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Nine Killed and Many Injured in
Erie Tunnel.

New York, Sept 11.-At least nine
and ten others injured, one Of them
critically, and all Of them seriously
in the collapse of an overhanging
shoulder of rock from above the wes-
tern mouth of the old Erie tunnel
under BergenhilI connecting the Erie
terminal in Jersey City with it's west.
ward divisions.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Mrs. 4. K Smith. of Greensboro,
died after a lingering case Of pei
legra. The disease Is becoming prev
alent all over the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Mrs. Sallie Underwood. OF Reds
Vile, died in a Danyiile hospital from
Injuries received by being struck by
a Southern Railway train. She was
terribly multilated.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Mr.. Frank ScheIi, OF Catawba
County. was killed At ut. Savage.
Nd. by the oYerturning Of locomo-
tive. His remains were brought
home.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Senator LaFoIIette. Of Wisconsin
Is the choice Of the Wisconsin Repub-
licans in the recent primaries To- sue
ceed himself.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator,
was seriously injured when his BIZ
plane crashed to the ground during
race with an automobile around
the Fair Grounds track at Sacra-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller. wife OF
the multi-miIlIonaire. II seriously iii
at her home in Cleveland and fears
are entertained that she may die.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15
General News.

The lates, thing IN aeroplAne az
ing was the nning Of two for fast
nying at Nantes. France
Senator LaFoIIette. Of Wisconsin.
il the choice Of the Wisconsin Repub-
licans IN the recent primaries To- sue
coed himself.
Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller. wife OF
the multi-millIonaire. Ii seriously iii
Al her home in Cleveland and fears
are entertained that she may die.
James II. TtIlman. former Lieuten-
ant-Goyernor of South Carolina who
shot and killed Editor Gonzales
some years ago. but was acquitted. is
dying Of consumption in an Asheville
sanitarium.
John Kokas, a Greek leper. who
+ has been under quarantine at Salt
Lake City, has escaped and the au
thorities are hunting for him. He is
said to be in the last stages Of the
dread disease.
By the sinking Of the Pere Mar
quette ferry-boat No. IS, in Lake Su-
perior, thirty men were drowned
Every officer went down with his
ship, the passengers and some of the
crew escaping.
BY an explosion Of oil On the
United States battleship North Da-
kota. three men were killed and a
number injured. The vessel which
cost 100000 was not injured. The
matter is being thoroughly investi-
gated by the naval authorities
S. F. Innes, a well-known mer-
chant of Charleston, S. c., shot and
killed himself in his room at the
Hoffman House Sunday. The mer-
chant was discovered lying in bed
with a bullet wound in the side of
his head. A revolver lay nearby.
More than one thousand areo-
planes have been sold in France in
the past year and the factories have
orders for over eleven thousand now
on hand. The French army has es-
tablished special department to
care for this end of that department.
Former President Roosevelt re-
fused to attend a banquet of the
Hamilton Club at Chicago if Senator
now under charges of having secured
his election by fraud and bribery
The club withdrew Lorimer's invita-.
ton.
Lee O'Neal Brown, leader Of the
! ture, was acquitted by jury after
! twenty-one hours deliberation, OF
bribery in the election of Senator
William Lorimer. He has yet to face
; another indictment in the Sanganom
) County courts on a similar charge.
Brought into court to be sentenced
l to death for the murder of police
5 man, Bunk Sherrard, Greenville
= S. c., negro, fell into dead fain
l and had to be returned to Jail with
= out being sentenced. The physician
say that he is literally scared t,
6 death, as they give no hope of his re
1 covery.
Hon. Lloyd w. Bowers, Solicitor
General of the United States, die,
: suddenly of heart failure at a hote
in Boston on Friday last. 1t was au
- thoritatively announced from Bever
d ly that President Taft had decide
d to offer him one of the vacant Asso
,, ciate Judgeship of the Suprem
s Court
II Little Michael Scimeca, the three
l. year-old son of DR.. Scimeca, prom
e inent Italian physician, of New Yorl
5. is safely in the hands of his relative
d after having been held for nearl
G three months captive by "blac
e hand" kidnappers. The abductors c
n the boy have so far escaped the polio
drag-net.
Charles K. Hamilton, the aviato
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

The lates; thing n aeroplAne dy.
ing was the aning OF two for fa4'
rylug 81 Nantes, France.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

James II. TiIlman, former Lieuten-
ant-Goyernor OF South Carolina who
shot and killed Editor Gonzales
some years ago. but was acquitted. is
dying OF consumption in an Asheyille
sanitarium.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Mr.. Isham Braxton. young man,
while cleaning out saw-dust beneath
a circular saw. had his arm caught
and cut of below the elbow. The
accident occurred just across the
Alamance line near Chapel Hill.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Little Michael Scimeca, the three
year-old son Of DR.. Scimeca, a prom
inent Italian physician, of New York,
is safely in the hands of his relatives
after having been held for nearly
three months a captive by "black
hand" kidnappers. The abductors of
the boy have so far escaped the police
drag-net.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

John Kokas, a Greek leper. who
has been under quarantine at Sal,
Lake City. has escaped and the au-
thorities are hunting for him. He il
said to be in the last stages OF the
dread disease.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

The latest from the bedside OF
John NJ. Julian. editor of the Sails
bury Post. who is suffering with a
typical case of peilagra, Is that he is
resting well. His physicians hold
out bright hopes of an early recov-
cry
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Hon. Lloyd w. Bowers, Solicitor
General of the United States, died
suddenly of heart failure at a hotel
in Boston on Friday last. 1t was au-
thoritatively announced from Bever-
ly that President Taft had decided
to offer him one of the vacant Asso-
ciate Judgeship of the Supreme
Court.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

In Wilson Superior Court Ed. Pey-
ton was arraigned for the murder of
Will Dew at the county stockade on
the 9Th of August last. The trial Is
set for Saturday morning next, and
a special yenire of fifty will be sum-
moHed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Mrs. Louis G. Utley, of Chapel
Hill, whs drank carbolic acid Tues
day morning in an attempt to end
her life, died Wednesday. Mrs. Ut
ley's mind had been deranged, and
several years ago she had been sent
to an asylum for treatment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Tom Max, a negro, charged with
murder in Fayetteville last July, that
OF his mother-in-law, and who fed
from justice, was captured at Red
Springs by Sheriff n. A. Watson and
brought to Fayetteville and lodged in
jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

1t is reported that the contract was
let this week by the Norfolk and
Western Railway for a branch line
from it's line at Ridgeway, Va, to
Spray, the contract price being $780,
900. 1t is predicted that the South
ern will at once build it's proposed
line from Louisville to Madison.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Postmaster Benjamin G. Green
died at his home at Warrenton. He
was the son of Mrs. Mary Green, and
succeeded her a. her death as post
master here. He leaves wife and
many relatives. He was highly es-
teemed
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

By the sinking Of the Pere Mar
uuette ferry-boat No. IS, in Lake Su
perior, thirty men were drowned
Every officer went down with hi
ship, the passengers and some OF tn
crew escaping.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

Brought into court to be sentenced
to death for the murder of a police
man, Bunk Sherrard, a Greenville,
S. c., negro, fell into dead faint
out being sentenced. The physicians
say that he is literally scared to
death, as they give no hope of his re-
covery.
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it is. Already they've got number OF
immortals up there that you'd have to
look up In the encyclopedia If you wanted
to know whether they established young
ladies' seminary in New England or mere
ly wrote 81 large volumes of old-fashioned.
steam-heated Presbyterian theology. But
the populace generally continues to re-
member some of my idle little jottings
fairly we'll I'm not boasting, my young
friend, but I'll venture to predict that
'Anabel Lee will be in the Standard Sixth
Reader when the average layman has for
got whether Eli What's -His-Name invent
ed the cotton gin the gin rickey.
II remember very well the first time
| was proposed for membership. I ran
one of those regular Alton b. Parker
races. They handed me all the black
balls they had on hand and then sent
out for more. But there was strong
sentiment In favor of letting in young
lady whose chief hold on fame was that
she happened to be the first ostensibly
white child born in this country. 1t
may have been envy on my part, but 1t
seemed to be that If they were passing
around any honors on account Of this
interesting event the young persons
parents should have come In first.
They did most of the preliminary work,
anyhow. That was also the year
when Pocah ontas. the dusky Indian
maid, first made such a good race for
admission. Well, personally I have al
ways approved of the life and works
of Pocahontas, the Brick Dusky. II
she hadn't stepped in when she did and
kept her father from using that large
war club of his, shudder to think
where the Smith family would have
been today in this country. The Smiths,
at least. certainly owe her debt OF
gratitude for preserving their Illus
trious founder, and they're a large and
influential family in many sections.
And when you count in the seven or
eight tn ousand Virginia families that
are directly descended from Poky her
self and have the papers In the house
to prove 1t, you realize that there Is
quite an extensive connection to be
reck oned with.
Nobody seriously objected to Poca-
hontas on the ground that her father,
the late Powhatan, used to tank up oc-
casionally and that In view of the her
editary faint, 1t would be taking risk
to let her into the hall Nobody voted
down Chief Justice John Madrshall be-
cause he had grandparent named
Noah who once got on one of the his
toric jags of Biblical history. Nobody
wanted to throw Thomas Jefferson out
because he wrote letter that was re-
ceived at the Smithsonian institute and
opened by mistake there, containing
references to certain kegs OF new peach
brandy and some other things. No
bodv wanted to bar u. s. Grant because
he drank so heavily at Shiloh that he
went right out and won the battle.
But they delved deep into my private
life and discovered that dallied with
the wine cup at intervals, and they
defeated me practically by reclamation.
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And ever since then the Hall of Fame
has been place where a charter men,
Der of the White Ribbon league could
take her offspring without danger of
bringing the blush of shame to an ada
mantine cheek.
II have no desire to complicate the
situation for the worthy janitor up at
the hall and having him apologizing to
visiting delegations from the Young
Mems Christian association and the
Baptist Young Peoples league for my
name on the walls and my bust in a
niche. am content to be the only poet
in the world whose greatness was
measured by the capacity of his stom-
ach, and found wanting. And. although
haven't touched a drop in years, will
not fell the least bit put out over 1t
If they vote me down again.
my friend, It's a very hard thing.
after you're dead, to catch up with
reputation made while you we're living.
Just the other day / was talking with
Robinson Crusoe about that very thing.
Robinson was first pictured and de-
scribed, you remember, as wearing
heavy fur outfit, in a climate where his
Man Friday was perfectly comfortable
and sanitary without anything on at
all, scarcely, and so he'll nave 10 go
through all eternity encased in hides
with the woody side out like an advanc
agent. He suffers frightfully In warm,
weather. He tells me he'd give lot of
money to be able to shed his fur bear
ing regaiia and climb into soft-boiled
shirt and a Panama hat. But what can
the poor fellow do? The traditions of
history must be preserved.
"And that's where I get 1t. Even be-
fore died and for long years afterwards
the Impartial and kindly historian sad
died me with the reputation of doing all
my best work while wearing skates, and
for all time to come, presume, persons
who do their thinking from the rear col
lar button will be going around saying
The Raven was merely the feverish
product of an alcoholic brain and The
Murder of the Rue Morgue might have
been a pretty fair detective story If
had only remained sober at the time.
suppose that as long as the world en-
dures therell be people with foreheads
that are higher than an angle worm
but not so high as sea lions, who'll
contend that the proper way to measure
genius is with tape measure and
f,lled-in- blank, like getting pair OF
pants from a mail order house.
II did drink. It's true. SO did Bobbie
Burns. I lived my own life in my own
way. So did Coleridge and Byron. There
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was considerable scandal In the neighbor-
hood at the time about the way P. B.
Shelley carried on, and William Shake
speare's private life would no doubt shock
all the shingles of the roof of any mem
Der of the Hall of Fame jury who has
one of those neat, orderly minds, such
mind as l always think of, as being
dark slate color with brown trimmings
and box hedges down each side of 1t and
a cast iron dog on the front lawn. These
other offenders, though, were not Amer
leans and besides they've been dead for
quite SPELL But I only passed away
little matter of sixty-odd years back and
it's hard for people to forgive and forget.
l suppose they'll get the hammers out
for old Walt Whitman, too, when some
body proposes him as one Of the Hall of
flames hall room boys. Walt insisted
on living his life to suit himself and he
wouldn't even wear a stiff collar when
going into society and as he hasn't been
dead nearly as long as l have, I see
nightly little chance for him to break
into the charmed circle inside of the
next two or three centuries; by which
time, If I'm any Judge of passing events,
all the poets will have been removed
from their inches anyhow to make room
for captains of finance and inventors of
speed-appliances for touring cars and
architects Of skyscrapers. AS / under
stand it the greatest writers of today
don't write books; they write checks.
And in view of the trend of events, I
doubt If your ruling classes will be salts
fed much longer to have the inches in
the Hall of Fame, which naturally be-
longs to them, occupied by cluttering
collection of defunct old literary persons
who don't own their houses, some of them,
and never controlled share of bank
stock in their whole lives. possibly. l
don't see much chance for Sidney La
nier, either-he came from too far south
of New England to hope for much recog-
milton, and he was no temperance scholar.
either. / might add, and dog-poor be-
Sides
Il got 500 once for a story and was
glad to get It, had to lay off to spend
the money OF course 1t wasn't a short
poem such as one would sit down and
dash of In a day or two, but a poem
that I worked over and polished of and
made worth the money Lanier, 1 think
never got any such prices as that He
had to take produce sometimes and some
times just extra copies. Can you blame
me If success and so much prosperity
went to my head and inclined me to dis
sipate. But L.anier never had any such
excuse for his habits. And he'll be one
of those who'll stay here with me, on
the outside looking in. for good while
to come.
Tell the jurors for me that Ill not
feel unkindly toward them If they vote
me down and out again. I have some
distinguished companions here in the
outer Enthusiastically persons who
drank more or less, but good converse
tionalsts and fair writer's in their day
for the most part-and in the depths of
my sombre soul there'll be no grieving
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More thought is being given to the
stomach today than to any other or
gan. Dieting and hundred other
things are suggested, but the fact re-
mains that we have to eat and that in
the main we are eating the same food
today that has been eaten for hundreds
of years. The point, then, is to find
a way of remedying an evil when we
find ito
There comes a time in the lives OF
ali of us when a laxative is necessary.
only with soma this requirement oc-
ours more frequently than with others.
But whether the occasion is frequent
or rare 1t is important that you take
simple. natural remedy. The farther you
get away from the mari-made tablet or
Dill and the salty purgative water the
better. You want something that COM
bines the virtues of laxattye ana
tonic, something that Is sure In its
erect and yet pleasant to the taste.
: remedy containing earth-grown veg
otables and plants. Such Is Dr. Caid-
wells Syrup Pepsin, now for nearly
quarter Of century recognized
Household friend in thousands of homes.
The world affords no better cure for
constipation and liver trouble, for IN
digestion and sour stomach. for SICK
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The Stomach and How
To Cure lis Ills, Free

headache and fatulency tnan TINS rem
edy. But in addition to its laxative
value 1t contains ingredients that have
a tonic action in strengthening and
invigorating the muscles Of the stomach
and bowels. That is what the majority
MEDIA tonic laxative. But so there
may be no doubt about what It Will DO
in your case, DR.. Caldwell will gladly
send you q sample bottle free of charge
upon receipt Of your name and address.
Then, If It pleases. you. you can buy
1t of your druggist at fifty cents or
one dollar a bottle. just as thousands
of others are doing. j. H. Funderburg,
Sansaba, Tex, not only uses 1t with
good success himself. but gives It to
his children. for owing to Its mi!dness
and agreeable taste there is no better
laxative for children. S. p. Mead, Waus
coma. Ia. has also found It a good
family remedy.
DIR. Caldwell personally will be
pleased to give you any medical ADVICE
you may desire for yourself OF. family
pertaining to the stomach. liver or
bowels absolutely free Of charge, Elk.
plain your case In a letter and he VIII
reply to you in detail. For the. free
sample simply send your name and ad-
dress on a postal card or otherwise.
For either request the doctors address
is Or. w B. Caldwell, R.501 Caldwell
building, Monticello. Ill.
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Rare musical In.trument

Belfast. April 16.-(Special.)-In the lec=
ture hall of the old Presbyterian church
at Enniskillen rests the harmonium, now
past use, to which the historic interest
attaches of having been in the first musis
cal instrument employed In the worship
of the Presbyterian church In Ireland.
The introduction of this instrument was
the beginning of prolonged and heated
controversy. waged vigorously for many
years, but of which not even the echoes
can now be heard. The suggestion has.
however, been made that the harmoniprn
should be acquired as a memento Of the
past and preserved in the assembly builda
ings, Belfast. = 4ifT
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Football Incident

Paris, April 16-(special)--A curious in
cident has happened at Mans, near Paris
at a Rugby football match between two
army teams. During dispute over
goal one Of the players ordered Sergeant
Allard to hold his tongue, adding. Il am
a lieutenant" 1--WE are playing foot
ball. replied the sergeant land not ma
noeuvers, and I have no orders to re-
celve from you here" The lieutenant at
once took the sergeants number, telling
him 1T will see that you are punished"
The crowd took sides with the sergeant
and the comrades of the latter walked
on the field. = Ffa 1ss
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YFLATTER myself that l was the nrs'
person to reach the deceased poet
i Poe. with the news. To my surprise
he manifested very little enthusiasm when
I told him he stood an excellent chance
-, getting into the Hall of Fame this
year. In fact, he didn't manifest any en-
thusiasm at all that l could notice. On
the contrary, he remained absolutely CAIN
and collected.
cat last" he said, "a tablet in my mem
ory. What kind of tablet Will II De, 90
Won SUPPOSED headache tablet?'
told him hadn't heard. All l knew
was the majority of the judges were re-
ported as looking with favor upon the
suggestion to finally admit him to the
company of American immortals, and
that very probably, he would squeeze
through at next months election.
1T see." said the poet, musingly, at
the same time abstractedly stroking his
trained talking crow. Nevermore, which
had alighted upon his shoulder, having
had me on probation al these years, the
worthy gentlemen have decided that I'm
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Lice Talks With Dead Ones
BY IRWIN S. COBB

probably sobered up sufficiently to be
allowed in a select society. That's very
kind of them, I'm sure, especially as
the w. C. T. u are liable to call them
to account for it, and possibly withdraw
their patronage from the Hall of Fame.
You know there are a great many very
earnest people who still think that If |
was buried wearing a celluloid collar it
was contributory negligence on the part
of the surviving relatives. For persons
who never get on a drunk, some of them
can remember one longer than almost
anybody.
And so, rather than make trouble, l
would be just as we'll satisfied If they
kept right on excluding me from the
Hall of Fame. just as they have been
doing. l wouldn't care to make any of
the other inmates feel embarrassed and
uncomfortable by having me thrust into
their chaste midst, and besides I've gone
along doing pretty well without the
honor all these years, and l rather think
L can continue along the same general
lines for a practically indefinite period.
Posterity is doing pretty well by me as
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!, III have to remain here for another

II I'll have to remain here for another
decade or two.
Let them give my niche to wesley n.
Rotts. the boy drunkard of Rutland. He
reformed, and quit and wrote about it,
and didn't, and 1 guess he more nearly
fills the average college presidents ideals
of a great literary worker than Edgar
Allan Poe ever will
"Or let them assign 1t to one of the
modern producers of best sellers some
great novelist who turns them out once a
month, and gets more per word than |
ever dreamed of getting per page. For,
after all, do you not now regard as the
greatest mind the one that can get the
most money! L.N
l had to agree with him that we did.
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New Flying Record

Geneva. April 16.-(Special)-Capta
Engelhard, a pupil of the Brothers
Wright. has made new flying record at
st. Moritz. Starting from the frozen
lake. 6OS3 feet above sea level, he re-
manned in the air 80 minutes. He came
down on the ice. AS far as actual alta
tude goes this is a record. Engelhard
found it difficult to rise even 60 feet IN
the rarifled atmosphere.
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A True Democrat

From Judge.
Judging from the way you play whist
I would say that you are democrat
why so?''
Because you always do the wrong thing
at the right time for your opponent