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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

80 S...r w~rv pleased aaa we're
~-~..tn.taw il their sraAs~ 81 shss
s~w syss~ma. has TIC pe7o<rass< psas-
tsranns scoa a~wAa to Esk ~ tassF
wora an to axht - for psFshssa psF-
po~es-
Tn.sr paannea .sxask hexAn - sass
w.x. In each 90 The eOansacs n the
state. - . raie. there wsrs ana naa
hern for % years iss nsxFo seaooa
committeeman. apposzted BY nH0-
cratic school osssaAls. and tAcse aeSro
con rngtfe~naea lad eomrlete coatrca
Of their schools. their teachers. taeaF
salaries and school expenditures. and
managed their une-haif Of al the
school funds in the county. Whea
the new law went into e6esi. all Inc
negro commItieemen were abolished
except one In each township. and 10
was allowed TO hold over in some sec
lions FOR two reasons One was Tor
racial reasons. ~ IL was thought IN
wise TO suddenly take all power and
control from them. since they nae
exercised II so long. and - they had
In taxes and anes. etc. contributed
in a measure TO the school fund.
therefore one was left on TO take The
census of the negro children. and
with the four white men over him,
he had little supervisory power oveG
the colored schools In his township
He had no power or control over the
white schools. in fact. he had only
a semblance OF power. but no actua
power. over the colored schools.
Democrats Try to Use School System
as Political Capital.
This system worked admirabl!
until a Democratic politician in on
county, who was public schoo
teacher, went TO this one negro II
his township TO sign his teacher
, voucher, thereby ignoring the fou
white committeeman. for politica
, purposes, and the negro was prevail
ed upon to sign ii. 1t was then pro
claimed over the State by certain
} part of the Democratic press tina
there were negro committeeman ap
pointed with power over whit
schools. 1t was a sweet morsel 4
3 the mouths of these political dema
r gogues, and they have shouted lon
: and loud on 1t ever since. The
( charged that negro committeeme
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

actually ssssses wAGse ST..
tat report wAs az Il ,ss.a,s
false - % nsxro teas s-s~~,.
tie POSER % visit wsgte -
ws<rwzse any c<Asx sze~-ves--r -
over thea. aaa eustAsalr -,
eommiste~=an ever At,x=-.s
.hsse u the state. SECS 4,
Alfred % 20 60. asa ~ A..s
heard 60 Tat.
The fact r~sasss sAa' Sc -
latnrr of 1852 gave tAs s...
best school iaw II svsr 49, "a
mere for the eAacasioa az sss -
than any ore Legislator s.---.
since In the hassory q: sss ss... ~
Legislature not oaly gave .s, g.
the Township systesn. D, So -
ed the LEGAL Tax Syssea ga -
began all over the STATE re- Nv..,
Carolina the greatest SAL e,
eationai enthusiasm ever ESQ., -.
IN the South.
Butler and fai.oa CoHagz,r-,a
To that four years % 81. s.s,.
Legislation. IN due the ete3H 49,. =,
States educational advanrr-.t =.
the past decade. and the pa ia.
and promoter in that Er~ss -sa-,
tlonai reform vas Maio- - r
Butler. the Republican can a.s =
Icongress in the Third D.s b.
record II in striking cou'r-s. Sd
that OF bis opponent. pr s- =.
son. who has repeatedly r.re5 4
public and private that II hr .st. s
his power he would d-sf-a5 q,
whole public school syslra 4 ID
State. Which candidate shall 4.
; people of the Third Dis,r.' ass,
. for their representative
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

Local Sleeper on No. ~ & Is betSessaH
let and Wilmington. Berth rate sI al
For rates. schedules. time tables . Nipss'
ether information desired apply 70 :! e; Tse-
oil. City Passenger and Ticket Ake
phone No. III. ,,.ssA ocly -
NorICT.-Above schedules puolis
Information. and are not Guarantfoo-
JF MITCHELL Pass Agent can't
ii g. LIZARD. Division Pass As ssns
No. w. Martin St.. Tucker Bals,s,ocs
Opp. North Entrance Posi- &C.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
GREATLY REDUCED RATES

To Norfolk Va, Via Southern Rail-
road on Account Of Reunion Of the
North Carolina Confederate Vet.
Grams, September Ga. 1910.
Tickets sold from all stations, Sep
TENDER 4th. 5th, and 9Th. with final
limit. returning. September 18th.
Travel by new short route through
Eastern North Carolina over the new
Albemarle Sound bridge.
Ask ticket agents for complete In
formation.
n. c. HUDaINS.
General Passenger Agent
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

At this point Mr.. Butler paused
for any questions that might be ask
ed on issues that are being made in
this district, and, receiving no inqui-
ries, he picked up speech of Con-
gresham Webb's and read a SEN
tence in which he declared that he
| favored building up our merchant
marine in the good old Democratic
way. Mr.. Webb wants to buy ships
| where we can get them cheapest"
safr Mr.. Butler. What does this
mean? 1t is the same old CHASTITY
rotten skeleton of free trade. He
would like to see ships come into
our ports built by three-cents-a-day
labor. He wants us to desert our
ship Industries and patronize those
of the Old World. When we do, q
black flag will fly over every ship
yard in America, thousands will bs
) idle. and foreign-made ships will FL
American flags in eur harbors.
We Republicans want our ship.
J built by American capital. by Ameri
can labor, out of American material
which will thus add to the stream o
American wealth. Which plan ha
been successful? Our plan of build
ing merchant marine has beef
practiced in every country in tn
world, while Mr.. Webb's policy ha
5 always failed"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

APiO hoPC VI DCuuOCFdCy.
'The one hope of the Democratic
party in North Carolina is it's ig-
norance, its prejudices and its iesi
I don't blame it for being against
better schools and opportunities for
education, for where the people are
best informed there the Democratic
party is losing most votes
The former Senator proceeded to
his defense of his attitude with re-
gard to the repudiated bonds
Depths of feeling, not tender feeling
were exhibited in his dealing with
that question, which he declared had
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

When writing advertisers, please
mention this paper
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
EDUCATIONAL. REFORM


Changed the sxhooi iaw - 1877. than
IL waa % yearx prior thereto. -
1881.
wheu Mr. Gee. Z Batter nsSs
thas startling disclosure 70 The edz-
Gators Of the State II psblse al
dress before the Teachers AxseEao-
IL in 1897. there were fee that were
prepared 10 comprehend IL. ret the
school statistics OF that period prov
Cd e.
Democratic fncompct~aey.
Way the Democratic party which
has proclaimed itself the champion
of public education. should have
made such q dismal failure with the
peoples taxes, Was = subject OF muen
unfayorable comment The chief
cause vas the old district system.
by which the negroes had charge oil
the negro schools and received an
equal per capita share OF the school
money with the white children.
These negro committeeman hired
their own negro teachers. and liked
their salaries. and in districts where
the negro children were more nu'
merous they received greater share
OF the school money. and by reQuir'
ing a lower salary for their teacher.
than the white school. they thereo,
got a longer school term than the
whites. There was also much ex
N
the salary of these negro teachers
The Democrats had construed tina
clause OF the State Constitution
which says there shall be no dis
elimination against either race oil
account of color, etc, TO mean tina
each child of both races should hav
the same amount OF money per cap
tia. This construction of the Stat
Constitution, by the Democratic par
ty, was not correct, and was in vic
lation of the words and spirit OF tn
State Constitution, for it was a dis
elimination against the white child
l rem of the State. The white child
rem, on account of racial difference
and home comforts, required bette
school houses, and being more &C
{ vanced in the prescribed courses c
! study, required better and higher
priced teachers. and il they shout
. receive only the same per capita al
9 portionment as the colored children
then, as a matter of course. til
school term of the whites was shor
er, and yet the whites contribute
the greater part of the taxes.
Mr.. Butler, while in the Legisl'
ture of 1897, set to work to revis
J. this Democratic school law and
= cure this rank injustice, and fal!
Interpretation of the Constitution.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

When writing advertisers. please
mention this paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

THE CAUCASIAN FOR ONLY To-
The Caucasian will be sent troz
now until after the election 'or oaly
10 cents In clubs OF ten or mere
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
THE CALL OF TIL nInsln

for purifcation. finds voice q "a.
Piles, boils. sailow compleHiou. . laas.
diced look. moth patches and h,o,cs.
es on the skin.-all sign 90, Ire.
trouble. But DR.. King Nc# Tie
Pills make rich. red blood. E!ycs eisa-
skin. rosy cheeks. fine comp'erio.
and health. Try them Tvcu'y.at.
cents at all druggists
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
SEABOARD AIRLINE
Schedule Effective Jan. ), l9lo

Trims Leave Raleigh -.
Direct line with Double Daily service -
West through Atlanta. BfrminEnA"
Memphis
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
Township System.

The result was that he originated
and drafted into law the Township
System, which gave all the children
of the State the same length of
school term, but not the same per
capita apportionment of school money
to each child white and black. He
declared this to be the proper inter-
probation of the Constitution, and he
provided for the colored schools to
be graded and the white schools to
be graded and furnished a teacher
according to the needs and require
ments of each school, thus giving a
school with 65 negro children a 4
months school with a teacher at a
salary of say $40 per month, which
was sufficient as a rule for it's needs,
, and then give the white schools ad-
joining, with perhaps only 40 or so
) children, months school, with a
, teacher drawing a salary of say $50
per month. The white schools be-
ing higher-grade and more advanced
pupils, of course a higher-priced
5 teacher was required, and in this
: way 40 white children would get
$240 of school money and SIS colored
, children would get $50 of the sch ool
= money.
: This was brilliant solution of the
/ vexed question of the white mans
s burden of educating colored children
: and yet it conformed to the State
4 Constitution
e 70 oh IL, - L.
i State were delighted at this happ,
J settlement of this much vexed educa
tional question, and the State Teach
s ers' Assembly and the Press Associa
ton of the State endorsed the new
law
What was the effect of this chang
q in the school law over the schoo
: term in the State? In the first plac
n it put the larger part of the schoo
i fund Of the State in white schools
l. 1t abolished many thousand negr
l. school committeeman all over tn
e State who had heretofore, under tn
1t old Democratic law, had complet
lie control of their equal share of tn
IS school fund.
1t put all the schools, white an
is colored. in the hands OF one commit
?, tee OF five in each township. 1t pre-
lie vented further extravaganza and col
to ruption in the price Of negro teache,
" as this township committee Of WIFI,
II men fixed the price and hired all th
Sc colored teachers; and, in fact,
a revolutionized the entire school sy
p tenn OF the State.
- School Term Increased.
The law did not get fully into one
ps alton until 1898 and the school at,
RI tistics show that the school ter
IL, jumped in length, two and one-thi,
of weeks the first year, with no increa,
as in taxation and no increase in appr
d priation. An appropriation of ON
en- half million dollars out of the STA
he Treasury, under the old system won
as not and could not have made such
wonderful growth in the school ter
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-23
LOWEST DEATH RATE on RECORD
Only is Deaths Per 1000 Population
in the Census Bureaus Re9ls-
tration Area in 1909.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 2S.-The
death rate in the death registration
cities and states of the United States
dropped to IS per thousand OF Pro-
visionally estimated population last
year, according to the forthcoming
United States census bureaus bulle-
tin on mortality statistics for 1909,
which has been submitted to Director
Duranca by Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief
statistician for vital statistics.
In 1908 the death rate in the cen.
sus bureaus registration area was
1914 per thousand and in the bureaus
annual report for that year, issued
last spring, it was stated that it is evi-
dent an era of low mortality has be-
gun.
The death rate for 1909 is, the bulle-
tin states, lower than that for any
previous year of registration and prob
ably is the lowest that ever occurred
III the history of the United States.
1t is stated that the mortality was
distributed with more than ordinary
uniformity throughout the year 1908
and no epldemics of other than a very
local extent were found to have oc-
CURED.
1t is a fact of much interest, the
bulletin states, as showing the gen
eral prevalence in 1909 of extremely
favorable conditions for human life,
that the death rate of England and
Wales for that year was 14.5 per thou
sand, which was also the lowest on
record for that country, while the rate
of II for the city of London was even
lower and demonstrates the fallecy Of
the belief that high death rates are
necessarily found in large cities
The total Lumber of deaths return
ed from the registration area for 1905
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-23
SUITABLE INTEREST
FROM EARNINGS
Remarkable Financial Returns of Rail-
roads Brought Out During Inter
state Hearing.

Chicago, H., Sept. 23.-The remark
able financial returns of the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad during the
last ten years was brought out in the
rate hearing before the interstate COM
mission by the attorneys for the ship
pers and additional testimony of a
startling nature was adduced.
The witness was w. A. Gardner,
vice president in charge of the opera
ton and maintenance of the road. His
testimony elected by cross-examina-
tion by attorneys Frank Lyon for the
commission, was that the company
thought itself entitled to a raise in
freight rates in spite Of the fact that
the past ten years it had returned to
the stockholders in direct dividends
and unappropriated surplus more than
the full amount Of capital stock.
The witness also controyerted the
testimony of the Illinois Central Off
cials previously that the increase in
the cost of operation and maintenance
was in large measure due to the
higher cost of materials. Gardner's
opinion was that the increase in the
cost of labor and the restrictions put
upon the workmen by recent inde-
pendence through unions and similar
associations was the larger factor in
the cutting down of the net profits.
Gardner did not agree with previous
railroad officials that the railroad
ought to be allowed to charge the
shippers enough to pay dividends. five
charges and the cost of operation and
maintenance in addition to returning
a substantial yearly surplus. Likewise
he believed that it should be expend-
ed in additional or improved property
and then should be given suitable in
terest or dividend from the earnings
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-23
Pending Bill Proposes to Strike Out Ali Penal
ties Contained in Law As It NOw Stands
Makes it Possible For Saloon Men to Con-
duct His Business Beyond Pale of Law
---Prohi's and Anti-Prohi's to Hold
Big Meeting at Oklahoma City,
A Large Crowd will Attend.

It provides that ten resident tax
payers may submit objections to the
board, but if no such objections are
submitted then the license must and
shall be issued. Otherwise hearing
is had by the board on the matter,
and provides that unless the appli-
cant Is satisfactorily" proven to be
an immoral person, and licenses have
been previously revoked for refrac-
tions of the law within five years,
then the board may issue the license.
1t is opiy necessary to prove to the
board and the mayor that the appli-
cant is an immoral person, the peo-
pie having nothing to say in the mat
tier. They may appeal from the deci-
sion to the county court, but shall
make bond, good and sufficient" to
pay all costs and damages incurred
thereby. This is declared to work a
practically impossible bar to appeals.
The bill provides that the board
may limit the number of saloons in
any block, and refuse to issue license
for any particular ward or precinct,
and which opens up the way for an
enormous graft.
1t provides that a saloon license
shall be transferable, which is one OF
the most vicious features of the
pending bill, making saloon an ex
ceedingly valuable asset When man
finds that his license is about to be
Ievoked, he may transfer 1t and save
it from forfeiture.
The bill provides that the Legislature
may pass laws regulating the traffic
land licensing of saloons which are
not inconsistent with any provision
Iof the proposed amendment, thus TAX
ling away from the legislature The
Ipower to say that after license has
ibeen granted the people of that city
may have something to say regarding
1.-THE sale Of whiskey there. In short. il
lis impossible to pass legislative en-
actment for the regulation of intoxi
eating liquors which would not be il
violation of the provisions of the pend
ing bill.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-23
Youth ARRESTED ON A
CHARGE or FORGERY

Tahlequah, Okla, Sept. 23.-Charg-
ed with forging the name of District
Judge J. H. Pitchford as endorser to
a note for $120, which he discounted
early in August, and that of Robert
Keenan,, a young business man, to a
second note on Wednesday for SIPS,
which latter proved his undoing, T.
Howard Rogerson is under arrest here.
The party to whom Rogerson pre-.
sented the note bearing the endorse.
ment of Judge Pitchford, readily dis
counted the same, but as it was over
due and unpaid ON Wednesday when
Rogerson attempted to discount the
second note, he became suspicious and
as result found that both endorse
ments were forgeries.
Rogerson was formerly al ~ .ted
man in the cavalry arm of the service
with station at Fort Apache, Arizona,
He first came to TahleQuah on a fur
Tough in the fall of 1909 and overstay-
ed his leave, being arrested in January
of this year as deserter and taken
it is said he served a short sentence
in the military prison. Upon the ex-
plration of his enlistment he returned
to Tahlequah and has since been oper-
ating a cleaning establishment.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-23
ADOPT PLAN TO
STAND BY TAFT
Illinois Republicans viii Probably
Adopt Plan For Standing solldIy
Behind TAFT.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Springfield, Ill.,, Sept. 2s.-The re-
publican state convention here today,
adopted platform approving Of the
administration of Taft and Governor
Deneen. The tariff plank follows the
lines laid down in the presidents cam
paign letter to Chairman Mckinley Of
the republican congressional commit.
tee. Speaker Cannon in a vigorous
speech declared that the time had
come to keep the republican faith,
whether or not failure be the result.
AS the document which will be sub
mitted to the resolutions committee,
and later to the convention ITSELF
stood tonight, Senator Lorimer will
not be mentioned In name. To soften
this omission, it is said. Senator Cul-
loms name also viii be absent from
pronuneiament.
Speaker Cannon arrived last night
from Danville. He did not seek
specific commentator in the platform.
1t is understood he will not be mem
toned. The republican congressional
delegation in congress, however, will
receive a blanket approval. Cover
nor Deneen win be temporary chair
man of the convention and will sound
the key note OF the party in this state
in a speech to the republicans.
During the day a fight may be made
to make Speaker Cannon the perman-
ent chairman. This is generally de-
MED tonight. The speaker denied any
ambition in that regard, and 1t is be-
lieYed that the temporary organiza-
tion headed by the governor will be
made permanent.
The platform win disavow party
responsibility for bipartisan combt
nation which elected Speaker Shurt-
lea and the one which elevated Will
liam Lorimer to the United States
senate.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-23
AVIATOR FLIES OVER
ALPS IN AER0PLAAE
By Assoeiated Prees.

By Associated Press.
Milan, Sept. 20. - George Chavez,
Peruvian aviator few from the Bridge
of Switzerland over the simpIeon
Pass, and arrived at Domodassola on
the Italian side of the Alps at 2.19
this afternoon Chavez thus accom-
plished what has been regarded as
j one Of the most daring feats proposed
for air men. He had waited patiently
for favorable weather along the route
there. Strong winds are the rule. This
morning both side of the Alps report
ed clear weather, but the top Of Sim
pleon Pass was obscured by the haze.
Chavez rose to a heighth of seven
thousand feet and it was necessary for
him to attain to nearly this attitude
to clear the Alps summit, which
raises 1852 feet. He maintained ap-
parently this altitude for at least half
an hour and followed over the road
built by Napoleon in 1900. He accom-
plished the eight miles that brought
him over the top of Simxton and halt
cd gracefully over the eighteen miles
down to Domodossola. From the
starting point to Milan is seyenty-fiye
miles. Aviation experts predicted
freely that the only alternative to sue
cessful flight across the Alps was the
death of the aviator. Signal fires
along the Napoleon road marked the
way as far as Domodossola and the
rest of the course was indicated by
flags and buoys anchored in Lake Lag
giore. The summit Of the pass at
Monscera was Illuminated with
oxhygrique lights and captive bal
loon showed the finish line at the
aerodcme here
| Chavez was formed to alight here,
thirty feet from the ground the wind
overturned his aeroplane. and it
crashed to the earth and was destroy
ed. The aviator's leg was broken but
| his injuries were not serious.
Weymann. an American aviator.
went up iii an attempt to follow
Chavez over the Alps, but after four
minutes was forced to alight At $40
this afternoon he went up for another
try.