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sin. He never held any prejudices
against the south for slavery. ...
Lincoln always did what he thought
was right. Whether in defeat or VIC
tory he kept right on and was never
diverted from the path of virtue.
Even when anything angered very
much, he did not think it right to lose
his temper. He treated all people
alike. No matter who came to speak
with him, rich or poor, he was always
the same. One negro said of him that
Lincoln was the only white man who
did not cause him to realize his color.
When Lincoln died, a grateful people
Immediately placed him side by side
with Washington. His fame has kept
increasing ever since his death and
will increase as time goes on. It rests
upon severer test than any other
American ever had.
He helped to free the slaves, and
then he thought when they were liber-
ated they should be sent back to their
own country. He believed that it was
wrong that they should be held by
another race, but still he thought they
| we're so much different from the white
people that they should live by them
selves. His was a noble manhood
and his deeds should live in human
ora titude forever
CLASS D-THIRD.
BY NELLIE HILL.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Har-
din county, Kentucky, February IL,
1909. When but small boy of about
eight years of age he learned to split
wood and swing the heavy, heavy axe.
He learned to read from two books,
the Speller and the Bible. At
ten years of age his kind, sweet
mother died and left him motherless.
He would set by her grave for hours
at time and cry.
One time he walked a long distance
to borrow a book. When he went to
bed that night he put it in one of the
cracks of the log house. In the night
great snow storm came up and blew
in at the cracks and spoiled the book.
He felt so sorry about the book that
as soon as he arose the next morning
he took it to the owner and told him
how it happened. He told him he
would have to work seven days to
pay for it.
| Abraham soon became a man and
in 1884 he made up his mind to begin
the study of law. A man in Spring.
field told him he would lend him some
law books if he would come and get
them. So "Honest Abe'' walked
twenty two long miles and carried
back four large volumes in one day.
In 1912 he married Miss Mary Todd
and in 1916 was elected to congress,
but in 1861 he was elected president OF
the United States by the republican
party.
The next great thing he did he freed
the slaves, on September %, 1862.
During the civil war Lincoln was
president and a very good one he
made at the time of the war.
Just after the war closed, April IA,
1865, while Lincoln and his wife were
at theater enjoying themselves, an
assassin, John Wilkes Booth, stole
into the theater and shot the president
and he died few days later.
Many of those who fought against
him in the war wept at his death.
None of us anywhere, north or south,
will ever know more unsel6sh or a
truer man than Abraham Lincoln.
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For sale Cheap.
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Live Stock Bought.

Farmers and others are respectfully
Informed that I am buying cattle,
hogs, sheep, etc., and paying the
highest market prices therefor.
Henry Erickson, Princeton.
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p E. LYNCH
TOWN CLERKS,

RELIABLE WELL DRLLLER.
Twenty years in the we'll business Gan give
perfect satisfaction. II you want q good well
'oall on or address r. E. LYNCH
Zimmerman Mimi
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BY MURIEL PRICE.
Abraham Lincoln was born Feb
ruary II, 1909. He was reared in
perjury and squalor. In spite of diff
culties he rose to place next to
Washington. The story of his simple
life is the story of an honest, manly
citizen, and profound statesman.
He was very persevering and when he
believed he could do thing he nearly
always did it. His patience was
almost superhuman.
He had no illustrious ancestry, no
power, training or culture; but he be-
lieved that any honest, upright man
ought to have place in the govern
ment of the Union. He believed
firmly in the people. He thought all
should have chance, and the weak
would be made stronger in this way.
Lincoln was very much opposed to
the civil war. Many people thought
that he was too much interested in
freeing the slaves. He said that his
object was to save the Union and not
either to promote or destroy slavery.
Lincoln realized that the south was
not alone to blame for the existence
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corporate SeaD Village Recorder
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
STOP. THINK. AND REASON.

II the voters will stop and reason
among themselves there will not be
many TO vote the Democratic ticket
next Tuesday. The poor white man
is running the risk of losing his bal
lot in the future If he helps to put
the Democratic party into power All
the young white men who become or
age after this year will be required
TO read and write and explain any
section Of the Constitution to the sat
isfaction of the registrar before he
will be allowed to vote, this will also
apply 20 other white voters who did
not register under the grandfather
Clause" This is the condition that
now exists. If the Democrats are
returned to power in the State this
year. by close majority, they
will then enact a property qualifica-
ton which will disfranchise every
poor white man even though he can
read and write. They will require
the voters to own a certain number
OF acres of land and certain amount
OF personal property, lin addition to
the other qualifications now required,
before they will allow him to vote.
The railroad man and the business
man cannot afford to vote the Demo
cratic ticket when he remembers that
Democratic laws have paralyzed the
railroads and other industries in this
State
We repeat, if the voters will stol
and reason this matter, the Demo
cratic vote in this State next Tues
day will be very light
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
Republican Platform for Wake
County.

Adopted by the Wake County Re-
publican Convention at Raleigh, N.
c., August Is, 1908.
The Republican Party of Wake
County invites all electors dissatis-
fed with present conditions, to sup
port our nominees who stand pledged
to the following, to-wit:
1. Retrenchment and reform must
be inaugurated in both county and
city government. Stop wasteful ex-
penditures, abolish Offices created
simply for party henchmen, and
adopt reform in administration, else
bankruptcy will settle upon this
country.
2. The principle of local self-gov-
eminent should be maintained. The
management of highways and
schools, the selection of magistrates
and the direction of local affairs
must rest directly with the people.
3. Pay the officers of Wake Coun-
ty fair salaries and turn the fees
they now receive into the county
treasury. The Democratic party has
three times refused to give this re-
form demanded by the people.
4. The present Highway Commits
sion, piece of vicious Democratic
partisan legislation, must be abol-
ished.
5. We demand fair election law,
which will permit an elector to cast
ballot privately without interfer-
ence or dictation.
For the accomplishment of these
righteous measures we appeal to all
good citizens to join us.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
THE TROUBLE WITH THE DEMO.
CRATIC PARTY.

Senator T. P. Gore. Democrat of
Oklahoma. in speech delivered at
Dallas. Texas. in 1896, said:
The trouble with the Democratic
party is. it is a party of statesmen.
without craftsmanship, patriots with
out patriotism, heroes without hero
ism. Their policy begets farmers
without farming. laborers without la
labor. freemen without freedom.
THE Fifthy-second Congress had
q Democratic majority of 14S, and if
IT redeemed a single pledge, observed
a single promise, kept a single COM
mand or discharged a single obliga-
ton made to the people of the Unit
ed States. Twill quit the stump and
retire from the canvass.
THE Fifty-secOnd Congress was
elected on retrenchment and ecOno-
my, the free coinage of silver and the
repeal of the Mckinley law. In
the matter of economy. that Congress
exceeded the Republicans $1,000,
900. 900 Congress by 100000, 900"
Senator Gore is a blind man. but
even a blind man, though he be 6
Democrat, can see that the country
is in better hands under the Repub
lican than under the Democratic ad
ministrations.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

We are publishing on the front
page of this issue a forecast of next
Tuesdays election as viewed by the
New York Herald The Herald is in
dependent and bases it's forecast on
reports made by its representatives
from all over the country. 1t re-
quires 2S2 electoral votes for Mr..
Taft's election, and the Herald gives
him $50 votes, with AZ doubtful.
Some of the States that the Herald
has placed in the doubtful column
are reasonably sure for Mr.. Taft
For instance, the Herald puts Mary
land in the doubtful column, while
the Baltimore Sun of Monday, which
is an independent paper, says that
Maryland is reasonably sure for Sec
rotary Taft
The Democrats and Republicans
are centering their efforts on New
York this week and both parties will
work night and day until next Tues
day for the electoral vote of the EN-
pire State; but unless the very unex-
pected happens. New York State will
cast her electoral vote for Taft.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

a ballot privately, without interior
ence or dictation.
We favor, as We have ever IA
vored, local self-government; and
demand the right TO elect by the peo-
pie all members of the County Board
of Education. County Superinten-
dent OF Public Instruction, County
Commissioners, Tax Collectors. and
Justices of the Peace.
I'VE favor an extension and i'm
provement of the public roads of the
State and believe, that the employ
ment of the States convicts on such
work is the best use that can be
made of criminals convicted of
crimes; we further favor a law pro-
hibiting the use of striped uniforms
upon all persons convicted of mis-
demeanors in the courts of North
Carolina.
I'VE favor the establishment of
one or two reformatories for the cor
rection of youthful criminals con-
victed of minor offenses, and we IA
vor separate rcformatory for fe-
males convicted of similar offenses.
we pledge ourselves to liberal
appropriation for the care and sup
port of our charitable institutions.
I'VE favor the exemption from
taxation of two hundred dollars
worth of personal property owned by
each householder in the State of
North Carolina.
We believe in the dignity of Ia
Dor and the elevation of the wage
Garner, and pledge our party to the
enactment of such laws as will best
promote this end; we believe that
labor and capital are coordinate
branches Of our Industrial life-each
necessary to the other-that neither
can prosper without the other, and
looking to this end we pledge our
party to the enactment of such laws
as will, so far as possible, create the
kindliest feeling between labor and
capital, remove all causes for con-
f1ict between the two, and promote
the upbuilding of both classes in
North Carolina
/ I'VE favor restricting immigration
rigidly, admitting none but the bet
ter class to our shores, and protect
ing American labor against foreign
cheap labor of Europe and the Ori-
ent.
I'VE believe the South should nc
longer hold itself politically separate
and apart from the rest CT the coun.
try. We believe the time has come
when no interest or principle any
longer demand such isolation. We
ask the people of North Carolina tc
give us their SURFACES, not merely
because the Democratic party under
its present leadership, both in the
State and in the Nation, is unfit fol
power; not merely because the can
didateS were here nominate and the
policies we recommend, are worthy
of acceptance, but because every Re
publican vote cast in the South is {
vote for freedom, vote for the righ
of our children to enter fully into
: the life of the great Republic, which
: our fathers labored and fought anl
l suffered to establish"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

rest assured. Robson County Will
not be behind In strenuous efforts TO
that end.
SO many defanlting sherfffs. 80
many Offices of both county and State
ruled solely and alone by an accused
spirit OF that demon-ayariee-is
enough TO sicken the very souls OF
the people-of honest and truthful
cltizens-and cause the great mass
of order-loving voters To throttle the
rotten old hypocrit Yciept democracy
and inaugurate a pure. plain and
practical policy. Do away. If need
be, by stringent legislation. with the
present complicated not-to-be under
stood arbitrary election laws. and for
the country's and decency's sake give
us wholesome laws that everybody
understanding, will cease through
ignorance and villany to violate and
ignore. We have been in the political
arena for nigh onto fifty years and
can safely say, we have never seen
az much pure cussedness mixed mp of
the most destructive quality TO please
the pallet of the demagogue and pie
loving political parasites. Can any
wise head suggest new formula to
cure this mania to rule or RUM
If so, let us hear through the col
umns OF The Caucasian from our dear
Democrat. "Josephus Janiels',' on
this momentous subject. If he can
not prescribe cure, maybe he can
suggest a palliative. Let us hear
from YOU, brother; and II the dose
will act promptly, Wen send Rev.
plato Durham for you to experiment
on.
Canvass in our county waxeth
warm We have heard only the
"beardless Shaw" and the little giant
"KinIaw." Mr.. K. did splendid
piece of work when he tore off the
Democratic lions skin and showed
up the brilliant tints of the red shirt
and sixteen-shooter campaign events
in the history of our good county
and State. calling a crimson blush to
the face of Right" sickening the
heart of Truth" and paralyzing the
active, symmetrical limbs of Jus
| tice."
Now you see that "Punkins has
| been thinking. and "Punkins" will
continue to think, write and venti-
late during the campaign.
Let us all forget grudges, and in
solid phalanx meet the great issue
| Are the people of these United States
and the people of North Carolina to
be rid of the sinking political tumol
and once again become prosperous
and happy? Yes, a thousand times
yes.
With sincerest prayers for such &
result, | am,
| Yours truly,
| PUMPKINS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
"oTnE DANE LkDY's APPEAL.

n knowing sufferers of rheunatisns 'Shetn-
er muscular or OF the joints. sciatica. lumhagos.
tackache. rains IN tbs kidneys or neuralgia
rains 20 write TO her for a hou:e treatment
which has repeatedly cured all OF tlese fortunes
She feels it her duty 20 send 1t 10 a. sufferers
FREE You cure yourself ct hcue as thousands
will testify-no change Of climate being neces.
sar. ITnis simple discovery parishes uric acio
from Tie blood iooSens the stiiiened joints. pur'
ifes the blood and hrignteus the ewes. giving
elasticity ana tone 10 tie whole system ii inc
above interests you. for proof address
Mrs. q. s-u-nc=s, Lux Il, Notrc Dame 1no-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
IN THE STATE OF PITT.
How the Campaign GOes-Republi-
cans Will Make Great Gains-Dem-
OcPatS Scared.
Lumber Bridge, N. c.. Oct. %, ,!

Editor Caucasian:
One week before the election, and
things go we'll with the Republicans.
Good speeches and much enthusiasm
have been the order of the day, with
large crowds at every place. Barbe-
cues have become frequent. But the
to corral the Democrats for joint
speaking We do not know why they
refuse to meet our candidates.
~ Last week w. r. Dixon, w. J.
Manning and Henry T. King were
with the candidates (Republicans)
at several speakings, and there were
large crowds out at every place.
Saturday Hon. l. M. Meekins, candi-
date for Congress, as with them
at Bethel, where a great barbecue
and dinner was served, with several
hundred present, including many la
dies from the town and country.
Words could not do justice to his
speech. He is an orator, a man of
great ability, and making votes
every day. He has to be heard to be
appreciated. And he sure has Mr.
Small scared. He is meeting Mr.
Small this week (if he can catch
him).
His Excelleney, the Governor, the
Hon. R. B. Glenn, spoke at Winter
vile, this county, last week. We
heard him. He spoke in the High
School building to about two hun
derd girls and boys and few more
than one hundred voters. He at
tempted to fay the President for par
ticipating in the campaign, but we
wager that he (Glenn) made more
bare-fased representations in that
one speech than the President has in
his life. And the attempt to fill the
minds of school children with such
stuff, when he must know better, is
beneath man of his position. Think
of it! A school partly built up by
the coutny school fund, patronized
by both Democrats and Republicans,
and the Governor allowed to there
openly insult the parents of every
Republican child there, by bemean-
ing them and making misrepresenta-
tions! Among such were his advice
to every one to vote as he believed
but wound up by saying honesty con-
sisted in voting Democratic; that the
necessities of the poor man were
taxed higher than the luxuries of the
rich man; and pointing to student
he stated that when he bought the
suit of clothes he had on he paid SIC
tariff and $40 for the clothes-and
other such stuff. We had thought
| better of the Governor. He either
forgot the negro, or was fresh from
the North where, perhaps, he was
addressing some Bryan-Kern-Jose.
phuS negro clubs.
Col. Harry Skinner has been max.
ing speeches across the sound and in
the coast counties. He reports every.
| thing very favorable-lots of former
| Democrats going to vote the Repub.
lican ticket, and general dissatisfac
ton with the present conditions in
| regard to the State. He spoke Sat.
urday at Farmville to a very large
crowd and made many turn from the
error of their way.
Only local speakers are expected
to be with orr candidates this week
but they are whooping up things
Look for good reports from old Pit
the State of Pitt-on November
| 4th, next. HENRY T. KING.
Greenville, N. G., Oct. 2e. 1908.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
Southern Railway Schedule
lin Eject Sept. O, I90s.l

TN EutNt oNpts w AeScsB
n. B.-These figures are published
as information and are not guar
anteed.
$50 a. m.-No. l12 for Goidsboro
and local stations handles Pullman
sleeping car from Greensboro TO Ra-
leigh. Connects at Selma and Colds
boro with A. c. l.. and with Norfolk
and Southern for Morehead City.
s.45 a. m.-No. 81. through train
from Goldsboro- Raleigh to Asheyille.
handles Southern Railway Parlor.
car. Goldsboro to Asheville. Con
meets at Greensboro with Main Line
trains North and South.
1890 p. m.-No. 144 for Colds
boro and local stations. handles Pull
man sleeping car from Atlanta to
Raleigh. Connects at Selma with A.
C. L. North and South and at Colds
boro with A. c. l.. for Wilmington
and Norfolk and southern for More
head City.
4.O5 p. m.-No. 1879, for Greens
boro, through train stopping only at
Morrisyille. Durham. University. and
larger stations. Handles Pullman
sleeping car through from Raleigh To
Atlanta. Connects at Greensboro
with Main Line trains North and
South; at Salisbury with Asheville
Knoxville and Memphis train.
$50 p. m.-No. %, for Goldsboro
and local stations, connects at Selma
with A. c. l.. for Fayetteville and at
Goldsboro with A. G. l.. North. Han
dies Southern Railway Parlor car
Asheville to Goldsboro.
11.59 p. m.-No. Ill. leaves at
a. m. for Greensboro, connects with
Main Line trains North and South.
Handles Pullman sleeping car to
Greensboro, which is open at Raleigh
for occupancy at 3 p. m.
s. II. HARDWICK. p. T. NJ.
w. II. TAYLOE, G. p. A..
C. II. ACKERT, V.-P. & G. NJ.
Washington. ID. G.
r. L. VERNON. T. p. A.
Charlotte. ~ C.
w. III. McGLAMERY, Z. & T. A.
Raleigh. n. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
Had a Close Call.

Mrs. Ada L. Groom, the widely
known proprietor of the Groom Hotel,
Vaughan, Miss, says: For sew
eral months l suffered with a severe
cough and consumption seemed to
nave its grip on me, when a friend
recommended DR.. Kings New Dis
coVery. began taking it, and three
bottles affected a complete cure"
The fame of this life saving cough
and cold remedy, and lung and
throat healer is world wide. Sold
at all druggists. soc and $500
Trial bottle free.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
4 Letter From Robson County.
For The Caucasian. !

For The Caucasian.1
Times change and men change.
For several months past We have
been shaking hands with and well
coming into the ranks of our glorious
party many dissenters from the cor
rupt policies of the so-called Demo-
cratic party. With hearty pressure
and smiling faces patriots put on the
bright armor of true Republicanism,
and with heads erect, will go to the
polls at the coming election and de-
post their ballots for Taft and Cox
We who have tread the wine-press
of a miserably corrupt administra-
ton in North Carolina for the past
eight years are planning, hoping and
praying for this great change; and a
mighty effort can bring the change.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

If Mr.. Bryan is defeated this time
1t will not mean that he might not be
elected at some future time.-Dur-
ham Herald.
You mean it might not hinder him
from running again at some future
time or times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

1t was our understanding when
Mr.. Glenn was elected to the high
office of Governor that he was to- be
Chief Executive of the State, but In
this we have been disappointed. No
man can properly fill the duties of
that office and be on a speaking tour
as often as he has been. Looks like
we are paying him $4,000 a year
and expenses to campaign for the
Democratic party. We think the
Democratic committee ought to pay
his salary.-Shelby Aurora.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
Why KITCHEN SHOULD NOT BE
ELECTED.
.wah Him n In Ruie or Ruin
ne galss. He VIII Rain"

He EafeS. He WIN Basn-
fEdttortai In Lexington Dispatch
fDemocraiiel June 10. 1851
-rhe Dispatch has opposed MI.
ki,chin. believing. and still sea'rs-
,as that his nomination means dis
rupsson I'm the Democratic party and
niury Co the Commonwealth In the
midst Of a campaign rocking with
ISLANDER. faisehood. Hypocrisy ana
blood-curtiiing charges that greA
monsters are about to eat him alive.
with a DOZEN years Of absolute emPti'
ne-s behind him I'm Congress, this
rip-snorting demagoguc tarnS upon
n newspaper that punctured his gas
bag with facts, and like the ASS HE
Is. brays: You are q liar In the
absence Of other counter-arguments
he will appeal to the prejudiees, to
the passions, to Prohibitionist and
to the anti-Prohibitionist with equal
ease; will array class against class,
labor against capital. man against
man, Democrat against Democrat
until North Carolina will sink in the
esteem of other States to level she
has never sounded before under
Democratic rule. With him it IL
rule or ruin. II he rules, he will
ruin"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

And still we must insist that IL
half that the Craig Democrats said
about Mr.. Kitchin is true, he is un-
worthy to fill the great Office of Gov
ernor. Many believe the charges to
be true; this is the reason they are
going to vote for Hon. ]. Elwood Cox
for Governor.-Shelby Aurora.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

We want good agent in every
county in the State to solicit subscrip-
tons for The Caucasian.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29

ITO change LIES cloth, not trim ii
for display,
Christ gave his charter.
All men can be religious when they
pray,
But few at barter.
Better be self-denying every day
Than once a martyr"