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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Witches Convicted of Killing q Baby
i'm Havana.

Havana, Cuba, March 24.-Three
reputed witches have been convicted
of numbering a white baby in order
to procure the blood and heart where
with to heal the sick.
The women have been sentenced to
death and four others, convicted as
accomplices, have been sentenced to
from IA to 20 years Imprisonment.
This is the second case of the kind
three women having been put to
death in 1904 for a like crime.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

A missionary lady had little Hin
du orphan named Shadi living with
her. She had taught him about
Jesus, and one night, when he was
six years old, she said to him: Nov
pray a little prayer of your own"
And what do you think Shadi's
prayer was? 1t was this: Dear
Jesus, make me what you were like
when you were six years old
Child's Gem.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

Low Winter Tourist Rates 10 Ha-
vana, Cuba, Via Southern Rail-
way.
The Southern Railway announces
low round trip rate OF s6s.1e from
Raleigh to Havana, Cuba. during
winter tourist season. Tickets on
sale daily until April 30th: final I'm
1t May 81. 1908. Stop-overs are per-
mitted at all points IN both direc-
tons where there are agents.
Approximately low rates are In eff
feet to other winter tourist points.
For any other information. see South
ern's nearest agent, or address.
w. II. McGLAMERY,
Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Raleigh. n. @.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
It Saved His Leg.

"All thought I'd lose my leg"
writes ]. A. Swenson, Watertown,
Wis, "Ten years of eczema, that Is
doctors could not cure, had at last
laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured it sound and WELL" In
fallible." Infallible for Skin Erup-
tons, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Boils,
Fever Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and
Piles Csc. at all Druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Fayetteville Family Have Narrow
Escape.

Fayetteville, N. c., March %
The family of Oliver Thratt, truck
er and inventor, living on the out
skirts, this morning narrowly escap-
ed narrowing death, when between
and 2 o'clock the father was awak-
ened by burning shingle falling on
his hand. The household was aroused
and made their escape just in time,
for as they fed from the building the
roof came crushing in.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Negro Woman Kills Another.

Lovey Upchurch and Ella Mccoy.
two colored damsels, of Raleigh, en-
gagged in a quarrel near the Martin
Hosiery Mills, last Thursday morn
ing over a gentleman friend" Lovey
stabbed the Mccoy woman to death,
but claims self defense. Lovey and
the gentleman friend were both ar
rested.
The woman was later released on
bond.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Would Grub and Drink Branch Water
in Order to Take The Caucasian.

One of our subscribers at Colds
boro in renewing his subscription,
says: Enclosed you will find three
dollars for subscription. Set me up
and send receipt. Can't do at all
without The Caucasian. l will grub,
drink branch water, chew sassafras
buds, or anything to pay you for the
old Caucasian. Got to have it, so
let it come right along"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

Cleveland. o., March 24.-Mrs
James Boyle, who. with her husband
is under arrest here for having alb
Quoted 8-year-old Willie Whitla from
Sharon, Pa, today confessed.
You've got us all right" she said
There will be some fun at Sharon
though"
After a matron had searched the
woman and found $9,84S of the ran
som money hidden in her clothes she
weakened
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Women Lead Mob Against the Police

New York. March 22-Armed with
clubs and bricks, and heading a mob
of two hundred men, twenty-five
women today made an attack on the
entire reserve force of the Orange
N. j., police in an effort to capture
five men who had been employed as
strike-breakers in one of the fac
tories. 1t was not until revolvers
were drawn and one policeman was
badly hurt that the strikers re.
treated
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS.

North Carolina-Wake County.
In the Superior Court, March
Term, 1909.
Annie Bollinger
VI.
Edward Bollinger.
To Edward Bollinger:
You are notified that Annie Boil
linger-your wife has brought suit
against you for divorce from the
bonds Of matrimony, to the March
Term. 1903, of Wake Superior
Court, and at and during the March
Term. which conyenes on the z2d OF
that month, you will appear and an
swer, demur or plead TO the COM
plant which has been fled in my
ONCE; otherwise the plaintiff viii
apply to the court TO be allowed 10
prove the truth OF the allegations Of
the complaint and have judgment ac-
cordingly. w. NJ RUSS.
Clerk Wake Superior Court.
J. c.. L. HARRIS. Attorney.
This February %, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
THE SUN AT ONE CENT
Is the Cheapest High-Class Paper
I'm the United States.

THE SUMS special correspondents
throughout the United States, as
well as in Europe, China, South
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It's Washington and New York bu-
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
NOTICE!

Certificate No. 1888, representing
three (3) shares of stock in the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Company having been lost. mislaid
or destroyed, notice is hereby given
that application will be made for a
new certificate of said stock, March
18th, 1909.
LEO ID. HEARTH.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

vlgor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys Ifthe
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

81. 90 worth for 25c. New York's new
song hits, I'm the Valley in Dear Old
Dixie" In the Golden Summer" Both
for 2sc postpaid. F0Heffe AgHsfo
Pub. Co., Dept. NJ, los Hudson 81.
New York City.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
The Farmer the Backbone of Amer
lean Industry.

1t is no mere courtesy of the stump
that has dubbed the farmer the back
bone of American prosperity, asserts
the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Men
whose labors yield four times the
wealth taken from the mines and the
oil fields together, who furnish a
third of all raw materials used in al
industries and who feed so large q
part Of the human race deserve, al,
most any adjectives. That the pow
er of this country to support popula.
ton is practically unlimited is not
the least significant. testimony Of
these amazing figures.-Americar
Farmer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Women as Well as Men arc Mads Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Catholics to Open a House of Domin
lean Nuns in Raleigh.

Plans are being perfected for the
opening of a House of Dominican
Nuns in Raleigh next September.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
WOMAN ADMITS KIDNAPPING
CHILD.
Willie Whitla Kidnapped I'm Front Of
His Home on March 1910. 600
was Demanded for HIS Return
Woman and Man Arrested.

On March 18th Willie whitla, 10
years old, son OF one OF the most
prominent lawyers in Sharon, Pa.
was taken from the public school In
a carriage By q strange man. who
said the boys father wanted him At
/ 2 O'Clock In the afternoon of the
same day a letter was received at
the Whitla home, saying that the
boy would be returned on payment
/ OF $4,000 To his captors. At 10
O'Clock that night the carriage In
which the boy was taken away was
found at Warren. Ohio. % miles
from Sharon. The boys father an
nounced that he would pay the ran
som and by secret agreement. met
the woman on the outskirts OF Cleve-
land. paid her the sum and the boy
was returned TO him that evening at
his hotel
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
THE FARMERS PAPER.

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
| ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
ANOTHER BIG
 REAL ESTATE DEAL
Mesdames Mckenzie and Graham Buy Three-StOry Brick Building On Main Street From Travellers Insur. ance Co.

The big three-story building on the east side of Main street, between Third and Fourth avenues, occupied by the Union Furniture Company, was yesterday purchased by Mes danes w. E. Graham and Oscar Me- Kenzie for $33,00 cash. The prop erty was sold by the Travellers h. surance Company, of this city, who purchased it only few years ago. The new owners bought the property as an investment and because of its position on Main street, it will doubt less prove paying investment. Mes danes Graham and Mckenzie have made other large real estate deals in this city in the past few months as an evidence of their confidence in the success and future of Pine Bluff The deeA transferring the Main street holdings was filed in the office of Circuit Clerk Edgar Brews- ter Saturday afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
a)0fIY MAID AND MATRONS TO ACT
s Dainty Mattresses at Baquet and Many Will Ride in Dress Parade-Mayor W. [. Toney Will Deliver
 the Address of Acknowledgements Joe T Rob- inson To Be Toastmast master at 1,200 Plate Ban
 ouet-Governor Donaghey and Other State Off  cals Coming

Entertainment of every kind is to be furnished the visiting ladies, in- cluding automobile rides, musicale, reception and card parties, and in this connection it might be mentioned tliat the largest card party ever plan ned ill Arkansas will be given for their amusement.
 Mayor W. L. Toney vii deliver the address of welcome. and all the State officials from Governor George w. Donaghey down will be the guests of the city on the opening day, and carri- ages will be furnished them on that day. Two hundred society maids and atrons will appear as dainty wait resses at the banquet, and twice that many attired in costumes appropriate for the occasion will ride horses in the parade.
 Pine Bluff people are ill readiness to care for the delegates and visitors with comfort and without inconven- fence. The private homes are to be thrown open to them and already the hotel committee state that more than five thousand can be accommodated. Three days previous to Travellers l convention the Red Men of Arkansas i will hold their convention in this city. and great preparations are also being made by the members of the local tribe for their entertainment. The chairman of the various committees 1 who have the Travellers convention in hand have perfected all prelimin- ary arrangements are: Chas. Wiley, reception committee w. M. Toney, do- l nation committed; T. A. Wright. advertising committed; w. l.. Toney. soliciting committed; Thos. J. Green mardi gras costume committees; Chas Chestnut, grand marshal mardi sras parade; W. IN. TrulOck, grand mar shal dress parade; Harry B. Solmson amusement committees A. s. Trigg Gun Club Shoot The chairmen of the local committee are: W. D. Buckner entertainment; B. H. Sandeford, re- ception committee; E. B. Bloom. dec oration and badge committee; w. N
 Trulock. finance committee; Guy w
 Lefar, Hotel and livery committee and Meyer Solmson Press committee
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
CITY IS TAKING
 ON GAY COLORS

Many more downtown buildings were decorated yesterday for the coming of the Arkansaw Travellers and the Red Men. The Arlington Hotel has taken on beautiful dress of national colors and colors of the two state organizations, and various other buildings are gaily attired/in bunting. The interior of tha' stores are being made most attractive and the Pine City Electric Company will string more lights out Main street tomorrow for the illumination of the business section. Never before in the history of Pine Bluff has so much ,, interest and patriotism been shown by local merchants, and when the Travellers arrive Wednesday, the city will present beautiful and attrac- tive appearance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30

There was some tall hustling the hustlers this week The of the five dollar spe- cial brought out the real workers. The four who worked the hardest were Samuel Drummond. Dahlia Cal away. May Gurley and Katie Haley. who were punched very close. one subscription would have changed the result
 Now, We have decided to give away another five dollar special prize on next Saturday night to the contest ant who brings in the most money on new business. If you didn't win last week. work for the one this week. Work was what won for Sam uel Drummond Work is what will win for you.
 Don't get .cold feet" 1t is as easy to win as to lose In addition to the five dollar special this morning the Graphic makes an announcement which will undoubtedly meet with great approval on all sides On next "Wednesday We Will issue double votes on every subscription turned in, whether old or new. That is, we will give just twice a. many votes for every dollar as any other day of the contest. Whether the subscription be in town or ou .Of town. we will issue double vote this one day only. Get in all you promises-here is the big chance The chance of lifetime. DOUBLI VOTES WILL. BE ISSUED ON SUB scRIPT1oNs. 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
FOREST PARK OPENS
 WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Arkansaw Travellers to Open Pine Bluffs Amusement Center On. That Occasion.

Glory Whoopee! Forest Park opens on Wednesday night, June 2. and more than that, it opens under the direct patronage of that hustling. hilarious aggregation, the Arkansas Travellers Association. This entire Association will be there and things will hum.
 We've seen the park, but hardly knew it. Changed? We'll, say! Why the entire-but NO. If you haven't seen it, there is treat in store for you that we will not spoil by explan- ations. But, for. the love of Mike. DON'T MISS THAT NIGHT! Think of it. people What we have been longing for, talking about and see ing ill dreams is about to be a real ity. The good old park, with it's thousands of lights, the mad whirl of the Figure Eight the many va ried sights and sounds. of last sum- mer to be ours once more. Did you say Are you going??" We'll WATCH OUR SMOKE,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30

Here is. Il chance for every con up for lost time in the contest. get double votes. See all those who have promised you, write them or call them over the phone. Line them up and get the cash-that is what you need and you will need it next Wednes- day, because that is' the big day Of the contest Watch the rush now. Everybody on the job. We are giv- ing you four days in which to get i1 all your subscriptions; get them to- gether and make big showing next Wednesday,. That. is the day. We'll there will be big rush. there is' no doubt and it may be the votes you obtain this day that will win for you. Everybody on the job. Double vote day next Wednesday.
 As we announced last Wednesday, We are going to drop all those~ that | have taken no interest ja the con- test. 1nlS morning We nave Iake1 the names of thirty contestants from
 the table.
 | 1 These names were entered in good 1 faith by the friends of the different candidates. but as they didn't seem I to want to win, we have taken tho ! liberty to drop them, and We wish
 to use this occasion to thank the
 many friends who nominated these
 different boys and girls.
 The three leaders still hold their
 places, May Gurley and Samuel
 Drummond passed John Edward Jol- ly: balance of contestants hold their
 nlaces.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
PATTEN QUITS MAY
 A MILLION WINNER.

Chicago. May 30.-James A. Pat ten took his winnings out of the May wheat deal today voluntarily. fixing the price at $l.34 a bushel. While he might have made it g. and shorts have been forced to take their medi> cine or go into bankruptcy. The ses- sion was quiet. Patten estimates his winnings at one million dollars. Pro- fessional traders are the chief los CTS. Eleven employees of Bartlett Patten today received a 10 per cent bonus on their salaries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
STRIKE IN GEORGIA
 IS SETTLED

Atlanta, Ga, May 3O.--The strike on the Georgia railroad was of ficially declared off today. By terms of agreement, the striking firemen return to work under the same con ditions until the matter is adjusted. all negro fjremen at the terminal will be discharged and all dis charged Brotherhood firemen will be reinstated. The seniority of. white or negro firemen .or whether ne- groes be retained at all must be decided later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
BLUE RIBBON EVENT
 AT THE GORDON STORE

One of the big events of the com ing week in commercial circles will be the big Blue Ribbon White Event" advertised in full page in today's Graphic, which will be at the Siyess-Walton store Monday morn ing This popular store has been and as. the ad writer expresses it. is truly "A Vision of Snowy Love liness." Every lady in Pine Bluff and vicinity who loves daintiness and beauty in white goods-and they all do-will be interested in this big bargain event.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30

The sixth Annual Convention of the Arkansaw Travellers will be held in Pine Bluff Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June ,, and ,, and never before in the history of this State have such elaborate preparations been made for the reception of visils tors. The entire city, including the residence and business sections will be mass of white and purple, the o6cial color of the organization.
 Pine Bluff buiness men have sub scribed about $4,000 for the enter tainment of the Travellers, their la dies, and the thousands of visitors who are expected to attend. It is estimated that two thousand members Of the state organization will be pres ent, and plans are now being perfect ed to care for at least twice that many visitors J. l.. Russell, of St. Louis and a force of decorators are now at work bueatifying the down. town streets with national emblems. flags and purple and white bunting. The city recently closed a contract with the Pine City Electric Company for the illumination of the business section and thousands of incandecent lights are being strung in attractive designs
 Among the many features to be car rled out during the week will be two parades, a dress parade and Mardi Gras parade. In the former eighteen hundred travelling men will be in line. attired in white uniforms, sailor hats With purple bands, purple ties, and each carrying purple and white um- orella. Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hell ena, Hot Springs and other cities and towns through the state are to send strong delegations in an effort to cap tare the 1910 convention for their re- spective cities, and each delegation VIII be accompanied by brass band. me contests for the various state of nclais promises to be equally as in- teresting
 Al the banquet where twele hun ufed plates are to be placed, Con sfessman Joe T. Robinson will be the 'oastmaster, and many prominent speakers are also to be heard on that occasion This will take place on thursday night, and on. Friday night brilliant ball, at which society will turn out in numbers, will be given.
 Handsome prizes have been offered ps the local branch of the Travellers TOT the best decorated automobiles ana vehicles in the dress parade, and tue floral parade promises to be one o,lsssig prettiest ever Seen in this s'a, On Friday afternoon a pro- siamme of athletic events will be car ..eo outl t IA,asrest Park and more 'aan a thousand dollars worth oi pfizes have been donated for this .eatore alone. At the grounds of the rine Bluff Gun Club the same after uooh tournament will be given fol tue entertainment of the visiting spoftsmen. Valuable prizes have also oeen donated for these events. The "ardl gras parade which is to be one o' the most amusing features of the eonVentlon is scheduled to take place riday morning and local merchants VIII enter beautiful floats in addition 10 the mardi gras features.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-30
SWEDISH "CHAMP"
 WON AFFIRMATION

Chicago, May 30.--John Syanburg, the Swedish champion, won the h. ternational Marathon today against eight of the worlds best long dis tance runners. The time was hours, 42 minutes and Il seconds. eight minutes lower thanA St. Yves record St. Yves led until the Hi- teenth mile, when he was compeilea to quit, on. account of os1stere0 foot. Johnny Hayes, the Amerlcan. finished second i.