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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
SUIT AG >INST COAST LINE
A Pitt County by asks for 81 800.
Will not prosecute Railroad officials
for wreck.

Pitt County ny asks for $l,5OO.
Will not prosecute Railroad officials
for wreck.
Norfolk, Sept. 12.-R. ii. Bag
by, who represented the common
wealth yesterday at the inquests In
the cases of the seventeen victims
who lost their lives when an At
lantic Coast Line excursion train
from Kinston and Greenville, \.
c., shot through an open draw over
tht western branch fo the Eliza
beth river near Norfolk, reported
to Commonwealth Attorney Mar
shall, of Norfolk, Va, to-day that
there was nothing in the evidence
yesterday to justify prosecution
of officials of the Atlantic Coast
Lime in the courts for criminal
negligence, and there will be no
prosecution Of this kind.
The first civil action to be
brought in court as the result of
the wreck was filed here to-day by
Matt Northern, a boy of eighteen
years from Pitt county, N. g.,
who was by the side of two persons
who were killed in the wreck.
The boy says he only escaped by
breaking through a glass window
and swimming around in the water
; for fifteen minutes. He sues fol
500.
5 The first three claims of the
seventeen have been settled with
out court action, the first for 5000
: the second for $3.50 and the thlre
: for $500.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
The Army Worm Appears in Craven County.
Killing the Cotton Crop.

New Bern, N. c., Sept. o.,
The ravages Of the army worm,
which made its appearance in
Craven county about ten days
ago, have been very severe, especi-
ally in the cotton fields, which
in many instances present the
spectacle of bare stalks and bolls,
the leaves being swept entirely
away. Where the land is rich the
worm is found in swarms, but 1T
will not thrive on poor land.
. Wherever it attacks the cotton
plant the bolls quickly shrivel up.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
RATES BY S. A. L.
RAILWAY.

SPECIAL RATES BY S. A. l..
RAILWAY.
RICHMOND. V. A. Grand Foun-
tain, Uaitsd Order True Re.
formers, one fare plus 25 cent?.
Tickets sold September Bird
and 9th, final limit September
@l4th.
HOT SPRINGS ARK. Special ex-
cursion Rates One fare, plus
50 90 Tickets limited 60 days
Sold first and third Tuesdays
In September.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Eeec
ton of Monuments by the
State Of North Carolina, hica-
manga Park, September 18th
and 18th, f1ual limit five Days
from date Of sale. One fare,
blus So 90 round TRIP.
DENVER, COL National. kn-
campment Grsud Army OF the
Republic, Sep 4th and 7th.
Specisl Low Ra'es 10 Dever,
Colorado Springs or Pueblo
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Patrtarchs
Militant and Sovereign Grand
Lodge I. o. F., Sept, 16 and
2rd. One fare ,Dlus 81. p.
Tickets sold Sept. l3-14-15,
final limit Sept. Doth. with
privilege of extension.
RICHMOND, VA. Farmers Ma
tional Congress, Sept. IL and
S2nd One first class fare, plus
25 cents Tickets sold Sept
1O-11-12. final limit Sept. 10Th.
Special rates account OF occasions
not mentioned above will be FUR
nished upon application also
time tables or any additional in
formation. Address,
| G. d. GATTIs.
Travelling Passes Ger Agent,
RAle;gh, N q.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
THE RIGHT OF PETITION.
White msa In Raleigh who eau read and vri,s
are disfrsnchised.

30 far as we know the people
OF Russia and of Raleigh are the
only ones who are denied the
right OF petition-unless they De-
unon for something pleasing to
the Gar and the majority of the
Board Of Aldermen.
Some time ago petitions were
presented to the Board of Alder
men In this city by people who
oppose the dispensary, PRAYING for
an opportunity to submit the
question to the voters. 1t is said
that the petition contained some
thing over 900 names, or about
half the voting population, while
the Watts law says that one-third
OF the voters registered for the last
municipal election may petition
for an election.
Some Of the signers of the peti-
ton were not registered. Of
course they could not be counted.
The aldermen sought the advice of
the City Attorney. He told them
what the law is and how far they
could 60 legally in culling the
list. But they went further and
trimmed the list to a little over
800 names. AS a last resort, thew
found that 10 of the signers had
not paid poll tax, and another
technically was raised.
The moral difference between
the sale of liquor by municipali-
ties, or by licensed individuals, is
not great, but the balance is GER
tainly against the dispensary sys-
tenn.
But there is a far greater ques-
ton involved in the right of petit
ton. Every voter in the city has
a right to petition either for or
against a dispensary, and is en-
titled to a hearing. If more than
500 voters were registered for the
last city election, then they are to-
day legal petitioners, and no law
exists to take that right from them.
1t is not a question of whether
they can vote in the next election,
but whether they could have Or
did vote in the last election.
In the recent past many prom
Uses were made that no white
voter would be disfranchised.
How is it now? Hundreds and
thousands are already disfran-
chised in North Carolina, and
many of them are not even allowed
the privilege of petition, as in the
present instance. Unfair politi-
cal methods and fanaticism both
bar the way.
There is to-day in Raleigh
something over 900 men, includ-
ing leading business and profess
sional men, mechanics and men In
all avocations, and their voice is
silenced on mere technicalities.
But they have power, they have
vast influence, they can in the
near future brush aside all techni-
calities and become citizens and
exercise their constitutional rights.
IF those 900 men do not show their
hands in the future, we will be
surprised Raleigh Enterprise.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

lie surz and use that old aud we'll
tiled remedy, MRS WINsLOw'>
SOOTHING SYRUP, FIR child tn
taet Ing 1t soOtnes the child, sof
tsns me gums. al)ays ali psi cures
Wind coii", aud is the cest remedy
DiarrhOsa. TWENTY-FIVE Co nts q
bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
Farmers National Congress in Session at Rich,
m0nd.

Richmond, Va, Sept. 12.-The
Farmers National Congress met
IN lis twenty-ffth annual session
here to-day with a large atten-
dance, representing almost the en-
tire farming section of the United
States.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
ATTACK ED BY 4 MOB.

and beaten. Ia \ lator not. until cox
cred with SORES. n ThicnS 80 strx-rt car
conductor applied Buckiea's Armies
Salse. and was soon sound and well
Il use II In my family writes q. ].
weich Of Tekonsila. Mich. and tlnd IL
perfect" Simply great for cuts and
burns Only 49,. at all druggists
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. Ia
Bud" Regain. the Tennessee De-
gro giant, j. dead ut his hosne IN
Gallatin- kn,gan wax : fees q
inches tall He hands were Il
inches in length. and feat Is Il
inches.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

Athens, Tenn, Sept. 12.-Prof
Albert Watchenberger was cut tc
death to-day by Ernest Powers, a
pupil in his school. Watchenber-
ger had attempted to chastise the
boy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

v1gOr and cheerful
ness soon disappear
the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalen.
that it is not uncon-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. IF the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

Wa. Superior Court will con
rene ~.pt. 18th.
&C.. Glenn left Monday to at
..,l -..,e New England county
fair,
ra. dog belonging to Miss
lei, Jones was killed in Raleigh
FrilaE.
r.. <t term of the Federal
Com. Washington, n. c., will
begin OFT. 9th,
Tier. wiIl be about a dozen in
The Pr..idcnt's party when he Wis
i, K a.uh during Fair Week
next meath.
" E.a-on Friday afternoon
ANDRE Hodges was seriously, if
not fatally, stabbed by one NJ.
Sngg-. The trouble grew out of
an arc.nr against Hodges.
The mayor Of Creedmore, Gran
vile county, has been fined $25
for tearing down notices of sale of
PROPERTY bcIonging to a negro of
the SANE name as his own.
Peter Smith will be hanged at
Marshall, Madison county, to-day
Thursday for criminal assault
upon white girl. Smith is a
white man in his 65th year.
VIII adams, a young negro,
who is charged with killing a ne
gro woman and her two children
near Raleigh in January, 1904,
will be- hanged in the county jail
ward in Raleigh to-day (Thurs-
day..
William A. Barbee, a young
man from Durham, committed
suicide in the Marlborough Hotel
in this city, late last Wednesday
evening, Dependency and drink
are supposed to have been the
cause Of his rash act.
The directors of the Insane Asy-
lum at Raleigh will meet to-day
to investigate the cause of the
death Of Thos. III. Nall and other
charges that may be brought
against that institution. We will
report their findings in our next
issue.
The farmers of Mecklenburg
county held a meeting Saturday
and endorsed the eleven cents min
imum price fixed by the Southern
Cotton Association.
Mr., J. F. Milford, aged 60
years, dropped dead on the streets
of New Bern Tuesday evening.
An examination will be held in
Raleigh on the 22nd of November
for positions of clerk and carrier
in the post-office service. The age
limit is Is to As years. The ap
plication for the examination must
be received by the afternoon Of
the 10Th of October, by L. 81
Fisher, secretary fourth district
Civil Service Commission, Wash
mgton, d. @.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
Iscse Sinaess Dead.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. l2.-Judge
L. ]. Simmons, chief justice Of
the Supreme Court Of Georgia,
died at his home in the city to-day
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
Another Earthquake.

Rome, Sept. 12.-There was
another severe earthquake at Bis
lgnano, province of Cozinlca, to
day. Great damage was done.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

WEALTHY YOUNG LADY, ATTRAC-
tive, affectionate, worth over So, 600,
and 160-acre farm, desires immedi-
ately loving husband. Address, Mrs.
W., 697 Fulton ST., Chicago.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

Subscribe for the Caucasian Only
81 90 per year or so" for aix months.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made rniser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
SWamp.ROot is soon realized. It is solo
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

BY druggists, in fifty
cent and one-do1lar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14
"OUE TO CEROUi

and nothing else, 10 my baby girl. now
two weeks old" writes Mrs. J. Priest,
Of Webster City, Iowa. ''she In . fine,
healthy babe and We are both doing
nicely. am st!n taking OArdui, and
would not be without it in the house,
as 1t is q great medicine for women"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
Including many of the thousands of testi-
monia1 letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
Dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

Va. Superior Court will con-
~ere ~.pt. 18th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

irs.,; (. { .. s4s .Tt ssu Z.
dencs, teAG N q your symptoms
and tFeuh6ao. Wewm send free advice
Tin plain, ssalsA snyslope), how TO
cure thln. Add1eass 1adfes' Advisory
Dept, The ChAttAnosga Medicine Co,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-09-14

i ma. dog belonging to Miss
L., Jones was killed in Raleigh
FrilaE.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
How TO Become Disease Proof.

1t has already been suggested that
the appendix should be removed from
every infant as a routine measure. But
this is clearly insufficient, says the
British Medical Journal. The surgery
OF the future must include far more
than this. The tonsils and turbinate
bones of the nose must be cut out, be-
cause they may harbor germs. What
Arbuthnot Lane calls the human cess
pool" (that is the large intestine),
must be removed along with a consider
able part Of the upper portion of the
alimentary canal, because it won't be
needed wnen we begin to live on M.
Berthelot's tabloids and pills. The
too readily decaying teeth will be
pulled out in early life and the germ
proof store variety inserted. The failing
human eye will be anticipated by
spectacles in early youth. Deficient
moral sense and ~degeneracy will be
treated by ventilation of the brain and
removal of the offending areas.
Thus protected against the perils of
civilization, the man in the coming
centuries will be able in his Journey
through life to defy the countless enc
mics that seek to rob him Of health
sans teeth, sans eyes, san taste, sans
everything.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

house a sensation that night, and we
were all a little eager; 1t had not been
announced on the boards, but had
foated round society through the pri-
vate channels, and we kept asking
each other who was this new star OF
Batsburg? The programme was as
good as could be, but the performers
were old acquaintance; and while
we stormed the stage with applause
after each item, all felt that Batsburg
owed us a new sensation yet. It came
between numbers 8 and loan extra
turn" which vas merely slipped upon
the notice board. The band struck
up a new air, a catchy thing that no
one had heard, and yet, I believe, we
all tried to hum it and then into the
centre Of the wide strip of stage left
bare in front Of the back-cloth a little
ragged London gamin came swinging
his impudent dirty face turned to the
audience with the sang froid Of his in
imitable breed. He stood still a min
ute, and then cody looking us over, he
began to shy personalities at our
comments that made the victim shout
claim him a success.
There was no doubt about his
reality-he vas a true arab, apparent
~ brought straight out of the streets,
without a dab Of paint on him that
could be d%iscerned, and supremacy
jaunty and insolent. Probably, he
was one Of the boys who sold bogus
programmes at the side doors of the
hall, or, for a few stray coppers, sang
versions of the songs to be heard in.
side, and Batsburg had primed him up
to recognize the front rows of the au-
dience and discourse on their private
affairs and was getting quite personal
when one concluded that nhe
urchin had been coached by someone
who did know. Batsburg had been
among these people for weeks in con-
nection with the benefit, and, though,
his use of his knowledge might be in
doubtful taste, there was no denying
that it caught on-the stalls roared az
each stinging remark, pointed by one
gr1my forefinger came clearly across
the footlights through the jaunty
music. 80
Suddenly the boy began to dance A
kind of dOuble-shuf1e and, to the air
which the band still played softly,
broke into a song, introducing the
names OF people in front of him.
His voice was a sweet, true boys
voice, but marred by that awful East
End accent, and it rang through the
tneatre loud and strong. Young
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
quick Wn a Strong Factor.

Some Of the noblemen Of Europe owe
their present positions and stations OF
honor to the presence Of mind and fore
thought Of their ancestors during ex
tremely critical moments. A hiccough,
for instance, IL the cause Of the Kin.
skys' princely rank in Austria. 1t
seems that during the midst of some
great court function at Vienna the EN-
press Maria Theresa had the misfor-
tune to hiccough 10 violently as to
cause, not only herself, but her court,
great embarrassment. In the midst Of
her bewilderment young Count Kinsky
stepped forward, and with q most
clever assumption Of intense mortifica-
ton and humiliation, asked her pardon
for his breach Of good manners. The
Empress received his apology with not
only good grace, but gratitude, and be-
fore long the young nobleman was be-
slowed with high court honors and
decorations.
Another story Is told how the EN-
peror Napoleon III when out hunting
one day, being a very poor marksman,
fired at a pheasant, but instead hit
General Massena, destroying the sight
Of one of his eyes. No one could doubt
who had fired the shot, but General
Massena turned round and soundly be-
rated General Berthier, who had been
standing behind him, which castigation
Berthier at once accepted and appeared
overcome with reinorse. Napoleon was
grateful to both for thus shielding him,
and overwhelmed them both with
houors and dignity.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
brighten her chaperons.

brighten her chapero1s.
Lady Jane Is q dear, good soul, but
she Is accustomed to be unwise in her
management Of Sigma. She allowed
her new approval Of Noel to be read in
the growing maternity Of her manner.
Hitherto she had been cousinly in her
treatment of him-she was not his
aunt or that might have been her atti-
tude-and when things looked very
black in the matrimonial market she
comforted herself aloud with his ad-
v~antages. sigma hated the obvious.
Her temper had been decidedly uncer-
tain since Captain Verney had come
into what she henceforth styled his
"Bayswater income" and she sailed
forth this very afternoon IN a mood
that was ripe for mischief.
She found It at Lady Bloomfleld's
afternoon crush where the Bohemian
element was mingling with the severe
~ social, and everybody was discuss
ing the great Benefit night at the
Bacchante Theatre Of Varieties in aid
Of the War Fund. The Bacchante Is
a very superior music hall, and that
lent a zest to the way in which every
one was buying tickets-in aid OF the
charity!
There was g. fat man In a long frock-
coat standing in the centre OF the
group Of the smartest women present
when Sigma arrived. He was Bats
burg, the proprietor Of the Bacchante
and the originator Of the benehr, put
Sigma hardly glanced at him. Tnere
was no doubt that she was in a very
bad mood indeed, and her eyes, roam
ing about for some evil deed to prove
this, did not alight upon Batsburg, as
the special means arranged by the
Powers of Darkness to help her. 1t
was not with any thought Of the rat
man and his glossy curls in her MIND
that she sat down at the piano
and volunteered a song. There had
been music going on all Of that AFTER
noon; but Signals performance was
entirely different, and everyone listen
ed, and indeed, crowded in from the
other rooms to hear. She has a
singularly clear voice, strong enough
to fill a concert-room, and trained by
Da Capri. He never thought that his
excellent training would go to help
sigma to give Lady Bloomfield's
guests a treat such as that perform
ance of "Hy'ar there! Clear the road
for Lisbeth."
They were a noisy audience when
Signals singing had suddenly trans
formed them from w~ell-dressed luke
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
THE SCANDAL OF SIGMA.
BY

warm men and women into laughing
applauding human beings, not above
joining In that last swinging chorus
Of the others, and n could seeeta
seemed no more a drawing room in
Pont street, but the cotton-fields Of
Louisiana. Lady Bloomield's own
high cackle rose high above the
voices Of the others and one
could zee the men drawing breath to
demand an encore, even az she rose,
flushed with the excitement Of her
success, from the piano, and she
heard, all across the room the mana
ger ask who she was. Two minutes
later, someone brought him over and
introduced him, and they stood by the
instrument, talking quickly and earn.
estly-so deep in conversation, indeed,
hat sigma would not be interrupted
to sing again. It was only when she
looked past his broad back that she
caught sight Of Verney, %nonchalant,
eyeglass in eye, evidently not at all
upset by her reckless Interpretation of
the notorious negro melody.
Eyes, of course I Will!' said Sigma
to the manager. II should like it."
and she nodded to verney over his
shoulder. Her smile was brilliant.
Halt London was in the stalls of the
Bacchante on the great benefit night,
and the boxes were taken by select
parties who thought the auditorium
a little public for the light Of their
presence. I was tickled to see the
duchess levelling her glasses ut Poppy
e Marchant when that young lady
danced the conger-eeldan nee in aid
of the charity, and admired the toler.
ance Of her attitude. Lady Jane was
in the box, too, and Sir Wilfred and
sister, the n who married into the
state; but sigma herself was not pres
ent, and, when I went round to pay
my respects to her grace, I learned
that she had pleaded a headache and
stayed at home. The cause,I thought,
was not far to seek, as Sigma would
have persisted that she had lumbago
If it would have saved her accom-
panying a party of which the duchess
made one.
Batsburg had tacitly promised the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

"Two thousand q year 10 not a great
income" said Lady Jane, ironically,
"StiIl, It rescues dear Noel from abso.
lutte want. 1t was so nice of his ged-
mother-aaways a most unassuming
person, too; indeed, l mistook her for
the dressmaker on occasion when
she came to cal. I am afraid she
slipped of my visiting list quite a
year ago."
'That is a pity, since the whole fam.
lily are inclined to canonize her nowl''
said sigma dryly. However, she does
not seem to have borne malice, q d she
has promoted Noel to the position of
an eligible"
Hardly eligible, my dearl Two
thousand goes such q very little way
unless one lives In BaysWater or the
country. Poor Noelv'
ION, / did not meat among rs!' said
Sigma, with a laughing sneer and a
glance out OF the window at the re-
spectacle Sloane street trees, decorous-
" dusty though just in bud. "But
possibly some young person in tie
middle classes may take pity on him
now, even though it means Bays
water"
Lady Jane glanced rather uneasily
at Signals straight young back, which
was all that presented itself to her I'd
help out Signals meaning. And LADY
Jane was often at a loss to know
whether sigma was in earnest or iron.
ical. She was beginning to think,
with despair, that when her youngest
daughter talked sense-the sense OF
Sloane street and the duchess. il
meant revolt, and would end in Sigma
doing some dreaded and unconvention-
al thing, such as wanting to take up
a profession or refusing a really sound
offer, for instance. S0metimes-since
his godmother had behaved in s,-o,, a
really laudable ~nanner-she thought
with a sigh, that even two thousand q
year and Bayswater would be better
than an awful scandal, Of which She
lived in terror. If Sigma must marry
a poor man, better Noel, who was,
somehow, 30 satisfactory to all the
family, than one Of those younger o n
with whom the girl delighted to