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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
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w.. she, b. os.posiss 81 s's "0
Wilmington, April is,-Tne 20.
,,es here are locking Tor one hen.s
Armssrong, colored. charged WIN
.-~.ult with inten. 10 Kill. AIM
s,rong las. night called At the nome
or Fred Smith, colored, fii'n Anu
Red croes streets. He bad been On
terms Of intimacy with Smiths viz
and expected 10 find the man OF 'ne
house NJ his work. he knoekeo %
the door and instead Of the vile AZ,
swerIng the SUMMONS the nnsoAuu
came. Armstrczg scented uouo't
and fred at Smith. The bali wen
directly into his mouth, cutting ~.
lip slIghtiy. but doing no iaf'n.'
damage, except knocking too'h ou'
smith spit the bullet cut In the lac
of Armstrong and at this point 'n'
negro with the pistol fed rs iss' y
| his legs could carry him. sm,,'
went TO q physician to have M
wound dressed, but the cut In I'M
lin was of such tritiing consequence
that no attention was necessary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
The BOARD OLE EQUALIZATION

The last legislature passed an act
creating a State Board of Equaliza-
ton, which board is composed of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Au-
ditor, Secretary of State, Attorney
General and Chairman of the Cor
poration Commission. The law pro-
vides that they shall meet in the
office of the State Auditor the third
Monday in July in each year that
real estate is assessed, for the pur-
pose of equaIizing the assessment Of
real estate which 10 subject to taxa
ton in the several Counties in the
State.
The strange part about this law is
the fact that the board will not have
power to reduce the aggregate as.
sessed valuation of the real estate in
the State as shown by the abstracts
returned, but mind you they can
increase the valuation Of the prop
erty if they see fit. 1t would APP
pear that the law is intended to give
this equalization board the power to
squeeze more money from the tax
payers if they see they haven't
enough money to fill up the pie
trough, including the increased sala-
ries voted the State officers and their
clerks by the last legislature.
This new law reminds us of the
bill passed by the legislature to
equalize the salary of the State off
cers-it equalized by increasing
their salaries.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
The Need of Preachers.

The American Educational So
ciety met in Cincinnati the past
week and the most important sub,
ject was the need Of preachers to
fill the empty pulpits throughout
the country. This seems to be SO.
rious matter and prolem that cou-
fronts every UNCONVENTIONAL gather.
ing. Young men are not entering
the ministry for various reasons. a
few causes are suggested. First and
foremost is the home, where the
boys are not trained, or impressed
along religious lines as was the case
in the days of our fathers, and a
worldly premium is placed before
them as goal for them to strive
after, while worldly amusements are
many and are calculated to still fur
ther diver the minds of the young
Second, our schools and colleges con
tinue in the home trend and still
further train young men to seek dol
lars instead of souls as the height OF
their ambition. Third, many young
men, religiously inclined and gifted,
find In the vast Y. M. G. A. work a
more congenial field, at good pay and
less responsibility than pastor, and
hence draws largely from class that
would naturally and ultimately seek
the pulpit. There are other reasons.
The above are only few that occur
to us in hastily penning this item.
That it is very serious question
will be readily admitted and not so
much for this generation but sue
ceeding ones unless by the grace of
God there comes change, and a
marked enc for the better.-Union
Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
"IHE SOLID SOUTH"

One Of the leading democratic
daiIies In the State, in speaking OF
the possible presidential nominee oi
that Iarty next year, says that no
matter who il nominated the South
will remain solidly democratic.
This state Of affairs has been only
too true In the South for the past
forty years. When Horace Greeley,
a lifelong abolitionis., was noml
mated on the democratic ticket the
democrats in the South threw up
their hats and whOoped for him as
though he had been a SOutherner,
when as a matter of fact he was dia-
metrically opposed TO Southern prin-
ciples-but he was democrat In
their eye. Notwithstanding that the
Southern democrats supported Gree
lev they are still talking about the
civil war and existing on prejudice
and not principle. When the demo
cratic politicians down here realize
that Lee surrendered forty years age
and that the war is really over, pos
sibly then the people Of the South
will be allowed to vote for princl'
pie instead of on sectional lines. The
questions Of forty years ago have
been settled, we, the voters OF the
South, must decide the questions oil
today, which should be decided on
their real merit and not by preju
dice.
There is no reason why the South
should remain solidly democratic
and when the mass Of the voters IL
the South begin TO do their OWL
thinking and voting, the "Solid
South" will be no more.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
Objected to linn Crow Law.

: For giving vent to his displeasure
at being called upon to comply with
the Jim Grow car law passed by the
recent legislature, and as interpreted
by the companies, Joe Robertson, a
young negro man, was arrested yes
tefday afternoon on charge of dis
orderly conduct. 1t was on a Tryon
street car, that he swore fuently
when the conductor told him to 90
back and sit down. Officer Mccall
was summoned and bore him to the
place where whites and blacks oc-
cupy similar understandable
Observer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
TIE MARSHALL pIspEsssRY.

The liquor dispeDsary at Marshall,
this State, has been closed tempo
rarily at least, for want Of . building.
The last legislature passed an act
that no liquor shall be sold within
two hundred feet Of Church or
place OF public worship. The dis
pensary at Marshall was located
within less than two hundred feet
of 0 church, and no one In town
will rent . building TO the dispen-
slry maDsgers, hence they were
forced TO close their doors. 1t would
-em that the dispensary advocates
must have stuffed the ballot box
when the great "moral institution
was established, or else that public
sentiment has undergone q great
change since that time.
While we are on the subject ii
might not be out Of place TO state
that the Raleigh dispensary 10 To-
Gated within less than 100 feet
Of where public services have been
hsid since that law was passed, YET
the Raleigh dispeneary has moi
moved or closed Its doors.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
1t is Time to Draw the Line,

Much is being said as we'll as
written these days relative to immi-
grafton for the South, and the most
important question, it seems to us,
is not the number or quantity, but
rather the quality, that should be
asked to make their homes among
US. To illustrate: One day the past
week 1900 foreigners landed In
New York to seek homes in free
America. Of this number fully two.
thirds were the riff-raff aud scum of
Europe and no. worth their weight
in mud. The remaining one-third
would possibly have suited our needs
and purposes, provided some one
competent to judge could have
Weeded out the trash. Thus far these
foreign hordes have been heading
west and northwest and sad will be
the day for the South and for our
religious, social and political life. if
by some means these worthless
aliens are allowed to come this way.
We want and will welcome desira-
BILE immigrants, but let us begin in
time to draw the line, appoint a
Board of Examination, draft reason
able but just qualifications, or in our
eagerness for labor to meet the de-
mand, our last state shall be worse
than the first.-Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18

John Temple Graves, one of the
most prominent democrats of GeOr-
gia, says that Col. William J. Bryan
should nominate Mr.. Roosevelt
for another term at their convention
next summer. Mr.. Bryan says he
he is in favor of rotation in Office,
but intimates that Senator La Fol.
lette, another Republican, would
make good president. All Of this
talk has disturbed many of the
democratic papers and the office
seekers. The Spartanburg Herald,
democratic, is about ready to throw
up the sponge. The Herald says
"Have the democrats given up
At the Chattanooga banquet editor
Graves names Roosevelt and William
Jennings Bryan presents La Toilette
for president.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18

Following up the endorsement of
Roosevelt for another term, by John
Temple Graves at the Bryan banquet
at Chattanooga a few nights ago, a
democratic club in Indiana deposes
and says that Roosevelt should NOM
mate Bryan for the next president,
as Roosevelt is now standing on the
Bryan platform on railroad regula-
ton.
IF Mr.. Roosevelt is putting into
practice democratic doctrine, the
democrats had better try to keep
him in Office, for the democrats
didn't carr; out their platform even
when they had full control of the
national government. They have
never molested Jeffersonian princi-
pies since Jefferson himself laid
them down. They have been wan
dering in the wilderness for over
forty years, and are continually wor-
shipping new idols.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18

Andrew Jackson, coIored, Under Ar
rest for Assault on His S-Yesr Old
Daughter.
Asheville, n. c., April 13.-An-
drew Jackson, negro resident OF
Brick street, this city, was arrested
at noon yesterday charged with q
criminal assault ON his eight-year
old daughter. The arrest was made
by Patrolman Sprouse and the man
accused of the horrible crime is now
in the city lookup awaiting prelimi-
nary hearing. He neither admitted
nor denies the crime. He says,
however, the child Is older than Is
alleged, but further than this de.
clines to talk.
The arrest of Jackson by Patrol.
man Sprouse was brought about
principally through evidence secured
from neighbors. 1t is charged that
the child was first assaulted early
this week and that since that time
the crime has been frequently com.
mitted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
"Conjuh" Woman Gets into Trouble.

"conjuh" Woman Gets into Trouble
Lynchburg, Va, April 12.-Alice
Reed, colOred, who lives near the
city, was held today by Commits
sioner O'Brien On the charge OF
using the mails frauduIently. The
negro enjoys the reputation among
superstitious blacks Of being a con.
jurer, and she has been using the
mails to deliver her wares to custo.
mers. The consignment that brought
her to grief was mailed several dave
sge at College Park, the postoffice
for the woman's college.
An examination of the PACKAGE
showed three phials each labeled
with minute direction in a scrswI.
ing hand. One contained scan suds
the second dust, and the third dust
and ground parched corn. The medi.
cine was addressed to a colored wo-
man in Charleston, w. Va. tn ha
used to conjure negro woman who
was about to be married.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18

Gov. Glenn ia billed to address q
church organization in Baltimore
tonight on Good Government and
Temperance"
The Governor will hardly tell his
audience that crimes have continued
to increase in North Carolina since
he and Aycock have been admins.
tering "Democrstic Good Govern
ment' in the Old North State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
TripIets Sixty eight Years Old.

The Fayetteville correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer relates the
following:
In the year 1889 Mrs. J. F. Price,
of Cumberland County, gave birth
at one time to two boys and one
girl, who grew as fast and as hastily
as other children, took the measles
and the whooping cough just as
naturally, and recovered from them
just as speedily. At the breaking
out of the civil war the triplets were
% years of age, and one or both of
the boys went into the Confederate
service. Shortly after the close of
the war the family, parents and
children left this County and settled
in Smith County, Mississippi, on a
good farm which they purchased.
The father and mother have passed
away, but the triplets are in good
health, aged 6S years, and claim to
be the Oldest triplets in the United
States. One brother, J. F. Price,
has been popular hotel proprietor
at Jackson, Miss, since 1885. He
and his sister, who is now Mrs
Nancy Phillips, of Calhoun County,
have been married for many years,
and have children and grandchil-
dren; but Henry Price, who lives
in Jackson, is an old bachelor. The
family reunion. which occurs every
year, took place few days ago.
North Carolina furnishes some
notable instances of longevity. Rev.
George Bromsfield, who died at HUI.
ron, Ark, a shore time ago, 1O8
years, was born in this State in 1899,
and went to Arkansas when "a years
old, and was in the Methodist min
istry all his life He left IA chill
dren, so grandchildren, 81 great
grandchildren, and IL great-great.
grandchildren.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
COucheS and Nerves.

Couches have saved more minds
and nervous systems than all the
doctors and medicines put together.
1t is the best refuge that the over.
worked housekeeper has, did she
but know 1t; and the only fault ]
find with women is that, as a rule,
they do not use their touches half
enough.
When distracted by the infinite
cares of the household and worried
over this bill and that, q woman
should have a place where she can
throw herself down and, stretched at
ease, allow her troubles to straighten
themselves out of their own accord
By this means hysteria is avoided,
beauty preserved. and the women's
chances for eternal salvation are
helped tremendously Medical Re-
view.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
MRS. sw.cEeooo is cRiMihAtlf As
SaulTED.

The Woman Mas Alone In Her Home
When the Negro COMMITTEES the
Crime.
Lexington, April l5.-This morn.
ing an unknown negro committed
criminal assault upon Mrs. - ID.
Swicegood, q farmers wife, aged 90
years, IL miles from Lexington, In
Boone township. There was nobody
at the house at the time but the old
lady. The brute has escaped. The
sheriff and q posse Of armed men
are securing the woods for him.
Later-A dispatch dated Lexing-
ton, April is, states that Neal Grant,
the negro who attempted an assault
on Mrs. J. II. SwicegoOd today was
ca ptured and will be sent to Green's
boro tonight for safe keeping
Lynching Is feared. Mrs. Swicegooc
is Frustrated. There is considerable
excitement in Boone and Tyre
townships and a lynching party Il
reported to be forming in the coun
try.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18

The receipts of the Raleigh dis
pensary for the first quarter of the
present year were $4,000, which is
$4,000 more than the receipts fol
the corresponding period of last year
The democratic temperance legis-
lature was in session in Raleigh dur.
ing the first quarter Of this year. Ii
1t possible they could have added
$4,000 to the profits Of the dispen.
sary?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
DOING BUSINESS AGAIN

"When my friends shoughtIu
about TO take leave of this gora :
account of indigestion, nervous.
and general debility" writes A. 4
Chisholm, Treadwell, n. Y, n
when 1t looked as If there vs.
help left, / was persuaded to :
Electric Bitters, and / rejoice 10 =
that they are curing me. am ~
doing business again as of old, 4.
am still gaining daily" Best lal
tonic medicine on earth. GUN,
teed by all druggists. SOC.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
Give Up Whst 2
Daily Industrial News-l


or course there are many, uasny
things We woaid like 10 know, bat
in the great majority Of cases cur
yearning ID in no danger Of precipl-
tasing brainstorrn. Such, however,
Is not the case with regard {. one
particular matter that has recently
claimed our attention. In the Char
loste Observer Of yesterday We read:
"Have the Democrats given upe
AT the Chattanooga banquet Editor
Graves names Roosevelt and VIII
liam Jennings Bryan presents Il
Toilette for President" Spartan
burg Herald.
because John Temple Graves and
Col. William j. Bryan show signs
OF losing their nerve no one need
suppose that 'the democrats have
given up We are thankful TO say
that there are yet left to the democ-
racy ten thousand colonies who have
not given up and who may be re-
lied upon never TO do"
Now, what we want to know,
what We must know or consider our
selves In danger Of . mental break
down, Is simply this-what, oh,
what has the national democratic
party left to give up?
1t cannot be q question Of giving
up party principles, for these have
all been hitherto deposited in the
pa wnshop of temporary expediency
and never redeemed. Tariff for reve
nue. only was discarded when the
Wilson G orman bill was passed. A
sound currency was put aside when
, Mr.. Bryan threatened the party with
10 cross of gold and crown Of
thorn. The paramount issue' Of
sixteen.to-one was gently laid away
when the party nominated Judg'
Parker and promised Wall street Il
: be good. The democratic Senator
> acting upon the advice of Mr.. Bryan
f silenced anti-imperialism when the.
voted to ratify the treaty by which
3 the United States acquired Port,
2 Rico and the Philippines, to 50.
t nothing of Mr.. Cleveland's bringing
! in of Hawaii under the folds of on
+ flag. And thus might every prin.
D ciple for time held by the part.
be checked off and its absence &C
= counted for-but there is nothing
left, nothing to give up.
But perhaps 1t is not question o
giving up principle, but Of giviDI
up opportunities. If, however, thi
f is what is meant by our contempt
e rary, our amusement is even create
than our surprise,
J, The ten Thousand colonies to whom
q reference is made, may continue t
e vote the democratic ticket, just a
Y the. rugged Oil mountaineer from
8 East Tennessee Said that he had bee
8 voting for Andrew Jackson for fort
q years, and did not intend to chang
9 at his time of life, but this secon
9 ten thousand, as had their Gree
f prototypes, have long and a har
9 way to travel, and if they have any
f thing to give up we would like t
l know what it is.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
Strife and Greed for Office Has Rent
the Democratic Party.
Charlotte Observer.

the Democratic Party.
Charlotte Observer.
Mr.. M L. Shipman, Assistant
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing, has writ piece and backs it up
with endorsement from others, say
ing that the folks want peace and
"that the newspapers will greatly
oblige the people by desisting from
an apparent effort to create OLSEN
sion and division in the ranks of the
democratic party" There will be
peace whenever Mr.. Shipman in
duces the wing of the party with
which he acts to allow it; but as
long as its representatives continue
to BLACKBOARD the other wing, to try
to bully and bulldoze it, he may cry
peace, peace, but there will be no
peace. He doubtless expects them
to lie down and permit themselves
to be walked over and to submit ia
silence to all the detraction and
whatever else may be visited upon
them, but they are not so lamblike,
as everybody should know by this
time. Submissiveness is not a North
Carolina characteristic, and while
Mr.. Shipman and his crowd can
have peace whenever they become
peaceful, they can depend upon that
their assaults will continue to be
met with assault. All the warfare
shall not be permitted to be waged
on one side.
Speaking of peace, the State was
promised that as the result of the
adoption Of the constitutional amend
ment. But no sooner were the Re-
publican party and the negro out of
the way THAI the Shipman wing of
the democracy turned upon all that
element of the party which would
not bow the knee to it, and 1t has
waged upon it meaner, more ma
levOlent warfare, than was ever
wsged upon the Republicans and
the negroes, so that since the adop-
tion of the amendment North Caro-
lima has been rent by strife and has
resounded with conflict as never be-
fore. The anti Shipman wing of the
party has not been responsible for
this. and is ready to play quits
whenever it is let alone. But not
before.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
"PSEUMoNIA's DEArI.y =

"PNEUMoNfA'S DEAtI.Y a..
has so seriously Afsetted ms.
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie C
of Rural Route /, Georrs...S
Tenn, "ihat l coughed nigh, :
day and the neighbors' p,,3,,.'
ineyi,,ss
until my husband brought ko,''
bottle Of DIR. Kings New Di.opvsl
which In my case proved to !. :
only REAL cough cure ani u.s..
of weak, sore lungs" Wh., !.
other remedies utterly fail, you :
still win In the battle sgains J,
and throat troubles. with Nev \
covery, tbs REAL cure. Guans,~
by all druggists. soc. aud tl1
Trial bottle free.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
Beat Wife Numerically, Then Skips

Beat Wife Numerically, Then Skips.
Wilson, April 13.-George Car
yer, white, who recently completed
a road sentence, and probably guilty
of the murder Of his wife, has
skipped. 1t only came to light to.
day that last Sunday on returning
from Black Creek he quarreled with
his wife, secuted a stick and, after
beating her unconsciously, left her
in the woods near the roadside, sup.
posed to be dead, where she was la
ter found. Mrs. Carver is still I'M
conscious and is still in a precarious
condition, death being momentarily
expected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18
What She Feared.

"You must not grieve 30 deeply,
my dear sister," urged the preacher;
consolingly. 'Life IL very short
and you will soon be reunited to
your dear husband.o
"That is what I am afraid Of
sobbed the widow with q fresh out
burst Of tears.-DelineatOr.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-18

In Greensboro Friday afternoon
Grey Alfred, q iwelve-yeAr old eoy,
~as run over aud killed by street.
car.
The Curry block On Main sfreea IL
Lexington, shIs State, was destroyed
BY Ere early Friday morning. The
loz1 II estimated at 81, 1000
At Wilson on Friday Nathan
Moore. charged with the murder oi
his son, vas piaced In jail TO await
trial at May term Of Wilson Coarf.
While working for the Roper
Lumber Company near Polloeks-
willie, Saturday, John Dawes. Q negro,
was instantly killed by car load OF
logs rolling over his body.
Albert z. Lentx, Of Mt. Holly,
Me"kleuburg County, was fatally
scalded while working near the en-
CINE at his brickyard Saturday.
The internal revenue office OF the
western district will be moved this
week from Asheville to Statesville.
The last named town Is the home OF
Collector Brown.
Five families of Hungarians have
purchased farms near High Point
and will move to their new homes
In the near future. They now live
in Northampton, Pennsylvania.
In the Wayne County superior
Court Saturday afternoon tho jury
returned verdict Of not guilty III
the case of Will Casey charged with
the murder Of Gordon Hurst, IL
Little Washington, suburb o
Goldsboro, on February 18th last.
In Wilson Friday night thieve
broke into the millinery establish
ment of Lukes 81 Riley and stol
one hundred dollars worth of goods
1t is thought the work was done b.
band of boys.
Mr.. A. J. Wright, of Wilson, die'
suddenly last Saturday night at 1880
He was bathing his feet in front o
a cheerful fire when he fell from hi
seat and expired instantly.
General Passenger Agent Craig, O
the Atlantic Coast Line, was in RAJ
eigh Tuesday in conference with tn
Corporation Com missioners in re
gard to giving additional passenge
service on Clinton branch of tn
Coast Line between Warsaw an
Clinton.
The Secretary of State issued
charter Tuesday TO the Trento
Buggy and Manufacturing Company
at Trenton, Jones County.
The Commencement at Wax
Forest will be from May % to 2
, inclusive.
Gov. Glenn went to Philadelphi
} Tuesday night where he delivere
an address last night on "The Soutl
it's Resources and Conditions" II
will address a Church organizatio
in Baltimore tonight.
Three criminals were brought I
the penitentiary Tuesday. One W,
Essex Best, negro from Bay bore
, sentenced for the murder of job
Johnson. The other two were fror
! Richmond County, Sandy Ferguson
, sentenced to twenty-five years fo
killing negro, and Hannibal Leai
sentenced for thirty years for KILN
his wife.