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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-05

d. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte. a
prominent business man and one of
the owners of the Charlotte Observer,
was stricken i'll while on a train at
Winston-Salem and was ordered
home by his physicians. He is threat
ened with paralysis
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-05

The people of Johnston County
will hold an "Old Home Week Ceie-
bration'' in Smithfieid May 10th 10
21st.All who have ''strayed of" are
expected TO return home that week
and join in the celebration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-05

Mr.. Stephen c. Wooten, a young
attorney of Greenville, was dead in
bed Thursday morning. When found
his feet and legs were on the bed
and his head and shoulders resting
on the floor His neck was broken
and it was thought he died from
epileptic fit. Mr.. Wooten was in the
automobile accident some weeks ago
when Messrs. J. L. Fleming and Har-
ry Skinner, Jr., were killed and Mr..
Wooten received injuries from which
he had never recovered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-05

Claiming that they are being
paid less than the men employed in
other shops in the State, the ma
in the Norfolk & Southern shops al
New Bern have struck. They ask an
increase from 81 to 35 cents an hour
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
A SMART PRINCE,

The smartest prince this country has had the privilege of learning of is the Persian prince who has landed upon these shores to study American methods of cultivating the land. We are told that in preparation for this work he mastered the English lan- guage sufficiently for practical pur- poses in just 24 days before leaving home Since it takes a smart native American from ten to fifteen years to compass English in good shape and some never can do it, so the master full ability of this alien makes us open our eyes in surprise. A prince of such marvellous power should be able to ride through the great west in an au- tomobile at a speed of twenty miles an hour and absorb the details of American agriculture as he runs. He should conquer the gang blow, the steam sewers, harvesters and reapers in a week and return in sixty days to Persia capable of instructing his na- ton in all that makes for success in the great wheat and fruit belts of the country. It is more than likely that he will become most celebrated for what he fails to find out
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twritten for The Bulletin.)

This is what we are here for" con- | tinued Lady Greathert. Is 1t not?" 1 I looked at the dainty slenderness of her, as she lay resting among the cushions with her hands clasped over the curly tendrils at the back of her neck Do you ever think of your | self?" I asked
 are not to be too proud to accept all 1 the helps that are, proffered us, nor too proud to acknowledge them Nei- l ther are we to be indifferent to our I own opportunities to be helpful to 1 others
 | May we never go to-the other place. and play?" I implored. "Not even of a Saturday afternoon ?' Am I preachy?'' she asked, sud denly sitting up quite straight. "'Tis as bad to be preachy as to be prosy. buff you will make me talk,"
 Your preaching never sounds prosy to me-" I answered. "Tell me what you mean by being here to help and to be helped. Most people seem to think that all there is of life is to make money, or acquire it, and to get as good times out of it as they can."
 Most people are wonderfully young," she said, tenderly. Even the white-haired children of eighty are mere babes in arms"
 You always speak as though you were older than any one else." I pro- tested.
 "So am," she acknowledged, set ting back into her cushions i've all the others put together. I'm sure I was a thousand years old before I was born"
 You look like it, you pretty thing" as you say you do.- but you are the youngest looking lady,
 ''The two go together" she said quietly. catching her thought. "but-'
 'ImmortaIt" she ended, as I paused.
 'I wish I could believe it." I ven- tured. T wish we had positive proof"
 Lady Greatheart smiled her sweet, inscrutabIe smile Let us get back to our text" she said.
 70, I know you" laughed I. You I have not grown to- l suppose you think cannot understand"
 Those who know themselves to be immortal, she answered gravely, .'have the proof of immortality within their own souls. It is an inward con- viction. a knowing
 And it is because we are immortal" l" I went on, "because we have always been and shall always continue to be, that we are to be willing to be helped, as we travel along"
 "SweetheartI" she cried. and reached her hand over to clasp mine. Yes, you see we are all on the same jour ney, some a little in advance of oth- CTS, many. the majority far down the line and only creeping along. It is no shame to them that they are so far below, no credit to us that we are where we are, no reproach that others have climbed higher than we. Some started earlier, others later, but we all started from the same place. Now. what we have to do is to keep the road and take our little steps, day by day. An, yes, there is one thing more" she laughed. We must learn to drop our luggage as we journey on."
 What funny people we humans arei" she pursued And how we do load ourselves down with cumbersome besetmentsi We come into the world clothed only in a garment Of flesh. but the minute we are here we be- come swathed about with innumerab1e wrappings. From that time on, we
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rad Manaaement

Mir. Editor: A sad case of the want of system or Humanity was exhibited last Wednesday which was apparently on the part of the Backus hospital authorities when young Hart, the line- man, fell from the telegraph pole on Laurel Hill avenue.
 When he fell, he was seen by lady living opposite, who realized he was Tn a serious plight and with the aid of a nurse who was visiting at her house she attended to him as well as she could, supplying proper remedies. and also telephoned as quickly as possi- ble for physicians. but could not be reached.
 Sine then telephoned for the ambu- lance but the driver was compelled to telephone to the hospital authorities for permission to take it out, who, in turn, telephoned back to learn If ev- erything was right for the ambulance to go. The fee is s2.50 (who was sponsor for it?)
 For half an hour the poor sufferer was under the influence of the scorch- : ing sun, but the ambulance did not come.
 Finally, through the instrumentality of some one, an ordinary freight car was secured and the injured man was loaded upon it like dog, with hls brains oozing out. Now is there any excuse for such "a wretched piece of work as thisy
 Who is responsible for all this red tape leaGing to such gross neglect and inhumanity?
 Norwich June 24, 1910.
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POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

In securing the passage Of the house bill for the establishment Of postal savings banks by the senate, the ad- 1ninistration has shown that 1t still holds 3 controlling hand upon some matters in which the people have a large interest
 The new law. like the tariff, is not the best that could have been draug1lt- cd. but it will serve its purpose until such time as it can be made stronger and render fuller and more satisfac- tory service If 1t is not needed here zn New England, 1t is surely needed in remote parts of the country, and Will bring out Of hiding places many millions and make them safer and more useful
 If details as to depository banks, bond purchases with the funds and the like prove not to be for the best in rerests of the public. the proper amendments can be made in due time. The plan must have it's chance land be given a fair show
 There Is no reason to fear any evil influences or results here in New Eng land The welfare Of the people re- ouires that our banks should be given the fullest protection and any law which tends to injure them would soon be repealed
 The start has been made and good should come from it. The country needs a parcels post law much more than 1t did this, and it will eventually get It.
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An a Fire in Mexico.

It might be thought that such an exciting thing as a fire would startle the Mexicans out of their ha'bitua1 in- dolence, but such is not bhe case. The alarm of a fire at Matamoros, Coa- hulia Mexico, was given by the dis charge of numerous pistols and guns. and the writer hastened to the scene thinking, at first, that a battle was raging. After a lang interval-during which the people watched the fire with interest chattering among themselves meanwhile - there appeared placidly trundling along the road, the Mata- moresan equivalent of a fire engine "a barrel rolling along the ground, drawn by reluctant burro- A swiv- elpin in each end of the lSeg per- nlitted it to roll freely, and ropes at tached it to the animal. Behind walked the fire brieiade"-a solitary peon, bearing a bucket. Arrived at the scene of the confiagration, the wa ter in the barrel was poured into buckets and hauled to the roof of an adjacent house, whence it was flung on to the flames. Everybody was greatly excited; the calrnest thing of ali was the fire. which burnt steadily on till there was nothing left to con- sume. Then, as tine spectacle was over, the people dispersed. Everyone was satisfied-except, perhaps, the un- fortunate owner of the house that had been destroyed.-Wide World.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
DEFECTIVE WORK.

Detective work is always more or less revolting. When virtue catches vice it is by playing a shady role. That old saying that "it takes a rogue to catch a rogue is just as true as the Scriptural proverb, Whatsoever man soweth that shall he reapi" The white slave" traffic-the burn ing shame of modern times-is not easy to indict. confront and condemn; i; but Boston has a man in it's tolls against whom the evidence Is com plete, because the Watch and Ward society put one of it's young and reli- able girls into the detective service. This girl felt inpelled to pass her self off as a prostitute, to associate with moral lepers, to frequent low cafes, to make assignations and to pretend to drink the very dregs of life without actually doing so. To clinch the matter she feigned to sell herself into a career of shame in Pan- anna.
 Now the method of doing the work is being condemned because of its abhorrent features and it's demoraI- izing perils by the respectable critics who think the risk is too much-the cost too great. Any detective will tell them his is not a higln moral game Detectives in their work vio- late the civil law and sometimes the moral law to cage their bird A criminal can be caught by Sunday school methods just as certain as a bird can be captured by putting Nsalt upon it's tail. The young woman who faced this peril with such success de- serves the highest commendation.
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The Appalachian Bill.

It is always pleasure to treat this subject. It has grown so familiar in the 10 years of its increasing promi- hence that it seems like a lifelong friend. Even the joy when the bill shall at length have been passed will scarcely more than compensate for the loss of this ever-available, ever-de- serving subject for consideration. Pass it must and shall, however, and the signs of late have tended to en- courage the hope that it may pass at this session of congress. The ad- herents of the Scott bill, designed in part to prevent gambling in cotton. now manifest a disposition to join drives with the supporters of the Weeks Appalachian National Forest Reserve bill. in the hope that both measures may jointly be pushed forward through the reporting of rules governing their consideration to places in advance of legislation which is of less pressing importance. Apparently there is no valid reason why this should not be done. The Appalachian forest problem has reached a point where 1t cannot wait longer for solu- ton. The one logical solution lies in the passage of the Appalachian Nation- al Forest Reserve bill. The conclusion is automatic.-Manches Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DIS
 TRICT.

This congressional district combines a diversity of interest exceeded by few in the country. New London with its hzrbor compels the attention of a congressman to lighthouse, customs, river and harbor improvement legis- Iation-
 This district is as well a large man ufacturing community with the Ameri- can Thread company at WiIlimantic. the Ponemah and other large textile concerns throughout both counties. to say nothing Of the many other busi- ness enterprises affected by federal legislation Withal, the agricultural interests are large and too often lost sight of and their importance some times lightly rated.
 A recital of the multiplicity of the interests of this district in congress emphasizes the work which Congress man Higgins has done in his i've years of service as its represen native. Dur ing that time appropriations have been secured for the lighthouse at South west Ledge. the lighthouse Keepers dwelling at Stonington; for the i'm provement of New London harbor, Thames, Mystic, PawcatucI Connec- ricut. Eight Nile and Shetucket rivers all of which are within the area of the Third congressional district
 A A14fAAe tHdlAiA6 StiUDA HdS pcci established at the naval station on the Thames. three public buildings have been secured, rural free delivery with county service established throughout the district. and it's other interests been conserved through its representa- tive. who upon election, gave up his private affairs and devoted himself to his public duties The voters of the district will be loyal to the represen- tative Eho has so faithfully served them
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
THE POCKET NERVE AND RE-
 FORM

Just as the interests of commercial ism make for peace. so does the in terests of the individual make for re- form Word comes from Scotland of a great temperance wave there not because of any special agitation but because the price Of whiskey has gone up We hear the Scotch are taking less whiskey for their stomach's sake. There was an increase of the price of 7rhiszey the latter part of April, 1909. During the first four months of the year. there was a slight decrease over the preceding year But from May on, this decrease was more tFzan four times as great as in the earlier months. Tn all the towns of Scotland the de- crease for the whole year was almost 27 per cent. and in the country 19 Der cent The total convictions for the year were 25.06O, as compared with Sz.o75 in 1908 One of the causes of this very great decrease was the lack of money and employment by the un- skilled But the greatest factor was the increase in the price of whislzey.
 This is where greed works we'll When the distiHers want more money the consumers want less whiskey and the result is betterment of social conditions Social progress is some times more advanced by the enemies of society than by its friends. The quiet workings of nature appear to be past finding out
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hostile Jews sought to chastise and expeI Paul Nevertheless far as he could, he washed his hands of the controversy, and remained an icy pil- lar of indifference in a sea of strife, the classic example unto this day of him who wraps the mantle of his own self f-complacency about him and waves one side all the burning religious is sues of the day.
 Can the modern man live in world which shows in so many particulars continuous influence upon it of the Prophet of Nazareth, can he live in the midst of communities in which or ganized religion. despite its manifest failingss is still potent force, and care nothing at all for that which absorbs the devotion of so many of his fellows? This is the T don't care" attitude in its most unreasonable and unlovely aspect THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
Dr. Jowett's Retort.

Prof. A. T. Hadley tells a good story in The Psychological Review. A few years ago, when Dr. Jowett was Mas ter of Balliol, there was a discussion concerning two men who had attain ed high position at an early age. One of them had become a bishop: the other q judge; and the conversation turn ed on the respective merit of the two careers One of the dons said: T pre- fer the bishop. The judge can only say, You be hanged;' the bishop can say, You be damned" :" '.Yes,' said Dr. Jowett, sententiously. but when the judge says You be hanged you are hanged"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
Sir A. Conan DoyIe's Story.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once told an amusing story of an illiterate million aire who gave a wholesale dealer an order for a copy of every book in all languages treating of any aspect of Napoleons career. He thought it would fill a case in his library. He was somewhat taken aback, however when in a few weeks he received a message from the dealer that he had got 40,000 volumes, and was awaiting instructions as to whether he should send them on as an installment or wait for a complete set.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
Still less creditabIe to us is 1t wh

Still less creditabIe to us is 1t when we make it known that we care not for spiritual things. There is one quiet sentence in the New Testament which I should not like to have trans ferrec to my tombstone. On its face it is no Stinging condemnation It simply says: And Gallio cared for none of these things" He was one of the many men whom great Rome had chosen to administer it's affairs in its provinces. With his headquarters in the excitement attending the coming of the Christian faith to that rich and profligate city: indeed, he had to take a hand in restoring order when the
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The Easiest Way.

When a St. Louis millionaire made up his mind to die poor, he began by giving his money away instead of talk ing about-St. Louis Post-Despatch.
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Then" said the reporter, 'T4I say several pretty songs were rendered by Miss Packer" "Oh, gracious. mol" re- piled the hostess. you mustn't say rendered. You see her father made all his money in lard-"-Catholic Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

Some men profess religion, and oth- CTS try to make what religion they have a part of their daily lives. Ev not necessarily pious, any more thar everybody who takes the temperance pledge is necessarily a total abstainer. Creeds used to represent hard and fast conditions. but since the right of men ta1 reservation is permitted they are what they are. The man who believes in Living friendly. feeling friendly acting fairly to all men, seeking to do that to others they shall do to him again, hating no man, scoring no man, wronging none by word or deed, but forbearing, soothing, serving, lives alright by a Christian creed" God never made religion complex-that has been the work of man, and now man is quietly finding his way back to true life which is simplicity.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

Thirty years ago it took g hours to go from Boston to Washington and now it IS a daylight run, with fu- ture prospect of being a ten-hour stunt.
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It is expected that the census will show that there are s.0oo,o00 travelling men in this country. It costs more to support the commercial than the regular army
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

Very few people in America have any use for coat arms even where they show family honors con- ferred, perhaps, for bravery in scoun- drelly forays where the weak had to give way to the strong. In this age coat of-arnas is as uncertain a pos session as vain persons can pay out good money for. You have had them offered as certified to, quite likely at a price varying from S1.50 to S3.00. They are usually artistically and at tractively gotten up, and they carry a certain amount of family prestige or false pretence. according to their character When a man tries to in duce me to pay out good money for a coat arms, I usually wonder why he didn't bring forward the old tribal totem pole. or something like that Many things labeled honors in this world are simply disgraces if viewed in the right spirit
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
A Natural peferance.

The railroad presidents show a nat uraI deference toward MT. Taft. He f a. valuable customer of theirs.-Bostoi Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

J. Pierpont Morgan doesn't create the furore when he reaches New York that Roosevelt does, but the stocks rise to meet him.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

What is the use of clamoring for justice for all-that is what the larger part of the intelligent world do not ask for themselves.
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A new novel is entitled The Right Stuff" Probably it is mostly on the title page and running page titles.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
TroubIe Not Over

The naming of British babies Theo- dore and Theodora will depend on how papa stands on the Egyptian ques- tion.-Deurar Ranllhlioan-
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There is no reason why newspaper men should not be compelled to re- spect the privacy of even famous cit izenS.
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It is noticeable that President Taft can put duty before pleasure. His potency in the game is all right.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

Men who vote against their party and then get sore over results should get in the habit of looking before they leap.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25
"Have you known even one7"

HaVe you known eVen one asked.
 Her eyes grew misty. 'I know a beautiful mother" she answered, "whose only son has gone wrong When he began to be wild, her heart broke. She. reasoned with him, she pleaded with him, she would have laid her life down to save him. So far all that she has said or done has had no apparent effect. For some time now, she has stopped saying and do- ing. She is making no further effort" :"
 Docs she love him less?" I cried.
 Not less," came the swift answer, "but differently. In the earlier years she loved him because he was her baby. her child, her boy. Now. in the degree that her thought has grown. she loves him as a fellow voyager, a younger soul She has risen from the personal to the universal. Listen to what she once said to me: Tn this life may never see him purified; but can thank God that I was chos- en to be his mother, the one to give this growing soul its chance of evolu- tion, his chance of fearing his way through suffering-out of the desire to sim "
 For a moment neither of us spoke. Then, springing lightly to her feet. "Is it not worth while to be one of the helpers ?" asked Lady Greatheart.
 THE RECLUSE-
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Happy thought for today: The man or woman who is a -conqueror will be somewhere recognized as a hero.
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It need hardly be said that demo- cratic signs of coming victory seldom get democrats into office
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The Eiqhth Wonder.

What a wonderful thing is the gift of gabl Yes. we are thinking of Theo- dore Roosevelt.-Pittsburg Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

A western poet sings about the girl graduate who rigs in fluffy stuff and writes fluffy stuff to display her taI- ents.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

Do those who talk government own ership ever see reason for doubt whether the people even own the gov ernment?
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-25

Beverly by -the-depot never expect ed to attract a president but it is now more important than Bar Harbor.
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There isn't a newspaper in Iowa that has ventured to say that the primary law there is a success.
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The western corn crop is pushing up a million a day from the soil, if it is doing a well as it did last year.
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With all his trials, Speaker Cannon still sticks to it that the world is get ting better.
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Yale has degreed Mir. Hill and now the world knows that he is James Jerome Hill