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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
Two Great Dangers to Eyesight.

In the November issue of the
Woman's Home Companion, DR..
Woods Hutchinson raises his lance
against the bogie of civilization max
ing the race blind.
The dangers 10 which the modern
eye is exposed fall into two great
classes-disease, and overuse from
near work. Here another great con-
soling fact faces us, and that is that
while overwork and consequent eye
strain are by far the cOmmOnest
troubles that befall the modern eye,
discomfort and inefficiency are as far
as they go in ninety-nine cases out
of one hundred. Never yet was an
eye lost solely from eye strain. 1t
is a fact that ninety-nine and nine
tenths per cent. of all blindness is
due to disease, and not to oyerwork.
more significant yet, seven tenths
of the dieases which produce blind
ness are the acute infections, against
which civilization wages an unceas-
ing and victorious conflict. Small
pox it has practically overcome,
thanks to vaccination. The others
hold their own as binders on &C
count of our highly intelligent am
bIyopia in declining to recognize
them officially or mention them
in public. Just so long as we
continue to consider it immodest and
improper to discuss these blights, so
long they will continue to put out
the ewes of little children by the
thousands.
mo known disease which causes
blindness is increasing under civili-
cation. So that when we do finally
come to our sense and fight all dis
eases alike, as we surely will, we
have good right to confidently ex-
pect that blindness will be practical
ly abolished, or reduced to less than
| five per cent. of its present frequen-
cy.
Gwen the risk of blindness from
| accidental causes, such as wounds
| blows. scaldings and burnings, is
| very much less than it was before
| and still diminishing on account oil
| the enormously increased power OF
| curing wounds of the eye given US
By antisepsis and asepsis. Where
| ten eyes were lost by wounds becom-
ling infected, less than eye suppur-
ates now"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
Death of Capt. w. III. Day.

Captain William Henry Day, one
of North Cardinals foremost law
yers. died at his home on Halifax
street in Raleigh Saturday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock, in his sixty-fourth year.
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock he
received a second stroke of paralysis
having been stricken first on the
sixth of June, 1904. Since Tuesday
his condition has been critical, and
he was unconscious for nearly two
days prior TO his death.
The funeral was held from the
Church of the Good Shepherd Sun
day afternoon and the remains were
laid to rest in lakewood Cemetery.
Capt. Day was born in Halifax
County near Weldon. He moved to
Raleigh in 1892. For many years
prior TO his death he was district
counsel for the Seaboard Air Line
Railway.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05

'possuma. whY. 4 hardly ever kex
ter eat tree. They most anyways
keteh = 'possum before be kin make
up hix mind which tree ter Climb.
Them dogs takes after Ar. William
Jennings Bryan. an ov course shey
air guide runnerx-shey will run Or
die"
traii." sed Bill Moody.
You orter hear them. stranger"
sed Tom Hardy. They make more
an better musick than q brass band.
Hit would make you twenty years
younger iIst ter hear them hounds
run fer ten minits. Some ov them
bark fer tariff reform. some fer put
tin down the trusts. some fer the
eleekshun oY United States Senator
by popular vote. an awl OF them
bark fer the free an Unlimited coin
age ov silver when they air runnin'
q sight race. Two or three ov them
let out q peculiar whinin' sort ov a
bark at times that / don't exackly
onderstan' onless hit IL fer the gov
eminent ownership ov everything
from the railroads down ter ter
hacker barns"
Az We wuz leavin' Mr.. Hardy he
sed If any ov US happened ter run
up with Mr.. William Jennings Bryan
ter be sure an tell him that old
Tom Hardy had hiz coat off a-doin'
awl he could fer him, an that he
munt be sure an appint him a justis
oy the peace, an We awl promised
ter put in a word fer him.
AZ ever,
ZEKE nJI
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05

John Thackston and wife were
Saturday committed to Wake jail.
being charged with public drunken
ness. Thackston Is also charged
with cruelty to animals.
Frank May, colored, was tried Sat
urday by Justice of the Peace c. A.
Separk, charged with threatening to
kill his wife. He was discharged
after paying the costs.
Joe Beall, colored, was arrested
Monday by Deputy U. s. Marshall, J.
B. Jordan. He is charged with re-
failing liquor, and in default of bond
was placed in Wake Jail to await trial
at the next term of Federal Court.
Rev. p. G. Elsom, pastor of Fay
ettevilIe Street Baptist Church, has
resigned on account of some differ
ences between the pastor and some
members of the congregation. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Elsom and his
friends will build new church in
Raleigh.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
For Mother.

l give my mother lots of kisses,
There's really never one she misses:
A "wake-up kiss" right in the morn
ing,
A goodnight kiss" when I am
yawning,
a "sorry kiss" when I've been bad,
A happy kiss" when I ann glad.
Once she was sick; 1 went to stay
At Aunty's house, oh, miles away!
Then / sent kisses in a letter,
She said they truly made her better.
There's really never one she misses,
Oh, I give mother lots of kisses.
Youths Companion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
The Birds Work Long Hours.

Our hours" said a nature stu
dent, are nothing to birds. Why,
some birds work in summer nine
teen hours a day. Indefatigably
they clear the crops of insects.
THE thrush gets up at $3.50 every
summer morning. He rolls up his
sleeves and falls to work at once,
and he never stops until $50 at
night. A clean nineteen hours.
During that time he feeds his vora-
cious young two hundred and six
times.
THE blackbird starts to work at
the same time as the thrush, but he
lays off earlier. His whistle blows
at 7.30, and during his seventeen
hour day he sets about one hundred
meals before his Riddles.
1.-The titmouse is up and about by
3 o'clock in the morning, and his
stopping time is nine at night. A
fast worker, the titmouse is said to
feed his young four hundred and
seventeen meals-meals of caterpil-
lars mainly-in the long, hard, hot
day" THE Evangelist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
Friday Was a Big Day in Police
Court.

Ira Rycroft, white man, was
tried by the police justice in Raleigh
Friday on the charges of drunk and
disorderly, carrying a concealed
weapon and firing pistol in the
city Unable to pay fine and costs,
he was sent to the county roads for
four months.
Frank Moore, white, unable to pay
fines, was sent to the roads for two
months for being drunk and disorder
ly and for All assault.
Joe Davis, John Burt, and Lonnie
Clifton, colored, and Walter Jhomp-
son. white. we're fined $S.55 each fer
disorderly conduct. Thompson paid
his fine. and the others will be re-
quired to work their fines out on the
roads unless they pay.
J. H. Robbins was fined $8.15 for
an assault on Floyd Smith, a travel
ing man.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
co. B TAKES NEGRO TO ooycorn
WIZ oraham, Alleged RapIst, Pro-
tected From Mob yiolence-f,~,
Was Committed October 18th. n
ie-fear-Oid White Girl Being the
Victim.

Armed with Winchester rifles
ioaded with street cartridges Of
Steel, with bayonets fixed on the
guns, and carrying a rapid-fire Cat
ing gun. Company b, Third Infan-
try under command of Capt. w. F.
Moody. left Raleigh at o'cIocl,
Wednesday afternoon for Concord
Seated hand-cuffed in the last seat
OF the last car of the long train
surrounded by soldiers, one of whom
held the end of a short chain fas-
tened to the irons on the prfsoner,s
wrists, was Will Graham, alias Hen
ry>Faggartt, who Is charged with the
hendish outrage upon 16-year-oId
rearl Tucker, respectable white
farmers daughter, in her fathers
cotton field near Concord on the af-
ternoon of October 18th. The troops
received orders week ago to be In
readiness and on Tuesday were in
strncted by Acknowledgement T. r.
Robertson, who was at the time in
Charlotte, to start from Raleigh
Wednesday at 4 o'clock. The utmost
secrecy was maintained by the SOL
diers, officials and State officers to
prevent the information of the
States movements and plans from
spreading to the citizenship of Ca
barrus County. Mob violence was
feared and almost anticipated.
Sixty-two men, including the off,
GERS formed the alleged rapist's
guard.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
Plenty of Booze at Mount Airy.
Mount Airy LEADER

It is reported that never in the his
tory of the city has there been so
much blockade whiskey sold around
the city, for there is hardly night
that a load is not retailed somewhere
on the outskirts of the town Those
in a position to know claim that two
or three nights of each week he f.
tive blockader drives near the city,
notifies the boys, and open a bar
room out on the commons. On Mon
cay night two of these wagon blind
tigers were operating and thee was
busy stream of the faithful lovred
in and out of the city. These willy
booze dispensers do not venture in
side of police jurisdiction but hang
out beyond the city limits, where
they have so far been undisturbed
by the stern hand of the Law. The
efforts of these institutions can read
lily be seen by the number of drunks
pulled by the police and the condition
OF a certain class of citizens.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
THE VOTE IN WAKE.
Republicans Made Great Gains i'm

The Republicans have made great
gains in Wake County. The Demo-
cratic majority two years ago was
about 2,500 and their majority in
Tuesdays election was cut to 1000
or 1900. The majority was cut
down by at least one-half.
The Republicans carried two
wards in Raleigh and increased their
vote all over the county. 1t is i'm
possible to give the exact vote at
this time, but we will give a full &C
count in our next issue.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
W. ID. and c. Ii. King Arrested--War-
rant Sworn Out by Tradesmen.

". D. King and C.. B. King, who
conduct a restaurant on Martin ST.,
were arrested by Constable Bynum
yesterday afternoon on a warrant
signed by several merchants,
charging the defendants with con-
spiracy against trade.
1t is alleged that the Kings have
been purchasing merchandise, chick
ems, fish, etc, under false pretense.
A preliminary hearing will probably
be held before Justice of the Peace
Chas. 4. Separk to-day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
BROOKS COMEDIES
HIS DEFEAT,

News was received at Democratic
headquarters in Raleigh that Mr..
Brooks, the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Fifth District had
conceded that James T. Morehead,
Republican, had been elected in that
District
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
Looks Like Two Republican Senators.

The latest reports from Sampson
County state that the county has gone
Republican by about LOO majority.
IL this is true then it means two
more Republican Senators from the
district composed of Sampson, John
ston and Harnett as the majority in
Sampson will be sufficient to over
come the Democratic majority in
Johnston and Harnett.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
EX-SHERIFF OF SAMPSON SUR
RENDERS.
Sentenced to the Penitentiary for
Four Years for Embezzlement of
County Funds.

EXSheriff Aman, of Sampson
County, who absconded about eigh-
teen months ago. returned to Clinton
one day last week and surrendered
in open court. He was placed under
bond at the time and was tried last
Friday for embezzlement of the coun-
ty funds. He was found guilty and
sentenced to the penitentiary for four
years.
After Aman went out of office he
failed to make final settlement when
demanded, and afterwards left the
county. He stated at the trial that
he lost the money in corn and cotton
futures, but that he did not take any
Of the amount for personal use.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
AGENTS WANTED.

We want a good agent in every
county in North Carolina to solicit
subscriptions for The Caucasian. We
have attractive propositions to make
to the right parties. II You want good
employment, and can hustle, write to
THE CAUCASIAN,
Raleigh, N. O.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
DISTRICT
GOES REPUBLICAN.

AS We go to press we understand
the Democrats have conceded the
Tenth District to Grant, Republican
nominee for Congress.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
THE ELECTION IS OVER

But You Still Need The Caucasian to
Keep You Posted on Coming
Events.
Our National Congress will meet
soon and the State Legislature will
meet in January and you should
have The Causasian visit you each
week to bring you all the important
news We are getting out a good
newsy paper and we hope to make it
even better. If you are already paid
in advance then please ask your
neighbor to subscribe. Sample
copies will be sent to your friends
if you request it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05

Mr.. Bryan did not find out that
Mr.. Carnegie was grand rascal I'M
til he found out whom he was going
to vote for.-Durham Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
Negro Homicide at Hamlet.

At Hamlet Friday night Will Nc
Neill shot and killed Mose Leak.
Both parties were colored.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05

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We want a good agent in every
county in the State to solicit suDscrip-
lions for The Caucasian.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05

why don't you interest your boys
and girls in poultry raising?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
THE MARKETS.

RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
corrected every Thursday by Chas- e
Johnson Col
Strict good middline 1915
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13
City Trustees Hold Busy Session

The City Trustees held a meet
ing last night and considerable
business of importance came before
the Board, the principal question be-
ing the disposition of a petition to
open Phillips street between Tele-
graph and Musser streets, the dis
tance being two squares. The street
is the one Immediately to the rear
of the Dr. Lee and H. H. Spring
meyer property and is now closed
The attorney for the etitioner, Geo
Springmeyer, claims that the ground
was originally dedicated to the city
as street but that adjacent pro-
perty owners have fenced it in and
used it for private purposes instead
of allowing it to remain open and
using it for street purposes.
The petition was finally taken un-
der advisement pending the abstract
ing of the property affected and also
the petition of the petitioners and
the property owners. A special
meeting will likely be held the lat
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13
Go to the Devil
Thursday Night
GO TO THE DEVIL

Is blazed all over the city and while
this saying is used for publicity pur-
poses, it means much to the thought
full theater patron. 1t means that he
or she will be accorded an opportun-
ity of judging personally on the mer-
its of this widely discussed drama
from moral standpoint and draw
comparisons on similar productions
OF the past. There is a wide diver
sity Of opinion even among the ac-
knowledged critics on this subject.
While they differ as to its useful
ness as a stage mirror, they are as a
unit as to the. brilliancy Of the lines
and the added fact that the situa-
tions are unique to a degree. In
short it is play that is filled with
cutting repartee and symbolisms that
are food for serious thought. 1t
is seldom that a big success is given
so soon after it's New York premier
and theater goers seem cognizant OF
that fact and fill the house at every
performance. There is every evil
dnce that a large and select audince
will attend here.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13

ter part of the week and the case
disposed of.
The question of confining the hous-
es of ill-repIte to their present linn
it's and furt Ter restricting them was
considered ind the city attorney was
instructed to draw up an ordinance
making such restrictions.
Engineer Pratt reported that the
Carson street improvement was pro-
crossing rapidly. Also that he had
used 107 more cubic yards of coarse
stone than contracted for but thai
he had made a cut of 24G cubic
yards in the smaller materials so
that he was still well within his es
Inmates.
Peter N. Murdock was granted a
permit to establish and conduct a
saloon in the Mccullough building
at the corner of Robinson and Car
son streets.
President Van Etten was author
lied to choose a pattern for new fire
hydrants. The patterns have been
destroyed in the San Francisco fire.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13
Free Delivery Of all
Mails on Thursday.

Free delivery of mails will be
started in this city on next Thurs
Gay, day after tomorrow, and those
who have not registered their ad-
dress should do so at once if they
wish to get their mail delivered to
them by the carrier.
Owing to delay in the shipment
of THE street boxes from Topeka,
~.ansas, they have not arrived here
IS yet but are expected by the first
of the coming week at the latest.
AS soon as they arrive they will
be put in place and the regular col
lection of mails from the street box
es will begin.
Tomorrow will be the last day to
register for the examination for let
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13
MONEY ON WAY
FOR LOCAL SMELTER
And Ground for New Industry Will
be Broken Before Month
Has Passed.

c. w. Clapp, of Reno, one of the
officers of the smelter company
which will operate in the Brunswick
Canyon east OF this city. has received
advices from j. A. Yerington of Car
son City, who has been in the East
raising the necessary money, that
the same is now on the way to Car
son City. The Reno Journal today
has the following regarding the smell
ter which will mean so much to Car
son City and the western part of the
state in general:
Bills of exchange amounting to 500
900 are now on their way from Mon
treal to Carson City for the purchase
OF a smelter site by the Western
Smelter Corporation, according to
advices received by C.. w. Clapp,
the local organizer of the company,
from J. A. Yerrington, its president.
who has been handling the eastern
end of the financial affairs of the
company.
This sum not only insures the pur-
chase of the site but will make the
initial payments on other proper
ties which the smelter company will
acquire and which it has under op-
ton.
The Offices of the corporation will
be opened at once in Carson City,
where suitable building has been
offered the company by Mr.. Yerring-
ton. Work of clearing up the site
will be begun at once ana the first
unit of the smelter will be put in
operation within six months accord
ing to the expectations of the COM
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13

pony.
It is the intention Of the incor.
porators to add further units as soon
as the first is running to its full ca
pacity, which owners OF mines In
sight of the railriad insure the COM
pany will be Immediately. The plans
as first drawn will provide for 1900
ton plant and the arrangement OF the
buildings will be such that further
units can be added as the TONNAGE
grows.
Not only lead and copper but zinc
will be treated and the news that
Nevada at last will have an outlet
for this metal will send prospectors
scurrying through the hills seeking
further deposits.
In treating copper the benefits OF
the smelter 70 Reno and surround
ing territory cannot yet be estimated.
The entire state will profit since
there are many low grade copper de-
posits within 100 miles OF Reno that
at present cannot be worked be-
cause of prohibitive freight rates.
From visits to the various mines
within 20 miles of Reno ore has been
found in sight that will give the smel.
ter 1000 tons day for an indefinite
period. Although the huge deposits
at Yerington are 40 miles from the
SITE of the Smo1for nj
be tributary to it and add to the out.
put in a remarkable degree. With
the completion of the first unit o.
this smelter, the copper era of the
country surrounding Reno may be
said to have begun.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-10-13
Buy Local
Business

A. Demaria and R. A. Webb OF
Gardnerville have purchased the w.
Reker saloon in this city and have
taken charge of the resort Both Of
the new residents are active young
men and intend to make a number
OF improvements which wll make
their place of business one of the
most attractive in the city.
Mr.. Reker who has been in busi-
ness in this city for many years will
retire and enjoy the fruits of his
Iabors