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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19
Mock Lynchlng Results in Death for
Bow

Memphis, Tenn, Dec 14.-Carry-
ing out a mock lynching, Willie
Gordon. 16-year old negro, was
hOisted to shafting at local manu-
featuring concern by several COM
paniODs. Before he could be released,
his clothing caught in belt and his
head and arms were severed from
his shoulders. Several of the par
Elephants in the affair, all of whom
were negroes, were arrested on
charges of involuntarily manslaugh-
ter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19

Ask your neighbor to subscribe
for THE CAUCASIAN. It is only one
dollar per year, and 1t will be the
best dollar your neighbor ever spent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19
WAKE COUNTY NEWS.
nc,,b of Mrs. D. 7. Johnson.

Dcsth OF WFs. y. ]. JC""sO"'
Mrs Texanna johnson. wife of
" D T. Johnson, Chairman OF the
BOARD Of Wake County Commis-
sinners. died suddenly at 9 o'clock
THesday morning at her home In
this city.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19

prevailing IN this
Is because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowedto advance
neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19

Honesty is the best policy for the
fellow you are competing with.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19
TRINITY COLLEGE.

Four Departments-Colleglate, Grad
uate, Engineering and Law.
Large Library Facilities. Well
Equipped Laboratories in all Depart
ments of Science. Gynasium furnished
with best apparatus. Expenses very
moderate. Aid for worthy students.
Young Men wishing to Study
Law should investigate the
Superior Advantages Offered
by the Department Of Law in
Trinity College.
For Catalogue and further informa-
tion, address
ID. w. NEWSOM, Registrar
Durham. North Carolina,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-19
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths,

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most danoerOuS because so decen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
Is Presented at Court

RAPID, mysterious fashion, and the
next thing he knew he was outside in
the courtyard But he was actually
presented" and is now forever Hof
fahiC, or eligible for presentation a.
any court in the world, provided he be
HAYES himself.
All this was preliminary to the pres
entation of the mans wife and daugh-
ter at the drawing room. Men are pre-.
scented at the kings levees, and the
women undergo the same ordeal at the
courts or drawing rooms, which are
by far the more imposing functions. IL
is probably no eXaggeratiOn to say that
every time q drawing room is held
100000 is spent by the people who go
To court.
None but very old habitue of the
court-and then she is never below the
rank of Il cOuntesS-Uoull dream OF
appearing at court in costume that
she had worn there before. The item
of flowers alone is one of vast impor-
lance If 1t were not for the drawing
rooms the large florists could not exist.
Every woman who is presented goes
armed with Il bouquet, whose value IL
at least pound, and some of them are
worth ten times that sum: Then there
are the bookmakers and the hosiers and
the millners to consider, to say nothing;
of the people who lend carriages.
Suppose there are at a low estimate
800 people on the presentation list. OF
these every mothers daughter has her
self photographed in her court cos
tune. and London court photographer
are notorious for their stiff prices.
st. James park on the night of q
| drawing room is filled with London.
ers who wander up and down the dOu-
! bic line of carriages stalled in the mall,
| pcerinG into the windows and CRITICS.
/ ing the costumes of the matronS and
| their debutante daughters. 1t is q
! legitimate privilege of the populace to
| consider those waiting for presentation
Us objects of interest and there the
| latter have to sit, some of them over
an hour, subjected to the gaze of Lon
| don's citizens. You see half dozen
| shopCirlS fattening their noses againS:
the window. of a motor broughan. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
keyhoId Tenure In London,

The curious custom of keyhold ten
ure still prevails at Crowland, the IA
nous abbey town in the Lincolnshire
fens, where there are a number of cot
tages which are neither copyhold, free
hold nor leasehold. They were origi-
nally built on waste land, and in each
case the possessor of the key holds an
indisputed tenancy. Although some of
the occupiers have replaced the mud
and matched dwellings Of antiquity
with brick and slated buildings, they
have no power to sell or will them
away, for they have no deeds. On a
tenant dying the first person to cross
the threshold takes his place If he so
desires. Many devices have been re-
sorted to to obtain the keys. The prop
critics carry county vote, but the poor
law guardians always refuse to grant
relief to the tenants.-London Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28

CARRYING on rapid fire conversation
about the dress of milady and her
daughter inside.
"Ain't she beootiful, Mary AnnT" or
"Wot do you think of this un? Oh done
like 'er gown at all"
All this has to be borne with Spar
tan fortitude SO long as there is no
rowdyism; but, strange to say, there
never is.
A good many people starve them
selves for months so that they ana
their offspring may have the money to
enable them to go to court. There are
many half pay colonies who live III
the country whose one object is to
come up for drawing room.
Generally they have influential and
wealthy friends who make it easy for
them in the matter of lodging in town
and lend them their horses, carriages
and footmen; otherwise it would be i'm
possible for them to go. There seems
| to be a. tradition that if q mans daugh-
ter has not been presented at court
| her way to a successful marriage will
not be so smooth. That of course is q
| fallacy, but the tradition never dies.
and so people stint themselves and en-
dure endless sacrifices that they may
| put the hall mark on themselves and
| their offspring
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
Keep the Kidneys Well.
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Rock Island People Know
How to Save 1t.

Many Rock Island people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting their
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are respon-
sible for a vast amount of suffering
and i'll health. bu- there Is no need to
suffer nor to remain in danger when
all diseases and aches and pains due to
weak kidneys can be quickly and per
Kidney Pills. Here is the Statement.
of a Rock Island citizen who has re-
claimed good health by the use of this.
remedy.
Mrs. Isaac Shiffer of 1417 Fifth ave
nue., Rock Island, Ills, says:
My husband was troubled for two
years with kidney trouble before he
found anything to help him. The worst
symptoms he endured were severe
pains in the region of his kidneys AMI
across his back, and frequent desire to
void the urine. which he could not CON
troll. He was unable to stoop or lift
anything. He tried many remedies
but got no relief. He read of Doan's
Kidney Pills in the paper and decidei
to try them, procured a box at the Har-
per House pharmacy and after using
them short time the pains and othe,'
symptoms left him. have used Doan' s
Kidney Pills myself and find them 10
be exactly as represented. My hu3-
band and | agree that DoanS Kidney
Pills are the surest and safest remedy
for kidney trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company. Buff,
falo, n. Y, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28

A six foot American who had Sc
cured command to one of the Eng
lish royal levees recently found him
self in pretty predicament.
On his notification paper was the
hint that levee dress was indispenSa-
BILE. In the guilelesS innocence Of his
democratic soul the American took this
to mean that frOck coat and shiny
shoes would he called for.
He was in the act of looking over his
best outfit of that nature when more
experienced friend called and caught
him in the act The friend made haste
to inform the misguided Yankee that
levee dress involved silk stockings.
ruffied sleeves, black sword and other
items
CONSERVATION ensued. 1t continued
to ensue when owing to his height and
girth no borrowable suit was discOy-
cred and no tailor could he found who
would make one before the next after
noon. At last a stage levee dress was
rented from His Maiesty's theatcT,
where it had done duty i'll The Last
of the DaudieS."
After the levee was over the Ameri-
can confessed that he hardly knew
what had happened. When he reached
the palace he was first surrounded by
the yeomen of the guard. who started
him upstairs with great dispatch. LII
the course of his progress upstairs the
yeomen disappeared, and he found
himself in a lane of tin plated life
guardSmen.
Again the scene changed. says Town
and Country, and there was a lane OF
royal fOotmen and next a large room
filed to overlooking with admirals
generals. diplomats. peers, chamber
lains, soldiers and sailors of all de
grees of commissioned rank ana {
great host of men attired like himsci,
in levee dress. One by one they Wen
singled out and ushprcd into the roya
presence III the adjoining room, where
stood the king surrounded Ivy his suit.
The work of presentation was e
rapid that the American found himself
out and in ANOTHER room before he
knew what had happened. His over
coat was on his back in the same
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
BAPTIzING SHIPS.
The Modern Method Survival Of a
Barbaric Custom.

If fair young women sponsors who
a bottle of champagne over the Prov
of q ship as she slides into the water
for her first float knew something
about the origin and significance of
the launching custom, the chances are
they would not be SO eager to see the
bottle crash and the foaming liquid
wet the sides of the vessel.
1t is n survival of n barbaric custom
when sacrifices We're made to the gods
and some living victim or Offering was
held up and its throat cut so that the
blood flowed over the PROV of the ship
being launched. The vessel was bap
tzed in warm blood. Now sparkling
wine or pure water Is used, and the
change has many advantages, though
the symbolism remains.
There is another curious custom
aboard ship that is interesting in the
way it has been handed down to us.
When a dignitary visits Il foreign Coun-
try, the moment that his ship enters
port formal salute is fired as n signal
of welcome. This custom was ohserv-
ed years ago, when it was considered
the correct thing for port to fire its
guns to show the visiting stranger that
the citizens and authorities. placed such
confidence in his friendliness that it
was not considered necessary to keep
the guns loaded, so all the shot was dis
charged New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
CR|NS HAVE VALUE
Chicago Instructor Declares
That Laughter Makes Peo-
Pile More CongeniaI.
CURE FOR SOCIAL DISCORD
Many Are Cured of Their PecuIiarities
by RidicuIe - Sense of Humor
Essential in Society.

It's laughter that makes everybody a
reSpecter of the fashion plate; it's
laughter that Furnishes people out of
their faults; it's laughter that cures
idiosyncracies; it's laughter that kills
social discord and enables society to
exist happily. The man or woman
without the comic spirit has no place
in society
These are some of the things that
Professor W. d. MacCIintock told the
members of the Cook County Teachers
association the other day, says the
Chicago Tribune. He told the teachers
to encourage the development of the
sense of humOr in the young. He clas-
sified laughter dissecteQ it and then
enumerated its uses. Professor Mac
Clintock's subject was The Newer
Conceptions of the Nature and the
Functions of the Comic Spirit"
THE comic spirit is n growth of civil
lization," he said. at is the natural
product of the intelligent mind. 1t is
something which has been manufac-
tured or affected. 1t IS natural to chill
dren 1t is part of their Inheritance.
Three great attempts have been
made to explain laughter. One of the
explanations is that it is due to feel
ing of superiority over others. another
that it is due to the incongruity Of
things that happen when least expect
ed. The physiological explanation is
that laughter marks the relief of the
mind from tension
| Gives Various "LcVcIs."
Professor MacCiintock then gave the
| different levels of laughter" as fol
| lows:
First.-CIad"om' laughter. such as
the laughter of children in the enjoy
ment of their games and sports.
Second-SociaI laughter. which com
pols others to be in the social group
and to observe the prevailing styles
and customs.
Third.-L0uShter produced by hUmor,
which is sympathetic-So sympathetic
that you may laugh ut your friends
and still love them.
| Fourth.-IauChter produced by wit.
Fifth.-Laughter produced by non
sense, the deliberate and artistic break
ing of the law Of conGruity for the
| sake of fun. -rr.....
The most important use of laughter,
Professor .MacClmtock. declared, is its
use as cure for social disCord. An
other important function of laughter
is the correction OF personal faults.
The fear of ridicule compels folks to
respect the styles mud customs of so
ciety. Laughter is also of great value
in getting rid of social folly. he said,
and for promoting good feeling and en-
| tertainment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
THE AIR BRAKE.
II Was Ushered Into Actual Use In
Most Dramatic Fashion


The air brake was ushered into actu-
al use in most dramatic fashion. The
trial trip occurred in April, 1869. The
train selected was the Steubenville ac-
comnodation, running between Pitts
burg and Steubenville, O.
When the train was going at full
speed, suddenly as he came around a
sharp curve the engineer saw a stalled
wagon in the middle of the track dead
ahead With only hand brakes moth
ing could have prevented terrible
smashup. The formal time for the
trial of the air brake had not come,
but the brake was there. and in des-
peration, not believing for a moment
that the thing could possibly avail, the
engineer threw on the air. But it did
avail.
The observers in the rear were al
most catapulted out of their seats by
the shock of the sudden stop. But
when they saw the engine fairly polk
ing its nose into the wagon bed. so mar
row had been the margin between
safety and disaster, they forgot all
about their shock and stood in awed
silence. The air brake had come into
its own.-Everybody's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
FOREST FOR A RAILROAD.
The Penns yIvania to Set Out 2,25o,oO
Trees For Ties.

1t was learned recently that the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, I'M
pressed with the necessity of provid-
ing a future source of supply for the
100000 railroad ties used annually
on its system, was about 10 undertake
what is said to be the most extensive
private forest planting on record and
that altogether 100000 red oak
Scotch pine. chestnut, locust and catal-
pa trees would he set out by the com
pany's agents this spring, says the
New York Tribune. The total area to
be planted, it was said. Yves about a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
A Vegetable Freak.

California has one tree which is the
personification Of mystery. Found no.
where else in the world, 1t had a mys-
FERROUS origin and thrives in a region
of mystery. The Mojava yucca is a
vegetable freak which has developed
into species. 1t has the characters
tics of several plants, to which no re-
lationship can be traced. 1t is an en-
dogen, yet its bark shows concentric
rings such as characterize the exogen-
Gus stems. 1t lives and thrives in
great numbers in a region nearly de-
void of vegetation.-P. E. Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
BIG HORN BASIN EXCURSIONS

We will run personally conducted
hOmeseekers' excursions June and
Is, under guidance OF ID. Glenn Dea-
yer, General Agent Landseekers' In
formation Bureau, to assist settlers to
secure an early hold at cheapest
rates of magnificent irrigated lands
in the Big Horn Basin, Wyo., and
Yellowstone Valley. Mont. Ask for
folder telling all about these lands.
Round trip $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
F. A. RIDDELL, Agent, c., 3. & @. z


thousand acres Mt Mount Union, AL
toona and Hollidaysburg. Pa.
In explanation it was said that ties
had been getting scarcer and more eX-
pensive every year and that the COM
pany thought it best to insure itself a
proper supply, say In twenty years.
when it was expected that some of the
trees would be large enough to cut for
ties. The Scotch pine and red oak
trees will not be suitable for cutting
for about thirty or forty years, but
they are said to make the best ties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
Don't Pay Alimony

to be divorced from your appendix.
There will be no occasion for it if you
keep your bowels regular with DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Their action is
SO gentle that the appendix never has
cause to make the least complaint
Guaranteed by w. T. Hartz, druggist
25 cents. Try them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
Puns.

Eve don't like the milk we get in
Cannes" said the millionaire who was
spending the winter abroad.
Then why not have some shipped
from Cowes?" inquired the near hui
morist, with a hoarse laugh.-Louis-
vile Courier Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS
June 4 to 10.

$500 to Denver. Colorado Springs.
Pueblo, Col: Billings, Mont; Cody.
Worland and Basin, WyO.; DeadwOod
and Hot Springs. S. D., and return.
One fare plus 81 for the round trip,
to hundreds of other points i'll the
west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28

DeWit's Kidney and Bladder Pills af-
ford prompt relief for weak kidneys,
backache and urinary troubles. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
EXPOSITION

$27.25 round trip on sale every day.
good for ID days. Higher rates for
longer limits and for tickets routed
in one direction via New York City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28

One learns taciturnity best among
people who have none and loquacity
among the taciturn.-R Richter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-28
From Rock Island, Ill.
PACIFIC COAST TOURS
via

1910 round trip to San Francisco
and Los Angeles, June s to Is.
$3.50 extra one way via Seattle.
Portland and Shasta Route.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-02

CLUB BROKE
President Resigns and Secretary
Announces Rent in Arrear, Over.
draft at Bank, Bust at Hand

President Arthur r Witcber of the
Commercial club nresontod his resig-
nation In that organizatiop last night
with the request that If be accented
nc soon nc convenient and that he he
relieved of tbe resnonsihle duties of
the presidency at as carly a date as
nossible
President Witcher stated that ow-
ino IN bic GROWING business interests
he had found II imnossihle IN devote
the NECESSARY time to the affairs of
the Commercial cluh that they de-
served and thar he Thought II would
no in the interests of the club to So
Loot some member bettar ahlo IN warl,
in tbe interests of tbe club
The matter was laid over for u
time until the members can get to-
pnther and discuss tho matter more
fullv president witcher was elected
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-02
ATTACKS NEWS
IN HOT TALK
Continued from page one.)

Continued from page one.)
knew the commissioners would do
their duty. He cited the style of
architecture followed il the con-
struction of federal and government
nj buildings, and said that they were
noted for their plainness.
Councilman j. II. Carbon warmly
repudiatod the statement made by
Mr. Nell that the agitation for Il
change in the plans was instituted by
clique working i'll the interests of
re Townsite company. in the rival
tow, or by any clique or comhma-
Il IL.
IN e a,e not a.;ki...s Cor any fancy
gingerl read on the court house. he
sand. 'iu; we do want buiiii, thu
will be pleasing to the eye In this
plan we have a front that is perfectly
plain. There is not a line of archi-
tectural beauty to be seen. There is
not a break to Offset the severity of
the plainness.
Il am not complaining about the
cost of the building, or of the in
terror arrangement, but about the APP
pearance of the front. 1t looks like
warehouse. Even the prison bars
show on the front, through the Win
dows.
1T would cost but little, if any
thing, to change the front and i'm
prove the appearance of the building.
Mr.. Riepe spoke of the government S
style of architecture. In Ogden they
are spending $4,000 for a govern
ment building. This building has
beautiful cornices and columns and
appeals to the eye. | am willing to
abide by government ideas, but there
is beauty in the manner in which
these plain architectural ideas are
carried out.
1t was not my idea to stir up any
contention in this matter. | am GER
tainly not working in the interests of
riayl towns or of any townsite COM
pany. All we want to do is to ask
the county commissioners, in a bust
ness like way, if they can change the
front plans OF the building SO that
it will be more presentable.
Councilman Gardens talk acted as
oil on the troubled waters, and peace
was again restored to the meeting.
Mr.. Neill was again given the floor
and said that he believed that the
commissioners would heartily COOP
crate if the matter was put to them
in the right way. He said there was
no question in his mind but that the
matter could be properly adjusted.
H. V. Meloy, one of the advisory
building board acting with the COM
missioners, was then given the floor.
He stated that the members of that
board, including the Hon. George S.
Brown, judge of the Fourth judicial
district court; w. N. McGill, II. O..
Hall, State Senator Comins and him
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-02
DEFIED OFFICER.

Philip Lang, an employe at Me
Gill, was arrested by Deputy Consta-
BILE Davis Friday night on charge of
assault and battery and brought to
Jail.
There had been considerable pro-
miscuous firing Of firearms at the
smelter site for some time, and the
authorities desired to put stop to
it. Several shots were fired in the
vicinity of the bunk house in which
Lang lives, and Deputy Constable
Davis began a search for firearms.
Lang objected to being searched, and,
it is alleged, assaulted Davis. Davis
promptly arrested him on the charge
specified. Lang demanded jury
trial, which will be given him before
Justice Cartwrig.., at O'Clock this
afternoon. Six witnesses have been
subpoenaed to appear at the trial.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-02
FOUND DEAD
IN HER HOME
Unfortunate Woman SuccumbS to
Heart Failure Induced By Ex.
ceSSive Use of LibuOr.

Mrs. G. M. Hack, 40 years of age,
was found dead in bed in a small
cabin on Court street at 2 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon by l.. T. Hyland,
owner of the cabin, who reported at
once to the police.
Justice of the Peace A. j. Cart
wright, acting as coroner, impanelled
jury, comprising G. M. Peacock, Nj.
J. Gregory, G. NJ. Campbell, w. j.
Carruthers, G. w. Picket and " G.
Welshons, to inquire into the causes
that had led TO the death.
The evidence brought out at the
inquest was to the effect that Mrs
Hack had been a continuous and
heavy user of liquors, and that
death had been caused by heart fail
ure induced by alcoholism.
There was no evidence of external
violence or of poisoning. The hus-
band of the dead woman said that
she had used liquor excessively for
several years and that for the last
80 days or longer she mad been I'M
der the influence of liquor to a
greater or less extent The jury was
out only a few minutes.