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might be doing in some adjoining
county; and that would hurt their
party. They are more afraid the
Republicans and the people will hurt
the Democratic party, than they are
that they will hurt the schools.
The third reason is, the leaders
of the Democratic party try to make
the voters believe they are the only
friends to schools and have the sense
to manage and run them, and do
this with the hope Of its helping
them to get the other offices. Then
they are afraid to let the people
have a chance to prove that they
know better how to attend to their
own business and take care of their
own interests than a little central
lied band of political plunderers who
congregate in Raleigh every two
years, mainly to divide out the taxes
of all the people in such way as to
perpetuate the machine in power
This is the way it looks to us.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
'BATTLEBoRo FARMER SUICIDES
Blew His Head Off With q Shot Gun.
Dependency the Cause.

Rocky Mount, N. c., Feb. &C.
Greatly depressed and in a fit of de-
spondency, Mr.. I. T. Burgess, a pros
porous farmer of the Battleboro Sec
ton, ended his life Thursday after
noon about o'clock by blowing off
the top of his head with shotgun.
The act was premeditated and had
been arranged for. He had gone in
to the bedroom at his home and
made everything in readiness for his
self-destruction, which he accomplish
ed by the use of breech-loading shot
gun, which he placed to his head
and by the use of one of his toes, he
fired the gun, tearing his head from
his body and scattering his brains in
every part of the room. Death came
instantly, and it is hard to picture
the horrible sight that met the eyes
of his wife as she rushed into the
room, attracted by the gunshot.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
SENATE-SATURDAY.
Bills introduced:

Bills introduced:
S. B. 1856. Senator Dockery. To
call constitutional convention.
Constitutional amendment.
S. B. 1853. Senator Nimocks. To
prevent the spread Of disease.
S. B. 1859. Senator Nimocks. To
amend constitution and provide for
a six months school in every public
school.
S. B. 1860. Senator Nimocks. To
establish legalized primary in
Cumberland County.
S. B. 1865. Senator Spence. To
require all white epileptics to be con-
fined in the State Hospital for the
insane at Raleigh.
H. B. To authorize commissioners
of Edgecombe County to fund its
floating Indebtedness.
HI. B. To authorize bond issue In
Scotland for good roads.
S. B. To authorize State bond issue
to pay off State bonds that mature
in 1910.
S. B. 1874. Senator Travis. To
make April IL of each year a legal
holiday in honor of the Halifax dec
laration of independence.
s. B. 1872. Senator Blow. To
amend law relative to election re-
turns.
The solicitors salary bill passed af-
ter an amendment was offered to
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
THE TRUST BILL.
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To allow Burke County to Issue
bonds to fund its floating debt
To provide for levying special
tax for roads In Rebeson County.
To allow Greene County to issue
bonds to pay floating debt.
sENATE-THURSDAY NIGHT.
The bill regulating primary cleo
tions In Halifax and Nash Counties
passed third reading.
Senator Wray, of Rockingham,
rose to a question of personal priv
ilege, saying that the Senator from
Gates had seen fit to inject into his
remarks on the antitrust bill an
insinuation that reflected on him
and his people and he called on the
Senator from Gates to explain.
The Senator, he said, had insinu-
ated that the American Tobacco
Company had bought his election.
Mr.. Goodwin, of Gates, assured the
Senator from Rockingham that he
| meant no reflection upon that Sen
| ator or his people.
Senator Wray stated that his cleo
ton was as honest as any election
held in Rockingham County and tina
the American Tobacco Company hat
nothing to do with 1t.
| THE HOUSE-NIGHT SESSION.
| Consideration Of the Junlian bill
providing for an increase of the Ia,
on home fire insurance companie
for relief of firemen, from one-hal
per cent to one per cent was takel
up and passed its third reading,
A bill to allow Confederate sol
diers to peddle without tax passe'
second reading.
Scarboro's bill taxing all dogs Il
Wake County one dollar each, an
making them a subject of larceny
was passed.
| Other bills that passed final read
ing:
Il To fix the compensation of tn
Commissioners of Wake County.
: Relating to the fees of jurors an
witnesses in Wake County.
Ii To provide diphtheria anti-toxi
: for INDECENT sick with diphtheria.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
DEVILISH POOR LOGIC.
The Democrats on the Defensive
The Republican Position Sound.

Hickory Times Mercury.l
Some of our smart lawmakers use
devilish poor logic. This was dem
onstrated the other day in Raleigh.
1t was specially done in the discus
sion of the bill giving the people the
right of local self-government in
electing their county superintend-
ents and county school boards. The
Republicans introduced the bill and
worked and voted for it. They
claimed that the people had no voice
in the matter. They commended that
when the Republicans carried coun-
ty, it was nothing but right that they
should control, or have some say so
in the management of the schools of
| is the old accepted doctrine that all
believe in, viz: That to the victors
belong the spoils.
| But the Democrats opposed it. be-
cause, they say, if the Republicans
J should get control of the schools
:, they would ruin the schools and de-
rIive the dear children of an edu-
/
devilish poor logic. Democrats do
not believe that. They know better
They are not fools. If they really
did believe the Republicans would
ruin the schools in their counties,
they would let them rain them For
they know that the party that ruins
the schools or failed to keep them
up to what they were, Or up to the
/, schools in the adjoining counties
would be put out of business The
Democrats would want no better
weapon to do it with, and they Ger.
tainly would sacrifice the schools in
a county two years in order to gel
control of it themselves, and that
too, for good.
But the Democratic leaders do moi
believe any such devilish rot. They
simply hope by using it, that they
can keep the people fooled a little
longer. There is something else
, they are afraid of. They are not
, afraid the people and the Republic
can party will hurt the schools, bu1
are afraid they will hurt the Demo
cratic party, and deprive the machine
element from getting the spoils. OF
Office.
We think the leaders of the Demo.
cratic party have three reasons fol
having their Representatives and
Senators in Raleigh to oppose it
The first is, by the present system
they can build up an educationa,
political machine in the State, which
can control the school money in
channels that will help to keep them
in Office. The second reason is, they
fear the Republican counties might
run their schools better than they
had been run under Democratic con
troll, or better than the Democrats
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNNIENT.
The Republicans Beat the Democrats
On the Argument.
Raleigh Evening Tines

Raleigh Evening Times.1
The hearts of those who love a
scrap were made glad yesterday
when the bill providing for the cleo
ton of county boards of education
by the people came up for discus
sion in the Senate. Senators Britt
and Starbuck advocated the adop-
ton of the measure and put up a
game fight for it. Senators Blow
and Manning, two old democratic
warehouses;, upheld the Democratic
side of the question. 1t is generally
admitted, however, that Britt and
Starbuck got the better of the argu-
ment. An impartial, fair-minded
man can see naught but justice in
the Republican demand. 1t is pure
ly democratic in theory, entirely
just to all parties. The Republicans
may be pushing it to make political
capital and not because they are sin
cere, but their arguments are abso-
lutely unanswerable.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
SENATE-FRIDAY.

The bill to remove the courthouse
of mitchell County from Bakersville
to a more convenient place in the
county caused some debate in the
Senate Thursday. 1t was proposed
to appoint a committee to investi-
gate the situation, employ survey
or, select a site and report to the
county commissioners of Mitchell. If
the committee does not agree on a
more suitable location then the
court house is to remain at Bakers
vile. The bill passed second read
ing.
The House bill to authorize the
State Treasurer to issue State bonds
to pay off the outstanding State
bonds, which fall due on the 10th
day of July, 1910, passed it's second
reading.
The report of the Senate and
House Select Committee appointed
to examine the report of the Legis-
lative Auditing committee, was read
1t "exhonerated" the officials who
| were criticized in the report made
by the auditing committee. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Dockery, $500 copies OF
| the report were ordered printed.
| fuller report of this matter will b&
| found elsewhere in this paper.
IN THE HOUSE.
| The following bills were intro
| duced:
| By Green: To fix salaries fol
Craven County officials.
By Warlick: To establish divid
ing line between Lincoln and Gas
ton Counties.
By Doughton: To compel the can
| collation. of mortgages that hav,
been paid and satisfied.
By Haymore: To establish Salem
| graded school, Surry County.
By Haymore: For relief of ex
Confederate soldiers.
The Revenue and Machinery Ac
was again taken up. Section wa.
amended, increasing the poll tax TIVE
cents and an increase of one cent OF
general taxes.
HOUSE-FRIDAY NIGHT.
The bill to issue bonds for the
asylums to the extent of $50O,0O(
was passed, after Mr.. Graham hal
amended that $4,000 of the amount
be charged against the Goldsborc
| and Morganton Asylums.
Passed Third Reading.
To amend law as to commission.
| ers' pay in Granville County. in.
creasing to So per day.
To put officers of Henderson Coun.
ty on salary.
To prevent sale of wine and such
within three miles of certain church
| es in Cartaret County.
To allow Beaufort County to is
sue bonds.
To regulate oyster dredging in
Pamlico Sound.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
AROUND THE CAPITOL.
Notes and Comments oa Happenings
i'm the Legislature.


The Lockhart antitrust bill pass
ed the Senate after its teeth had
been sawed down. OF course. the
operation was painful, yet the ma
jority thought it expedient.
When the Blow educational bill
was up on it's seemed reading in the
Senate Thursday night an amend
ment was offered By Mr.. Mills, OF
Rutherford, permitting the counties
which now eject the members OF
their county boards OF education by
the people, to continue this system,
this amendment was adopted, and
too after the Legislature had re-
fused to allow Republican counties
to elect their own boards Of educa-
ton.
When the Revenue and Machinery
act was under consideration In the
House Saturday, for the purpose Of
raising sufficient money to run thu
State Government for the next tive
years, some of the members wanted
! the tax raised on almost everything
Mr.. Doughton said they were taxing
| people exparte, giving no one ;
hearing, just piling it on, and h
cited the treasurers report that tn
revenue act carried enough. Thi
brought a bolt to any further in
| crease on the balance of section
considered.
Every Democratic Legislator
creates new Offices for party pets
but the bill introduced in the Hous
a few days ago by Mr.. Witty, o
Rockingham County. was carryin
the matter just little too far. Hi
bill provided that the Governor b
allowed to appoint three deput
Sheriffs at the LeaksVille Cotto
Mills. Mr.. Taylor of Brunswic
amended the bill by providing tina
the deputy sheriffs should be al
pointed by the sheriff OF that count,
Mr.. Witty was asked II he Woul
accept the bill as amended, but b
refused to accept it and for that re;
son alone the bill met death. Som
3 people are yet wondering why it We
5 not all right for the sheriff to al
point the deputies If they were nee'
, ed at Leaksville. The only answ'
suggested is that Mr.. Witty is
I Democrat, while the sheriff of Roc
e ingham is a Republican!
> Some days ago the Chairman of Il
House Committee on Education Sc
blanks to the different members
: the House and asking them to fill
b names that they wished to recol
q mend for members of the Board
, Education for their county. N
Crumpler, of Sampson, replied tn
. for fear the Democratic Chairman
r his county will recommend othe
r than those recommended by him, a.
, also knowing that they have no r
publican in Sampson County W
would accept an appointment by tt
q Legislature, which had refused the
t the right to elect their own Officia
d he there declined to make any re
Concentrations.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

North Carolina-Wake County.
In the Superior Court, February
Term. 1909.
s. NJ. Jones
VS..
Culey Jones.
To Culey Jones:
You are notified that S. NJ.
Jones-your husband-has brought
suit against you for divorce from
the bonds of matrimony, to the
February Term, 1909, OF Wake
Superior Court, and at and dur
ing the March Term, 1909, which
convens on the 22nd OF that
month, you will appear and answer
demur or plead to the complaint
which has been filed in My Office;
otherwise the plaintiff will apply to
the court to be allowed TO prove tho
truth of the allegations OF the com
plant and have judgment according
ly. w. Nj. RUSS.
Clerk Wake Superior Court.
J. C. L. HARRIS, Attorney.
This February IS, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
Admiral Schroeder Will Be New Com
mander of Atlantic Fleet.

Washington, D. c., March Rear
Admiral Charles Sperry today made
formal application to be relieved from
duty as commander-in-chief of the
Atlantic battleship feet, and Rear Ad-
miral Seaton Schroeder has been ap-
pointed in his place.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
SALE OF LAND FOR PARTITION

By virtue of decree Of Wake Su-
perior Court, In the action of Bryant
Mckee and others. plaintiffs. against
John A. Branch and Others. We VIII
offer for sale at the Court House
door in Raleigh, n. c., to the highest
bidder. on Monday. the 18th day of
March, 1909, the following tract Of
land:
Bounded on the north by the land
of Wesley Mason; on the east by the
land of J. ID. Ballentine: on the south
by the land of Tyree Wood; and on
the west by the land of John Ste
phens and Tyrecy Wood; containing
eighteen acres, more or less: II be
ing the land formerly owned by Mar
com Wood and devised by him to
Catherine Mckee and her children.
Title is perfect. Terms of sale -
cash. This, February 11th. 1909.
j. G. l.. HARRIS,
II. Il. NORRIS,
Commissioners.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
THE SELECT COMMITTEES RE
PORT.

The Select Committee appointed by !,
the present Legislature to consider
and report upon the report of the
Auditing Committee of the last Leg
islature that Investigated the State
Offices, have made their report to the
Legislature.
1t will be remembered that the
committee appointed by the Legisla-
ture of 1907 reported certain vouch-
ers were irregular and that warrants
had been issued for money that they
thought should not have been paid,
and that there was lax bookkeeping
in certain departments, that the Fish
Commissioner rented a boat from
himself for 5000 year (while the
boat cost only $500 brand new, that
he traded with himself and rented an
Office to the State from himself, that
the Governor had been drawing $50
a month which was not allowed by
law, and that money had been paid
to Goldsboro Asylum which was not
warranted by law.
The Select Committee considers all
these matters, and then report that
they found nothing wrong. Still they
do make certain recommendations.
We shall not comment on the find
ings at length until the 1907 COM
mittee is heard from again, as they
doubtless will be, but in passing, we
will say that there are some matters
that we do not quite understand
Thirty dollars a month has been paid
to former Governors for servant
hire" when there is no law on the
statute books that allows this money
for that purpose. Before the present
Mansion was built as a residence fol
the Governor the Legislature provid
ed for the payment of $50 per month
for house rent, which paid for suite
of rooms at the Marlborough Hotel
OF course, after the Mansion wa
built and furnished for the Governor
free, it would seem that the bill To-
house rent was no longer effective
But the committee holds that tn,
Fish Commissioner rented a boa
from himself at 5000 a year, rented
plies for the Government from a firm
in which he was interested, all o
which we had thought was in viola
ton of the law, but according to tn
report of the Select Committee,
would appear that we had been badl
mistaken. If the money paid to tn
Goldsboro Asylum was authorized
why did this Legislature charge u
over 100000 against that institutio
. to be taken out of the bond issue vol
ed by the Legislature some days ago
The Select Committee stated tina
they could not find a certain vouche
referred to in the report of the Aud
iting Committee. 1t may be that the
didn't look for it, as long as it di
theAuditing Committee.
The matter isn't exactly clear t
us yet, and if the Auditing Commit
tee Committee does not come back
then it might not be amiss to appoin
another Select Committee to examin
the report of the two committees an
make them harmonic, and if the
should find that the former commit
tee and the expert auditor were Of
their base, then 1t might be in orde
to have them apologize for havin
said anything about the matter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

No more bills will be introduced
in the present Legislature, but it
will take some days to finish up the
bills now on the calendar and In the
hands of committees, and it will
probably be Monday or Tuesday be-
fore the Legislature will adjourn.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
The following is from a recent is
sue Of the Wilmington Star:

sue of the Wilmington Star:
1--WE hope Senator Elliott's Aus
tralian ballot bill, if it passes, will
contain clause making it applicable
to legalized primaries. In such coun-
ties as New Hanover that is more
important than adopting that sys-
tenn of voting at the elections"
AS We understand it, the Star
wants the Australian ballot system
in primaries to keep the Democrats
from bulldozing each other, but does
not thing 1t so necessary to have one
at the elections to keep certain poll
ticians from trying to bulldoze indie
pendent men with Republican pro-
clivities.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

1--WE believe it would be better to
have all executions take place in the
State penitentiary, although we are
not committed to electrocution.
Earging is good enough for U.S.
Durham Herald.
We move that the editor of the
Herald be allowed to take his choice
between the two.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

Do not dump your woes upon peo-
ple-keep the sad story Of your life
to yourself. Troubles grow by re-
counting them.-Elbert Hubbard.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
STANDARD OIL ON TRIAL.

Oil Trust Again Before the Courts
Maximum Fine in Event of Con-
viction Will Not Exceed S7oO 600,
Chicago, March 2.-Testimony in
the retreat of the case against the
standard Oil Company of Indiana,
for accepting rebates from the Chi
cago and Alton Railway on ship
ments from Whiting, Ind, to East ST.
Louis, began to-day before Judge An
derson in the United States District
Court.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

When writing advertisers. please
mention this paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04
IN THE HOUSE.

Mr.. Grants bin to make poll tax
the only cause for challenge on cleo
ton day. and providing punishment
for certain registrars who refuse TO
enter names, were reported unfavor-
ably by the committee. and he gave
notice of a minority report
Mr.. Crumpler introduced blu for
enclosure of gins. Bill was referred
to committee.
Afternoon Session.
The Chairman of the Committee on
Trustees of the State University re-
ported the names agreed upon by the
Joint Committee of Senate and
| House.
The proposition to issue a half mil
lion dollars In bonds for enlargine
State Capitol was called up. but up
on objection, 1t went over until Wed
nesday. Only local bills were con
sidered the balance of the after
noon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

Passed Third Reading.
s. B. To authorize the increase of
pensions by county boards of COM
missioners.
The bill relative to moving the
Capitol to Greensboro was called up
but again postponed.
The bill to provide for the inspec-
ton of Illuminating oils and fluids.
passed its third reading. The cost CT
the inspector to be paid out of the
Continued on Page 81 a
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

The Pharr joint resolution provid
ing for the correction of the discrimi-
nations against North Carolina towns
and cities, was passed without a dis
senting vote.
The bill to authorize the several
counties to levy special tax OF not
exceeding two cents on the hundred
dollars valuation of property and siz
cents on each taxable poll for the
purpose of increasing the pensions
of Confederate veterans, passed its
final reading in the Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

S. B. 1851. Senator Jones. An
act relative to transferring children
from one school district to another.
s. B. 1853. Senator Long, of Per-
SON. An act to provide for the check
ing up of State officials and public
institutions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-29
Another international Marriage.

Another international marriage /!
scheduled to take place in the diplo
matte circle at Washington Mis-.
Blanche Willis Emory, daughter O
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William Hens
ley Emory, is soon to marry Mr.. Els
mond Ovey, M. v. O., third secretary
of the British embassy.
Mr.. Ovey was best man at the wed
ding of Mr.. H. w. Kennard, second
secretary of the embassy, wher
he was married last December
to an American woman, Miss Harriet
Norris. Mr.. OYey has been in the
American capital year. He began
his diplomatic career about six years
ago, having been stationed at Paris
Tangier and Stockholm before coming
to this country.
He is linguist of an unusual order
speaking French, German, Spanish.
Russian and Arabic fluently. The dec,
Grafton of the Victorian order was
conferred upon him for personal serv.
ice rendered to the king.
Miss Emory is a favorite in society
in Washington and New York. Her
father has place at Roslyn, L. l.,
and here the family spends a part of
each year. The Emorys have for sum
mer neighbors the Whitneys, Raineys
and Mackays, and it is probable that
the wedding will take place at the
Long Island home sometime in the
near future.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-29
The Presidents Desk.

IL the thousands who sit in the pres.
ident's reception room in the White
House waiting for an audience, only
knew it, they might make the time
less monotonous by contemplating the
principal article of furniture, the ex-
ecutiVe's desk. 1t is handsome and
massive, with a wealth of carving, but
its chief interest consists in it's his
toric origin. You all know that Sir
John Franklin went to discover the
north pole and never came back. His
good ship Resolute drifted in the cur
rents Of the Arctic ocean, spared from
destruction in some mysterious man
ner, until she reached the waters off
the shores Of Alaska, where some Amer
lean whalers boarded her and claimed
her. When she reached San Francis
CO the United States bought her, re-
paired and refitted her, manned her
with an American crew, and sent her
to England with. international compli-
ments The old ship was broken up
about 80 years ago, and from the
soundest of her timbers handsome
desk was made, by direction of the
queen, to be presented to the then
president of the United States. That
is the desk that stands in the presi-
dents reception room, and on it the
papers of at least eight administra-
lions have been written.