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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

engine and instantly killed.
Judge Cook. at Kinston. imposed
fines on blind tiger" operators as
follows: Chas. Walter. 81. 1000. Wal
ter Field. $500, and Paul Bond. $500.
Shuford Alternately and Robert
Hodges, two young men OF Morgan
ton. while walking on the railroad
tracks were struck by locomotive
and killed.
The United States League Of Build
ing and Loan Associations met in
Charlotte last week. Representatives
from nearly every State In the Union
were present.
The timely discovery Of a nine
inch iron bolt driven in a switch on
the Southern Railway near Asheville
averted what might have been ter
rible wreck There is no clue to the
miscreant.
Guilford County Democrats are be-
ing stirred up over charges that the
present county officers are in ring
for the purpose of being retained in
Office and there is a prospect OF
repetition of the Wake County mud
die up there.
Under the influence Of blind
tiger" whiskey a white man by the
name of Jernigan attempted to muir
der a negro stable boy at Maxton, and
but for the timely interference of
bystanders would have succeeded.
He was locked up after a hard strug-
gle.
President Taft has written Gen. ].
| S. Carr that if it is possible for him
to so arrange his dates, he will come
to Durham to attend the laying of
| the corner stone Of the National
Training School. but he fears that
the late adjournment of Congress
will prevent.
J. Pembroke Jones, of Wilmington,
died in Pasadena, Calf, last week.
He was the oldest living graduate of
| the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and
had a brilliant record in the Confed-
crate navy, being executive officer of
the Merrimac in its famous battle
with the Monitor. He was IS years
of age.
The question of converting the Leg
islature in special session to meet the
extraordinary situation now con-
fronting the State with regard to its
| inability to float the bond issue ne
cessary to redeem the bonds due on
July 1st. is greatly exercising the
politicians. The cost of special ses-
| sion will hardly be less than $4,000
even if they remain in session but a
few days.
John Riggs, young white man %
years of age, was given a preliminary
trial at Wilmington before Justice
Of the Peace George Harris upon the
charge of attempted criminal assault
upon Mrs Victoria Mason. The al
legged attempted assault occurred
last Tuesday and the warrant was
taken out by the husband of the
Mason woman Sunday. The case
was dismissed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

Ex-Goy. Glenn on Northern Tour I'm
Interest Of Negro Training School.
The negroes OF Durham have en-
gagged Ex. Gov. r. b. Glenn to make
a series of addresses in the New Eng
land States in the interest OF the
National Religious Training School
and Chatauqua for the colored race.
which institution is TO be located In
Durham.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

The United States League Of Build
ing and Loan Associations met in
from nearly every State In the Union
were present
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02
THE MARKETS.
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.

Corrected every Thursday by Chas. K.
johnson d Coz
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

President Taft has written Gen. ].
S. Carr that if it is possible for him
to so arrange his dates, he will come
to Durham to attend the laying of
the corner stone of the National
Training School, but he fears that
the late adjournment of Congress
will prevent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

The timely discovery OF nine
inch iron bolt driven in a switch on
the Southern Railway near Asheville
averted what might have been ter
rible wreck. There is no clue to the
miscreant.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02
Local M a t ters

On Monday last the police court
had nine cases, the majority being
drunk and disorderly.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

Under the influence Of blind
tiger" whiskey a white man by the
name of Jernigan attempted to muir
der negro stable boy at Maxton, and
but for the timely interference OF
bystanders would have succeeded.
He was locked up after hard strug-
gle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02

Guilford County Democrats are be-
ing stirred up over charges that the
present county officers are in ring"
for the purpose Of being retained in
Office and there is a prospect Of a
repetition of the Wake County mud
die up there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

of the dry summer afternoon. lis Miss
Olivia Sterling in? And will you please
tell her that Norman Nicholson is here?"
l showed him into the parlor. Then
Peggy and peeped through the crack of
the door. Any one would have done it.
We would have scorned to excuse our
selves. And indeed what we saw would
have been worth several conscience
sIasms If we had felt any.
Aunt Olivia rose and advanced primly
with outstretched hand.
to see you she said. formally.
It's yourself, Miller Mr.. Norman
Nicholson gave two strides. He dropped
his flowers on the floor, knocked over a
small table and sent an ottoman spinning
up against the wall. Then he had caught
Aunt Olivia in his arms and-smack-
sma ck-smack! Peggy sank back upon
the stajrstep with her handkerchief stuffed
in her mouth. Aunt Olivia was being
kissed
Presently Mr.. Norman Nicholson held
her back at arms length in his big paws
and looked her over. | saw Aunt olivia
eyes roam over his arm to the inverted
table and the litter of asters and golden
rod. Her sleek crImps were all tousled up
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man Nicholson began to insist on a date
being set for the wedding. Aunt Olivia
grew to have a strangely disturbed look.
One morning Mr.. Norman Nicholson
told us all that he was coming up that
evening to make Aunt Olivia set the day.
Peggy and l laughingly approved. saying
that 1t was time for him to assert his au-
thor.-y, and he went off in high good
hUmor across the river field, whistling a
Highland strathspey. But Aunt Olivia
looked martyr. She had fierce attack
of housekeeping that day, and put every
thing in fiawless order, even to the cor
ners. LAS If there were going to be n
funeral in the house., shifted Peggy.
Peggy and 1 were up in the southeast
room at dusk that evening, piecing a
quilt, when we heard Mr.. Norman Mich
olson shouting out in the hall below to
know IL any one was home. 1 ran out to
the landing but as I did so Aunt Olivia
came out of her room, brushed past me
and fitted downstairs.
Mr.. Mormon Nicholson" I heard her
say, with double-distilled primness. will
you please come into the parlor? I have
something to say TO you
They went in and / returned to the
southeast room.
Peg. there's trouble brewing I said.
I'm sure of it by Aunt Olivia's FACET
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BY L, M. MONTGOMERY.

Mr.. Norman Nicholson could never be
trained to oldmaid!shness, and even Aunt
Olivia seemed to realize this. He never
stopped to clean his boots when he
came in, although she had ostenta
tiously new scraper put at each door for
his benefit. He seldom moved in the
house without knocking some of Aunt
Olivia's treasures over. He smoked
cigars in her parlor and scattered the
ashes over the floor. He brought her
flowers every day and stuck them into
whatever receptacle came handiest. He
sat on her cushions and rolled her anti
macassars up into balls. He put his feet
on her chair rungs-and all with the
most distracting Inconsistencies of doing
anything out of the way. He never no.
ticed Aunt Olivia's futtering nervousness
at all. Peggy and l laughed more than
was good for US those days. 1t was so
funny to see Aunt Olivia lowering anx-
iously around, picking up flower stems
and smoothing out tides and generally
following him about to straighten out
things. Once she even got a wing and
a dustpan and swept up the cigar ashes
urder his very eyes.
Don't be worrying yourself over that.
Nillie," he protested. why, 1 don't
mind litter, bless you.''
How good and jolly he was that Mr..
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cXemplihcation OF this Theory OF hiIIIe'
Years ago this railroad man I'm taik-
ing about was a locomotive fireman on a
Texas railroad. the headquarters or
which railroad then was in Dallas. As
fireman he was just as big blum and
breezy and genuine as he is today. The
president of this Texas railroad was a
man OF excessive dignity. not to say
ponderosity. In his treatment OF the
men employed by the railroad he was
absolutely fair and just. But he certainly
was the most whoppinsly dignified hu-
man being that you ever saw or heard Of.
He demanded every bit Of respect and
HOMECOMING that was coming to him.
and then a few extra; and he came
pretty close to getting 1t. too.
'AlI OF the railroads employees who
came into direct contact with him stood
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Imagination'S Power.

DOBERT HERRICK, professor of Eng
IN Hsh at the University of Chicago.
was talking about the curative power OF
the imagination.
1.-The Imagination is wonderful" he
said. 81 know a Chicago man who went
last summer to Asbury Park. He, in n
quaint way. proved my point.
He didn't reach Asbury Park till 10
at night, and, very tired. he turned in at
once AS he settled his head comfortably
on the pillow he said to his wife:
".Iisten to the thunder and hiss of the
surges, Maria. I haven't heard thar
glorious sound for forty years. No mor>
insomnia now!'
And, indeed, for the first time I'm three
months the man slept like a log. Rut
when he awoke in the morning he FOUND
that the uproar which had lulled him IA
sleep was the uproar of a garage In tia
rear of the hotel. The sea was over 4
mile away"
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planned the fireman. offhand. just like
that. 'Jim'-meaning the engineer-'wants
{ have the super look at what a crazy
old pile o junk No. SIS has got to be.
Jim's yelin' to have 'er overhauled.
Wants t. see the super right away, and,
having thus delivered his message, the
fireman turned in his tracks and started
to make his getaway.
Just a moment my man. put in the
president right there in his awful voice.
Just a moment, if you please. How long
have you been in the employ of this
road?'
'Coupla years, replied the fireman.
wheeling about and gazing blandly at the
president, and still wearing his cap pulled
rekishly over his left ear. the peak of the
cap turned to the rear.
g oh, couple of years. ehT the presi-
dent repeated after him sternly How
long have you been railroading?
Since / was a kid, replied the big
fireman. looking very bored.
'Ahem-very WELL, said the president
sepulchrally. And has nobody ever
told you the proper way to enter gen.
tleman's Officer
THE big fireman scratched his head
with a greasy hand back of his rear
turned cap peak, but said nothing. He
doped 1t out then and there that his job
was as good as pulled from beneath him,
and he figured that there wouldn't be any
use wasting any unnecessary CUFF. So he
kept still
Because went on the president you
are obviously in need OF some tuition as
to the proper way to enter your superior
office
THE fireman couldn't think of anything
and sort o gazed out Of the window.
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The big fireman felt positive that he
was already as good as out of a job, and
he couldn't perceive any nutriment i'm the
kind of monkey business he was asked to
so through. But he went through it all
right. He got up from the president S
chair, clomped out and presently knocked
loudly on the door.
Enter sang out the president
THE fireman softly opened the door. re-
moving his greasy cap as soon as he
crossed the threshold, and he then inst
as softly closed the door Then he tin
toed, buriesque fashion, part of the way
over toward the presidents desk
Now that's something like it, COM
mented the president. Now, my man.
what can / do for you?'
You can take a running jump for
youself and go to blazes, you club-footed
son of a hamstrung cayuse,' broke out
the fireman, mad clean through over the
piff1ingness Of the performance: and then
clapping his cap on his head, he clomped
out, slamming the presidents door after
him.
THE president looked in the direction
whittier the fireman had gone for a long
long time, with his mouth wide open and
his Jaw hanging. Then he turned to the
superintendent OF the mechanical depart
ment and caught that person blowing his
nose with great violence and in a very
suspicious sort of q way. A slow grin
began to spread over the presidents usu-
ally grim features. Then the president
took on his nose-glasses and wiped them
with his handkerchief, and suddenly he
broke into whooping. rip-roaring laugh
the rarest imaginable thing for him.
is that man good nreman? he In
CURED OF the mechanical super.
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HEN the man you
are working for or
with possesses a
sense OF humor
there's no such a
thing as losing out
with him. said a
man who knows
everybody. There
was a railroad man
In town the other
day who is a hv-
ing and breathing
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was gray. And she has gone down alone
and shut the door,
II am going to hear what she says to
him." said Peggy, resolutely. TT is her
own fault-she has spoiled us by insisting
that we should always be present at their
interviews. That poor man has had to do
his counting right under our eyes. Come
on. Mary"
the parlor, and there was an open stove
pipe hole leading up therefrom. Peggy
removed the hat box that was on it and
we both deliberately and shamelessly
crouched down and listened with all our
might. 1t was easy enough to hear what
Mr.. Norman Nicholson was saying.
I've come up to get the date settled.
Mile. as 1 told you. Come now, little
woman, name the day Smack!
Don't. Mr.. Norman Nicholson" said
Aunt Olivia. She spoke as a woman who
has keyed herself up to the doing Of
some very distasteful task and is anxious
to have It over and done with as soon
as possible. There is something I must
say to you. I cannot marry you, Mr..
Norman Nicholson
There was pause. I would have given
much to have seen the two Of them.
When Mr.. Norman Nicholson spoke his
voice was that Of blank. motionless sur
prise.
''Nillie. what is 1t that you are mean
ing?'' he said.
Il cannot marry you, Mr.. Norman Mich
olson." repeated Aunt Olivia.
why notT. Surprise was giving way
to dismay.
II don't think you will understand. Mr..
Norman Nicholson said Aunt Olivia,
family. you don't realize what it means
for a woman to give up everything-her
own home and friends and all her past
life, SO to speak, and go far away with
a stranger"
why. suppose it will be rather hard
But Mile, Tolliver county isn't very far
away-not more than sixty miles, if as
much as that
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Norman Nicholson. Such songs as he
sang, such stories as. he told, such a
breezy, unconventional atmosphere as he
brought into that prim little house where
stagnant dullness had reigned for years.
He worshiped Aunt Olivia and his wor-
ship took the concrete form Of presents
galore. He brought her a present every
other trip-generally some article of jew
elry. Bracelets, rings, chains, eardrOps,
lockets. bangles. were showered upon
our precise little aunt; she accepted them
deprecatingly, but never wore them. This
hurt him little, but she assured him
that she would wear them all some time.
I'm not used to jewelry, Mr.. Norman
Nicholson she would tell him.
Her engagement ring she did wear-it
was rather loud" combination of en-
graved gold and turquoses. Sometimes
we caught her turning it on her finger
with a very troubled face.
II would be sorry for Mr. Norman
Nicholson if he were not SO much In
love with her." said Peggy. But as he
thinks that she is perfection, he doesn't
need sympathy
II am sorry for Aunt Olivia" / said.
Yes, Peggy, / am. Mr.. Nicholson Is a
splendid man. but aunt is a born old
maid, and 1t is outraging her very nature
to be anything else Don't you see how
it's hurting her? His big, splendid man
ways are narrowing her very soul up
she can't get out of her little, narrow
groove, and it is killing her to be pulled
OUT
Nonsense! said Peggy. Then she
added with a laugh, Mary. did you ever
see anything funny as Aunt Olivia
sitting on Mr.. Norman Nicholsons
knee"
IT was funny. Aunt Olivia thought it
very unbecoming to sit there before us,
but he made her do it He would say
with his big, jolly laugh, Don't mind the
little girls and pull her down on his
knee and hold her there To my dying
day shall never forget the expression on
the poor little woman's face
But as the days went by, and Mr. Nor
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Unit OLIVIA told
p G z gy a n d IN e
about him I h q
afternoon We went
over to help her
q q I er her late
roses for potpourri.
We foun d h er
strangely quiet and
preoccupied. AS a
rule size was fond
of mild fun, alert
to n e a r Hillcrest
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Now went on the president of the
road, I am going to the trouble to teach
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Best fireman we've got on the line
replied the super.
Well, how are we off for engineers?
asked the president. Dye think you could
give an engine to that fellow?
L can give him a freight engine to-
morrow replied the super.
Give it to him. then said the presi-
dent, and then they went on with their
conference.
THAT fireman now Is the superntend-
ent of the Texas railroads mechanical
department; but he didn't find out for a
good many years how he ever managed
to hang on to his fireman's job much less
get promoted"
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HOW THE RAILROAD FIREMAN
RECEIVED HIS PROMOTION

in the most profound awe of his terrific
dignity. and when they were in or near
his presence they tiptOed around as If
they were servitors at some Buddhist
temple.
Now. this former fireman that I'm
talking about didn't savvy much about
the dignified stuff. Didn't know how to
execute right or left oblique. The only
way he knew to do thing was to skate
right smack to the place where 1t was to
be done. and then just do ii. nachul-like
Additionally. at the time this thing hap
pened, the fireman hadn't heard anything
about the stupendous dignity of the pres
ident of the road. That's what they say
Maybe, however. he'd heard about it and
didn't care
Il
AT any rate one day this fireman's en-
gineer sent him to dig up the superin-
tendent of the mechanical department
The passenger train to which his engine
was hitched had just come into the Dali
las depot, and the engineer wanted the
superintendent to take a peek at some
part OF the engine that needed repairing.
So he told his flremen to hop into the sta
ton and find the mechanical super and
fetch him along to the locomotive, IL pos
sible. The fireman. just finishing a long
run, was pretty greasy and grimy in his
dungarees. His face was smeared with
oil and coal-dust, and with every step he
took he shed few ounces Of clinging
bituminous fuel. He mooched all over the
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you. since you manifestly don't know.
how to enter the office of your official
superior and how to address him after
you have entered. and 1 trust that you
will profit by the lesson. Just you sit in
this chair of mine and / Will go outside
and for moment you may enact the
role of my official superior
THE president. who had a club foot
got up from his desk chair, and the fire.
man. grin Pickering around the corners
of his mouth, pumped himself into the
presidents chair. The president hobbled
over to the door and went out. while
the fireman leaned back in the chair,
pushed his cap little more forward on
his head and waited.
I'm moment there was a refined little
knock on the office door.
Hey, Bill, tell him to come in sug-
gested the superintendent of the mechan-
ical department. who was leaning back
in his chair enjoying the thing.
Come on in" sang out the fireman.
1.-The president entered He had got his
hat from the closet across the hall. and
the instant he entered the Office he re-
moved his hat with flourish. Then he
stood still. waiting. at the door.
lis this. sir, the Office of the pres1-
dent? he inquired in an impressively re-
spectful tone.
THE mechanical super gave the fire.
man a furtive kick on the leg, and the
fireman replied: Yes.
Now said the president. advancing
and addressing the fireman, the rest of i.
would consist Of your asking me what
you could do for me, and I. standing at
a respectful distance. would explain the
nature of my errand and then make a
circumspect departure. l have shown you
the proper way to do it. Now I want you
to do 1t yourself Just step out Of the
Office. re-enter and show me that you
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have profited by the lesson I have giver
you
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-02-23
Sale Of Ditching Jobs.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THE
IN 1st day of March, 1910 at l o'clock D. m,
at the auditors office in the city of Redwood Falls
Mimi, viii sell the jobs Of completing the dredge
work (all open work. to county ditch No. 6 of
Redwood county, o. F. Doyle, ST. Cloud Mimi,
contractor and the Aetna Indemnity Co. of Hart
ford, Conn, as surety, having failed to complete
the job according to contract
The approximate amount of work to be done in
the completion of the open work to the above
mentioned ditch according to the engineers certi-
ficate is as follows: 342O cubic yards of dirt to
be cleaned off the BERN of said ditch estimated
cost of which is 80 cents per yard or 81 O26 90:
Is, "a cubic yards of dirt to be removed from
bottom of main ditch estimated at 80 cents per
yard or So 937 90 1892 cubic yards of dirt to be
removed from bottom of branch No. to
county ditch number 6. estimated at 80
cents per yard or 81 ,227. go, total estimated
to complete all open work to Redwood county
ditch No. according to the certificate of the
engineer ON said ditch.
All bids must be accompanied by a certified
check payable to the county auditor of Redwood
county. Mimi, for not less than 10 per cent Of
the amount of each bid.
The right to reject any and all bids is hereby
reserved.
Dated at Redwood Falls, Mimi. Feb IA. 1910.
l.. p. LARSON,
29-2 County Auditor Of Redwood county, Mimi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-02-23
State OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
District Court, Ninth Judicial District

District Court, Ninth judicial District.
In the matter of the establishment of Brown
Redwood judicial ditch No. /, ia the counties of
Brown and Redwood, Minnesota,
Notice is hereby given that the engineer ar
pointed and acting in said ditch matter has made
report to the court that certain modification and
changes in the plans and specifications for the
branches and laterals on said ditch are necessary
in order to let the contracts and complete the
work thereon, so as to permit the construction of
part of said laterals and branches with dredge
or ditch machine instead of with a pillow, and SO
that tile may be used in certain portions Of the
open branches and laterals, which proposed
changes will improve the usefulness Of the ditch
and will not substantially alter the plans thereof
Notice is further given that by order Of the
court herein hearing will be had upon the said
engineers report and upon the question Of allow
ing and making such notifications and changes
in the plans and specifca tions for said branches
and laterals, which hearing viii be held at thu
court room in the court house in the city Of New
Ulm, in said Brown county, Minnesota on the
2lst day of March, 1910, at ten o o'clock in the
forenoon, at which time and place all parties in
terested in said ditch may appear and be heard
Dated February IA, go
(SEAL) CARL p. VANDERBILT
ZS-4 Clerk of District Court.