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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
EVA GELIST" BEHIND BARS.
Wept Because His Wife Was Dead
She Then Had Him Arrested--Has
Several Children Also in Rocking.
ham County.

Wilson, N c.. April 3-About five
weeks ago a man calling himself
Rev Thomas p Tucker and claiming
to be an evangelist, came to Wilson
and began by holding open-air SER
vices on the courthouse green and
in the streets of the city.
Finally, many became interested In
his work and believed him a good
man. For a week or more, on &C
count Of the weather, he assembled
a crowd in the Tabernacle on South
Lodge Street, where many. especial
ly from the factory district, went to
hear him preach. When referring
to his wife, and he continually did
SO, he would say. MY dear dead
wife--I can see her image now as
it looms up before me; oh! how deep
ly do | regret the day she died"
1t would be better for his peace of
mind had this good woman died long
ago. But it seems that she is very
much alive, as warrant sworn out
by her before w. F. Long, a justice
of the peace in Rockingham, proves.
Sheriff Sharp received the warrant
yesterday which charges that the
Reverand gentlemen abandoned his
wife and eight children in Rocking
ham on March Bird Of last year
over a year ago.
To-day at IL o'clock the parson
was arrested at the home of Mrs.
Peterson on Factory Hill, while seat
ed at the dinner table. He was con-
Quoted to Jail and the ponderous
grated door was shut in his face.
He will remain until the coming of
an officer who will take him back to
Rockingham where the dear wife and
eight little fuckers will loom up be-
fore him in flesh and blood.
This correspondent interviewed
the gentleman of the cloth and asked
him if the charge made in the war
rant was true, and that if he had
anything to say as to why he left his
family. He said: ''The charge is
true, l suppose, as my wife has made
| it; but | had heard that she was
dead" why didn't you investigate
| the matter and ascertain the correct
ness or the falsity of the report?'
"Oh, WE'LL" said he, when living
with her she had most ungovern
able tongue-she made things so hot
for me l rather welcomed the news.
| When asked if it was true as to hi:
being the father Of eight children. he
answered: Yes; the eldest is pas
twenty-one and the youngest abou
three years old"
1t is rumored on the street that ht
was to have been married to a viii
son lady last Sunday night but TO
some reason or other the ceremon.
failed to take place.
| He had made his arrangements tt
leave Wilson to-day-giving out tina
he intended visiting his mother, who
he says, resides in Moore County.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

SLOO worth for 25c. New York's new
song hits, I'm the Valley in Dear Old
Dixie" In the Golden Summer" Both
for 25c postpaid. Toilette Music
Pub. Co., Dept. NJ, los Hudson ST !,
New York City.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

Do noble things, not dream them
all day long; be up and doing
strike while the ringing steel In
white and be a man OF action
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
AUCTION SALE OF HOUSE AND
LOT NEAR FALLS, n. q.

BY virtue OF power conferred upon
John A. Drew by a certain mortgage
deed, OF date January 1. 1906, by
J. {. Nipper and wife. Cora Nipper.
which said mortgage is duly record
ed In the Office of the Register OF
Deeds of Wake County. y. c. in
Book, No. 2O9 at Page 1872, of1er
for sale TO the highest bidder for
cash, at the court house door in the
city OF Raleigh, y. c.. on Saturday.
April 10, 1903, at IL o'clock m, the
land in said mortgage described.
lying in said county and State. ia
Neuse River Township, near the
Great Falls of Neuse River, and ac-
curately described as follows: On
the east side OF the falls road. and
about one-half mile south OF said
river, and begins at a stake In the
center of the old Falls road, Mrs.
+. G. Forts southwest corner. thence
with Mrs. Forts line s. SIS degrees
Z. chains and 3 5 links to q stake
in Mrs. Fort'S line, thence $. 2 de-
grees w. chains and - links To Il
stake; thence n. IS degrees w. .
chains and 81 links TO the aforesaid
old Falls road, thence along the old
Falls road n. 16A degrees Il. 3
chains and 10 links TO the beginning.
and said to contain two acres.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

When writing advsrtisers, please
mention this paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

State Prison Board Makes a Clean
Sweep.
The new Board of Directors Of the
States Prison held their first meeting
Wednesday and elected the following
officers:
superintendent: J. ]. Laughing
house, Of Pitt County; salary, $4,000
per annum; reduced from $4,000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
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It's Washington and New York bu-
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THE SUN is the best type of a
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

Prison Clerk: T. W. renner, Oh
Halifax; salary, $1,000; reduced
from $4,000.
Prison physician: DIR. I. G. Rid
dick, of Youngsville; salary, SIS pei
month.
The election Of these gentlemen
was recommended by Governor Kitch-
in, as was also the election of T. P
Sale, of Raleigh, as warden; but Mr.
Sale is confined to his home with
pneumonia, and the Board deferred
the election of a new warden until
the next regular meeting. which will
be held in May. The salary of the
warden is 800 per month. Until his
successor shall have been chosen
Capt. ]. M. Fleming will continue tc
serve as warden.
The new Board made a clean sweeE
by turning out all the old officials.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
CASE OF ALLEGED LIBEL TRIED
AT GREENSBORO.

The Defense Introduced Great Mass
of Evidence, But Failed to Satisfy
the Jury-OnIy One Section Of the
Case Tried-The Defense Takes an
Appeal to the Supreme Court.
The case in which ex-Judge Spen
Ger b. Adams had brought suit
against ex-senator Marion Butler and
Lester Butler for alleged libel was
called for trial in the Superior Court
of Guilford County Wednesday of
last week and the trial lasted until
last Tuesday. For want of time the
reporter can give only a short syn
Opsis of the trial this week which he
has hurriedly gathered from the daily
papers.
When the case was called it was
found that the prosecution wanted to
try only count number two in the
bill of indictment at this time. The
attorneys for the defense stated they
were ready for trial, providing the
four counts in the bill were tried at
one time, or if the prosecution would
take the counts in order in which
they were found, the defense stating
that they had received no notice to
the contrary and had therefore pre-
pared their evidence in that shape,
and as they had expected to try the
counts as they were found in the bill
OF indictment they had not brought
some of their witnesses to try the
second court, but if the prosecution
would consolidate the four counts
and try them all at one time, or
would take them up in the order in
which they were found in the bill Of
indictment that then the defense
would be ready for trial.
Lester Butler, on the part Of the
defense, made affidavit that they
were not ready to go TO trial on the
second count alone and asked that
the case be postponed, unless the
four counts were tried all at the
same time, or unless the cases would
be taken up in regular order. The
motions were over-ruled and the case
went to trial on the second count
alone.
The prosecution read the article
that appeared in The Caucasian on
April %, 1908, which had been
copied in other papers charging i'm
proper conduct of the Choctaw and
Chicasaw Citizenship Court of Indian
Territory of which ex-Judge Adams
was Chief Justice. The prosecution
put upon the stand a Mr. Murray, OF
Oklahoma, who stated that he had
not heard of the charges and heard
nothing against the court except by
those who had failed to get upon the
rolls or by their attorneys. Ex-Judge
Weaver, of Ohio, who was an Asso-
ciate Judge of that court, was also
placed upon the stand by the prose
cution, and he stated that he nor the
court had ever been charged with
corruption They also introduced
copies of papers filed with the Secre
tary of State, showing that ex-Sen
ator Butler was president of the com
pany and L. F. Butler business man
ager. The attorneys for the defense
however, stated that this did no
show that either of the defendant
published the article, or caused it t,
be published. The prosecution in
troduced a few other witnesses AM
then rested their case.
The Defense Introduces Evidence.
The attorneys for the defense thel
began introducing evidence to sub
stantiate the article complained OF
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

(2a) JOHN A. DREW,
Mortgage
B. F. MONTAGUE,
Atty and Assignee.
Raleigh, n. c.. Feb. &c, 1909.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
WORTH ADVERTISING FOR.

There 599 Negroes employed here in Washington by the
Government alone and these 99 Negroes draw salaries agregn
$3o4o These than three millions of dollars spent right
here Washington but scattered among the hundreds of radmen
this amount of money worth bidding for? 1t certainly and
the largest in this city would refuse the big
did they but realize how money the Negroes real
ly spending. I.t t
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication this city 1t stands
without rival competitor the field like blanket Ii
of the merchants this city will patOnize the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they have,
these Negroes these 99 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government over three millions dollars will assume that D. pat
rzn publication edited and operated by of their that
such their patronage AND such hr VIII
receive the tre millions OF dollars received anS
spent by the Negroes of Washin, ton
What CLOTHING stores what funre stores what dry goods stores
and what other lines i'll now make an effort to dvert
themselves these three mlo rs II dodlS spent Oy
Negroes by advertising in The eef
Place your advertising in The Bee and watch neSe 54O
tive NEGROES spend their millions OF dollars with you
- NJ home IN Washin gon. Remember, merchants OF
1ITt4 ;S what advertsro pays you not what it costs
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
EVerYone of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: THE wife Of a Methodist
minister in West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Rcbin; her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
row two young Robins, one Sparrow,
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was a Swan. and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now a bird of Paradise
They live on Hawk-ave.. Eagle
vile, Canary Islands, and the fellow
who wrote this article is a Tyre bird
and an interesting relative OF the
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
SmokeIess CoaI.

A London inventor claims to have
discovered a process for producing
Cmokeless coal. apparently by distil-
Iation OF coal at a low temperature.
This, after distillation. is said to de-
pOsit a very brilliant substance, the
heating properties of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt. The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction. and
that by the extraction Of the smoke
producing material In coal before be-
ing burned, he has been successful
in producing a smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
EIectrocutlRg Animals.

The slaughter OF animals for food
by electroeution is being experiment.
ed by DR.. Leduc, French scientist,
who has been conducting his investi-
cations In the French abbattoirs. He
has been using the intermittent low
tension currents and says that he is
satisfied that the system is painless,
the central functions of perception
being first destroyed and then those
of circulation and respiration, so
tLat there Is neither suffering nor re-
action IN the animals thu killed. The
doctor is endeavo-ing to devise some
piece of apparatus by which the kill
ing Of cattle may he accomplished By
electricity with economy and celerity.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Names that Don't Nanfe.

Many chemical names convey no
exact idea of the things they stand
for. Oil of Vitriol is no oil. neither
are oils Of tUrpeptine and kerosene.
Copperas is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
is the extremely poisonous oXalic
acid. Carbolic acid is not IN acid
but an alcohol Cobalt contains
none of that metal but arcensic. Soda
Y ater has no trace of soda. and su-
gar Of lead has no sugar; cream Of
tartar has nothing Of cream, EOT milk
CT lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blackIead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Arctic DOg Life.

Nowhere in the world has the dog
such unrestricted right OF way as in
our most northerly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles OF territory
are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are
almost the sole means OF getting
from place to place-In fact, they
seem necessary to life itself
The aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service of
the United States Government They
are to-day a superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discoV-
cries demanded increased mail SER
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
age -h1 ~rre uo,
Cards for Everything.

So thoroughly has the card ind-
or catalogue become a part OF mod
ern business that practically no ac>
tivity is without it. Brides keep the
list OF presents on cards. Pastors
are adopting the card index to keep
the name AMI addresses OF their par
ishioners. Not long ago the COM
plete list of hembers of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of New York was
transferred to cards. There are a
million names. Owners OF stables
and kennels keep the records of their
animals on cards instead OF in books.
Writers now keep cards on which
they put down experiences" or
episodes" to be filed away and to
be used for material when they get
down to writing. EYg. Post.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
The ShN Man.

Women show no mercy to the shy
nan, for he stands outside OF the
compass of convention. Could he
break out all might be saved; the
nan might be permanently cEred.
But he cannot. He has been brought
up to respect convention. His nus
cles may be of steel, his heart Of fire,
but in his soul the spirit of difndencs
holds him In a vice In = drawing
room he stands gaping, quSking, =
prey to introspective torment-hs
who would perhaps storm { ram
part with a triumphant smile his
nps.-London Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
sTRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means Of Defense.

Take another Of our animals. a
fierce little weasel. clad in summer
IN coat of brown. IN winter turn
Ing white, but always with a jet black
tip to the tail. The ermine. as it is
Incorrectly called in its winter coat.
has an easy time OF it. sneaking upon
the mice and birds upon which it
preys, but when a hawk takes after
1t in an open field iu the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, it would
lave but short shrift with all it's
sinuous leaping, were 1t not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous that
It constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white Of the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place a dead weasel On the
snow and look at it from a distance
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs to this little vermin
who spends his life In hunting or
being hunted-The Outing Maya
zine,
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Saving Paper.

The price of paper has increased
so much in the last few years that
we may have to do our writing on
bark or cellulOid. But here is a
pointer: One of the big firms IN New
York, employing 1000 people, has a
way of assisting you to save letter
paper, and at the same time serves
Itself in matter of file and record.
In writing to a customer, for in-
stance, only one side Of the sheet Is
used. Sheets are made of many
sizes, to fit the length of all cores
pondence. At the bottom is printed
in blue ink: IF necessary to reply.
Please do so on the back of'this let
ter. This is a clever idea.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Good Sentries.

"Silly goose" is an expression
which should be used by the extreme
ly ignorant alone. No bird requires
more patience to shoot with gun or
camera. especially the latter. When
feeding you will find flocks varying
in size on open ground, and nearly
always on such ground that stalk is
impossible. On the outskirts Of these
fiocks you will always find sentries
with heads erect, eyes and ears alert.
the slightest sound or movement and
you are detected-true descendants
from the ancient pTeserYers OF Rome.
County Life.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
TUsKLEss ELEPHANT.
Ceyion the Only Part of the World
Where They Exist.

What sight for a Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view Of a
herd of African elephants tus-
kers! It IS a singular thing that
Ceylon Is the only part OF the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they nave miserable little
grubbers projecting two OF three
inches from the upper Jaw and in
clining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn in fine specimens thrOugout
Ceylon. Although some of the buff
faloes have tolerably fine heads. they
will not bear a comparison with
those of other countries. The horns
Of the native cattle are not above
four inches IN length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
lers are small compared with deer
of their size in India. This is more
singular, as it IS evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period Ceylon was not an is
land, but formed a portion Of the
main land. 1t is thought there must
be elements wanting in the Ceylon
Iasturage for the formation Of
ivory Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Followers Of Mark Twain.

The latest addition to the fresh air
ffends seems to be included in the
young ambulance surgeons. In spite
of near-to zero weather 1t is common
to see one of these young men re-
spending to a hurry cali without q
hat, and it Is quite as common 3 sight
to see them. even at night time,
when 1t always seems colder t.an In
the day time, seated on the rear seat
of the ambulance, attired in white
duck trousers. Doubtless It Is only
a part of the exuberance of youth,
but duck trousers on a night when
the mercury is trying to push the
bottom out of the thermometer do
seem a trife out Of place.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recently sent
out an expert to report on the Ken
la forest, in the East Africa protec-
torate. He finds the forest extends
2S7 miles long by eight miles broad.
and comprises 100000 acres of
timber. Taking the average value
of the 21ad. per cubic foot, this
works out to e23 per acre, or a total
value for the whole forest Of $685.
OO0, O0,O00.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in tha British Museum
the largest book yet printed, a CO.
losSaI atlas OF engraved ancient
Dutch maps 1t takes three men to
move 1t from the giant book case
In which il is stored in the library of
the museum. 1t is bound in leather,
magnifcently decorated, and is fas-
tened with clasps of solid silver,
richly gilt 1t is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Worlds Greatest Wonder.

What is really the greatest nat
ural wonder on earth ?" 1t IS easy
to answ~r now, says the Travel Mag
azine, since the stupendous falls OF
the zambesi River have been dis
covered; one o. the worlds might
lest rivers. two miles wide. falling a
sheer 420 feet. Niagara is only half
a mile wide AMI 153 feet high, so
that it figures as a mere cascade in
comparison.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Prince bismarck.

Bismarck himself, was 3 tremen-
dous smoker, eater. and dEinker. and
would stride about the house fol-
lowed by his dogs. The pipes and
long cigars which he smoked In q
day would have killed an ordinary
nan. He loved to pour into a huge
stein q bottle Of champagne and then
a bottle of porter, and drink the
whole mixture of at single draft.
Bismarck said of himself: IF there
we're many eaters like me in Prussia
the state could not exist. l should
have to emigrate. ."-P. T. o.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
Hanging Pictures Dangerous.

Railroad casualties receive such
wide publicity" said an insurance
man, that there is a common belief
On the part of the public that one is
more liable to accidents while travel
ling than when living the simple life
In the confines of his home. "As .
matter of cold fact, statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the VIC
tins Of head-on collisions. Il
sounds strange, but it's the truth. :
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-01-16
A Long SIeeD.

An astonishing trance case has
come to light in Berlin. a clerk,
aged 46-a healthy normal man
suddenly fell asleep in June 1904.
All efforts to awaken him were un-
successful and the sleeper since then
has never opened his eyes. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, but is insensible
to the severest attempts to arouse
him.