The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-09-24
That Democratic Club at Caraleigli
Mills.

Editor Caucasian:-The Raleigh
Evening Times, issued Wednesday.
September 10th, under heading of
Personals, has this notice, to-wit:
"A Bryan and Kitchin Club was
organized at Caraleigh Mills last
night The Caraleigh Band furnish
ed music for the occasion. Speeches
were made by Messrs. J. w. Hins-
dale, Jr., and w. B. Jones. The Club
starts out with a membership OF
fifty"
Now, Mr.. Editor very naturally
one reading the. above would con-
strue it to mean that aforesaid club
was composed of fifty operators from
Caraleigh Mills, which would be
doing said employees an injustice.
The facts are that only one employe
of Caraleigh Mills Co., become a
member of said club. | am reliably
informed that seven Caraleigh Hill
names come from the Insane Asylum.
| The great Bryan party, the party
that swept Wake county four years
ago by $500 majority, and the State
by $4,000, realizing in the beginning
of the campaign that they could not
muster voters to talk negro" selects
Tuesday night to organize a club,
and discourse on the old 1900 issue,
negro, negro. While the church
members were in session in the Hall
having Conference meeting. the Band
was getting ready to play: ''See the
Conquering Hero Come Enter W.
B. Jones and J. w. Hinsdale, Jr.
Exit-the Conference, and the crowd
dissolves itself into Democratic
meeting.
j | infer this was trick to get a
few voters to listen to things of the
past, which was dealt out so elo-
quently. Therefore it is not surpris-
ing that our Democratic friends are
moving Heaven and Earth, for a joint
debate with Mr.. w. G.. Briggs, and
Mr.. Wildes, for thereby hangs a mys-
terry no longer. They fear that the
voters will not turn out to hear them,
and they want the benefit of crowds,
that naturally will turn out to hear
Mr.. Briggs and Mr.. Wildes. I must
say that with distinguished speakers,
a good Band and fair attendance
they can only get one member out OF
over one hundred voters working in
the Caraleigh Cotton Mills, they are
surely in the tough; they are fallen
upon hard places. Especially is this
true when four years ago there was
not over two votes cast for the Re
publican party from aforesaid mill
whereas, today, it is nearly unani
nous for the party of Roosevelt
) Taft, Cox, Briggs, Wildes and Bucl
: Andrews.
. I am sure our friends will be dis
appointed the morning of the 4tl
: of November, when they glance a
the returns from outside, Yves
Southern division, and find that theil
: majority of past years has gone bacl
to minority party, and that thu
I, fifty members of said club do no
/ materialize, by failing to deliver thu
: fifty votes, for l fully believe tina
their full strength in this division
: can be counted on your fingers ant
q toes.
: They do say that when the ladie
departed from the Hall, where thu
: Church Conference was being hell
that the smoke was so dense arount
the entrance that it was Impossible,
to recognize any one, as those arount
: the entrance were smoking. I an
e further informed by a number o
: members of said conference that tn,
D business that they were to hav,
e transacted was not finished; but tn,
L Club must be organized on Tuesda,
; night if the conference business hal
S to wait. Oh, consistency.
: On Saturday night the Republican
held the hall, and it was greatly add
ed to in beauty by the profusion o
+ flowers and flags that the ladies OIL
: Saturday evening, lent their aid
= Over the platform was the word-il
: howers-'Welcome," and Old Glor,
: fioated all over the Hall, and tn