldier
and their widows, and they have b
gun to realize il, too.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

The addest story ever told.-rhs
Tnmp (betwee0 mouthfnls)-H
wux wunst . wealthy married man.
mum, bot I am psaniIso now"
Kind LAdy-"Yoa poor unfortunate
mani Why didn't yoa PIT your
fbgtune In y0ar wifs's namss" The
Tramp-sI did-an' - laefnod teg
pay brides whist."-PUek.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

A PORTRAlTURE OF MEN
WHO FORMED AND CON-
POSE THE PEOPLES
PARTY.
TnEY NAVE NOT YET MElsep.

They Arc In The Ftstds-ln The shops-
In The Towas-Asd They WIN Yea Ne
Heard Froa All Over The .LasA.
In recent issue Of The Texas
Mercury there appears the following:
One of the most truthful por-
traiteurs the American delights to
honor Is found In the following ex-
cerpt from an exchange which We
take pleasure In reproducing. Read
it and ask yourself If you can claim
to be one Of those whom the writer
so f0rcibly describes true Popu-
list:
''The true populist Is the man who
heard the groans Of suffering human
ity; who saw the cruel and unright-
eous oppression Of those In power;
who saw the burdens laid upon the
weak, while the privileges and fAv-
Ors were given to those who bore
no burdens He Is the man who
saw the blackened-browed man as he
dug down deep into the earth from
day to day and never bathed him
self in Gods blessed sunshine; never
heard the sweet singing Of the birds
and never viewed the bright flowers;
but whose life was one long weary
day Of toll and misery, and yet re-
ceived not one-half enough wages.
He Is the man who heard the sobs
and saw the tears Of the poor sew.
ing women who were compelled to
work far into the night to barely
receive enough to keep the faint
sparks Of life burning In the depen-
dent ones. He is the man who
heard the plaintive song and saw
the dropping shoulders of those who
were compelled to dig and toll, toll
and dig from year to year, and yet
the earnings of this toll went to en-
rich some other man, and brighten
some other home, while the toiling
mans own pockets were empty and
his own home desolate. He IL the
man who saw that the old parties
were fighting sham battles over
imaginary wrongs, while all these
things went by unheeded and un-
heard, and the troubles were grow
ing worse as the years rolled by.
He is the man who had the courage
and manhood to step out of the ranks
of these old parties, break away
from the accepted theories of the
times, and join and build up new
party, q party to side with the weak
and oppressed, to fight the evils and
wrongs. He is the man who stood
by this young yarty in its infancy,
when its enamies clamOred for it,
life with all the power they posses
sed; who stood by it when its lead
ers were rotten-egged and called
demagOgues, when it's ranks were
scorned and called demagogues and
ignorsmuses. He Is the man who
although the clouds of defeat ma,
hover darkly about him, and tht
storms of adversely may how
around him, calmly and serenely
views the future; realizing that h'
is fighting for the right. he look
beyond the clouds to the sunshine
beyond the storm to the calm. II,
is never discouraged. Many time
his way has been hard, many time
the paths have been rough; man!
times would he have gladly steppet
aside to seek easier tasks but eve
duty would unveil her star-lit fac
and say, "tired feet and the oppor
tunity will come with 1t, when yo
will be able to lift manhood out O
the valley of dependency and place
on the sunny SUBMITS Of peace ant
prosperity"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
Accounted For.

SIN sFt Set
She-Thoe. two people In the far
corner appear happy. Are they
married?
He-Yes, but not to each other
other.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
APPROVES POPULIST IDEA.
SENATOR BURROWS WANTS SENATORS
ELECTED BY the PEOPLE.

The Constitutional Plan Of Government,
He Declares.
Washington Post.
81 have noticed with great deal
of pleasure" said Senator Burrows,
of Michigan, last night, ''that the
Virginia people are suggesting the
incorporation into their new consti-
tuition of clause which will provide
for the election Of Senators by the
people. This is subject which has
always been near to my heart, and !
feel certain that the day is not far
distant when Senators will be elect
ed by the expression of popular
will"
"But the Constitution" it was
suggested, "says that Senators are to
be elected by legislatures"
"That is true," was the reply,
ssand until the Constitution is amend
ed even the Virginians will have to
intrust the election of Senators to
their legislature, but they can rely,
of bourse, upon the ratification by
the legislature of the popular choice.
1 appreciate the difficulty ofsecuring
an amendment to the Constitution,
but when you remember that no less
than thirty-five out of the forty-five
States have already expressed their
approval, by resolution in State con-
vention or State legislature, of the
election of Senators by the people, I
am encouraged to believe that even
an amendment to the Constitution
is not beyond the range of pUssi.
bility."
Senator Burrows will at the next
session of Congress propose ar
amendment to the Constitution
which will offer a solution of the
Senatorial vacancies. It will pro
pose that if a legislature shall fail te
elect a Senator, the governor Of thu
State shall issue writ Of election
for the choice of Senator to fill tht
vacancy, thus giving the people tht
opportunity to overcome the dere
liction Of the legislature and insur
ing the State representation in th'
Senate. ssIn framing the Constitu
tion," said the Senator, s'the father
arranged that if there should be
vacancy in the House of Represents
tives an election should be held fo
| member. They also provided tina
if the electoral college failed to cleo
a President that duty should devol
We upon the House of Represents
tives. It did not apparently occu
, to them that a legislature might fai
to elect a Senator, and so they di'
not provide for that contingency
r My plan simply remedies their over
> sight. 1t gives the legislature tn
l first right to elect q Senator, thu
> preserving the original idea Of th
8 Constitution, but provides that
, the legislature fails in its duty th
people, who created the Legislature
t shall see to it that the State is nc
; unrepresented in the Senate. AS
J. matter of fact, / do not believe thu
. the last resort would be often II
, voked. The legislature would ele'
a Senator rather than experience tt
: rebuke of an appeal to the people
= fulfill the task which it left una
complished."
Senator Burrows, who will du
ing the recess prepare an elabora
report upon the question of electie
lof Senators by the people, will
q the chairman Of the COMMITTEES
Privileges and Elections in the ne:
,e Senate, which will give his viey
Traditional importance.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
DR.. e. Dssehon's Anti Diurssse,

DR.. L. U0tchOnD Anu DIux0sc'
May be worth 70 you more than
500 II you have . child who soils
bedding from incontenenee OF va
ter during sleep. Cures old and
youne alike. IL arrests the troo-
ble 6 once. q. Sold by Henry r
Hicks, Druggist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

hickory Times Mercury.
The Wilmington Messenger seems
to think the meeting or the South
ern Industrial Convention, which
met In Philadelphia last week, was
q farce, and winds up its little
righteous soul by saying: "May
real good come from the pow-wow-
ing and so-c-.n The Messenger seee
no good in anything except preach
ing in time OF war and killing neg
roes In times Of peace. -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
Meagre Material.

Smart Set.
Editor-Why don't you write
something about bathing suits?
John-Nothing much to write
about.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
WHY ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT NOR
CAROLINA

W II -'AhA hhh' wv NV Eohl
CAROLINA
Kelford, N. g., June 20, 1901
After this manner, the Governor in
his New York speech, repeats the
cry of "let US have peace" What
manner of peace would he have,
when in the next breath he declares
he is ready to send 100000 men
that never missed squirrel to force
New York back in the Union If she
should dare to be guilty of an 1t of
secession? Is secession thus to be
repudiated and stamped out, that in
time past was justified, glorified and
defed by the dominant party? We
we're told that the few that signed
the ordinance was to be preserved
in the coming ages as a memorial of
that great event, which cost the
lives Of half million men, and en-
tailed upon us debt that can never
he paid, but must be carried upo n
the backs of unborn generations of
laboIing men and women with a
great and bitter cry.
But i must say what the Governor
very we'll knows-that the worn
out thunder of the Vatican-"Dis.
cussiOn must not be tolerated.
issuing from the machine in Raleigh
and rolling down east to the ocean
and over the hill tops and mount
aims westward to Tennessee, is still
reverberating, and this Is the fuss
that he hears as the days are passing
by--the death knell of political
social, and religious liberty in NORTH
Carolina.
The conspiritors know that the
law as accepted and laid down BY
the electoral commission was that 6,
sovereign state must control its owl
elections and preserve its own liber
ties" and that the truth as expressed
at the ballot box by the 1O9,54;
majority of white voters in the state
must be choked, murdered and kill
ed in order that they might rende
themselves irresponsible 10 the peo
pie in the coming years and fatter
upon their labor under the pretex
of taking care of them. Thougl
sworn to support the 14th and 15tl
amendments to the Constitution O
the United States, we behold tn
spectacle of the lawyers of the stat
claiming to be as ignorant of con
stitutionality as Adam was of geo.
ogy, or a justice of the peace Of tn
law of our state, who never read tn
18th chapter fthe Revised Code. B
the aid Of rope SO feet long, a
automatic machine now preserve
our liberties for us, and puts in
ticket for Mr.. Simmons when til
voters back is turned who had aske
for ticket for Col. Carr, after the
had been stolen away. Let the ror
that preserves for us our liberties b
preserved with the secession pen.
H. p. HARRELL
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
Fortunate Ignorance.


Smart Se..
Bibbs-No man knows himself.
0ibbs-That's 50. He would los
his best friend If he did.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
LETTERS OF
THE PEOPLE.
SOME COMMENT ON A CRY
WHICH Is CONTRASTE,D
WITH ACTION.
WHAT ABOUT DISCUSSION NOW.

Remarks About . ''Rope'' That Preserves
Our Liberties-some Political Changes
Probable In the Esst-An Office Made
For Man.
SOME CHANGES IN POLITICS.
Bath, N. g., June II, 19O1.-En-
closed you will find amount for sub
scription for 1901. j cannot do
without the paper. The last issue
was extremely interesting, especially
those Bible texts-so much truth In
them. +. j. Cahoon.
p. S.-From the way people talk,
/ think there will be some changes
in politics In this community an
other year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27
GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP.
THE PEOPLE SHOULD CON.
TROL THE THREgGREAr
NATURAL loNOPo-
LIES
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

MS own politics muSt put GucIu lutO
effect, and this can be done only
through parties. But the trouble
with too many men in America to-
day Is, they allow their parties to
swallow them, mind, soul and body.
They are not democrats and republi-
cans from principles, but by birth.
They allow politicians to do their
thinking for them and they had just
as well allow party bosses to do their
voting for them. They have de-
graded the party from . high and
noble means Of patriotic service into
q huge and corrupt machine for the
production of gain and political
aggrandizement. No wonder the
good are shocked and hold Them
selves aloof; but they must recognize,
sooner or later, that parties there
must be, and that If they are to be,
what they should be, Independent
and intelligent manhood must be.
come the dominent element in them.
just as long as parties are lead by
adventures and make that mos,
detestible and. corrupt spoil system
their policy, just SO long will violent
party prejudice and narrow intoler
fence blind the eyes Of Office holden
to the administration Of justice. ana
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-27

Continued on fourth page.)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-26
"Reminiscences Of a. LINCOLN

G. ~.
DEWEY
NO, ".

sight many soldiers marching march
drilling about the city, with the thrilling strains of many
bands filled the of all Union people with burning
great delight The young to be
soldiers formed squads and companies all
marched drilled and fought sham battles with all the
soldiers One of these companies
quite noted for their efficiency drill the
their general good and manly department. Their drill
ground White House, here twice day
they spend drill and in manual of
for them fife and small kettle drums and
marching and from drill their soder bear
discipline attention orders attracted the attention and
all Observers and from than from boys
who doing duty a White House.
boys early attracted the notice of the President
passing the
would the walk the troops
captain President standing ready salute
them quick sharp command "Compny " would bring
the flash
timely and precision of They
with hickory sticks about inch through bark Off, and
about long, sticks all of straight and looked
of these young soldiers The officers side
servcabe sticks wood and carried the
leather belt Some be inclined laugh these
them that they vcable than tie
Belgian with which fought the first Bull Run battle The
boys dark blue cloth caps with front that
lighter facing The pants the color
striped side with ed The boys ranged from twelve
good and really looked WELL The captains
Scott and army officer who had died
before The formed generally school boys
and school, they of soldiers
the They called their
berng about 40, Junior Guards"
Flags plentiful cheap easy in those days as
flags imported there then factories to make
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-26

them in this country. and the small
er ones were generally made by
hand. The Junior Guards had no
flag, but they wanted one 'like 9th
er soldiers" so the captain came to
see us about it. After hearing his
complaint we promised to see what
we could do for his company. He
thought we should go to the Presi-
dent about 1t, but instead, We went
to the boys of our regiment, ex-
planned matters to them, and made
up "pony purse " to purchase
flag. We then went to lady of
our acquaintance, who was engaged
in making flags, and were fortunate
in reaching her just as she was COM
pleting a beautiful silk one of about
the right size. The next morning,
as the President was returning from
his early walk, messenger arrived
and handed me a package, and
when Mr.. Lincoln asked what it
contained l opened the parcel and
unfolded the flag, which was very
fine one indeed. He took it in his
hands reverently, while explained
that it was for the company of boys
called Junior Guards. He knew the
boys we'll and seemed very much
pleased that they were to have
flag. He at once expressed a de-
sire to attend the presentation if it
could be at an hour when he could
attend. In answer to my inquiry
he stated that If it could take place
the next morning at 7 O'Clock it
would find him a pleased witness of
the presentation of the flag to the