The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25
Chatham County News

tendent Of the oil mills at this place.
Fred McClanshan, Q ten year old
negro boy, living two miles north Of
here last Sunday, knocked his
grandmother In the head with an
axe. Her injury Is quite painful and
may prove fatal.
A negro man shot another negro
man through the right leg, here, last
Saturday.
Put the Republican candidates In
the court house and the people will
be served promptly and civilly.
One County official refused last
Monday to give a Republican q
signed copy Of the various sums Of
Indebtedness for the years 1902
1903-1904-19O5, thus closing the
records against the Democrats.
The many mistakes being made
by our County officials, In their re-
cords, ought 10 be looked into by a
new set of officials and Strengthened
out. Elect the Republican candi-
dates and this will be done.
Did yoa hear of promises being
made to certain lukewarm voters
that If they will vote a certain
ticket seat in the jury box will be
given them If they will vote fright"
The people in Chatham County
are good folks and deserve good, sub.
stantial officials to look after their
affairs. We believe the present Re
publican candidates will give good
administration if elected.
You must register this week if
your name is not already on the reg
istration books, or you cannot vote
this year. Attend to this matter at
once.
At the coming election watch the
returns from the "white" counties
In this State, and see how solidly
they will go Republican, while on
the other hand the "black" counties
will be very apt to go democratic.
1t will pay the people to make a
change in their County officers this
year so that the many mistakes in
the books may be Strengthened out.
The democratic candidate seems
to want to quote ex.Sheriff Johnson
III saying this and that about the
County Indebtedness rather than
take Mr.. w. E. Brooks sworn
as to the amount. Mr..
Brooks oWOrn statement shows that
the debt of the County December
1st, 1902, when the democrats got
control, was Sill, 466. Today the in
debtedness of the County is nearly
four times that amount.
We regret to hear that Mr.. Aaron
Willett, father of our next Sheriff,
died at his home in Bear Greek
township last week. He was about
eighty years of age and a man of
splendid character and standing in
his section of the county, where he
was we'll known. He was men,
Der Of the Friends, or Quakers, and
a good man.
At the very earnest solicitation of
many friends in Oakland township,
Mr.. A. W. Wicker has asked the Re-
publican Executive Committee TO
place some other name on the ticket
as candidate for Coroner for the rea-
son that the aforesaid friends wanted
him to be Justice of the Peace in
their township. The Committee has
therefore placed the name of Mr..
John 81. Tysor, of the same town
ship, on the ticket in place of Mr..
Wicker. Mr.. Tysor has been Coro-
ner of the County, and is thor
oughly able and competent to serve
as such officer and will make a good
official.
Mr.. Marvin Self, son Of Mr.. Al,
fred M. Self, of Hadley, this county,
has been appointed route agent in
the railway mail service by the Post
office Department. We learn that
the salary is $500 per year at the
start with a chance of promotion ir
the future. He is young mar
thoroughly qualified for the position
and will make a good railway clerk
Miss May Johnson, an elderly in
mate at the County Home, fIon
Hadley township, died at the home
last week. She had been an inmate
there for many years, and had als'
been on one or two occasions an in
mate of the State Hospital for tn
insane at Morganton.
It is now said that the politician
may allow or permit trial of tn
four persons charged with the muir
, der of the late Thomas II. Nall, afte
the November election.
Mr.. John II. Knight, of Greens
boro, q son of Mr.. and Mrs. J
West Knight, Of Collision, tn
county, were married at Raleigh las
Thursday to a Miss Daniel,
Greensboro. Mr.. Knight holds
L position at Greensboro with the III