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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
ISSUE BONDS AND PAY THSf
OFF

Some Of the newspaper correspon-
dents In advocating the nomination
and election OF their favorite candi-
date often make the statement that
the State i. indebted TO their
favorite
As rule we are opposed TO bond
Issues. but II our State Is in debt
20 any OF her citizens and hasn't the
cash to pay them OF. then we favor
a bond issue for that purpose. IL the
party Is indebted TO any citizens then
let the party take up a collection
and pay It's debts. and not mako the
State pay for partisan party service.
The State has been paying on these
debts for many years and now II
there 10 more than one other to
whom the State Is indebted get list
OF all OF them together with the
amount due. and let's have one big
bond issue and pay them OF. Then
possibly men can be nominated for
public Office on account OF their spe-
eial fitness for the position, and then
we can begin TO economic In the
cost of our State Government.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

President Roosevelt sent another
message to Congress Monday after
noon urging some needed legislation
by the present Congress. He sx~
presses his belief in the passage Of
measures providing further for re-
comprising employees injured in the
public service. for regulating child
labor in the District OF Columbia, for
giving financial support to the water
ways commission, for investigation
into tariff conditions. Two measures
are mentioned as not being so certain
of passage this session, and he recon-
merds their favorable conside ration
before adjournment. One Is a bill
to limit the power Of injunctions and
punishment for contempt of court in
order to relieve conditions which
sometimes arise in labor disputes.
The other is a bill to strengthen the
ANTITRUST laws. ne lnCluueS III Hls
message a portion OF the report sub
mitted to the mayor of Boston by
Chairman Matthews, of the finance
committee, relating to injurious COM
binations and corporations doing
business there. He also recommend
ed the establishment of postal saw
ing banks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30

The following is clipped from Sum
days issue OF the Charlotte Observer:
Under the inviting sun of yesterday.
candidates sprung forth like lizards
from log, and on the streets from
early morning to the evening-tide.
little groups of men gathered and
engaged themselves in the gossip of
the day. Hand-shaking of the sort
that Is proVerbial was demonstrated
on every side. Friends of all the
three candidates for the guberna-
torial Office did effective work with
the large lot of farmers who spent
the day in the city. The scene will
be repeated every Saturday between
now and the primary"
Remember, kind reader, that the
candidates to whom the Observer re-
fers are all Democrats. That's all
just now, but we may refer to the
matter again If the Observer makes
as mad ct any time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
Busy Mr.. Frog.

Hello, Mr.. Frog. what are you
dom in my garden?" said Jimmie
to the big brown toad that was sit
ting in the middle of the lettuce bed
in his corner" Of his fathers gar
den.
Hello, Mr.. Frog. 1 said. what are
you dom in my garden?"
But Mr.. Frog answered never a
word. He just sat there and looked
solemnly at Jimmie out of his bright
beady eyes.
We'll, Mr.. Frog" Jimmie persist.
ed, "if you won't tell me what you
are doin.' I'll just wait and see what
you're doin.'"
So Jimmie sat on the ground close
by and looked at Mr.. Frog, and Mr.
Frog, in turn, looked at him. Pref
ty soon a little red bug few dowr
and lit on the lettuce near Mr.. Frogs
nose. Jimmie saw something fash
out of Mr.. Frogs mouth and back
again quick as a wink" And Mr.
Red Bug was not on the lettuce lea
any more.
Jimmie was sure Mr.. Red Bus
didn't fly away, but he wasn't sure
about what had happened.
He thought, "I'll watch Mr.. Fros
better next time" Again a bus
stopped close to Mr.. Frog, and AGAR
something jumped from Mr.. Frog
mouth and back, and Mr.. Bug wa
gone. And this time Jimmie wa
sure that little Mr.. Bug had gone
into big Mr.. Frogs mouth.
Before his mother called him t.
supper, Jimmie had seen Mr.. Fro!
catch twenty-seven bugs. He asket
his father how Mr.. Frog could catcl
bugs SO we'll, and was told that b.
had long, slender tongue with {
stick end, and, when he tipped i
against a bug, Mr.. Bug would JUS
stick on and go back into Mr.. Frog
big stomach.
''Mr. Frogs a good fellow to hav
In your garden, son, and you ha'
better care for him." said Jimmie
father.
And Jimmie said: Eyes, sir, 1 sur
will. I'm going to be partners wit
Mr.. Frog."-The Child's Gem.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE"
What II Really Amounts 20 nj the
Average Political Conversation
TChlcaxo NewK1
Chicago News ]

The ordinary political convention
IL a collection OF ~iId animals. whose
antics are extremely amusing. but
absolute with form and void Moth
Ing outside Of a cage full OF mon
keys can present such al example
Of futile activity.
Each delegate Is duly ticketed and
loaded with his proper credentials.
fondIy imagines that he really Is Of
some importance in the gathering:
that is. he does IL he IL a green
hand" II he Ii a seasoned campaign
er he knows that he merely repre-
sents the people" and the chairman
and secretary OF the convention rep
sent" the delegates. and the bosses
represent" the chairman and secre-
tary. BY means of this sliding scale
OF actual power It will be seen that
the bosses represent the people.
II was my deep delight TO have at
tended a number OF political conven-
tons. The will of the people"
stood about deuce high" in the pc
iitical deck. The will of the bosses
was always the ace and 1t could
be and was turned from the bottom
or top just as the emergencies de-
manded.
Occasionally some fossil Of respec-
liability, galvanized. into spasmodic
action by something particularly
brazen on the part Of the powers
that run the convention will get up
from the platform. where he is sup
posed to be acquiescent to the pro-
gram. and start the animals by a
fiery diatribe against the bare-faced
robbery going on under his very
nose. At such a time 1t Is really de-
lightful to see the perfect respect in
which his remarks are listened to by
cheers by the malcontents in the
delegates seats, but the strong
arm" contingent governed by the
bosses sits quietly until he fires his
broadside. Then possibly a boss gets
up, or the chairman gets In a happy
remark or two, and there Is thun-
der roll applause from the bosses
gang. The respectable gentleman
has simply talked for the pleasure
OF talking.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
Are You Ready for Your Children?

Are the great majority of men
and women ready for their children
when these come to them?" asks
Christine Terhune Herrick in the
May Woman's Home Companion.
Would you commit to the care of
the average. parents an important en-
terprise in which you were especial
ly interested, and to which they had
given no more study than they have
to parenthood, secure that right feel
ing and good will would insure an
ultimate happy result?
''In spite Of the apparent light
heartedness with which the RESPONSE
bility is usually assumed, it is not
an easy thing to be a parent, to fill
this profession into which men and
women rush without a 1.-THE of the
thought and preparation they would
bestow upon a calling of infinitely
less Importance. To take charge of
the bodily welfare of a little child
is no such trifling matter that a
needless girl with no knowledge of
life forces, of hygiene, of dietetics,
or OF ordinary sanitation should as
sumo 1t as lightly as she would the
care OF a new doll. More perilous
even than this are the issues involv-
ed in the drill of a child in habits
of obedience by a woman without
self-discipline, in self-control by a
woman who does not know herself
in knowledge by one who is herself
an infant in her perception of all that
underlies life and death, mortality
and immortality"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30

. x.o-x IN ,o,. OF . cososed Hsas.
wao came to q watchnaker aao s@'s
ain too hands Of . clock. saying:
II waat yer 20 III sp desc hAh
Der ~mx doan keep 10 mo kssSS
tine for NO den sin nunfs
where Ia the eioekT" answered
the matchmaker ..
ON, IT de house % iniun Greek.
But must have the Clock.
Didn't tell yer dars nunh %
matter wid de clock 'eeptin' dc nans
An. done brought EN- TO you lou
less want de clock 50 you Kin TINKER
aid IL an charge me dig pF'es'
Gimme back dem hans
And 50 saying. he vent on 10 aHa
some reasonable matchmaker
Foolish as he vas. his action vas
much like that Of those Who Try 10
regulate their conduct without De-
Ing made right on the inside Ihet
90 wrong, but refuse 10 believe tha'
the trouble IL with their hearts They
are sure that IL il not the CLOCK oa'
the hands that are out OF oroef-
They know no more OF the need OF
change In their spiritual condition
than the poor negro did OF the WORKS
of his clock. They are unwilling 10
give themselves over into the HANDS
of the great Artificer. who Will sci
their works right, so that they may
keep time with the great clock OF the
universe. and no longer attempt to
set themselves according TO the In
correct time of the world. And their
reason for not putting themselves
into the hand of the Lord Ii
very similar to the hand OF the
Lord is very similar TO the reason the
colored man gave. They are afraid
the price will be too great. They say
We only wish to avoid this or that
bad habit" But the great CLOCK
maker says, 81 cannot regulate the
hands unless I have the clock. l
must have the clock. Selected
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
The Summer Fashions.

Grace Margaret Gould, the dress
expert, says in Woman's Home Com
panion for May:
There are two distinct types of
dress this summer, both emphasizing
the straight up-and-down effect. One
is the tailored coat suit showing in
many instances cutaway coat,
which gives the hipless effect, and
a skirt comparatively narrow at the
bottom-that is, it is made without
the sudden fare that the tailored
skirt used to have
THE other type of dress Is the
cut-in-one gown, and great will be
its favor throughout the summer. In
the form of the new princess jumper
this cut-in-one dress Is a most prac-
teal gown to own. It can fasten in
the front quite as easily as the back,
and It is a model equally good for
silk or linen.
This style dress always cut out
at the neck, and is generally sleeve
less, to show the guimpe, or trim
med just sufficiently over the shout
ders to give modified large armhole
effect. Or it may be made, as a
number of the imported models are
so that it has much the effect of a
polonaise cut out at the neck, but
having sleeve which is cat in one
with the bodice.
Now, of course, there are many
variations of these two basic ideas In
dress, but whatever the fashionable
model this summer, 1t Is sure to be
simple in design, lacking entirely any
exaggeration in form.
Perhaps this idea is better shown
in the sleeve than anywhere else
which has diminished in a pronounc.
ed way in size within the past siz
months, and now in most cases fol.
lows very closely the outline of the
arm"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
HEARST CALLED SECOND LIN
coin.
Independence Party Enthusiastic for
New York Publisher and His 'Opin-
iOE.

Independence Party Enthusiastic for
New York Publisher and His 'Opin-
iOE.
New York, April 28.-Nearly 500
members Of the new National indie
pendence party cheered William r.
Hearst last night at the first dinner
Of the organization at the Hotel
Knicker booker when he called on all
progress Republicans and Democrats
to join the new movement and help
crush the old parties.
Besides Mr.. Hearst, who was &C
claimed the Father of the Party"
and cheered as "a second Abraham
Lincoln" a half-dozen leading indie
pendence leaguers from other States
were present.
Mr.. Hearst's topic was ''The Com
ing Election" and he outlined the
platform and intentions Of the new
party in this years campaign.
Mr.. Hearst's, who was the first
principal speaker, sat at the right of
Toastmaster Gehring and Thomas S.
left Others at the speakers table
we're Judges Samuel Seabury, John
Ford and Otto Rosalsky; Col. John
Temple Graves, Attorney Clarence J.
Shearn, Reuben R. Lloyd, Charles A.
Walsh, Of Iowa; G. s. Mcfarland
of Massachusetts,; John D. Spellman
of Vermont; r. M. sherwood, OF
Indiana; Howard S. Taylor, of Illi-
nois; William N. Osgeod, of Illinois
and John I. Sheppard, of Kansas
Secretary of State John S. Whalen
State Treasurer julius Hauser, State
Surveyor Skene, Nathan Vidaver
Max F. Ishmsen and Congressman
Henry M. Goldridge, were at the
smaller tables.
Mr.. Hearst said in part:
II do not think there has ever
been such a devastating cyclone OF
verbiage, such sirocco of super.
heated atmosphere, as has whipped
this aff1ivted community the last few
months. Mr.. Roosevelt has favored
US with vast variety Of views. He
the negro. He has been against the
trusts and the best friend Wal
Street ever had. He has invited
dear Hartman to the White House
to help him write his messages and
has hunted the hapless Hartman
with the big stick from the Distric
of Columbia. Mr.. Taft has been al
his life against union labor, bu
lately he has developed a fondnes.
for it that amounts almost to an in
| matuation.
"On the Democratic side. some
candidates who have been for fire.,
silver are now against it, and som,
who have been against the initiativ,
and referendum as the extreme o
socialism are now for them"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
AFTER THE NEGRO VOTE,

The following is from recent is
sue OF the Charlotte Observer:
They have queer politics in Geor-
gia. A few weeks ago Congressman
Livingston urged that the pending
negro Acknowledgement measure be
defeated at the polls lest it have the
effect OF making the State Populist.
Democrats. he commended, needed ne
gro votes to keep Tom Watson from
getting on top. In contrast to this,
the Hoke Smith organs have taken
up "nigger domernation" as one of
their chief campaign cries for the
Democratic gubernato4Ae primary.
Queer politics, indeed"
The Democrats of Georgia are
catering to the negro vote. Go tell
the news to the Raleigh News and
Observer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
Mcintyre Will Return to His Old
Home i'm OnsloW.

j. A. Mcintyre, the New York
broker, who last week failed for
one million dollars, was down at
his old home in Onslow County this
week, and returned to New York
Tuesday night. He was accompanied
by a nurse and reports state that he
appeared to be in feeble health.
1t is said he will adjust business
matters and then return to his farm
to live. His farm is one of the lar
gest and finest in the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
A Cure for Misery.

Il have found a cure for the mis-
cry malaria poison produces" says
R. M. James, of Louellen, s. G.
Its called Electric Bitters, and
comes In so cent bottles. It breaks
up case Of chills or q biliouDattack
in almost no time; and it puts yell
low jaundice clean out of commits
sion." This great tonic medicine
and blood purifier gives quick re-
lief In all stomach, liver and kidney
complaints and the misery Of lame
back. Sold under guarantee by all
druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
FORECAST or THE NEWS.



The Baltimore San Of Monday
gives the foliowing forecast Of irn-
portant events scheduled for the
next sixty days:
Coming events which promise 10
be features OF the weeks nsws In
clude eight State conventions: the
centennial ceebrat!on Of the Cath
Ollie Diocese OF New York: the visit
Of Secretary Taft TO the Canal Zone
for the adjustment OF diplomatic
matters: a national convention OF
the unemployed at New York City;
the movement Of the bsttleshie feet
up the coast OF California and the
return TO his flagship Of Rear-Ad-
mirai Evans. aad further debate up-
on the supply bills in Congress
Secretary Taft will leave % his
Southern trip Thursday and will DO
gone for three weeks He will sail
on the cruiser Prairie and will be
accompa MED by detachment or
marines. II 10 expected that O num-
Der OF questions pending between
the United States and PanSa and
others. concerning the relations OF
Panama and Columb ia. will be set
tied during the secretary's stay on
the Isthmus.
The State conventions will be for
the election OF delegates TO the Ma
tional conventions. Republican con-
ventions will be held IN Pennsyl-
vanIa. Vermont. West Virginia,
Maine and Maryland. Democratic
conventions will take place IN New
Jersey, Texas and Connecticut.
The Democratic State Convention
In Connecticut Tuesday and Wednes-
day at New Haven will wrestle with
the question whether or not the dele
gates shall be instructed. Most OF
the Bryan strength will be in the
city delegations and will rally around
the New Haven County delegates,
under the leadership Of Alexander
Troup, one of Mr.. Bryan's most init
mate friends in the East. The be-
lief Is that the Bryan men will make
no fight for resolutions OF instruc-
| ton.
Secretary TAFT will speak at
Bridgeport, Conn. to-day. before q
meeting OF the Red Cross Society at
the waldrof-Astoria, in New York.
tomorrow afternoon and at . meet
ing of the Civic Forum in that city
at night on the topic, THE influence
of America upon Government
Throughout the World"
| Governor Hughes will address an
anti-race-traek-betti mass meeting
on Thursday night at Schenectady
and on Friday one at Ithaca.
The battleship feet will sail from
Santa Barbara tomorrow. calling at
Port Hartford and anchoring at Mon
terey on May LIST. At the latter por'
Rear-AdmiraI Evans Is expected to
again hoist his nag upon the Con
necticut. Saturday the battleships
will sail for Santa Cruz. where they
will make a brief stop, proceeding
for San Francisco May 9Th.
"The announced purpose of the
National Convention Of the unem-
Iploved in New York on Friday Is tC
so attract the attention Of the peo-
pie at large to the necessity of Sc,
touring employment for the many
hundreds Of thousands OF men out
Of work, that they will inssst that
Congress before IL adjourns shall DC
isomething for these men"
The seventeenth annual session
of the General Society, Daughters OF
the Revolution. will open in New
York to-day and continue through
the week.
THE second annual banquet II
New York to-day of the 1ndepend
ence League Is expected to give add
ed impetus to the movement for {
National Independence party"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
Raleigh and Southport Railway
Notice to the Public.

Effective at once, the one-dollar
Saturday and Sunday round-trip
rates are withdrawn.
Effective Saturday, November Is,
and each Saturday thereafter until
further notice, tickets will be sold
from all stations to Raleigh and
Fayetteville at rate of one fare for
round-trip, with Minimum rate of 25
cents.
Tickets will be on sale for and
honored only on the morning trains;
and will be good to return only or
date of sale. Passengers purchasing
tickets on trains when starting from
agency stations will be charged ter
cents extra. ]. A. MILLS.
President.
Raleigh, N. c.. Nov. II. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
Southern Railway Schedule


n. B.-1hese figures are published an I'm for.
nation and are not guaranteed.
40 O. m.-No liz, for Goldsboro and ,oca
stations Handles Pullman sleepin q car nom
Greensboro TO Raleigh. Mares connectton at
0olasooro with the A. G. L. both north and
Morehead City and intermediate pointa-
80 q. m.-No l6, for Greensboro and inter
meoiate stations. Makes connection at East
Durham for oxford. KeysvfIle, Richmond
and Norfolk. Makes connection al Grssns-
boro with main line through trains for w ssb-
ington and New York.
1920 .. m.-Eo. log, for GoIdsboro and In ter.
mediate stations, making connection at
Soldsboro with the A. c. L. north. Handles
Southern Rsflway ParIor Car between
Greensboro and Goidsboro
l2a5 p. Mo. IA, for Goldsboro snd inter
mediate stattons- Connects at SeIms with
A. G. north and south, Connects At Gods
ooro with A G. l. north and south and Snr.
ioik soosnern for Morehead City and local
25o p m.-No. 1s5, for Greensboro and local
stations Makes connection m Green, boro
9th main line trains through to Atlanta,
Limited train for Column Ola. Savannah and
psrlor car from GoIdsboro to Greensboro.
mediate stations. CONNECTS nj Selma with
A:C L. for Fayetteville, ana at Goldsboro
with A. c. L north.
80 ?: Mo I@, for Greensboro and local
Greensboro with through trains for Washin 2.
son ana New York, also for Richmond and
n.s p. m.-No. Ill. for Greensboro and local
stauone Makes close connection at Greens
ooro with through trains both north and
south. Handles local sleeper between Bal.
, pancy 1t 90 p. m.
6. II. HARDwICK. PIN.
Y: II. TAYLOE, @. p A.
Y. d. ACKERl. ". p. q g. M,
Waahfu Rton. ID. e.
d. l.. VERNON, =. p. A, Charlotte NC.
II. Ao6LAAERY, p. 4 I. A.,
RAlsighs d. @.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
THE FALL OF ADAMS"
What May Happen to Him at the Re-
publican State Convention That
dominates the State Ticket.
Washington Correspondent Char
lotto Observer

lotto Observer.)
North Carolina Republicans are
going to have q lively contest over
the Craftsmanship of the State Execu-
tive Committee, but 1t will not come
until after the delegates to the Ma
tional Convention are out Of the
way. Taft or Roosevelt will get the
Tar Heel vote at Chicago. No one
would interfere with this part Of the
program lest he lose the good will
of the administration ct Washing
ton, but the very moment these dele
gates are named trouble will begin
for Adams.
Two Republican conventions will
be held in the State this year. One
has been called to elect delegates to
Chicago and to name q State chair
man" The first feature OF the
schedule Is regular, but the second
is out of the ordinary. The party
plan Of organization provides a diff.
ferent way of electins q chairman
but Chairman Adams, 1t is said, viii
try to ride in on the Taft or Roose
welt wave
There will be stout opposition to
this course of procedure and, If AID
ans or any one else IL elected chair
man, the fight will be carried to the
second convention, which will pu
out a State ticket
The fall of Adams Is predicted By
those who would bring about sucf
result. The name of Judge Fur
ches,- Of Statesville, has been men
toned in connection with the place
Nothing will be done by the outs I'M
til after the delegation to the Ma
tional convention has been selected
for majority Of the North State Re
publicans Is for Roosevelt or hi
man.
There is blood on the moon. an,
the second Republican convention
will make q noise. The patriots
are after the scalp Of Mr.. Adams. I
is said here that the chairman an.
his associates have courted the Ugh
for the first convention, which viii
be held on the 30th, but the leader
Of the opposition would not be draw
+, into such q contest. The clouds ar
, gathering but no thunder or rain I
expected until after the Soth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30

When attacked by a cough or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, it
Is rank foolishness to take any 9TH
er medicine than DR.. Kings New
Discovery" says c. o. Eldridge, of
Empire, Ga. 81 have used New Dis
covery seven years and I know it is
the best remedy on earth for coughs
and colds, Group, and all throat and
lung troubles. Ny children are
subject to Group, but New Discovery
quickly cures every attack" Known
the world over as the King of throat
and lung remedies. Sold under
guarantee by all druggists. Fifty
cents and 800. Trial bottle free
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30

The youth who was smoking a
cigarette near the monkeys cage
took another one from his pocket
would 1t do any HARM" he asked,
''if should offer him one of these?"
mot Bit" responded the attend
ant. "He wouldn't touch it. A
monkey isn't half as big q fool as it
looks"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30

We have now found out why some
Democratic politicians think some
Republican politicians are so mean.
The reason is given in the following
from the Durham Herald: THE
Democrat who happens to want the
same office that you are after 10 no
better than a Republican"