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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
VIRGINIA RATE CASE
Must Go Through State Courts-Cir-
cult Court Reversed.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 30.-Jus-
tice Homes to-day announced the de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the case of the Vir-
ginia Railroads VS.. the State Corpo-
ration Commission of Virginia, call
ing into question the order of the
Commission fixing a uniform rate of
two cents mile for carrying passen-
gers in the State.
The decision reverses the judg-
ment of the United States Circuit
Court for the Eastern District of Vir-
GINA, but only on the narrow ground
that the railroads should have ap-
pea1ed from the Commissioners Or
der to the Supreme Court of Virginia
before seeking the Intervention of the
Federal Courts.
In effect, the court directs that
the railroad companies take their
case to the State Court of last resort
and that, in order to prevent injus-
tice through the possible application
of the statute of limitations, the case
be retained on the docket of the
United States Circuit Court, by which
it originally decided favorably to
the roads.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Forty and n HaIf Millions from Ha-
wall Alone-Our Relative Trade
Relations for Past Ten Months.

Washington, ID. c.. Nov. 2T.-Ths
trade aof the United States With its
non-contiguous territories VIII ap-
proximate $i70.000.000 In the year
which ends with next month. Ten
years ago the trade with the same
territories amounted TO Approximate
IL $4,000. 900. the increase during
the decade having thus been nearly
200 per cent. During the same
period the trade with foreign coun-
tries has increased less than so per
cent.
This estimate of a grand total of
$17O,OO0,000 as the value OF the
commerce between the United States
and its non-contiguous territories is
based upon ten months returns just
compiled by the bureau of statistics
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, which shows sS2,000,000 in
value of shipments to the United
States from those territories and
100000 value of shipments from
the United States to those territories
while for the single month of Octo-
Der, the latest available record. the
shipments TO the United States
amounted to liz million dollars,
and from the United States to the
territories in question over six mil
lions.
OF the $50, 100000 worth of mer-
chandise reaching the United States
in the ten months ending with Oc-
tober, from its four principal non
contiguous territories-Porto Rico,
Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, and
Alaska-40 IL million dollars worth
or practically one half of the total,
was from Hawaii, % 2-3 million dol
lars worth from Porto Rico; 10k
millions from Alaska, and millions
from the Philippine Islands.
OF the shipments from the United
States to those territories, Porto Rico
receives a larger amount than any
other of the group, the value of the
merchandise sent from the United
States to Porto Rico in the ten
months being in round terms, 49,
100000 dollars; to Alaska, practi-
cally 14,000,O0O: to Hawaii, II q
millions, and to the Philippines 8 "
millions.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE DATA
Divorces at the Rate of $4,000 a
Year-Census Bureau Publishes
Statistics Covering Period of
Twenty Years.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 27.-The
Bureau of the Census has just pub
l!shed compilation of the statistics
of marriage and divorce covering a
period of twenty years from 1887
to 1906, inclusive. This is the sec
ond statistical investigation of this
character authorized by the Federal
government. The total number of
marriages recorded during the twen-
ty years was 12,832,044. The num-
Der annually reported increased
from 4S3,069 in the year 1887 to
S53,290 in the year 1906. The in
crease year by year was by no means
uniform.
At the beginning of the forty year
period divorces occurred at the rate
of 10000 year; at the end of that
period the annual number was about
$4,000.
The most common single ground
for divorce is desertion. This &C
counts for 3S9 per cent of all di-
vorces
The next important ground of di-
vorces is, for husbands, infidelity,
and for wives, cruelty.
Drunkenness was the ground for
divorce in 5.3 per cent of cases in
which the wife brought suit and in
IL per cent of cases in which the
suit was brought by the husband.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
REPUBLICANIZISG THE SOUTH.
The Election OF Judge Taft Has Gis-
en- Great Satisfaction I'm North Car
DINA and the Tide Is Strong Re
publican. Says Hon. z. V. waiser
WASHINGTON .HeraIdl

Washington Herald
The election of Judge Taft has
given great satisfaction in North Car
DINA to people OF ali parties" said
Judge Zeb Vance Walser, former At
torney-General OF that State, at the
Raleigh yesterday afternoon, "espe-
cially to the Democrats who did not
vote for him but prayed that he
might be elected
"All lines of business as a result
of his election are booming. In my
town of Lexington a new $25O,000
cotton mill is about to be built.
Judge Taft's tour of our State did
great good. We-by that / mean
the Northumberland our vote
from $4,000 in 1904 to about 49,
900. North Carolina is naturally Re-
publican anyhow, and the manifes-
tation of friendliness on the part of
Judge Taft has set the tide strongly
our way. / would not be surprised
to see a member of the Cabinet Sc
lected from our State. You see. we
elected three Congressman. We hope
to elect five or six two years hence
and carry the State. North Carolina
was an old Wing State, and our peo-
pie have always, in the main, be-
lieved in protection.
''The recognition of the South, -
continued Judge Walser, "at the
council table of the President would
be a death blow to the. traditions of
Southern Democracy and the solid
South Judge Taft was surprised
at the immense enthusiasm all along
the journey through the State. He
could hardly have expected it. At
my home town, Lexington, where l
introduced him, everybody came out
to hear and see him. Business men.
regardless of party affiliations, closed
their mills, shops, and business
houses. so their operatives and en-
ployes could turn out.
II believe Judge Taft will carry
on the great work begun by Presi-
dent Roosevelt of Republicanizing
the South He is personally popular
with all classes of our people, more
so, I think, than Mr.. Bryan. 1t was
these elements of personal popular
ity in our section that caused Senator
Butler and myself to suggest to
Judge Taft and President Roosevelt
| two years ago the idea of Judge Taft
going to Greensboro to make an ad-
| dress before the State Convention.
| Cured in the idea"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Was for some other purpose. then
there 10 cause for the papers fall
IRE TO get the warm support from
some sections OF the State that under
proper conditions IL would be en-
titled to.
We are not complaining. We ARE
only trying TO help the News dag
nose It's troubles and at the same
time put In q word for its patrons.
We repeat that we trust that the
Industrial News viii be reorganized
on q firmer and surer basis and ST
the same time with a broader policy.
tor there In broad field for such q
paper and IT should receive the sup
port of the party in the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Marked for Death.

'Three years ago I was marked
for death. A graveyard cough was
tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors
failed to help me, and hope had fed.
when my husband got DR.. Kings
New Discovery" says Mrs. A. G.
Williams, of Bac, KY. ''The first
dose helped me and improvement
kept on until had gained nfty-elght
bounds in weight and my health was
fully restored" This medicine holds
the worlds healing record for
coughs and colds and lung and
throat diseases. 1t prevents pneu-
monia. Sold under guarantee at all
Drug Stores. soc. and $1.OO- Trial
bottle free.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Mr.. Chas. III. BelVin.

Mr.. Chas. II. Belvin, of Raleigh,
died Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Two weeks ago he suffered a partial
stroke of paralysis and grew worse
until the end came. He was for many
years president of the First National
Bank of Raleigh, and was one of the
leading business men of the city, He
was held in high esteem by all who
knew him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
The Industrial News and Its Troubles
Clinton News-Dispatch.I

We regret to see the Industrial
News in the hands of a receiver, but
if this temporary embarrassment will
be the means Of recognizing the
paper on a f1rmer and surer basis,
then the Republican party in the
State has not suffered. The $4,000
Republican voters in North Carolina
should support handsomely, such a
paper as the Industrial News is cap
able of being, and while much of
that papers present troubles Is on
account of lack of support on the
part of the Republicans of~the State,
the management of the paper is not
without fault and some reasons can
be found from the policy pursued by
those in charge of the paper and from
those who directed its policy.
The East has given the News bet
ter support than the West, yet the
West has had more notice through
its columns. The State organization
of which the Industrial News has
been the official organ, has given
little attention and no substantial
aid, which has been visible in this
section.
In this county (Sampson) which
gives the largest Republican major
| ity east of Charlotte, the Industrial
News has a respectable subscription
| list, but the number here could be
| greatly increased If the territory was
worked and the policy of the paper
| encouraged such support.
We have held three large Coun-
| ty Conventions in this county this
year and a report of each convention
was mailed to the Industrial News
| for publication, but none of these re-
ports were published from the 1arg-
est Republican county in the State
| except Wilkes. On the night of the
electioH-shis writer wired the Indus.
trial News that Sampson County had
| given LOO Republican majority
| (Taft's majority was 1,129( yet this
| telegram was not published and nc
mention made of it in the paper and
at the same time reports from nearly
all thei other counties were pub
lished.
We are not blaming the editor fol
| this, for it might not have been his
fault; but repeated failure to publish
news, of a public nature, of special
/ interest to this section of the State
it could not have been our oversight
for if it was. then there was loose
] mana cement somewhere, but Il Il
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Local NJ a t ters

There were eight drunks in Ra-
leigh police court Monday. A negro
was also fined $3.50 because he
slapped his wife in the face.
The State Association of City
School Superintendents met In Ra-
leigh Saturday TO arrange a program
for the next annual meeting, which
will be held In Raleigh in January.
John w. Coltrain, a railway mail
clerk on the run between GoIdsboro
and Greensboro, was arrested at
Greensboro yesterday charged with
robbIng the mails. He was caught
by the use of decoy letters which
contained marked money.
Sam Massey, a negro of low or
der OF intelligence, was convicted of
rape at the August term, 1908, of
Rowan court and Sentenced to be
hanged November 18th. He was re-
prived to December 4th, and Monday
the Governor committed his sentence
to life Imprisonment.
Governor Glenn has issued four
pardOns in the following cases: JEFF
Mace, white, convicted in Madison
Superior Court in 1896 of murder
and sentenced to fifteen years; Wal
ter Newton, white, convicted in Gran
Vile Superior Court in 1894 of muir
der, thirty years; Will White, col
ored. convicted in Iredell Superior
Court in 1898 of burglary, twenty
five years; Moses Pender, colored,
convicted in Edgecombe Superior
Court of murder in the second de-
gree in 1896, twenty years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
MORE ARRESTS IN MURDER CASE

Earle Cotton and His Partner Arrest
ed-SiX Now under Arrest in This
Case.
Earle Cotton, a young white man
who keeps a cafe in East Raleigh,
and his porter, Richard Williams,
have been arrested charged with
completely in the murder of DR.. E..
w. Smith, of Richmond, Va, who
was found dead near this city two
weeks ago last Sunday. There are
now six under arrest in connection
with this case. A Cincinnati lawyer,
attorney for Smiths employers, came
TO Raleigh Saturday to attend the
preliminary hearing, but the trial
had been put off until this week.
Later-Tim Holderfield white,
who lives near Caraleigh Mills, and
Ed Chavis, colored, hack driver, have
been arrested in connection with the
Smith murder.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Sad Accident Near Henderson.

Henderson, Nov. 27.-News just
received this morning from the coun-
try that Hillman, age Is years, son
of Mr.. Joshua Barnes, died last night
Of gun-shot wounds received yester-
day, while hunting. This is the
fourth death that has occurred in
that neighborhood from accidental
shooting within the past four years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
AGENTS WANTED.

We want a good agent in every
county in North Carolina to solicit
subscriptions for The Caucasian. We
have attractive propositions to make
TO the right parties. II you want good
employment, and can hustle, write to
THE CAUCASIAN,
Raleigh, n. @.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Necessity of Coed Roads.

The necessity for good roads Is
pointed out In connection with the
development OF the rural free deiiv-
cry service. IL is suggested that
SHOULD Congress grant the depart
ment authority to utiAze rural routes
still further by the establishment OF
limited parcel post confined entire
ly to rural delivery routes, it would
then be possible to earn additional
revenue amounting to millions OF
dollars and at the same time benefit
the farmer by enabling him TO have
merchandise delivered when ordered
by telephone or postal card, which
otherwise would be purchased. The
special parcel post" says the Post
master-Generaf. will enable the far
mers to have small parcels delivered
at their gates, to live better and to
obtain easily the necessaries of life. -
Permission is requested to establish
experimentally limited parcel post
in not to exceed four counties in or
der to demonstrate the practicability
of the plan.
The ostmaster-GeneFal again
urges legislation permitting the es-
Enlistment of postal savings banks
or repositories in connection with
postoffice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Special to The Caucasian.

Hitchcock be postmaster General!
Special to The Caucasian.
Washington, D. c., December q
The Commission for the Conservation
of Natural Resources appointed last
spring by President Roosevelt, will
meet here in open session on Deem
Der Sth, and will be presided over by
President elect Taft. The various
committees who have been at work
on the different branches of this
great and important scheme met here
yesterday and are at work on their
reports.
This movement inaugurated by
President Roosevelt, along with his
commission appointed to investigate
into the conditions of rural life and
how to cause an uplift in the agri-
cultural world, are two of the most
comprehensive and far-reaching acts
of the many great reforms inaugural
ed by President Roosevelt.
There is considerable ta1k here
about the publication a day or two
ago to the effect that President-elect
Taft was very much offended with
National Chairman Hitchcock for Civ
ing out the statement that he had
been rendered the position of Post
master General in the next cabinet
and had accepted. President Taft Is
quoted as having emphatically denied
that such an offer had been made, ane
has further stated that if 1t had beer
made it should not have been give1
out
Many people expected to see cor
rection of this publication the fol
lowing day, but up to date there ha:
been no correction
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

Washington. Nov. 1s.-~In hIs an
nuai report for the fiscal year endsd
June 3oth. 1905. Postmaster General
Meyer gives the total receipts for the
year as sIsi.4Ts.ss and expeaat-
lures as szos, ss1.sss. thereby
showing i deficit Of s1e.sT5.22z. the
largest IN the history os the depart
ment. with an additional less % FIRE.
burglary. etc. Of s3T.oss. The de-
felt of 1909, It Is estimated. again
VIII exceed sic. 900.
Attention Is particularly called TO
q number of improvements IN bust
ness methods OF the department as
tending to its advantage aud the
saving of considerable amounts Re
commentator OF the position of di-
rector OF posts, at high salary. and
who shall hold ONCE during good be-
haviour. the object being To have a
continuity OF policies for the benefit
of the postal service and the people
OF the United States.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
Thomas Riddle, Who Killed His Faith.
er. Found Guilty of Second De-
gree Murder.

Fayetteville, n. c., Nov. 25::-
Thomas Riddle, the youth who shot
and killed his father, James Riddle,
Sunday, August End, was to-day SEN
fenced to fifteen years in the peni-
tertiary after submitting to a verdict
Of murder in the second degree.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
NOTICE 1

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
THE COMMISSION ON NATURAL
RESOURCES.

beg 9Th, and Will Be Presided Over
President-elect Taft - Will Mr..
Hitchcock be Postmaster General?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

FOR SALE scholarship in Drauahon,s Bust
ness College. An opportunity to &c. schol.
arship in good business college at bargain
for cash Address Box O. Raleigh. n. c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03

There were eight DRINKS in Ra-
leigh police court Monday. A negro
was also fined $3.50 because he
slapped his wife in the face.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

Portland. Sept 21.-Six coasters arrived In
the river during the last As hours with freight
and passengers. They are the Breakwater, from
Coos bay: the Eureka. from Eureka and Coos
bay. and the Rose City. Jim Butler and St
HeleDs. from San Francisco The Rose City
came In early this evening
British steamer Cambrian King sailed from
Astoria this morning bound for Europe with
is5. 305 bushels Of wheat valued at s174.09o.
Norwegian ship Vigo is expected to finish load
ing wheat at Irving dock tomorrow after re-
markably quick dispatch.
Oriental liner Numantia is loading at the -four
mills. but VIII shift to AlbIna dock in a couple
Of days.
Captain Fry has resigned command of the
American ship Berlin and left for Seattle this
afternoon The Berlin returned from Bristol bay.
Alaska, few days ago
For the purpose of forming central organiza-
ton Of all the longshoremen's unions on the
Pacific coast delegates from many of the unions
in the large cities Of California. Oregon, Wash
ington, British Columbia and Alaska met in
draw from the international assocIatfon hut
merely 20 organize a central body of the unions
on the coast from San Diego to Cape Nome for
the purpose OF mutual protection
The new organization will be known as The
Pacific Coast central longshoremen's union. IT
Is proposed TO adopt uniform scale Of wages
ana hours OF labor to go into effect in every
port on the Pacine slope where there is a union.
Astoria. Sept. 21.-Harriman liner Rose civ
Captain kidston. arrived this morning from San
Francisco with full cargo and more than 400
passengers and proceeded to Portland
British steamer Pals Of Nth, CAPTAIN Peter
son, sailed from this port today for ST Vincent
for orders with a full cargo OF grain.
Steamer Crescent. which arrived recently from
lumber for oriental ports.
British ship Andorinha. Captain Griffths,
sailed today for the United Kingdom with grain
Steam schooner Cascade proceeded TO load luna-
Der for the south
British steamer cambrian King. Captain Car.
ter. sailed today for st. Vincent with grain.
Steam schooner Tiyerton. Captain Johnson,
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22

H0N9LULu-Arived Sept 21-stmr Mongolia.
Sailed Sept 21-s a m. stmr Kosea, fer san
Francisco
Sailed Sept 2lastmr Mongolia. for Yokohama.
FOREIGN PORES
PERM-Passed Sept f9-Br stTnr Karonga,
C0L0N-sailed Sept 1s-stmr Esperanza, for
OTARE--sailed Sept fs-Br stmr strath-
nairn. for Guaymas.
HQNGKoNG-Arrive Sept 20-stmr Man
Astoria; Br stmr Sierra Blanca. from Manila.
NORTHUMBERLAND Sept 20-Ger stmr
PAITA-Arrived Sept 2o-sehr Lyman D.
Foster, from Grays Harbor.
NEwCASTLE tAustralia Sailed Sept 19-
Ship G9yernpr Robbie, for San Francisco.
Sailed Sept 21-Scllr Mahukona. for San Fran
cisco.
ACAPULCo--saiIed Sept 1s-stmr indiana.
for Panama; Br ship Arraunore. for Port Town
send.
Due Sept % stmr Newport. from Panama. for
.CALLAOL Arrived Sept 21-Bktn John c..
TocoPIiH, et PHI ,xMSrr.red Sent ,sstnr Lansing
from Port San Luis.
PORT sAID-Arrived Sept 2o--Fr stmr Amral
LIvERPo0i~ sept ls-Br stmr Teucer,
OCEAN STEAMERS
Observation-Disclosures Sept 21--Stmr Kaiser
wiIheIm H. from New YORK for Bremen.
Sailed Sept 2I-strnr President Lincoln. for
GLasGow- Arrived Sept 2i-stmr California,
from New York.
BREMEN-Arrived Sept 2l-stmr Barbarossa.
from New York.
LIyERP0OI--ArrIved sept 2I-stmr Gym
rie from Boston.
Sailed Sept 19--StmF Teucer. from Tacoma.
PORT SAID--Arrived Sept 2f-Stmr Amiral
Oiry. from Antwerp. etc. via MarseilIes and
Genoa. for China. Japan and San Francisco
CHERB0U RG-Arrived Sept 21-Stmr Kaiser
Wilhelm ii, from New York. for Bremen, and
proceeded
Sailed Sept 19-Stmr st. Paul for New York.
B0ULOGNE-Saiied Sept 1g-Stmr Statendam.
for New York.
SHANGHAI--Arrived previous Sept 21-Stmr
Ashtabula, from San Francisco.
DOyER-Arriyed Sept 21--Stmr Finland, from
New York, for Antwerp. and proceeded.
HAvKE-saiied Sept 20-Stmr La Provence,
for New York
HAMBu RG-Arrived Sept ls--stmr Alexan-
dria. from Tacoma Seattle. San Francisco. etc.
via Montevideo. Havre and London sept 10
Stmr Abyssna. from San Francisco Guaymas
via Punta Arenas. Montevideo. Havre and Lon
don. Sept 20-Stnr Bluecher. from New York.
Sailed Sept 19-Stmr Etrura. for Tacoma
Memoranda
Br ship British Yeoman was sold at auction
Sent 81 to Captain Aschen for 50. 200.
Br stmr Cuyahoga. which sailed today for
MoH. anchored on Black point on account Of
thick fog.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22

German ship Mabel Rickmers. out 12g Gays
from Yokohama, for Bangkok IS per cent
French bark Alice, out 123 DAYS from New
Caledonia. for Havre, Is per cent.
Norwegian ship Antigua. out LA days from
New Caledonia, for Rotterdam. Is per cent.
French bark Ia Banche out 131 days from
New Caledonia, for Glasgow Is per cent
British ship Hyderabad out 13I days from
TaItal. for Rotterdam per cent
Liverpool, for Antofsgasta, 25 per cent
French bark Marechsl de villars, out 132 DAYS
from New Caledonia for Hamburg, 10 per cent
Two Wheat Charters
The Norwegian ships Bardowie and Clyde,
both on Puget sound, chartered for wheat
thence to Europe. The Clyde gets 26s Sd for
the voyage.
Notice to Mariners
San Pablo bay, CAL Qist of Lights. Buoys
and Daymarks. Pacific Coast, 1908, page 30)-
Notice Is hereby given that San Pablo dredged
channel buoy No. 4. first class can, found out
of position was replaced September IL 1908.
Notice Is also given that San Pablo tlretfged
channel buoy No. IL, first class spar, was es-
tablished September IL in 25 feet of water in
place of San Pablo channel beacon No. 49, ear
ried away. Mare island light house. As degrees
81 minutes tNE. 5-l6 E.j, Point Refugio wharf
right tangent.t 1J5 degrees % minutes tSSE. 3-16
81, Pinoie point. right tangent, 211 degrees IS
minutes (SSW. 3-1o W..
Suisun bay, Cal.-Notice is likewise given that
located near the turning point of the San Joa-
quin river Suisun bay. Cal, heretofore reported
adrift. was replaced September 10, zoos. BY
order OF the light house board.
r. F. LOPEZ, Commander U. S. N,
Inspector Twelfth Light House District.