The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-01-09

session Of the legislature, should
same be called as is now proba bic
Shelby Aurora.
More than eight hundred lives lost
ny accidents In coal mines In the
United States within one month
the like was never heard of before
Can II be that all of these calamitiee
are due to q common cause? Looks
something like it.-Ex.
What has become of Mr.. Justices
declared determination to withdraw
from the case He has been mighty
mum about 1t since 1t has become
evident that the governor Ia In dead
earnest about that extra session If
he can get the other governors to
agree to the proposition.-Wilming-
ton Messenger.
The editors Of Colorado can fight
as we'll as write. One Of them licked
an ex-United States Senator, the
other day. And by the way, this
was more manly thing to do than
giving the man a sly dig In the
back with q Observation-Disclosures
Star.
A man by the name of Barber,
residing at Oak Ridge, picked up a
piece of paper from the floor Of his
residence one day the past week and
threw 1t in the fire. To his aston
ishment there was dynamite cap
in the paper and it exploded, piece
Of the cap striking Mr.. Barber on
tina thigh. Besides badly burning
him, one of the arteries in his leg
was evered.-Forsyth News.
Each Senator Is allowed a pri-
vate secretary and a clerk, one
drawing 81, 800, and the other 5000
a year. Senator Davis, of Arkansas,
has appointed his two daughters ia
these positions, thus keeping the
$4,000 in the family. "Jeff" is VIC
lently opposed to all trusts except
his own.-Norfolk Landmark.
Capt. M. L Jones, owner of the
lola Mining Company, of Candor,
arrived In Thomasville one day last
week with nearly $4,000 in gold
which be deposited with the banks
here. This amount of gold is the
result of about ten days work at the
mine.-Lexington Dispatch.
Our new State, Oklahoma, boasts
Of having an Indian citizen named
John Hot Air.
Gee, just attended a session of our
legislature when they are fighting
old booze and the railroads for politi-
cal purposes, and you will be will
ing to swear that old and Mrs. Hot
Air have big family down here
Peoples Paper.
Hon. W. J. Bryan was invited to
make lecture in Lynchburg. The
good people thought he would be
glad to come to their town and lee
ture, as he is expecting the vote of
Virginia for President. But when
his reply came he demanded the
sum of $500 for his services This
was a mild surprise-North State,
The Charlotte Observer says that
sthere ought to be a law passed
against such weather as has prevailed
during this December" Lay the
matter before the extra session OF
the legislature and, if you stand in
with the bosses, no doubt you can
get it to adopt some reform legisla'
ton on the Observation-Disclosures
Messenger.
Col. Bryan thinks that the Re
publican candidate for vice president
should come from Nebraska, but
while approaching his interest the
Republicans must feel that as long
as Mr.. Bryan is going to stay in Ne
brasks to make it Republican, why
they can utilize the Office to better
advantage on some other State
Wilmington Dispatch.
It would be ludicrous, if it were
not sad, to hear men criticise Presi.
dent Roosevelt for emitting from the
new gold coins the familiar words,
sin God We Trsut," aud at the ga me
time pretend by their lives the
God they pretend to defend. It was
the sacrilegious manner In which
such men often refer to this beauti.
full motto that Influenced the Presi.
dent in emitting it from the new
coins. He believed it should be used
in reference, not in jest.-Shelby
Aurora.