The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-11-16


SONS samh. Of fnseress ~e have ssxs
erred with oxr pssse-pos ana Shears.
The South So ms to be getting rid
OF political prejudice aud the boil
weevil at the same time. The inar
who would attempt to SCATTER the
weevil or stir up the prejudice
ought to be subjected to severe pun
ishment.-Rsleigh Enterprise.
Mr.. Bryan Is not eligible TO the
Hall Of Fame, a. one Of his adj
mirers suggests. A candidate for the
honor must be physically dead. That
he is politically dead is not enough,
Puck.
There has been more improved
farm machinery sold 10 our farmers
this year than ever before. This
shows what good prices for farm
produce and prosperity are doing fol-
our people. Davie Record.
Solomon Schrum raised 500 bush.
els Of sweet potatoes, 175 bushels OF
corn, and about l5 bushels of Irish
potatoes, all on eight acres Of land.
Who can beat this?- Gaia VIDA County
News.
But isn't it a fact that President
Roosevelt would not have been re-
ceived quite SO warmly if his adj
minlstration had brought on panic
Union Republican.
The fact that President Roosevelt
spoke of the necessity for honest
elections while on his Southern tour
has not been commented upon much
by the papers, but he did, and he
has touched upon no more import
ant theme.-Union Republican.
"The party man who offers his al.
legiance to party as an excuse fol
blindly following bis party, right OF
wrong, and who fails to try to make
that party in any way better, COM
mits crime against the country
and a crime quite as serious is COM
mitted by the independent, who
makes his independence an excuse
for easy self-indulgence, and who
thinks that when he says he belongs
to neither party he is excused from
the duty OF taking part in the polit'
ical work of party reorganizations.'
President Roosevelt.
Ex-Governor G. B. Aycock has
been speaking in Maryland for the
disfranchisement amendment fol
that State. In his speeches he made
some broad, rash assertions about the
result of our amendment. He threw
down a challenge that since ouI
amendment had been adopted, the
race question was settled and nc
white man had or would ever be
DISTINGUISHED. Ex-senator Butler
took up the challenge and went tc
Maryland to meet Mr.. Aycock, OF
rather, his arguments. Mr.. AycOck,
Of course, did not meet him face tc
face. He could not do it here. BE
never was able to do it and he is
the best hot air pumper the Demo-
Gratis have in the State. Hickory
Times-Mercury.
The largest pulp mill in the South
and perhaps as large as any in the
United States, is being built at Can
ton, in Haywood county. Phil g
Thompson, a Cincinnati paper manu-
facturer, is the leading spirit in the
enterprise. He has already pur.
chased $1,000 acres Of timber land
and besides this he will buy all III,
wood suitable for pulp which HI
may be offered. It will probably
take a year and a half to get tn,
mill completed so as to turn out an,
product. It is said the Southern
Railway has agreed to lower it
grades on the Murphy branch so a
to make the hauls larger, and travel
ing much safer.-Asheville Register
We believe we are in touch will
as many people Of all faiths and
politics as any local concern, and W.
know great changes have been, snd
still are, taking place in the minds
and hearts of the people. They be
gin to fully realize that their own
personal interest is paramount to the
success of any party and clear con-
science toward God and man, to any
human-made creed. And the mar