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dozen of the biggest and hairiest,
please Miss Lane. Change? Out
rageous, Who ever heard of change at
fair"
Il don't want flowers. Keep your
money. Or if you needs must spend IT.,
come to some of the sensible tables, y
Miss Catherwood said with what she
meant for a withering glance at Mar
geryA who smiled amiably
do take him away, dear Miss Cath
erwood." she murmured. Il have done
my best to get rid of him this last
hour. If he stays longer all the rest
will hate me-you are an angel to de-
liver me from such a dreadful fate.
You mean l am an angel-angels
are all masculine. | leave it to the
highest authorities if that is not true, >
Melville said, standing stock-still his
folded arms propped upon the flower
table. Margery looked at him re-
proachfully. You are blocking the
way Of trade" she said. Il have some
what of a conscience. howsoever you
may be lacking in it-these flowers
have got to be turned into f1annels,
and soup and shoes for poor folks
are you willing to pay in ADVANCE for
all l don't SELF"
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ALONE.

She left me here in the vast calm
OF natures glowing handicraft,
And my senses robbed by my grief
1 cursed the fates and wildly laughed
oh. sore at heart and tired am l,
Yet l must tread the weary road
That leads-I care not one small jot.
l reap the harvest that 1 sowed
Perchance the wilderness will lead
Me to her presence once again,
If 1 might call her by her name
Twould ease my feet Of all their pain.
How like graceful fawn was she!
How beautiful and fearless tool
Her eyes-their depths were dark and
clear,
Her heart was always good and true.
But she could never bear the whip
And when to-day in sheer delight
Ger woodland paths through which we
sped,
AS cool and fresh as autumn's night,
/ struck the mare little blow,
She leaped. and I came tumbling down.
While she tore UP the road like mad
It's 'steen miles to the next town.
Kenneth F. Lockwood in New York
Herald.
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FEDERAL COURTS AND LYNCHERs

JDGE JONES Of the United for the Northen
District OF Alabama is Southern Democrat and an en-
- gtened jus He holds pronounced views upon the DUTY
Government protect its citizens at nome as wen
abroad He believes that the Federal courts nave
punish vnches negroes their victims and his view
obtain in the South nobs ready with torch and
Perhaps as good test as any arriving conclusion
ask yourselves considering what was SAID ana done by
mob, would white man under the same
with particular oense upon the victim have 6een al
tackled murdered by this mob II you are ary sned iae
the mob would have murdered Naples he nad Deeh c
every dictate OF humanity and justice demands tat you
true bills against the members OF the mob
lie reached this conclusion and asserted reueid
requires that all citizens OF the United
live The Judge continued: Whatever may said any other
any against member OF the there can
taken the hands OF the State
which endeavong him the enjoyment of the right OF
ie ENC ana i & @ 10 I % - 70 a t @ % f fSe land that the intent
destroy the
jomen freedom and equality OF civil rights because OF the race
10 which he belongs and sooner or later negro the
condition of subject
The white superior wds power OF
The negro has practically no part in it by
white men White men preside the
Jue The danger thai guilty negro VIII escape Just pun
but that many instances the
unjust punishment The pretext that the
criminal will receive Justice the law IS allowed to take Its
Judge ZONES has already in with OF the
consequences denying the the equal protection OF the
law As he nrmate the result viii be the subecon the race
practical notification OF the thirteenth amendment by which
slavery abolished This has already occurred Alabama where
The has been punished
problem In It's solution VIII
emancipation be reversed
The prove the country that the
deprived Of the ballot and his freedom Ii he
deprived the ballot but regarded outlaw
the OF and guilt
protected his right OF jury trial and legal is diff
how his lapse slavery to be prevented One section
Of constitution easily another The security
the freedom than the OF his citizen
ship and his right OF selfgovernment by his ballot
This all plain Judge Jones' and evidently his desire
up safeguards of the Federal
law which white men make and admiRser We are not vet in re-
opinions the Southern press if indeed they have
this of the We however
Immediately the thoughtful element OF that
believe that the and violent minds Of Till
should be taken by the North
Much be counted from the influence of Judge Jones' who
OF his number
The Southern leaders who philosophical their
problem depore the the whites of
OF the and above all things desire avoid the
waiting effects their OF the civil and Industrial sub
lection of the other Judge Jones has raised and
brought sight remedy. How will the South take it?
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WEAKNESS OF HUMAN HEART
SHOWN By EPIGRAN
BY DOROTHY FENIMORE.

jured up from the murky deeps Of his
imagination. / like to think rather OF
a similar lesson that was presented in
a sermon which 1 heard in my child
hood. and which declared that, by the
laws of physical nature, every word
that vibrating, leaves our lips reaches
in it's ultimate effects the farthest star.
public defeat OF any kind is hUmihat-
ing But to sensitive woman who
has hopeless q ASPIRATIONS for happiness
in a home which the man she loves
might make for her, it is far more Bit
ter TO have the story of her unrequited
affection get abroad than rowing up
Salt River" could be 70 any man with
a mans ambitions.
She is wise if she guards her lips to.
Memnonian silence, remembering
that she can turn her romance into
history, with greater satisfaction to
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!: AT ST. BARNABA'S FAIR /:
BY MARTHA Observation-Disclosures.

for him. he let it be seen he meant
henceforth to have his own way.
Within a fortnight he had courted
Margery openly, getting a nay-say, of
course, but equally, of course, whis-
tling il down the wind.
TN give you time to find out your
own mind" he had said. 1T my take
two years-but what is that beside
living whole life without you?"
Now he leaned upon the flower
counter so ostentatiously rapt in the
choice of a rose that Miss Catherwood
had to speak twice before he an
swered.
What is it, Aunt Pam? You want
a rose? Let me beg you choose in
stead some of those choice chrysan-
themums. You see everybody wants
roses-and all the flowers ought to go
the chrysanthemums swamp any
woman less majestic than yourself. A
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HEY are not truly happy OF
x whose happiness other folk
are unaware" say Psyche's
Jealous sisters in Walter Pc
ters' version of the old Greek
story, agreeing together to
keep the secret of her fortune,
and weaving the plot which ends in
the young brides looking. to her sor-
row, upon the face of her adored, but
unknown. husband Eros. with whom,
through the magic of Olympus. she has
lived, though she has never seen him.
The epigram which l have quoted
reveals a weakness of the human
heart: the one which l am about to
write expresses a phase. of spiritual
strength They are not so miserable as
they might be who are able to keep
their own counsel about any unhappi-
ness in love. For they are still free
agents, in a position to follow any
course of conduct they please, unbound
by ill-considered statements made, un-
challenged by the criticisms of others
in whom they have conhded.
Let a person with whom you are
SPCdNl.lS Ndlh oil ne WILL Dul NhCh IL
is your turn be careful what you say
this is recognized as an excellent max
i'm in business. 1t is equally good in
personal affairs. If you can carry 1t
out consistently, your battle, whatever
it's character, is won.
You are still in absolute possession
of your secret soul; the walls are fOrti-
ned, and the pOrtcullis down. You are
not at the mercy of the many who. like
Sheer in Sheridan's Critic" have just
enough wit to make them mischievOus.
OF course, we all have confidence in
our friends. We would trust them with
our last dollar, and all that. We know
that they would never Intentionally
breathe a word which We might con-
fide to them.
But words which have left ones lips
have an extraordinary vitality for hv-
ing, going on-and for growing alb
normally, whether they are by nature
heaven born or of titantic brood.
Do you recall 'Fama" or 'Ru-
NOR" whom the Aeneid described for
you in high-school days? She it was
who wrought fond Dido's ruin after the
Carthag genian queens public confes-
sion of her love, and brought the clas-
sic romance to it's tragic end. Twas
horrid a terrible figure that Virgil con-
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Willing enough-more than will
ing!" Melville retorted. "Only. show
me how. I've been here three hours
WELL after this can give pointers to
the poor man who fell among
thieves"
Melville! For shame! What shock
ing. irreverence, Still I am not alto
gether astonlshed," Miss Catherwood
interrupted raising her eyes to the
ceiling. Now. if you please, we will
be going. Miss Lane, sell my chrysan-
thefnums over again-and don't forget
to add what they fetch to the amount
of my original. donation
Unless you. buy them yourself. no
body will" Margery said with a smile
Of infantle malice. They are SO big
and duh, and bricky-red everybody has
shifted at them-indeed. Mr. Satmire
told me when he fetched them in,
Pamela Catherwood is your one
chance for these.,"
Indeed" Miss Catherwood was so
yond the word. "Ill give you dollar
apiece for them" she said. and you
can send them straight to the Home
of the Homeless" Then with a hiss
ing shrek, Girl, where is my purse? :?
1 had it a moment back-and laid II
right there under your hand!"
Yes, / saw it." Margery said hur-
riedly turning about masses Of bios
SONY green Miss Catherwood watch
ed her suspiciously, crying jerkily al!
the while. My purse! Gold-mounted
the clasp set with diamonds-and a
hundred dollars. What have you done
With it?"
Hush" young Warwick said i'm
peratively. making to lead her away
People were gathering, staring, listen
ing craning necks to see, all about.
Margery let fall her HANDS, saying
quietly, 1t is not here"
The ords took away Miss Gather
woods last vestige of composure.
With Il plunging lurch she overs=t the
flower table, clutched Margery by
both shoulders and shook har hard,
hissirg out, You! You liltIe bold
faced tn eff
Stunned silence for breath then
bd. ell broke loose. Suddenly some
one cred Miss Catherwood, there's
your turse. tangled up in TIE lace
snh iet on your hanging sleeve!"
Miss Catherwood raised 4 nassy
arm There, true enough, the bubble
gIeamed. With one gasping look st
Marge1y's set, white face. she fell all
in meaning heap at the feet Of the
CIR. che had accused, in her fail JaFr-
ine C wn a big lantern and overturr-
ing it amid the rubbishy dee Jratinns.
Instantly there was a threatening
fiaIe-the flames ran leaping Yense-
fully toward the groveling woman If
she breathed them once she was lost
Margery stood over her, her slight fig
ure outlined against a heavy rich-hued
rug. Before another hand could be
raised her arms went up, she tore the
rug loose and holding it banner-w wise
around and above her, dropped and
smothered with it the flare at her feet.
An hour later DR.. Archer was saying
as he patted Margery's burned fingers,
Little girl, it was a heap more than
a life for life. You thought only of
your enemy but you saved your friend
as we'll If the fire had gained head
way every home in Eppington might
be- in mourning"
I'm not trying to pay you, Mar
gery-money cannot do that" Miss
Catherwood supplemented, from the
depths of her easy chair: "But-you
shall be my heire-s-to prove you truly
forgive me-and you shall marry Mel
vile Warwick-to show riches makes
no difference in a true womans love-. -
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had stopped short at sight OF
her. setting her nose at least
an inch higher, and shifting audibly.
! Since they were fellow church-workers,
it would not do to say Miss Catherwood
hated Margery, but ever since young
Warwick had fallen under Margery' S
spell, the elder lady had shown herself
spiteful beyond words.
All Eppington laughed at her-of
] course, covertly. She was in a way
it's great lady owning the biggest
house. the handsomest grounds, and
nearly the biggest bank account in
the village. Young Warwick's uncle,
the Major. had a thought more ready
money, but since he lived modestly,
never subscribed to anything-in pub
lic-and gave away by stealth more
than half his income. he was no such
parsonage as Miss Catherwood, whose
joy in life was to write her name in
front of a good round sum, at the head
and forefront of every important list.
Margery said audaciously that it was
Miss Catherwood's s habit to let both
hands know all that even her little
finger did. Possibly it was that speech,
with the necessary accretions from
, mouth to mouth which first made Ep-
pington's Lady BOuntiful. so high and
naughty toward its prettiest girl.
Margery Lane was easily that-and
much more. There was a sweet soul
al the bottom of her velvet eyes, wit
and spirit a-plenty under her mop
} rNff fJA- oil ~ ha
fellows of the village were her chums
and sworn champions-even to the
two or three who had tried to be
something more. Margery's compell-
ing gayety shed sentiment as a ducks
wing sheds water. Thus she had
: laughed her would be SWANS out Of
signing into a consciousness of what
she persisted in calling their mistakes.
When she had fully persuaded them to
take her own saen view she sent them
rejoicing on the way to court and
marry other girls.
Thus, in her own way. she was
easily as much a power as Miss Cath
erwood Otherwise, she would not
have been what she was at the fair.
Miss, Catherwood was the fairs NOV
ing spirit. If she had dared she
would have ignored Margery. Since
she did not dare she wisely resolved
TO make the utmost possible out of
her enemy. Consequently Margery
had the stall which dispensed impair
TALLY candy, cut flowers and literature.
The girls chums had behaved nobly
in the matter of buying, to say moth
ing of her lovers, actual, possible and
! impossible. Major Warwick put him
self at the head of the impossible.
vowing things were at a pretty pass,
indeed, when the girl he had brought
up specially for himself was whisked
away from him all in a wink by his
scapegoat of a nephew.
! Melville Warwick, the nephew, had
been Miss Catherwood's protege since
he was in short frocks, this in spite of
his own smoldering rebellion. His
mother, gentle half invalid, was de-
! voted to Pamela Catherwood. and
( Melville never willfully crossed his
mother in anything. He had worn
Catherwood leading strings with what
grace he might up to the day he was
sent away to college. When he came
back from it to find tomboy Margery
a creature of infinite and tricky charm,
withal the one woman in the world
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herself. by putting it into worthy deeds
than by throwing it to the four winds
of heaven in fruitless words
of course. sympathy is helpful 1t is
a balm to the wound that rankles incur
sensibilties. The world is not so lonely
a place when there is some one in 1t
who shares our sorrows. Friendship
makes uD the larger half Of that posi-
ton of the glory and the dream" that
remains with us when childhOod's 5
trustfuI days are over But in love
affairs ones own self is ones very
best friend, as well as ones worst
enemy.
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Big Flower Vases.

For flower pots the erstwhile popular
jardiniere- Of fancy pottery is decidedly
old style as compared with the enor-
nous bowl-shaped vases OF terra-cotta
now In use. The porous quality makes
them admirable for the health of the
plant. They may be had quite plain
for comparatively reasonable prices
Those which are garlanded and be-
cherubed-after the Italian manner
are more expensive.
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CrimInaIity of Professions

French professor has been inonfr-
ing into the comparative crfrninaIitv os
the professions. He finds that the con-
Vlctions per 100000 Of each are as fol-
lows: Lawyers, 100; artists. SO; doc
tors, %; lay teachers. 10 clerical teach
ers. z; Catholic clergy. A.
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AIIigator Catchers, rnion

Alligator catchers at certain points.
along the extreme southern coast or
Florida have formed a union to pro-
tect their industry from amateurs and
others who shoot the animals for sport.
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Special information supplied daily TO
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen' 81, 230 Cal
dornia street. TeleDhone Main 1O42.
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Townsends CalitOrnia Glace fruits In
artistic hre-etched boxes. us Market 81. =
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ARGERY'S eyes danced wick
edly. she snuffed battle atar.
Miss Catherwood. waddling
majestically from booth to
booth at ST. Barnabas fair.
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HEY are not truly happy OF
whose happiness other folk
are unaware" say Psyche's
Jealous sisters in Walter Pc
ters' version of the old Greek
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-18
North Carolina Briefs.

A sad occurrence took place On Cot
ton Mill Hill at Lenoir Monday about
5 o'clock, when John Queen, son of
Mrs. NJ. A. Queen, shot and killed his
brother, Malcolm Queen. accidentally.
it seems that John was playing WITH
an old pistol, thinking ii was unload
ed. but it contained one cartridge and
proyed fatal, the shot entering just
below the heart and causing death in
less than FIVE minutes. -
The Drexel Furniture Company, OF
Morganton, one of Burke's infant in
dustries, this week shipped TO Sears.
Roebuck & Co, Of Chicago. fve hun
dred oak chiffoniers. The workman
ship is of high order: In fact all oil
the work turned out by this plant Is
of the very best
After an Illness of some weeks, nr
James N. Conrad. one OF the Oldest
and best known citizens of Lexington
died at his home Monday evening.
Judge Allen in Raleigh Tuesday ap
pointed Claude B. Barbee and Frank
A. Daniels co-receivers OF the Juanita
Cotton Mill, at Burlington. OF which
Augustus A. Rosenthal, OF Raleigh
has been manager. The statement o
the mills condition up to TUESDAY
| shows liabilities $144,165. assets sf2
s51 and mill property with repairs
and new machinery u date cosfini
Ss3,211.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-18
News BY Wire.

Democratic leaders are hoping for
favorable results in contrasting the
personality of the candidates for Presi-
dent.
Turkey having Yielded on all points
TO the United States the American feet
at Smyrna has been ordered to leave.
The United States South Atlantic
squadron arrived at Cape Town.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Decoy sank- off the scilly Islands In
collision with another destroyer
The Republican campaign textbook
Is to be Issued from national headquaf-
ters today.
The Associated Press learns thn
Lewis Dixon. of New York. ~ho has
been in a. Petersburg for several days
came at the request Of the Russian
admiralty. and that negotiations are
progressing between the admiralty and
ur Nixon. but whether for the sale Of
sbips machinery or what. Is not ascer-
tslr.able. Mr.. Nixon Is going 10 Sebas-
tapoi Friaev 10 confer with the CON-
n,ander Of the Black Sea feet.
i whole family was poisoned al Sal
igbury last week from eating food into
= hich the cook had put some kind oi
| roison.
/ DR. A. p. Simpson, OF New YORK
| took I'D a collection OF s44. 900 for the
| christian Workers Alliance at the Ole
f, Orchard EMaine) camp meeting
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-18
Eiqht Men Drowned in Mine.

Salisbury, Speciai.-News reaches
here OF the drowning of nine men
eight Of them negroes-at the Bar
ringer gold mine, in Stanley county,
Friday afternoon, as the result OF G
terrific downpour of rain, which rush
ed into the shaft where they wree
working. The full details Of the acci-
dent cannot be given, because tcie
phone communication is cut off and
the place is not accessible by tel:.
graph. The mine is owned by the
Whitney Reduction Company. Friday
afternoon a terrific rain came up and
the nine men working In the shaft
attempted to come out Before they
could reach the surface water over
flowed the shaft in torrents and only
one of the men, Thos. Moyle, supcrin'
tendcnt, escaped Another climbed
nearly out, but was beanten back and
drowned along with seven colored
men. All were caught like rats In
trap. There were but two white
men in the mine and one OF them was
the only person TO escape. Tho
names Of the dead so Tar as nown are
as follows: Will Camp, John McGraw
Bob Deberry and Sam Price. 1t seems
that there was something like a wa
terspout there, from the description
of the way the shaft was flooded.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-18
Fairbanks to Tour the Country.

Chicago. Special.-That Senator Fair
banks, the Republican vice presidential
candidate. will participate almost con-
tinuously in the presidential camapign
and tour the country IN behalf OF the
ticket of which he Is a component part.
was made known today as the result OF
a visit made by him 10 Republican
headquarters in this city. He has en-
tered into an engagement To open the
Kansas State campaign at Marion. In
that State, on September LIST, and there
are calls for him for earlier dates In
Vermont. He also today indicated his
positive acceptance OF an Invitation TO
speak at Saratoga. -. Y, on the lftn
OF September. on the occasion OF the
celebration of the fftieth Anniversary
of the organization OF the Republican
party at that resort. Later In the cam
paIgn he will visit the far West
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-18
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS
Department Reports Conditions fer
the Past Week.

The Weather Bureau Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture issues the follow
Ing bulletin for the week ending Aug.
18th: There is general complaint in
Gil sections of the State that during the
past two weeks there has been too
much rainfall and not enough sunshine
Rains fell nearly every day during this
past week: in moderate amounts in the
western hall of the State, and in heavy
downpours In most places in the east
ern half, especially on the 9th. Ilth and
18th. These weather conditions prov
ed damaging to all growing crops, and
have seriously delayed important farm
work. Preparations have been made
fer sowing turnips and rutabagas for
plowiDg wheat fields, and for plantin
the second crop of irish potatoes. but
on account of the wet condition of the
soil very little has been accomplished.
In the extreme western counties the
cutting Of buckwheat, oats and hay has
been retarded on account of too fire.
quent rains; and considerable Of cut
oats are spelling in the shocks Corn
has suffered slightly, but the damage is
confined entirely to lowlands, where
some of it is turning yellow. On up
lands the stands are excellent and the
outlook for a good crop Is encourag-
ing. Sweet potatoes are also turning
yellow in number Of fields in the
we'll elsewhere The tobacco crop is
below the average; curing is in full
progress, and the leaves are said to be
curing nicely. Peanuts are not doing
we'll in Hertford county; but the re-
ports from the adjoining counties are
more encouraging. Cotton has suffered
from the wet spell more than any other
growing crop; it is shedding in all sec
tions of the State and the damage is
quite serious in low places and on light
sandy soil. The weed is growing too
rapidly; while the fruit is not develop
ing in proportion to the size of the
plant. There are a number of indca-
tions of black rust 1t is safe to say
that this has been the most unfavorahle
| week for some time, and unless fair
| weather sets in there will be decided
change in the prospects for a cotton
crop. The pasture land in the western
counties is excellent, and the stock is
| improving. Grapes are ripening and
will be fair crop; peaches are rotting
Rains lin inches) for the week end
| ing a. IN. today: Goldsboro 1.8S
Greensboro 194, Lumberton 1856 New
| bern 262, Weldon 0.40, Raleigh LOG
| Wilmington O20, Hatteras 0.20, Ashe-
vile 090, Charlotte 2.20.