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laws were made restricting the wearing

laws were made restricting the wearing
OF the luxury. These were called "sump-
tuary laws" but they have never been
successful in curbing the progress OF
fashion for any length OF time, 30 lace
continued to be made and bought.
One law. and one only, seems to have
Ing of Venetian gondolas. Formerly. in
the time OF the doges. the rulers OF
Venice. they became 20 ornate and so
family trying to Guido the other In
magnificence, that the order went forth
to paint all gondolas black: and even
at the present time the boats Of the
Venetian lagoOns are OF that somber
hue, but with cut steel prows.
The early lace had been carried
through a sort Of drawn work, cut
work. darned netting. and ''punto In
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The New Shield Clamp

A HANDY little devise that will
II prove a blessing to the busy wom-
4 \ an who loves neatness has APP
peared in the shops. 1t Is a very small
metal clamp for attaching the dress
shield to the waist or underwaist, with
out sewing or pinning. 1t grips the edge
Of the shield and waist, holding them
firmly, and Is SO fat as to be entirely
unnoticeable. The clamps are made OF
gold plate and nickel. and range from
four clamps. enough for one waist.
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A Dolly Roll

q OMETH1NG particularly appreciat-
ed by the bride OF today is the
- dolly roll 1t can be made very
elaborate or beautifully simple, al the
taste may be. Take a piece Of card
board about twenty inches long and six
inches wide. roll and cover very smooth
ly with one thickness Of wadding. Make
slip covering for this Of the material.
"utting the seams on the wrong side.
do not mako it too tight or too
rort: put q small hem In either end.
work eyelets around for baby ribbon,
turn right side out and slip on the roll:
Then the ribbons may be drawn up and
tied into little bows. and 1t is ready for
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{ COLLARS AND TABS OF ORIGINAL @

n ABS and stiff collars form an i'm
portant part OF every tailored
costume and they are, of course.
for sale In many different de-
signs and materials. but women o!
taste and discrimination prefer some
thing little more original than the
dots and dashes of the ready-made en-
broidery. and the two sets Of neckwear
shown today have certainly an Original
appearance In cut and design, and at
the same time they admit of variety
OF work.
In the first, the oddly arranged con-
ventional design, the collar is embroid-
cred solid and the border Is done In
the old buttonhole stitch If desired.
may well be done in eyelet, or. IL pre-
ferred, the whole collar would be good
In outline, with the border only In the
buttonhole stitch
would. of course, be embroidered to
match: only. the smaller end Of
the. double tie is embroidered on
the reverse side. from the line Of
the center buttonhole. SO that 1t
will hang over the other end when &
fastened to the collar button. Y
Tabs may always be finished with
frill Of valenciennes around the
edge.
The collar with the chrysanthe-
mum design is especially pretty.
and the border is adapted to many
stitches. For instance. the outside lines
might be buttonholed; the next might
have a row of French knots. but the
double line between this and the next
might be omitted entirely and fagot-
ing used in its place. and the same
for the next plain double line.
The collar Is intended to be embroid-
cred In solid the little dots in seed
stitch or French knots. the double line
solid. the dotted spaces filled with
knots. and the border buttonholed. II.
however, some eyelet work is preferred.
the circles. large and small. may be
pierced.
In making up collar It is always
best to embrolder the design on q
straight piece of linen. afterward sew
ing II on a collar of different quality OF
material too stiff to embroider, for II
the same quality is used for foundation
and embroidery the collar Is sure tC
crush.
The tabs of both designs are most at
fractive when embroidered on fine hand
kerchief linen and finished with two
full lace ruff1es. for this is quite per
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the forerunner Of all point lace and
from there we will follow its develop
ment.
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tons increased the art was carried from
the East. Italy was the nation In a.
rect line. and Venice began to be a rec
ognized center Of manufacture early In
lace was worked in gold and silver
- 'hs real lace-that favorite
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MISSILE viii. sag st:I,tes. y. lore 4
gowns.
The collars and tabs may be done in
white, or tan linen in white or colored
cotton. but the most attractive collars
and neckwear Of oil kinds are white
blue. although for summer dresses lign
blue Is charming. or even pink. 1t is
always better taste not to use red or
white. for 1t is never suitable nor be
coming, but red on tan linen would bt
a good combina ton.
Not the least attraction Of the collars
and tabs shown today is the rapidit.
with which they may be embroidered
49, r~innds
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
About Two Hundred Men
We're Caught i'm the
Death Trap.
VICTIMS ARE HOR-
RIBLY MUTIEATED
All OF the Bodies Have Not Yet Been
Recoyered-Reports In Circulation
That There In Danger OF Another
gerous Gases Makes Work of Res
cue Slow.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. zs.-A report
has Just reached here that an ex-
plosion has occurred In the Buffalo
Joens mine at Narianna. Pa, ten
miles from Monongahela, and two
hundred miners are entombsd.
The explosion occurred In the Ma
rianna mine of the Pittsburg-Buffalo
Coal Company. The shaft is COM
pletely closed by the debris and, 1t is
impossible to reach the two hundred
victims who may all be dead.
A special train carrying officials
of the company left Pittsburg at
1920 this afternoon for the scene
Of the disaster.
- Pittsburg, Nov. 29.-Twenty-fi five
bodies, all but two of them horribly
mutilated, were taken to-day from
the mine OF the Pittsburg-Buffalo
Coal Company at Mariana, forty
miles south of here, where an ex-
plosion occurred yesterday, killing
many men and casting into gloom
what until then considered the model
mining town of the world.
There is no doubt that the death
list will reach 1873 men. Officials Of
the company who last night stated
that not over 125 had been killed,
tonight admit that 1873 men went
down the. shaft to work yesterday
morning
AS in nearly all mine disasters,
there seems no way at present of
knowing how many men went to
work. The number check-off system
has again proven defective. 1t is
possible that the exact number killed
will never be known. Up to dark
ness tonight twenty-five bodies had
been brought to the surface in an
iron bucket. Arms, legs or heads
were missing from some and the
trunks of others were burned,
bruised and cut.
The opinion was expressed to-day
by a number of expert miners that
the mine will not be cleared Of vic
tins for several days.
Early to-day a small fire broke out
in the mine, but 1t was extinguished
before any serious damage was done.
Reports have been In circulation
all day that a second and more ter
rifle explosion is likely to occur at
any moment. The company officials
assert this is not true. There is con-
siderable gas in the mine, however.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
SHERIFF OF BRUNSWICK KILLED
Fatal Shot Fired by q Man Named
Walker Whom the Sheriff Was
Trying to Arrest

Wilmington, N. c., Now 80
Sheriff Jackson Stanland, of Bruins
wick County, was shot and fatally
wounded Sunday night by a white
man named Walker, upon whom he
and a posse OF three others were SER
wing a warrant for store-breaking,
the scene Of the shooting being
at Walkers home, four miles below
Shallotte, In a remote part of the
country. Walker Is said to be de-
serter from an army post In Georgia.
and came to Brunswick several years
ago, marrying q daughter of Mr..
Frank Leonard, a well-to-do citizen.
For several weeks the sheriff had
been unable to locate him. until
Sunday night when he and three
other officers, John e. Robinson, A,
8. White and James Long. came up
on him at his home while at supper
walker opened fire on the party
with an army revolver, Sheriff Stan.
land falling with a bullet through
his kidneys before the man was
overpowered by other members oi
the posse.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Zeke Bilkins, our special corre-
spondent, expects to start on his trip
around the world in January, and
weekly letter of his travels will ap-
pear in The Caucasian. II you are
not subscriber you should subscribe
at once so you will not miss single
issue containing his letters. II you
are already a subscriber, but behind
on subscription, you should renew
your subscription at once so you Will
not miss these letters. Major Bill
kins is an interesting writer, and his
letters alone will be worth the price
Of the paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

ter eat heap an grow fast they air
beginnin' ter git the best breeds ov
hogs here now You can't hardly
get into a crowd without talkin'
hogs, since the eleckshun IL over.
Me an Bill Moody fell in with George
Turner an Bent Brown the other day
an they awl got ter talkin' hogs,
especially big hogs. "You useter
raise some pretty big ones, did you?"
sed I ter George Turner, fer I seed
that he wuz laborin' under a burden
ov some sort an had bin hintin' that
he knowed more or less erbout hogs.
Eyes, I useter alarm the nabor-
hood erlong erbout hog-kilin' time.
IT wuz better with pigs than grown
up hogs. I killed one pig that wuz
six months old that weighed $50
pounds. I jist had ter kill that pig,
fer hit growed so fast that the ma
bors wuz gittin' scared awl erround
gittin' out an iniuncktion an COM
pei me ter kill hit before hit got any
bigger"
ST guess you hev killed some
equally az gude," sed I ter Bent
| Brown.
wall, guess so,' sed Bent
But awlways wait till pig IL old
| enuff ter wean. I killed a pig four
| years ergo this fall that wuz ten
months ov age ter a day, an hit
weighed 54S pounds. I thought that
wuz fairly guide pork raisin'."
| After a few moments ov silence
| George Turner sed he'd like ter heal
from Major Bilkins in regard ter the
big hogs raised down in Wake
County, which he had hearn wuz 6
fairly guide farmin' country.
| I seed hit wuz up ter me, an sez
| well, we do raise few hog:
down on Terrible Creek. ffteer
miles from Raleigh, remember tha
killed one shoat which wuz erbou
1.-TWO years old. Hit had bin pettet
an pushed hard, gittin plenty OF
feed. Hit weighed forty-six pounds
hair an awl.'
/ Bill Moody snickered out loud an
went ter git drink ov water. Georg'
Turner an Bent Brown wuz perfeck
ly quiet an looked very solemn, 81
I changed the subjeck az quickly a
I could.
i ZEKE BILKINS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Secretary Root VIII Succeed Sena-
tor Platt From New York.

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 29.-Timo-
thy L. Woodruff, chairman of the
New York Republican State commit
tee, to-day eliminated himself from
the senatorial race in favor of Secre-
tary of State Elihu Root.
This action was taken after a pro-
tracted conference with President
elect Taft, and was followed by state
ments by both Messrs. Taft and
Woodruff. Aside from these state.
ments, each OF which comedies the
election of Mr.. Root to succeed Sena.
tor P1att on January 18th next, nc
details of the conference were made
known.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

The man who said he would KISS
the first ten cows he met, and the
nan who said he would roll a wheel
barrow over town in his barefeet II
Bryan was elected have all paid their
debts and Are now enjoying Repub-
ican prosperity. But those who said
many years ago that they would
neither shave nor cut their hair until
Bryan was elected-well we feel sor-
r. for these men, but unless these
men repent and vote the Republican
ticket. there is no help for them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

If our tariff is exorbitant why is
1t that other countries ship so much
of their products to this country?
Isn't 1t because we are prosperous
under Republican administrations
and have the money to pay for what
we want. Oh, yes, we are going to
revise the tariff, but we are not going
to bankrupt our country.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Mob Performs Operation on Negro
Instead of Lynching Him.
special to Charlotte Observer.1

Special to Charlotte Observer
Spartanburg. s. c.. Nov. 2s.-Ac-
cording to reports received here to
day from Westminster, VIII Dickson,
coiored. accused of writing an i'm
proper letter to the daughter of the
cashier of the bank at that place.
was taken out lass night by a party
OF citizens and delicate operation
performed on him. The men who
did the job, 1t Is said, first thought
Of lynching him: but after discuss
ing the matter decided on making
the punishment fit the crime. by fore
ing him to undergo an operation
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Wilson. y. c., Nov. 2s.-The new
cotton gin of the Walstonburg Gin
Company, located fifteen miles east
of Wilson. was destroyed by IRE last
night, presumably by nigat riders. m
several gins In that section have been
warned to shut down on account Of
the low price OF cotton. The loss
is $500 and insurance $4,000. A
party on horseback was seen to come
from the direction Of the gin on .
run q few minutes before the are
was discovered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Taft says he Is friend OF the
South. Let's convince him that he
has made no mistake in assuming
such attitude and will lose nothing
by remaining so.-Wilmington Star.
That's the right kind of sentiment,
II all the Democratic papers and
politicians in the South would live
up to it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Zeke Bilkins may decide to hunt
lions and tigers with President
Roosevelt in South Africa. We are
sure the President would be glad to
have the Major along.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

An exchange wants to know what
We shall do to decrease the high
death rate in this State. If our ma
tives would stop shooting at each
other the death rate would greatly
decrease.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

The next Legislature will be petit
toned to create four new judicial
districts in this State. This would
mean four new judges to be appoint
ed and four brand new solicitors. We
had an idea they would create some
new offices, but we didn't know that
1t was coming in this shape.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

If the Republicans bought Mr..
Taft's election, the Democrats ought
to be ashamed of themselves for SELL
ing out SO cheap.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

If the Democrats hope to make
any show it looks like they will
have to join hands with the Social
ists-that is, of course, providing
the Socialists do not object.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

A cotton stalk paper company,
with a capital of 100000 has been
organized in Atlanta. We will get
even with the paper trust yet.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

We had to pay $4.81 more city
taxes in Raleigh this year than last
year. Democratic good government
certainly comes high
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

We have had a question put to us
that we will have to pass up to some
of our contemporaries. The question
is: when is a town dry?"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

A Democratic exchange says that
Bryan's popularity Is on the wane
Same Is equally true of the party
that he represents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Local Self-Goyernmenf.

An intelligent and observant Re-
publican Of the Ninth Congressional
District said here few days ago that
IL Senator Buffers amendment to the
Republican platform at the Charlotte
Convention declaring for local self
government, without any "ifs" or
''ands" or strings to 1t, had been
adopted, and IL the fight made by
Smith had been properly backed up
by the State organization, that Smith
would have been elected. The same
party also observed that there never
was a finer opportunity which any
party ever had on earth than the Re-
publican party had to make local
elf-government the leading and
winning issue from the mountains to
the sea; that the Democrats had
completely deserted this great fun
damental principle of free govern
ment. and that IL the Repub blicans
had not themselves deserted the is.
sue, but had taken 1t up and appealed
to the people, that 1t would have
come nearer to making a political
revolution than anything else thai
could have been done.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Southern Educational Association 60
Meet I'm Atlanta.

Washington, d. c.. Nov. 17.-Ths
nineteenth annual meeting Of tbs
Southern Educational Association
viii be held at Atlanta. Ca. Deem
Der 20, 80 and 81.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Plans Go To Pieces.

The Democrats have many plans
for winning, but they all go to pieces
about election time.-Durham Her
aid.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Look at your tax receipts and see
II you think Democratic good gov
ernment" is worth the price.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
THE REPUBLICAN GAINS IN
NORTH CAROLINA

Rumors That the Republican Man
agers'' Did Not Want TO Win
Why They Fear the Coming OF
Recruits-LocaI Seff-Goyernment
Would Have Been q Winning
Issue-Repubiicans Need Only to
Develop breadth Unselfishness and
Ordinary Common Sense 90 Work
Some Changes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
BRIEFS
They will now have to pass a law
against the drug habit.
The Legislature will meet January
9Th and begin passing laws.

Tennessee has come to the front
with something new in the way of a
legal lynching.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

If Mr.. Bryan wants the nomination
again how Is the party going to help
itself-Wilmingto Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Mr.. Kitchin will be inaugrated on
January 18th. Evidently he Is not
superstitious about the 13th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Some Other Stories.

There was another story TO the
effect that Adams tried to prevent
the special train bearing Judge Taft
from stopping In the Congressional
District in which ex-Attorney-Gene
Walser was running for Congress.
Indeed, We are told that ii had been
several times announced by Mr.. Ad-
ans officially that the Taft train
would not stop at Lexington. the
home OF Mr.. Walser. and the county
seat of one Of the other candidates
seat Of one of the other counties
in the State through which the train
would pass; nor at High Point, the
home of Mr.. Cox, the candidate for
Governor, but that 1t would stop only
at Salisbury and at Greensboro. 1t
is said that Mr.. Walser had to take
the matter up by wire with Senator
Dixon, the Chairman of the Speak
ers' Bureau, and get authority from
him TO stop the train, and then get
on the train and show this dispatch
to Judge Taft In order for arrange
ments to be made to stop the train
at Lexington.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Adams did nothing 10 Aslg eise;
Aorehsad. bat. o. the other hand. II
Ia believed By naany. IL not ey More
head himself. that Adams did nos
sant him elected. Oaa taiag neaaaa
TO be certain. that Aareheaa and ais
managers did not aegsad upon Id.
ans In the least, but. on the osaeg
hand. organized their separate and
independent campaign and kept their
plans and prospects away from the
so-ealled Republican State HeadQaar.
ters. and IL seems safe 10 say that nc
one In the State WAS more surprised
at the election Of Morehead than waz
Adams almSeif.
Ii has also been said here BY pee
pie coming from the State that prac-
tically the same Is true with refer
ence TO Grant In the TentA District
on course. the Eighth District Is .
natural Republican district. and
could only be lost TO the Democrats
through Republican division.
1t il also believed ,by not a few
people that Adams not only did moth
Ing TO help Walser In the Seventh
District and Smith in the Ninth Dis
trict. but that he did not want them
elected.
A Repu ublican here from the Third
District, few days ago. called atten-
ton to the fact that that district
could have been carried this year II
the State machine had desired TO car
ry 1t. The upper end OF the district
made large Republican gains. and the
only thing that prevented the cleo
ton of Congressman was the lower
end of the district. which is domi-
mated By the mach.ne.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

More stories from the State have
come here as to the remarkable cam
paign made by John Motley More
head and his campaign manager to
carry the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict. It il generally believed that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-23
RALsToN, NOT PRATT

The report yesterday that Coun-
Gilman N. S. Pratt was to succeed
Water Commissioner w. r. Roy
was denied by Mayor Moore this
morning The mayor, however, is
after City Engineer Mcintyre and
wants to put j. C. Ralston in his
shoes. The manner in which Coun-
Gilman Nick Laumer voted with the
republicans on the reform meas.
ures indicates that he has been
won over to the side of Mayor
Moore in the Mcintyre designs.
Laumer has been on the fence in
this regard and hitherto has cast
his vote against the mayor. There
Is probability that the mayor
next Tuesday will attempt to "get"
the engineer with Laumer's assist
ance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-23

The police have failed to connect
Jimmie Durkin with the intoxica.
ton of John Williamson, age IS,
who was found on Sprague av. and
claimed ne got the liquor at Dur
kins. No trace of the boys alleged
visit has been found. Durkin has
always had a strict rule against
serving liquor to minors, and the
police doubt the boys statement.
Jimmie says no boy under age
shall ever drink in his place if he
knows it.
ut is bad enough for a person
over II to go into a saloon" says
Jimmie, ''and there are men past
As who should never go there. Too
much liquor will get back at the
average man worse than 1t ever
did at John l.. Sullivan. On this
ground, and also that of breaking
the law protecting minors, there is
absolutely no inducement in sell
ing liquor to boys"
AS matter of fact, Durkin's sa-
looms are conducted on about the
best basis possible for the liquor
traffic. He has no chairs. no
tables, no women, nothing in the
line of inducement but straight H.
quor business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-23

passing from the proprietor of the
hall to Darnell. Money is disturb
ing factor, especially in such a
crowd.
Darnell was principally interest
ed in telling the man what he
thought Of him and his conduct, as
the rental price was counted out,
but Corbett saw enough to lead him
to say to Mason, with grim humor,
Il hope there's an ambulance
handy" Then he pushed back a
fellow who was trying to crowd
past him.
"Who you shoving?' demanded
the rowdy.
Hit him." someone yelled
AS Darnell turned to learn the
cause Of the trouble grab was
made for the money he held in his
hand, and at almost the same mo-
ment Mason went into action. He
caught the man who got the money,
but, before he could make the lat
ter give up, he received a singing
blow on the side of the head. Cor
bett instantly planted his fist in
the face of the man who had struck
Mason, and fight that was little
less than riot was on.
Ito be continued)