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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-02-28
SHORT STORIES OF THE CITY

Cy Byrne Has operation-Cy Byrne,
formerly deputy sheriff in Globe and
now a member of the Arizona rangers,
is laid up in the hospital at Flagstaff
where he underwent an operation last
week. In a letter to Globe friend
Cy stated that he would be kept N the
hospital for two or three weeks longer.
Went to See Roosevelt--Sam Gibson,
Angus McAlpine and A. Hansen have
gone to Roosevelt to have a look at the
big dam. They took their scatter-guns
with them and expect to bring back a
large quantity of ducks from Salt river.
They are expected to return Sunday.
Soaked Ten Each--Juan Gonzales and
a countryman named Jiminez appear
ed in Judge Thomas court yesterday
as the sequel to fist fight between the
two. Each was assessed so, his honor
not DIES ring to show any Partially.
Will Be Sent to Asylum-George
Fultz, a painter, who was arrested
Wednesday evening because of his pc
euliar behavior, was given hearing
in the probate court yesterday by Judge
Robertson and commission of ply.
si,ians to determine his mental condi-
tim. No conclusion was arrived at, but
FIltz will probably be committed to
the territorial asylum. Fultz insanity
is believed to have resulted from brood
ing and dependency over domestic af.
fairs. He is said to have been divorced
from his wife at Denver several years
ago and recently he has exhibited symp-
CONS of melancholia. He has resided
here for about two years and is well
liked.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-02-28

Admission 25 cents to Dreamland for
the Grand Mask Carnival.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-02-28

THE ONLY STOCK OF KoDAKs AND
SUPPLIES IN THE CITY-DEVEI,-
oPING AND PRINTING AS IT
SHOULD BE DONE, AND AT EAST
ERN PRICES.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
EIGHT KILLED IN WRECK.
Cars Meet Head-On % Few Miles Out
From Annapolis, Maryland.

Annapolis, Md, June Sin a
head-on collision between special cars
of the Washington. Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Railroad Compa-
ny, shortly before eight o'clock to-
night, eight persons were killed out
right and a score of others were seri-
ously injured, some of them perhaps
fatally. The collision was due TO
a confusion of orders as the line has
been running several extra cars eech
way in connection with the COM
mencement festivities at the naval
academy.
The impact was terrific and both
cars were wrecked, that bound for
this city being thrown from the rails.
AS quickly as possible aid was sent
from here and the dead and injured
were brought to this city. OF the in
jured, General Traffic Manager Will
liam E. Slaughter, of the Washing
ton, Baltimore and Annapolis Rail-
road, was in the worst condition, and
his death at any moment would not
cause the physicians surprise.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
OLD MEMBERS REsrrulxrKp.
Iarwsaks~na Rs=ns~xwax Garvs~. ows Ha.
b~xa@raSAoa sss tazc ssovwrwnw~ hy
gTsl4-osassag Nssnt~sxs sg IaaanSf
Waterways Cossanais&apa.

w@sAtnEfoz. Iwnr 1-Casrrfnx
ous hIa a@ctAsaitoa to tbs eo8fse~
snoe % Governovx sAas sAoara Caa-
gresa fail 10 pTovta. tot tbs eoHtln-
aaace o. The IHlaEa Waterways Goa
sn!aalen he khoaia conttnae sAssu BY
executive ae1. znd ConETwNs kzvlax
failed to take action coniinuiax the
body. President Roosevelt las reap
pointed the members Of thzg GOA
mission In doing 30 Be made pub
tic the followlnE explanation
Ia visa OF the aesiFablllty Of
continuing the work of the Gn.and
Waterways Commission the pr-zi-
deaf has requested those designated
last year. wtsh the exception OF Gen.
Alexander Mackenzie. chief Of ea-
gineers Of War Department who has
netired. TO continue their service on
the said commission. and has also re-
quesied Senator Vim. d Allison
Representative Joseph F. Ransdvll
Of Louisiana. and Prof. George +.
Swain. of the Massachusetts, Instl-
tute of Technology. TO serve as mem
bers. AS soon as a selection for the
chief of engineers for the War De
partment has been made he will also
be designated a member of the com
mission in place OF General Mac
kenzie
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

We publish in another column an
article from Winston Union Repub-
lican suggesting Mr.. John w. Fries
for Governor. The Washington cor
respondent of the Raleigh News and
Observer stated recently that Repub-
licans who were suggesting Mr..
Fries were doing so without author
ity. The Union Republican is pub
lished in the town where Mr.. Fries
lives, and it doubtless knows what
it is talking about, not only when
it says that Mr.. Fries is exec llent
gubernatorial timber, but also that
it thinks he might accept the nomi-
nation.
Mr.. Fries is a man of high char
acter and splendid ability and would
be credit to the Office of Governor
and the Republicans could do much
worse than to nominate him if he
would accept. If the Republican:
would nominate ticket made up o.
men like Mr.. Fries they can elec
their ticket this fall.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
DIR. Thompson for Governor.

Editor The Caucasion: Having
been a close observer of political
events for more than twenty years
and having viewed the political field
closely, have concluded that Of all
men to be successful after the smoke
of the battle has cleared away in
the recent election, that DR.. Cyrus
Thompson's name should be brought
before the State Convention through
the county conventions for the fol-
lowing reasons, to wit:
1st. Because there are thirty
thousand Populists in the State, ten
thousand of which went back into
the Democratic fold, and they are
anxious and willing to return to
their principles and rid themselves
of machine politics and bossism in
the Democratic party eight hun
dred of them live in Wake County,.
End. Because every Republican
and all the former Populists would
be glad to give him their loyal sup
port.
3rd. Because he has been tried,
and made a faithful and efficient
officer as Secretary of State.
4th. Because he is a temperate,
moral and conservative man, and can
poll the full strength of any and all
factions in the recent contest.
5th. Because he is a gentleman,
scholar orator, as we'll as cam
paigner that his enemies will respect,
and is the peer of any man they
may nominate, and lastly, but not
least, he is the Moses to lead the
children to the land of promise and
place them in their rightful pos
sessions, and when he is once placed
in the Governors chair not only his
friends but his political enemies will
plaud his administration which will
be clean and honest and free from
all jobbery and corruption.
The bugle blast is sounded by old
Wake County, now let the inspira-
tion go forth until every county
from the sea to and beyond the
mountains shall have instructed
their delegates to the State Conven
ton for DR.. Thompson and nomi
nate him by acclamation, and wher
| this is done prohibitionist and anti
| prohibitionist, Populist, Republican
and conservative Democrats will raj
| ly around him as their chief ant
elect him Governor.
We would welcome a joint debat'
of their candidate with DR.. Thomp
son, of Onslow County. So mote
be from one who knows his worth
his life and his magnetism as {
campaigner.
| III. e. KING.
Raleigh, N. c., June s, 1908.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
FEARFUL TORNADO.
Destructive Storm Sweeps Nc.
braska and Oklahoma.
TWENTY-ONE ARE KILLED
Many Others Reported Dead and
Woandet-SorThrr Kansas si~-
tied By worst Storm in the His
tory of That seetioa-A Great
Loss of Property.

Omaha. Neb.. June "a tornado
which passed over southern NebFAs-
ia and portions of northern Kansas
Friday evening was the most dextrue-
tive aud covered the most territory
of any similar storm which has Wis
tied that region In many years. At
least q persons were killed. Eve
were fatally injured and a score OF
Others huEt. InadditIon reports re-
oeived tonight say that several per
sons were killed at Byron, Neb.
and Phillipsburg. and CORTLAND.
Kan. which towns have been cut OF
from communication.
The storm was general through
out Fillmore, Webster, Franklin and
Thayer counties, Nebraska. and
reached over into Kansas, from
where reports are coming slowly of
great destruction. The towns of
Carleton, Fairfield. Deshler. Shick-
ley, Geneva. Franklin, Ong, and Riv-
erton, Nebraska, are among those
visited by the storm and in no one
of them did the elements spare life
or property.
At Carleton five residences and
two churches were destroyed, while
new school building and thirty
houses were partially wrecked. The
home Of Lester Carter was demol-
ished and his wife and baby were
killed, while Carter himself and an
other child suffered severe injuries.
At Geneva the storm wrought
great destruction; and in the ada
cent country claimed several victims,
dead or injured.
At Fairfield, more than forty
houses were partly wrecked or de-
molished. The loss there will exceed
100000. Vague reports from 9TH
er points cannot be confirmed be-
cause of broken wires. Trains in
all directions are abandoned because
of washouts and destroyed roadbeds.
The storm has covered such a
wide area and been so destructive
wherever it touched the earth that 1t
has almost caused panic among the
nural inhabitants. Hundreds of
farmers drove into the towns last
night and today, seeking shelter,
many of them being homeless.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
WILL FORM NEW PARTY.
Democrats of Eorsythe Who Arr Dts-
satisfied With th. Aetioa Of the
Ring Democrats Circulate . pI~dE-
VIII be Known a. ''Indspead~nt
business Mems League"

special from Winston Salem to
Tuesdays Charlotte Observer says
There are a number Of Demoora,z
in Forsyth county who are dlKaatia-
fed with the action OF the Demo
cratic county convention Saturday in
voting down the Hendrea resolution,
which was 10 the effect that the citi-
zens Of the county generally be in
yited TO go to Charlotte for the State
Convention and participate In the
Forsyth caucus for all officers below
that of Governor. Ii !s rot improha-
BILE that an Independent ticket will
b" put out in this county as Il result
OF The action of the convention. The
following is a copy of the pledge that
was circulated around this afternoon
and tonight and was signed by $50
good Democrats:
We, the undersigned citizens of
Winston-Salem and Forsyth county.
do agree to bind ourselves together
in an organization OF a body OF free
people which shall be known as the
Independent business mems league.
We do hereby pledge ourselves not
10 participate in either the Demo
cratic or Republican convention held
from this date In the year 1908. and
further agree to hold ourselves a.
free men to vote for whom We please
for members of the Legislature and
county officers In the coming Noyem-
ber election. II is understood that
If undesirable candidates are nomi-
mated on both the Democratic and
Republican ticket we will select can
didates of our own to take the place
of the ones who are unfavorable to
the business interests and the work
ing mans welfare"
One OF the promoters OF the new
party" stated tonight that $50 sig
natures had been secured and that
at least 500 of the best men OF the
county would sign the document.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
Business VS.. Politics.

Thos. J. Pence, in his Washington
letter to the Raleigh News and OBJ
server, under date of May goth, says
in part:
For the past week the name of
John w. Fries, of Winston, has
been mentioned as a possibility for
the nomination. This talk has emf
mated from the leading Republicans
in the State, though so far as can
be learned there has not been the
slightest warrant for the mention of
Mr.. Fries name in this connection"
This is not surprise down this
way. The name of Mr.. Fries and
other prominent gentlemen have
been noted in connection with the
gubernatorial nomination. They
comprise that class of citizenship
whose very life has been devoted to
the business interests Of the State
and in either case, whose nomina-
ton and election would mean much
to the industrial welfare of North
Carolina. 1t is generally admitted
that this is the time when there is
need of more business men in our
official life than politicians. The
truth is that for a good many years
| the State has been surfeited with
political leadership which has per-
meated to such an extent as to re-
| tard rather than aid our material
development. The Democratic scram-
BILE for Governor, which is now in
progress, does not give promise of
affording relief and it therefore
rests with the Republicans to come
to the rescue, and possibly, with
such men as Mr.. John W. Fries or
others to redeem the State and
place it under safe, sure and con-
servative control so that we shall
experience those advantages which
la business mans administration
would afford and which at the pres
ent, needed to keep us in touch and
abreast with other progressive com.
monwealths. Should the Repub1i.
cans nominate Mr.. Fries, or any
other business man, the matter ot
choice would then be submitted tt
the people as to whether, as a State
!. we should rise to the business de
mands that press upon every side OF
remain in the same old Democrat,
. political rut. OF one thing Mr.. Penc,
! and the Democracy he represents
can rest assured, that whoever thu
| Republicans nominate, the platform
upon which he runs, the campaign
: and his administration, ii elected
will be from start to finish strictl
5 upon business policies and prin
lciples.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
PREACHER SENTENCED TO JAIL.
Sentence Melted Out by Virgins
Court to Swindfing Preacher.
James Hargraye.

Richmond, Va. June 5.-Rev.
James T. Hargrave. the unfrocked
clergyman of the Episcopal church.
pleaded guilty TO four indictments
in the United States District Court
and was sentenced TO eight months
in the Hanover county jail and 10
pay fine OF 500. The indictments
each of which contain three counts
charge Hargraye with having de-
vised a scheme and with praeticing
the same with intent to defraud b.
use of the United States malls. Mer-
chants in many parts OF the country
were his victims. Hargrave was SEN
fenced on one indictment. the others
being nolle pressed.
He is now under Indictment of the
Hanover grand jury and is awaiting
trial on a charge of selling liquor
without license. He has served sev-
eral terms in jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

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term ss coanty suorssY 81 sewAu
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Neatssa Kansas has BAD s0spsai
womoa ocaasy attorneys. hus gss
custom never appears to have he~
como popular ia she eastern pAft Of
ihe State Ia NoTson countg kHts
johnson h.ts Just oomnasiea term
"a cuauty treasurer. Thsro arc hAis
dozen or more euanty registers os
deeds Ia the State. and probably
thirty women coaaly sapeFtatr nara,a
Of schools.
The Socialists a. their rsceut Goa
ventiou In Topeka nominated = GiT-
ard woman for State sap~finieud.nt
in spite of a strong speech made
against IL by her husband,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
County Officials Allow BIockading
Lexington Dispatch.

That blockade stills are running
right along in various secluded spots
not a great way from Lexington is
the opinion of a number of men in
authority around the town. A man
says that one can stand on the Raj
eigh bridge, near the Oneida chair
plant, and see the smoke arising from
a moonshiner outfit. Sunday some
boys were bathing in a creek near
town, when they saw a number of
men from Lexington driven into the
woods, hitch their horses and get oct
with jugs, and they returned with
full vessels. Two men who live in
the same community near town.. one
of whom was wet and the other dry,
both used the same argument to back
their views, the argument being that
men passed through their farms an
route to blockade still to get whis-
key. There is no doubt in the world
that blockade whiskey is being made
| in Davidson. Revenue officers have
| not made a visit to this county in a
long time, and the county officials
have done absolutely nothing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
The Typical Democrat.

The typical Democrat displays
very different characteristics accord
ing to the section of the country
which he inhabits; that is, according
to this way he is sized up by some
of our exchanges. The Brooklyn
Standard says the typical of that
section of the country cheers for
Cleveland, compliments Bryan, In
structs for nobody and votes for the
Republican candidate. The Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot says the typical Dem
ocrat of the West curses Cleveland,
instructs for Bryan and goes fishing
on election day IL any other than his
idol is the Democratic nominee; that
the typical Southern Democrat fol-
lows submissively the choice dictated
to him as Presidential candidate by
the North and West, no matter who
it may be, always faithful among the
faithless and emerges from each de-
feat enthusiastically ready to en-
counter another on the same terms.
The Charlotte Observer wants to
know where, amidst all the typical
Democrats does the party come In,
and illustrates its points with the
following anecdote about Sunset
Cox: ".
| Once upon the eve of the ad-
journment of Congress, when every
| member was shouting for recogni-
ton in the hope of getting his pub
lie building bill through, Sunset Cox
hoped on a desk and exclaimed,
| Schenectady has its friend; but
| where in the name of God Is the
friend of the Treasury The point OF
the story is in the application
Amongst the typical Democrats
each crying aloud in different
voice, where, amidst the tumult oi
the captains and the shouting, is tbs
friend of the party?"
The Brooklyn and Norfolk papers
characterization of the typical Dem
ocrat are pretty accurate, especiall!
the latter's of the one of the South
and so long as it remains a true pic
ture the Democracy of the South vii
be of no importance in the party. Al
that is expected of 1t is to ratif!
the choice of candidates made b.
the Northern and Western branch
. of the party and to cast solid vot'
, for them on election day. 1t Is tim'
for it to thrust OF this bondage AM
to assert its independence and 1t
right to its voice In the matter o
choosing the candidates. IL 1t wer
to do this it would secure control
|, the party and do some of the dicta
ting instead of always being dictate
ito.-Wilmingto Star Democratic
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
TEN YEARS IN PENITENTIARY
Sentence of Charlotte Porter and
Hack Driver Who Drugged and
Robbed q Woman.

Charlotte. N. c., June S.-Ten
years each in the State penitentiary
at Raleigh was the sentence pro-
nounced today by Judge Moore in
criminal court in the cases of John
Boyd and Jim Wilson, porter and
hack-driVer, charged with highway
robbery, taking rings valued at seven
hundred dollars and other articles
from Mrs. J. H. Morgan, of Atlanta,
who also claims that the negroes
after giving her doped liquor out
ragged her. Mrs. Morgan was found
half insane in the woods six weeks
ago, having been taken from a lead
ing hotel where she was guest, hay
ing started to the Southern depot to
meet a brother-in-law, whom she
says lives in Washington and is
| wealthy. The crime as alleged by the
witness was most heinous and feel
ing here has been tense. Mrs. Nor.
gan admits she is going under an as
sumed name, stating that this is done
to save her family. The sentence
il regarded as light by many people
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
THE VETERANS At BIRMINGHAM


The United Confederate Veterans
are holding their annual reunion In
Birmingham, Ala, this week The
reunion began Tuesday and will con
tinue throughout today.
There are about 10000 visitors In
Birmingham. The floral parade took
place yesterday "Wednesday. and
the veterans parade will take place
today.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
ELECTROCUTED IN MID AIR.


At Thomasville Saturday after
noon John White, lineman for the
Thomasville Light and Power Com
pany, was putting mp an arc light
and while working he unthoughted-
ly stepped from the box TO the
ground still holding a live wire. In
stantly twenty-three hundred volts of
electricity passed through him. Arch
Taylor, colored, his assistant, saw
him draw up and asked him what
was the matter. Receiving no an
swer, he grabbed him and pulled
him loose from the wire. Taylor
was shocked but not seriously.
Physicians were called, but White
was already dead when they arrived.
Artificial respiration and all means
available were used to revive him,
but failed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

Some of the papers think that a
dark horse in the person of Gen.
Julian S. Carr, will be nominated
by the Democratic Convention at
Charlotte. The Democrats had
fine opportunity to honor General
Carr once by sending him to the
Senate, but they turned him down
for a machine politician. A Con-
federate soldier will not be nomi-
mated at Charlotte if the politicians
can prevent it-and they usually
prevent it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

circulation that air not worth 100
pennies AZ fer ne. I6oat gft On
cary sraout x!ch th.ag1 Billy Bry-
an may never De PrexAdeut ov th~<ss
United States But one thing ix nsr-
tin. be kin talk honey I'll you Kin
purity nigh Aear bit ylagl. Ia your
pocket. an that always did make me
feel like ! wuz lIstenn' ter the re-
marks oy an ole friend
AZ ever.
ZEKE BlLKISs.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

In his speech at Wadesboro last
Saturday Mr.. Craig lamented the fact
that the gubernatorial campaign has
grown so bitter, and said that fore
knowledge of such would have kept
late yet for Mr.. Craig to withdraw
as the campaign promises to get
much warmer before the end, and
the convention at Charlotte will be
just a little above the boiling point
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
The Whole Town of Enid, Oklahoma
Flooded.

Enid, Okla, June 6.-Following
six hours rainfall, Boggy Creek, run
ming through the city, widened today
from twenty feet to two thousand
feet, flooding almost the whole of
Enid, carrying away fifty houses,
flooding stores and endangering lives
Water is IL feet deep in Main Street,
covering two blocks of the business
center.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

The Craig, Simmons, Aycock COM
bine is getting a little uneasy, and
you may expect to see some Of 1900
methods inaugurated at the Char
lOtte Convention.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
reason.

Each one of the Democratic can
didates for the governorship say they
are in the race to the finish. If so,
then a dark horse will walk off with
the nomination.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

The Democrats are so excited over
the race for the goyernorship that it
is possible they will forget to name
a State Chairman at the Charlotte
Convention.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

The News and Observer says that
the Republican platform will look
in every direction. That is right;
catch them going and coming. Bet
ter do that than look up Salt river.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

If Mr. Craig is defeated for the
Democratic nomination for Governor,
he might later try for a place on the
Supreme Court bench. 1t is said
that about eight years ago he had
high aspirations for such a position.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

The Republican National conven-
ton will meet in Chicago June 16.
On that day the rest of the popula-
tiOn will be apt to sit UP aud take
notice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

A dispatch from Washington says
that Mr.. Bryan has invited Governor
Glenn to make the speech secOnding
his nomination at Denver. Speech
making is the Governors long suit.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11

The Democrats OF Virginia will
hold their convention today and the
outlook is that Virginia will send
an uninstructed delegation TO Den
yer.