The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-04-27
PIIon RATES.
THINGS OUTOF JOINT.
Sensational Report by New Hanover
Grand Jury

Sensational Report by New Hanover
Grand Jury
The following article under the
above caption is clipped from the
Raleigh Post:
"WilmingtoD, N G., Apr. 8, Special
The grand jury of the superior
court made a most sensational re-
port to- day, in part saying:
we recommend that the city po-
lice force be purged Of several I'M
worthy and incapable men who may
be better fitted for other employ
ment. We also urge the enforce
ment of the recent vagran y law. It
is disgrace to the county that no
facilities have been provided for
cleansing prisoners upon their ad-
mittance. We respectfully recon-
mend that the Jail be supplied with
a bath room, that all prisoners be
compelled Immediately to use it
and be clad in Jail garments. We
respectfully report that upon perso-
nal inspection we have ascertained
that the public school facilities of
the city are inadequate to the needs
of the rapidly increasing white pop
ulation. Many Of the local teachers
have nearly double the number of
pupils in their charge to which they
should properly be assigned. Not
withstanding this there are still sew
eral hundred children without school
facilities, growing up In idleness
and with many instances of sinful
or criminal tendencies
"Out of joint" !! Is this the same
Wilmington that revoluted a few
years ago under the generalship of
the doughty Col. Waddell and shook
off the shackles Of negro rule and
purged herself of her MANIFOLD
denominations in the twinkling of a
Sleeps tail after brief but sanguin-
ary conflict in which q large but in
definite number of inOffensive ne
groes lost their lives? Can it be
that the police force who are. the
very creatures of the Waddell re.
gime-the foster children of the
Simmons Aycock reign Of terror
and blood have 80 lost sight Of the
lofty ideals held up to them by this
trio of bellicose statesmen that THEY
need purging?
Sooner let midday blush to own
her sun! Is it possible that Migrants
abound in city so highly favored
with 'good government" in this
era of peace and plenty? Does the
Cape Fear river not afford sufficient
water with which to cleanse the
"unwashed" of Waddell's belliger-
ents, and has its application been so
long abandoned under good demo-
cratic rule that the grand jury must
thus turn states evidence and pub
lish to the world such a palpable vi
olation of common decency by the
very apples of Boss Simmons eye
in that mob-ridden city? In this
time Of educational revival of which
We have heard so much is it conceiv'
able that the public schools as we'll
as the prison are down at the heels.
out at the elbows and in need of
purging and cleansing? Far be it
from us to so allege.
But the foregoing report Of the
grand jury speaks for itself. 1t is
presumed to have been made by
good men-most if not all demo-
Gratis and sealed with their sacred
oaths
In this connection it may not be
amiss to note that at the recent DEM
ocratic primary which is equivalent
to election, this same Waddell re-
ceived a majority of the votes of
his party for mayor. and will again
waddle into the same place where
the so called revolution of 1898,
placed him as refugee from star
walton. In Chatham County whence
this pugnacious Colonel migrated
the name is Waddle. After residing
in the city becoming Colonel and
a sort Of a lawyer-revolutionest, the
name becomes WAD DELL.
'The Washington Star wants to
know why the disciples of Alexan-
n