The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-09


burg. was treated dirty by somebody
Durham Herald
II is current Fumor that IL tool
two carloads OF beer and kindre,
refreshments TO pull Of the conven
ton In Charlotte. And the platform
made no reference 10 prohibition
Industrial News.
Senator Simmons was forced Il
swallow a bitter pill by the Charlott,
convention while Kitchia held hi
nose. Medicine is mighty good fol
the constitution, sometimes.-Wfn
ston Daily Journal.
One of the funniest things gotter
of on the convention and Charlotte
came from the bright mind of Sen,
ator Tor Representative Reuber
Reid, the murderous assailant of the
American Tobacco Company with the
unconcealed weapon, subsection A
oI tllS EhSlu Dlll. ne 10 lnt
convention a wet man, as he voted
in the recent election. Il am to-day
a prohibitionist," said Mr.. Reid. al
was wet in the election but dry now
And I'm dry now because under pro,
hibition here you can get all the lick
er you want for nothing.-Durhan
Herald.
At the Democratic Convention re-
Gently held in Charlotte, it seems the
doctors could not write prescriptions
fast enough, and the drug-stores
were thrown wide open, and the de-
mand for corn Ticker became so great
that one firm in Salisbury shipped
three barrels of liquor there-one
on Wednesday and two on Thursday
1t is not known what the other firms
did. And all this was for the Demo
cratic party in its highest delegated
capacity. How is that for a prohibi-
tion party in a prohibition State?-
Hickory Mercury.
One feature of the entertainment
accorded the convention was a sur
prise to many. Charlotte has been
pointed out as place in which blind
tigers could not thrive, but if there
was a delegate in the city bibulously
inclined who could not have this in
clination satisfied on short notice, we
have not heard of him. AS a matter
of act, blind tigers promenaded the
streets, lurked in the drug-stores and
hotels and made no bones of solicit
ing business from all who had a han
kering after their wares.-Wades-
boro Messenger and Intelligencer.
No newspaper man has gotten this
they didn't want it, but
it's worth the room-when the plat
form committee was being chosen
the name of E. J. Justice, of Green's
boro, and Speaker of the House of
representatives, was presented as a
member from the Fifth Right there
and then, Thomas Bell, a young law
yer of Greensboro, arose and said
that Claude Kitchin had told him
that Justice would not be acceptable
to Brother Will as platform archi-
tect. And Mr.. Justice was shelved
for General Beverly S. Royster, of
Oxford. What do you think of that ?
How the mighty are fallen!-Ex-
change.
The old soldiers have had their
last chance to elect a veteran from
their ranks to the Governorship. AS
they have fought their last battle
against an armed foe, so have they
fought their last battle against the
politician-their last battle against
him for Governor. The old soldier
may be depended upon to be heard
from when the material interests of
the State demand his attention, but
as to making another plea to the
politician to give them a Governor,
they will not do it. They have been
given a good, big, rough pile OF
stones, and they have more stones
ON their farms now than they want
They have had enough of ingrati-
tude. Carr, Stedman, Horne. Taps!
Chronicle.
Another said, one could get all the
beer and such-like to drink he want
ed, if he only had ticket to admit
him to the high chamber pleasure re-
sort. Another said that a good many
Of the delegates or looters were
drunk. A prohibition editor got
drunk the first evening he was there
and was not out the next day. They
tell it here that when the Craig spe
cial passed here they saw one negro
with the other boys honoring Craig
by wearing a badge. They should
have given him a parasol to keeI
from getting sun-burnt. Mr.. Franz
Allen, Craig delegate there, came
home Thursday night. He said i
was awful. He said you could go tt
the Morganton Asylum, take all then
crazy people, give them liquor
enough to get them excited, tur1
them loose in big hall, and wha
they would do would be a credit t.
the convention in Charlotte.-Hick
ory Times-Mercury.